This Week's Challenge

This week we are seeing who can have the most fruit and vegetable servings. So just so we're all on the same page, 1 serving = 1/2 cup or a "fist sized" portion.

Christine here, I need a bit of clarification. Juice doesn't count, right? And what did we decided about canned fruit?

Let's start a list, shall we?

1 serving=

1 banana

4 large strawberries

1 apple

1 orange

1/2 cup blueberries

10 baby carrots

1 stalk celery

2 kiwis

2 plums

1 tomato (2 roma, 6 cherry)

1 c. lettuce (firmly packed)

1/2 c. spinach

15 grapes

1/3 c. craisins **corrected** it this says on the bag

1/2 cucumber

feel free to add on . . . .
1/2 cup salsa

The Judge is here. It has been decided that the juices V8 and Naked will NOT be counted. Canned fruit only in fruit juice, not syrup.

(corrected)

Conversions

OK, here is a conversion chart that I found at this website. Let's use this to convert our water measurements, however we are doing it. That way we're all converting the same way. How does that sound???

Liquid Measures

16 ounces = 1 Pint
32 ounces = 1 Quart
128 ounces = 1 Gallon

2 Pints = 1 Quart
4 Quarts = 1 Gallon
8 Gallons = 1 Bushel

1 Cup = 8 Ounces
1 Pint = 16 Ounces
1 Quart = 32 Ounces
1 Gallon = 128 Ounces

1 Gallon = 3.785 Liters
1 Liter = 0.264 Gallon
1 Liter = 1.0567 Quarts

And how did everyone do with their water drinking yesterday? I drank way more than I actually thought I would. I set a goal, and more than doubled it!

Agua

Just a reminder that tomorrow starts the MOST WATER CONSUMED challenge week. So drink up!

And don't forget we're measuring in LITERS!!!

From wimpy Mom: Please can't we do quarts because I am always drinking 16 oz bottles or cups of water. I don't know how to change it to liters!

Christine here: Track water how ever you want, we can convert it at the end. (we're tracking ounces too mom.)

This Week

So this week's challenge is the TV one, right? Too bad I already lost by watching American Idol before I realized what the challenge was...but David Cook was worth it, my friends! Anyway, make sure you all watch at least an hour so I will not lose.

Net Here: Crap, I forgot about the tv thing too, so after we watched American Idol, we also caught up on the two New Amsterdam episodes that we had missed. At least I don't really watch TV during the day though. Does anyone else find that there is exactly NOTHING tempting on TV during the day?

BIGGEST LOSER II

Contest duration: 13 weeks (almost) beginning Tuesday, April 1 and ending Saturday, June 28th (because of reunion week when access to original weigh-in scale won’t be available.)

Entry Fee: $25.00

Grand Prize: $225 (approximately. Total will be the sum of all the entry fees plus $100)


Grand Prize Winner: Most total points accumulated through the duration of the contest


Point System

30 points for every pound lost
One point for every ten minutes of exercise
250 bonus points for the highest percentage of weight lost at end of contest
Gift Certificate for the best homemade exercise video (Don and Karen are the judges. The decision of the judges in final. Videos should be 3 to 5 minutes long)
10 points for winning or accomplishing the Weekly Challenge

Weekly Challenges
The weekly winner will receive a $10 gift certificate

Week 1: Most miles walked/run
Week 2: Most time spent exercising
Week 3: Least hours spent watching television/movies
Week 4: Most gallons of water consumed
Week 5: No chocolate (everyone who meets the goal wins)
Week 6: No eating after 7 p.m. (everyone who meets the goal wins)
Week 7: 75,000 steps (based on pedometer reading, everyone who meets the goal wins)
Week 8: Most servings of fruits and veggies (1/2 C or fist sized)
Week 9: Most miles walked/run
Week 10: Most time spent exercising
Week 11: Least hours spent watching television/movies
Week 12: Most gallons of water consumed
Week 13: No chocolate (everyone who meets the goal wins)

Disclaimer: Organizers not responsible for strained muscles, headaches from chocolate withdrawal, bunions, strained marriages or whistles from construction workers. Prizes not given where prohibited by local laws. Not valid in Canada. Judges reserve the right to award themselves all prizes.