Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Finally there is a winner for weeks 4 - 8!

A totally unbiased co-worker chose the winning "ticket" today from a total of 25 "tickets", and the drawing was witnessed by a fellow EFC memeber. And the winner was....wait for it....drum roll please....Shannon! Please contact her by email for her mailing address. Shannon says that Java City gift cards would be just as good as Starbucks. The following people owe the following amounts.

Kelli - owes $7
Cheryl - owes $3.50
Nancy - owes $14
Loretta - owes $10.50
Beth - owes $3.50
Michelle - owes $7
Rusty - owes $7

Good luck to everyone for next time!

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Exercising in the Midst of Craziness

It has been a wild few weeks for me. My plans for exercising have fallen by the wayside as sick kids, work projects, and other commitments have swallowed up my time. Now I practically owe my first child's dowry in coffee cards to the drawing! However, this is a new week, and I am going to attack my exercise time more diligently...I promise!

Nancy

A Recipe that looks good!

Orzo-Chickpea Salad From Weight Watchers

light meals

POINTS® Value: 5
Servings: 6
Preparation Time: 15 min
Cooking Time: 15 min
Level of Difficulty: Easy

Dried cranberries add just the right touch to this unique salad.

Ingredients


	8 oz uncooked orzo
	1 spray(s) cooking spray
	2 small zucchini, chopped
	1/8 tsp table salt, or to taste
	1/4 cup(s) parsley, leaves, firmly packed, chopped
	15 oz canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed
	1/2 cup(s) dried cranberries
	1 tsp olive oil, extra-virgin
	1/4 cup(s) red wine vinegar
	1/8 tsp black pepper, or to taste

Instructions

Cook orzo according to package directions; set aside.
Meanwhile, coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium-high heat. Sauté zucchini, lightly salting it as it cooks, until slightly crisp, about 2 to 3 minutes; allow to cool.
Place zucchini in a large bowl and add remaining ingredients (including orzo); toss to combine. Allow salad to marinate in refrigerator for at least half an hour before serving. It may be served cold or at room temperature.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

The Brave Ones!

Four of us were brave and provided a picture of what we look like now to compare in a year. You'll notice the slide show above the Tally Up section of the blog. Next year when we have new pictures ... and hopefully new bodies ... I'll put up another slideshow. If you put your mouse over the slidshow you will have the option to pause the slide show and move through them at your own speed. Or you can click on the slide show and it will take you to the gallery to see the pictures in a larger format.

If you are a Brave One send me a full length shot of yourself. Just remember to keep the clothes the pic was taken of, even if they get too big. That's the point. We'll want to take a new picture in the hopefully too big clothes to show how our bodies have changed.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Trying something new...

I think I figured out how to have an email sent each time there is a new post on the blog. I hope it works. If you don't get notification of a post, let me know. If you get the notifications, but don't want to let me know that too! Its my hope that there might be more blogging going on now!

Thanks!

And the Results are in ... sort of....

Here's what I managed to tally up for weeks 5 - 8. Please let me know if I misadded -

Vicki - 4 tickets
Shannon - 4 tickets
Kelli - 2 tickets (owes $7 to the winner)
Judy - 4 tickets
Cheryl - 3 tickets (owes $3.50 to the winner)
Nancy - 0 tickets (owes $14 to the winner)
Loretta - 1 ticket (owes $10.50 to the winner)
Beth - 3 tickets (owes $3.50 to the winner)
Michelle - 2 tickets (owes $7 to the winner)
Rusty - 2 tickets (owes $7 to the winner)

So if I add this up right there is $52.50 up for grabs ... WOW! I'll wait to do the drawing until Wednesday, Feb 18 for anyone to let me know if there are any corrections to be made. I seriously hope weeks 9 - 12 will have have less on the line!

I know we are in week 10 already and haven't done the drawing yet. I'm having a hard time getting people to tally up. Please keep the blog and challenge alive by posting every prior week's total on every Monday. Remember a "?" equals a zero if we don't get a number for you. If you decide this challenge isn't for you, please let either Vicki or Shannon know, and we'll take you off. We want everyone to enjoy the challenge and exercise! We don't want the challenge to be a burden that you resent.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Weeks 5 - 8 are over already!

I'm hoping to have everyone's tallies updated so I can post results of all our exercising we've done. And of coarse we need to do the drawing to see who gets coffee cards!

I'm impressed with how much we've all exercised and realize that for a lot of us (especially for me!) that if we didn't have to post our tallies we wouldn't even bother exercising regularly. After 8 weeks its actually become habit for me! I was sick last week and didn't feel up to exercising for a few days and that bummed me out. Keep up the good work and I wish you all a successful week!

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

It's working

I just wanted to say that this EFC business is actually MAKING ME EXERCISE CONSISTENTLY, whereas nothing before ever did. Something about having a goal and a consequence. Is anyone else finding this program unusually helpful? I owe you ladies a lot for coming up with this excellent idea. I am a true lazy-a*@, so this is rather remarkable in my opinion.

What a let down

So Friday at work I was talking with Michelle and Shannon, having gone to the gym that morning before work. I told them "yes, I have in 3 workouts this week." And I'm thinking I will easily fit in one on Saturday. Sunday was a hairy day, running around, going to birthday parties, the Super Bowl, etc. So Sunday night I'm looking at my workout schedule and realized I hadn't worked out on either Monday or Tuesday (but was so sure I had). This means I only got in 3 workouts. What a bummer that was! So this week I WILL do better. I have 2 in so far (really).

Pound For Pound Pledges - by June 30, 2010

Why We're Doing This

A group of us came together with this strange idea that exercise is a good thing and we all needed to do it. This came about during the holidays, when the food is fatening and the motivation to exercise is weak. It was decided if we were going to make exercise a weekly habit, that four times each week is a minimum in order to lose or maintain a desired weight. And the prime motivator was, of course, coffee! We hope to keep our particpants going with support and caffine through the word of the blog. We invite others to join us in our bizare but noble cause!

Let's Tally Up!

a1. Wk1-Dec 15-21: V-1, S-4, K-2, J-6, T-4
a3. Wk3-Dec 29-Jan 4: V-3, S-4.5, K-6, J-7, C-4
a4. Wk4-Jan 5-11: V-4, S-4, K-5, J-6, C-2, N-4, B-5, M-5
a5. Weeks 1-4 Winner: BETH
b1. Wk5-Jan 12-18: V-4, S-4, K-5, J-7, C-4, N-1, L-4, B-5, M-0, R-5
b2. Wk6-Jan 19-25: V-4, S-5, K-4, J-6, C-3, N-3, L-0, B-4, M-4, R-0
b3. Wk7-Jan 26-Feb 1: V-4, S-4, K-3, J-6, C-4, N-0, L-0, B-3, M-4, R-5
b4. Wk8-Feb 2-8: V-4, S-4, K-1, J-5, C-4, N-0, L-0, B-4, M-3, R-3
b5. Weeks 5-8 Winner: SHANNON
c1. Wk9-Feb 9-15: V-5, S-4, K-0, J-5, C-3, N-0, L-?, B-4, M-4, R-1
c2. Wk10-Feb 16-22: V-4, S-4, K-0, J-5, C-5, N-1, L-?, B-2, M-4, R-3
c3. Wk11-Feb 23-Mar 1: V-4, S-7, K-3, J-5, C-4, N-3, L-?, B-4, M-6, R-3
c4. Wk12-Mar 2-8: V-4, S-7, K-4, J-6, C-4, N-4!, L-?, B-3, M-0, R-1
c5. Weeks 9-12 Winner: KELLI
d1. Wk13-Mar 9-15: V-0, S-4, K-4, J-6, C-4, N-4, B-3, M-4, R-2
d2. Wk14-Mar 16-22: V-2, S-4, K-4, J-5, C-4, N-3, B-4, M-4, R-3
d3. Wk15-Mar 23-29: V-4, S-2, K-4, J-4, C-1, N-2, B-4, M-4, R-3
d4. Wk16-Mar 30-Apr 5: V-4, S-4, K-4, J-0, C-0, N-2, B-5, M-6, R-4
d5. Weeks 13-16 Winner: NANCY
e1. Wk17-Apr 6-12: V-4, S-5, K-5, J-4, N-3, B-3, M-4, R-3
e2. Wk18-Apr 13-19: V-4, S-3, K-5, J-4, N-2, B-2, M-1, R-2
e3. Wk19-Apr 20-26: V-3, S-5, K-4, J-4, N-2, B-4, M-4, R-3
e4. Wk20-Apr 27-May 3: V-4, S-2, K-4, J-4, N-1, B-4, M-5, R-4
e5. Weeks 17-20 Winner: MICHELLE
f1. Wk21-May 4-10: V-4, S-5, K-0, J-4, N-0, B-4, M-6, R-6
f2. Wk22-May 11-17: V-4, S-4, K-4, J-4, N-0, B-4, M-0, R-4
f3. Wk23-May 18-24: V-4, S-4, K-4, J-4, N-0, B-4, M-4, R-3
f4. Wk24-May 25-31: V-5, S-4, K-5, J-4, N-0, B-5, M-5, R-4
f5. Weeks 21 - 24 Winner: JUDY
g1. Wk25-June 1-7: V-4, S-4, K-4, J-5, B-4, R-5
g2. Wk26-June 8-14: V-5, S-5, K-4, J-5, B-2, R-3
g3. Wk27-June 15-21: V-4, S-5, K-4, J-5, B-4, R-4
g4. Wk28-June 22-28: V-4, S-5, K-4, J-5, B-3, R-4
g5. Weeks 25 - 28 Winner: BETH
h1. Wk29-June 29-July 5: V-4, S-6, K-3, J-5, B-3, R-4
h2. Wk30-July 6-12: V-4, S-5, K-2, J-5, B-4, R-3
h3. Wk31-July 13-19: V-3, S-4, K-0, J-5, B-4, R-3
h4. Wk32-July 20-26: V-4, S-2, K-6, J-4, B-4, R-4
h5. Weeks 29 - 32 Winner: VICKI
i1. Wk32-July 27- Aug 2: V-4, S-3, K-5, J-4, B-4, R-3
i2. Wk33-Aug 3-9: V-4, S-4, K-4, J-5, B-4, R-3
i3. Wk34-Aug 10-16: V-4, S-4, K-4, J-5, B-5, R-2, T-4
i4. Wk35-Aug 17-23: V-4, S-3, K-0, J-5, B-4, R-3, T-4
i5. Weeks 32-35 Winner: JUDY
j1. Wk36-Aug 24-30: S-4, K-4, J-5, B-4, R-4, T-3
j2. Wk37-Aug 31-Sept 6: S-7, K-7, J-7, B-3, R-2, T-4
j3. Wk38-Sept 7-13: S-4, K-6, J-7, B-4, R-2, T-4
j4. Wk39-Sept 14-20: S-4, K-4, J-7, B-4, R-2, T-3
j5. Weeks 36-39 Winner: KELLI
k1. Wk40-Sept 21-27: S-4, J-7, B-4, R-3, T-3
k2. Wk41-Sept 28-Oct 4: S-5, J-7, B-4, R-4, T-4
k3. Wk42-Oct 5-11: S-4, J-7, B-4, R-7, T-4
k4. Wk43-Oct 12-18: V-3, S-2, J-6, B-4, R-7, T-2
k5. Weeks 40-43 Winner: SHAN
l1. Wk44-Oct 19-25: V-4, S-3, J-6, B-4, R-7, T-4
l2. Wk45-Oct 26-Nov 1: V-4, S-2, K-3, J-6, B-4, R-6, T3
l3. Wk46-Nov 2-8: V-3, S-2, K-4, J-5, B-3, R-5, T-2
l4. Wk47-Nov 9-15: V-1, S-4, K-2, J-4, B-4, R-6, T-3
l5. Weeks 44-47 Winner: RUSTY
m1. Wk48-Nov 16-22: V-0, S-3, K-4, J-5, B-4, R-5, T4
m2. Wk49-Nov 23-29: V-2, S-4, K-4, J-5, B-4, R-5, T4
m3. Wk50-Nov 30-Dec 6: V-4, S-4, K-4, J-6, B-3, R-6, T-3
m4. Wk51-Dec 7-13: V-3, S-4, K-0, J-5, B-5, R-5, T-3
m5. Weeks 48-51 Winner: RUSTY
n1. Wk52-Dec 14-20: V-2, S-4, K-0, J-5, B-4, R-4, T=4
n2. Wk53-Dec 21-27: V-4, S-3, K-0, J-5, B-4, R-5, T-4
n3. Wk54-Dec 28-Jan3: V-4, S-3, K-0, J-5, B-1, R-6, T4
n4. Wk55-Jan4-10: V-2, S-4, K-2, J-6, B-0, R-5, T-2
n5. Weeks 52-55 Winner: VICKI
o1. Wk56-Jan 11-17: V-4, S-4, K-4, J-6, B-2, R-4, T4
o2. Wk57-Jan 18-24: V-3, S-4, K-4, J-5, B-3, R-4, T-4, N-5
o3. Wk58-Jan 25-31: V-4, S-4, K-6, J-6, B-4, R-2, T-4, N-4
o4. Wk59-Feb 1-7: V-3, S-4, K-4, J-7, B-4, R-1, T-3, N-3
o5. Weeks 56-59 Winner: ????
p1. Wk60-Feb 8-14: V-2, S-4, K-4, J-5, B-4, R-2, T-4 N-4, A-?
p2. Wk61-Feb 15-21: V-4, S-4, K-4, J-6 B-4, R-3, T-4 N-0, A-?
p3. Wk62-Feb 22-28: V-2, S-4, K-4, J-5, B-4, R-3, T-4, N-0, A-?
p4. Wk63-Mar 1-7: V-0, S-1, K-4, J-5, B-4, R-1, T-2, N-2, A-?
p5. Weeks 60-63 Winner: ????
q1. Wk64-Mar 8-14: V-?, S-1, K-4, J-4, B-4, R-1, T-?, N-?, A-?
q2. Wk65-Mar 15-21: V-?, S-1, K-5, J-5, B-?, R-5, T-?, N-?, A-?
q3. Wk66-Mar 22-28: V-?, S-4, K-6, J-4, B-?, R-5, T-?, N-?, A-6
q4. Wk67-Mar 29-Apr 4: V-?, S-2, K-?, J-?, B-?, R-5, T-?, N-?, A-7
q5. Weeks 64-67 Winner: ????
r1. Wk68-Apr 5-11: V-?, S-4, K-?, J-?, B-?, T-?, N-?, A-6
r2. Wk69-Apr 12-18: V-?, S-4, K-?, J-?, B-?, T-?, N-?, A-?
r3. Wk70-Apr 19-25: V-?, S-4, K-?, J-?, B-?, T-?, N-?, A-?
r4. Wk71-Apr 26-May 2: V-?, S-4, K-?, J-?, B-?, T-?, N-?, A-?
r5. Weeks 68-71 Winner: ????

How It Works

If anyone doesn't make four workouts in a week,that person(s) owes one coffee card ($3.50) up to the monthly"kitty". For each week any of us makes all four work-outs will get a "ticket". After four weeks, if there is any coffee cards in the kitty, we will have a drawing. So if you work out 4 days a week for 4 weeks you would have 4 chances to win ALL the coffee cards. If you make it only 3 weeks, you would have 3 chances to win and so on. There may or may not be any coffee cards in the "Kitty" to be won, but it sure would be a great"prize" if there were multiple coffee cards. This way we can have as many members in our "Exercise For Coffee" club or"EFC". Shannon will write our names on tickets, then we report in to each other on the blog. An impartial person will pick the winning ticket. Who ever owes coffeecards can then send them to the winner each month. We will exchange email and mailing address off the blog for confidentiality reasons.