Team KickA$$ Week 7 Message ~ Post Submissions Here (93)

Week 7 Challenge ~ Emerge a Butterfly!!!  Thursday, 10/19 - Wednesday, 10/25

So, what's up for week 7 ~ Emerge A Butterfly??? 

It's the Grand Finale ~ Game Plan Week!  A chance to look back and note the changes in our plans!  Plan for the Upcoming Holidays!  Figure out how to continue our Journey!

Ready to read all about it and pick up your Week 7 challenge and parts here!  No points sheet for week 7!  

The Points!  This week is a little Different!  This week we're not doing points by part! 

• In Part 3, we ask you to email your brain bender answer to brain.bender@hotmail.com for a trick or treat!  The Games Coordinators will give your bonus points for the brain bender to your scorekeeper.
• In Part 8, we would like you to share your "Game Plan" and post it on the Team Submission Thread for a trick or treat!  The Games Coordinators will give your bonus points to your scorekeeper.
• No points for Part 2 ~ it's just some fun information and quizzes that look back over the games
• No points for Parts 1 and 5 ~ it's all about you and your goals!  Do you want to take a minute to look back at your goals when you started.  See how far you've come?  Maybe plan a bit for the future?
• No points for the rest of the Parts like Part 4 Main Dish Recipes, Part 6 Googled Links, and Part 7 Motivation Statements ~ thought we would share the submissions from everyone.  You can bookmark these for later when you have more time to peruse or want a new recipe to try?

Need the New, Updated & Current Games Directory?  Team Roster?



pssst!  1 last leetle thing! ~ If you are still participating in the Challenge, then you have won!  Perhaps you even learned a little more about what you like and dislike, what you enjoy, and perhaps you set a few new goals.  Perhaps you discovered new tools and the wealth of health, nutrition and exercise information available here at calorie-count and on the net.  Perhaps you met a new friend or two, strengthened your friendship with old friends,  enjoyed the journey together. 

The really gr8 news!  The games may be over but we don't have to part!  We look forward to seeing you around calorie-count for a long time to come :)

Cheers, United2gether, Garnet77, Kalkette, Beanie1125 ~ your Friends & Games Coordinators :)

Reserved week 2, whole kit~n~kaboodle index.

Congratulations, Team KickA$$, on completing your first week!

Week 2 starts Thursday 9/14 and ends Wednesday, 9/20.   Please pick up the challenge and Parts for Week 2 on the Official Challenge thread.  

Don't Fret! This is the biggest week to understand and get everyone organized!  It is a lot easier than it appears, and the rest of the weeks will seem like a walk in the park!

This is not a test and you don't have to spend a lot of time...  Maybe 10 - 15 mins each part... If you want to.  You don't have to write anything down, unless you want to. 

Don't let the Challenge overwhelm you.  Maybe do a part or 2 a day and before you know it, you'll be done ;) 

Post your Challenge & Game Submissions for week 2 on this thread.  

• Your Brain Bender Answers! 
• The Sir Links~a~Lot you googled! 
• Your little Motivation Statements! 
• the Main Dish Recipes and Nutrition analysis from 2 players only!

Team Scorekeepers!!!  Each team will have a Team Scorekeeper to keep everyone's weekly scores!  It may be your Captain or Co-captain or someone else.  Please check with your team to find out who will be the scorekeeper for your team!

Week 2 Points!  Please give your Week 2 points to your team scorekeeper by Wednesday, 9/20.   You can find a points sheet for week 2 here!  Your scorekeeper has an excel spreadsheet you can use to track your weekly points if you want.  Just ask your scorekeeper for it :)

Hot Newsflash!!!  Week 1 Players deadlines extended to Wednesday, 9/20!  Everyone can double back and catch up including the Team Scorekeepers who need to put week 1 points into the new team spreadsheets.   Please give your Week 1 points to your team scorekeeper by Wednesday, 9/20.  You can find a points sheet for week 1 here!  


Other Important links you may find useful: Challenge Directory,  Challenge Roster

Enjoy the challenge!  We hope you will have a minute to chat with your team on your official team thread! 

Be sure to ask your team if you have any questions!  Most importantly, enjoy the Games! Make yourself a Priority this week!  Live!  Love! Laff & Be Happy!  Here!  Together!

Your fellow Team KickA$$ Players

slappy (Honourary Co-captain)
nomoreexcuses (Captain)
matisse7
watergirl
rahana
cecilyb03(Co-Captain)
thatbubblychick
finewine
losetheweight_net
lshelper

We'll be awaiting your entries with bated breath!  Good Luck Team KickA$$ :)

Hot off the Press! Get your copy of the challenge Challenge for week 2 here!

Turn your points for the week into your Team Scorekeeper by Wed, 9/20.

Post your Game Submissions Here to this thread by Wed, 9/20!

Enjoy!  We'll be watching for your submissions!

oops

d'oh!

specialfriend is the "diane" I created to find out the answer!

I came up with  a deficit of 442 calories and her BMI is 28.3 which is in the "overweight" category.

i got a deficit of 711 and a BMI of 28.3

Cheater! ;) I abused the system and became a 35 year old 5'5 170 lb. woman ;)

ack! word choice hk word choice! stop saying that!

Sorry. Better?

yes hk. thanks. i think you and i and nomo and someone from team h are the only ones who are up this early who apparantly love math games. that was fun. i love math. its what separates the hydrogeologists from the geologists. calc 3 and diff eq. thats all it takes to embrace the hydro. so, do you have your PE hk? just curious...

Not yet :) Only been working, professionally, for a little over 2 years :) I will take it as soon as I'm eligible, however :)

Ugh!!!!  I hate math!!!  I'll try this one at lunch or tonight at home.  I'd waste too much time at work! :)

halfway there. good for you. i noticed that once people get their PE, they tend to change jobs, since it opens a whole new world of job opportunites and higher pay. thus, i seek now as well. did you/can you take your FE portion yet?

*nod* Took my FE back in college. Scored.. apparently really high :)

So, do I understand this right?  We post our answers here?  So does that mean we don't need to post them in our journals or email them? 

Watergirl, there's lots of geo jobs in Houston!  I LOVE Houston.  It's so much nicer than San Antonio, but everyone said I'd hate it.  I've heard Austin is a nice place to live, though.  My cousin is there now.

Yes, any answers to puzzles, recipes, menu plans, things of that nature should be posted here.

Personal stuff that you might not want the whole world to read can still be posted in your journal.

And general chatting should probably be in other non-entry/submission threads...  :)

hk, then you truly are halfway there. way to go hk.

cecily, its totally ok that you hate math, because you are so good at scoring points and acheiving great things for our team, it more than makes up for it. you high-scorer you!

i lived in houston from 1980-86, when the bottom fell out of oil and gas, and i, among many many others in O&G got laid off, and sought their fortunes elsewhere. I LOVED working in downtown Hustle-town. I work downtown in austin too, but its a whole different scene, here in the capitol complex.

sometime soon when i go visit my mom in galveston, you and me and l'il cole should try to get together over a lo-cal lunch out in your neck of the woods, that would be fun!

Week 2 Challenge Part 6:  Google Me This Sir Links~a~Lot!  

• Google 2 words "Super Foods"  ~ Find and post your fav link to your team thread by Wed 9/13!

I found this link on berries.  Did you know that the phytochemicals that give some berries their red color also prevent certain cancers such as lung, colon and leukemia cancer?  And it appears that eating just 1/2 cup servings is enough to help prevent these cancers, so you don't have to eat cups and cups to reap the rewards! 

Week 2 Part 6:  Google Me This Sir Links~a~Lot!

I thought I'd link to pomegranate and pomegranate juice because I did start buying it this summer.  I only drink 4 ounces each morning though, because I don't want to waste that many calories on juice.  But it's supposed to have the most bang for your buck in terms of antioxidants - it helps reduce cholesterol, lower your blood pressure and prevent oxidation at the cellular level.  It's also great for your prostate, which, as far as I can tell, I don't have to worry about.  :) 

I get the straight POM juice which is in the produce section of our grocery store, but it also comes in combos, like POM-Blueberry, POM-Cherry, & POM-Tangerine.

Just a Brain Bender Hint!  Supersized & JayD nailed the technique when they said... 

Supersized said...

Yup, I just used my own logs. You can log all the food information in tomorrow's food and activity logs, this will give you a blank slate to be able to figure out the calorie deficit.

Also you can go into your tools menu and choose BMI and just quickly edit your own settings (not hard to put them back they're put back automatically from your profile's default settings).

Sorry if this gives everyone a leg up, but I figure this is really about sharing. And, not making life difficult for our beloved Erik and Igor.

Cheers,

JayD said...

 you don't have to worry about your weight log because you can go back and edit your entries for the day. :)