This week google you BMI. It should take you to a place were you can learn more about it...and figure out if you are in a healthy range!
3 extra points this week!
Monday, December 28, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Weekly Challenge for Week #3
Hi Everyone!
I hope you are feeling a little more in the groove with things. I know that it has been alot harder during this time of the year. But I am personally grateful for a reason to not let myself pig out! I hope it will pay off!
I did post a few more questions in the Q and A section so take a look!
Your challenge this week will be to post a favorite low fat recipe on the blog! I know I always need new ideas!!
Let me know if you have any questions!
I hope you are feeling a little more in the groove with things. I know that it has been alot harder during this time of the year. But I am personally grateful for a reason to not let myself pig out! I hope it will pay off!
I did post a few more questions in the Q and A section so take a look!
Your challenge this week will be to post a favorite low fat recipe on the blog! I know I always need new ideas!!
Let me know if you have any questions!
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Weekly Challenge for Week #2
Hi Everyone,
I hope that your first week went well. If you are like me then you had some growing pains! It is hard at first to make the changes...but keep it up!!!! As long as you are doing better each week that has to count for something right!
I have received many calls and emails with questions. I really don't mind answering them at all! I definately expect it. I do however want to direct all your questions through the blog. That way we can all benefit from them. I set up a page just for this...and anyone can make a post on it!
This weeks challenge: Take your before pictures!! Now ARE NOT going to be sending them to me. This is for your own personal use. Keep it somewere that you are comfortable with. Also Take your before measurements that are included on the weekly sheets. And one other thing...add your picture to the list of followers on the blog. So not only do you need to add yourself but add a picture as well. You will get 2 points for completing each of these things. If you are not sure how to do the uploading...call me or ask a friend.
Remember to get me your points by Wednesday!!
I hope that your first week went well. If you are like me then you had some growing pains! It is hard at first to make the changes...but keep it up!!!! As long as you are doing better each week that has to count for something right!
I have received many calls and emails with questions. I really don't mind answering them at all! I definately expect it. I do however want to direct all your questions through the blog. That way we can all benefit from them. I set up a page just for this...and anyone can make a post on it!
This weeks challenge: Take your before pictures!! Now ARE NOT going to be sending them to me. This is for your own personal use. Keep it somewere that you are comfortable with. Also Take your before measurements that are included on the weekly sheets. And one other thing...add your picture to the list of followers on the blog. So not only do you need to add yourself but add a picture as well. You will get 2 points for completing each of these things. If you are not sure how to do the uploading...call me or ask a friend.
Remember to get me your points by Wednesday!!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Question and Answers!
Melissa Orris had a great idea. I have had had several questions and posting them on the blog might be a good way to have these answered so that everyone can see them. That way if you have thought about the same question you will have it answered!
So here we go!
1. Does Stength training count toward excersise time? Also is it like yoga as far as heart rate is concerned?
Answer: yes it does count for your excersie time. And yes it is like yoga as far as heart rate is concerned.
2. Can I eat Peanut Butter or Butter?
Answer: Yes
3. Do I minus a point for each serving of a bad choice that I eat? (For example) If I eat three pieces of pizza do I deduct 3 points? or if I eat 3 cinnamon bears do I minus 3 points?
Answer: No only minus 1 point. But if you dip it in salad dressing....then minus 1 additional point.
So when you sit down to dinner..notice all of the things that might be bad on your plate...such as high fat cheese and sour cream. Then deduct one point for each of those things...not 1 per each bite or serving.
4. Do I lose points if I don't eat the healthier version of everything? For example can i eat a corndog or not?
Answer: I have thought alot about this. When I put a new rule out there...it is hard to see how it is going to go until I start getting questions from you! I think that if I start telling you what you can or can't eat. It gets really sticky. I hope that this competition causes you to want to choose the healthier option since you are trying to be healthy. I want to avoid you not eating the cheese but gorging yourself on corndots. But I can't really find a fair or easy way of regulating this. So the conclusion that I have come up with is this:
We are only going to focus on these things for this competition. Sour Creams, Salad dressings, cheese, chips and mayo. When choosing these options choose a low fat version. Including tortilla chips.
I hope this will help you not to stress out to much. If you have any more questions...post them under the comments and I will add them to this section!
So here we go!
1. Does Stength training count toward excersise time? Also is it like yoga as far as heart rate is concerned?
Answer: yes it does count for your excersie time. And yes it is like yoga as far as heart rate is concerned.
2. Can I eat Peanut Butter or Butter?
Answer: Yes
3. Do I minus a point for each serving of a bad choice that I eat? (For example) If I eat three pieces of pizza do I deduct 3 points? or if I eat 3 cinnamon bears do I minus 3 points?
Answer: No only minus 1 point. But if you dip it in salad dressing....then minus 1 additional point.
So when you sit down to dinner..notice all of the things that might be bad on your plate...such as high fat cheese and sour cream. Then deduct one point for each of those things...not 1 per each bite or serving.
4. Do I lose points if I don't eat the healthier version of everything? For example can i eat a corndog or not?
Answer: I have thought alot about this. When I put a new rule out there...it is hard to see how it is going to go until I start getting questions from you! I think that if I start telling you what you can or can't eat. It gets really sticky. I hope that this competition causes you to want to choose the healthier option since you are trying to be healthy. I want to avoid you not eating the cheese but gorging yourself on corndots. But I can't really find a fair or easy way of regulating this. So the conclusion that I have come up with is this:
We are only going to focus on these things for this competition. Sour Creams, Salad dressings, cheese, chips and mayo. When choosing these options choose a low fat version. Including tortilla chips.
I hope this will help you not to stress out to much. If you have any more questions...post them under the comments and I will add them to this section!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
New Rules for Badonkadonks!
Rules for Completion
The competition starts November 30th and goes through March 26th! Please have money to me November 29th. There will be a one week break for the holidays December 20-27.
1. 5 points for ½ hour of exercise. Can be walking, running or any type that gets your heart rate up. You MUST be in your target heart rate to be able to count it towards your points. You can earn 20 points per week total! So that is 4 hours of exercise. You can only round up if you have less than 5 minutes to go! Also you may count Yoga twice per week!
2. 1 point for every 8 oz. This needs to be water not pop or juices. You can earn up to 8 points per day.
3. 1 point for every servings of Fruits and Vegetables. At least two of your servings need to be a vegetable. You may earn up to 6 points a day.
Also your vegetables do not have to vary at all. You can eat bananas and broccoli the whole time if you would like you can also count salsa!
4. Extra Credit: Pick prior to the start of the competition one of the following things you would like to challenge yourself with. Each week that you complete your challenge in full you earn up to 5 extra points per week. After 8 weeks you may change to something else to complete the competition.
• No Pop.
• Adding 2 days of resistance training per week.
• Keep track of your food in a food journal or www.livestrong.com
• A 1500 calorie diet.
• Restrict your sugar to one dessert a week.
• Stop eating anything after 7:30pm that excludes water!
• A challenge of your choice-you just have to tell me prior to the competition starting.
5. This time around we are going to get minus points for everything bad we put in our mouth! So if you are having dinner and you choose to have sour cream on your baked potato…it will cost you 1 point. This will encourage us all to make those necessary changes we need to make to be healthier. It won’t cost you a point if you use no fat version of the same item. I am not going to count pop I this…I should but both diet pop and regular pop are not good for you! Here are some examples of exchanges.
Cheese-(lower fat cheese-usually a white cheese)
Sour cream-fat free
Salad dressings- nlow fat
Chips-baked lays
Any deserts will be minus 2 points…unless it is on your day off. Now pick some kind of alternative to keep you going...like sugar free pudding, or jello…
6. You are allowed one week off!! So if you are planning a vacation or you have a horrible week…you can opt to make that your week off…everyone will get to disregard one week!
7. Include 6 Days that you want to count per week. So your one day a week that you don’t count points does not have to be Sunday. However you can’t count exercise that is done on Sunday!
8. This time around I am not going to make a list of how everyone is doing. We will not know who is winning until the end of the competition and we will have a little party and announce it there! So don’t get discouraged and stick with it! You never know how everyone else is going to do!
9. Email me your results by the following Wednesday or you it will cost you 5 points !
10. Keep track of inches and weight lost each month. We only want to know how much you have lost…and you don’t have to tell us starting weight.
11. A Serving Size is the size of your fist!
12. Check out our blog once a week for weekly challenges that will earn you extra points- www.badonkadonk.blogspot.com
13. Have fun!! We are here to support each other in being healthy.
The competition starts November 30th and goes through March 26th! Please have money to me November 29th. There will be a one week break for the holidays December 20-27.
1. 5 points for ½ hour of exercise. Can be walking, running or any type that gets your heart rate up. You MUST be in your target heart rate to be able to count it towards your points. You can earn 20 points per week total! So that is 4 hours of exercise. You can only round up if you have less than 5 minutes to go! Also you may count Yoga twice per week!
2. 1 point for every 8 oz. This needs to be water not pop or juices. You can earn up to 8 points per day.
3. 1 point for every servings of Fruits and Vegetables. At least two of your servings need to be a vegetable. You may earn up to 6 points a day.
Also your vegetables do not have to vary at all. You can eat bananas and broccoli the whole time if you would like you can also count salsa!
4. Extra Credit: Pick prior to the start of the competition one of the following things you would like to challenge yourself with. Each week that you complete your challenge in full you earn up to 5 extra points per week. After 8 weeks you may change to something else to complete the competition.
• No Pop.
• Adding 2 days of resistance training per week.
• Keep track of your food in a food journal or www.livestrong.com
• A 1500 calorie diet.
• Restrict your sugar to one dessert a week.
• Stop eating anything after 7:30pm that excludes water!
• A challenge of your choice-you just have to tell me prior to the competition starting.
5. This time around we are going to get minus points for everything bad we put in our mouth! So if you are having dinner and you choose to have sour cream on your baked potato…it will cost you 1 point. This will encourage us all to make those necessary changes we need to make to be healthier. It won’t cost you a point if you use no fat version of the same item. I am not going to count pop I this…I should but both diet pop and regular pop are not good for you! Here are some examples of exchanges.
Cheese-(lower fat cheese-usually a white cheese)
Sour cream-fat free
Salad dressings- nlow fat
Chips-baked lays
Any deserts will be minus 2 points…unless it is on your day off. Now pick some kind of alternative to keep you going...like sugar free pudding, or jello…
6. You are allowed one week off!! So if you are planning a vacation or you have a horrible week…you can opt to make that your week off…everyone will get to disregard one week!
7. Include 6 Days that you want to count per week. So your one day a week that you don’t count points does not have to be Sunday. However you can’t count exercise that is done on Sunday!
8. This time around I am not going to make a list of how everyone is doing. We will not know who is winning until the end of the competition and we will have a little party and announce it there! So don’t get discouraged and stick with it! You never know how everyone else is going to do!
9. Email me your results by the following Wednesday or you it will cost you 5 points !
10. Keep track of inches and weight lost each month. We only want to know how much you have lost…and you don’t have to tell us starting weight.
11. A Serving Size is the size of your fist!
12. Check out our blog once a week for weekly challenges that will earn you extra points- www.badonkadonk.blogspot.com
13. Have fun!! We are here to support each other in being healthy.
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