Christmas Challenge Roll Call!

Here it is - here's the group you are challenging!  (in alphabetical order)

Georgina Bickley

Andrew Cockington

Lisa Cockington

Fiona Cockington

Ingrid Combe

Lisa Donnon

Adam Donnon

Carly Green

Kathryn Hansen

Mikalya Hill

Melissa Koch

Olivia Sice

Tracey Stringer

Watch out for Lisa Donnon - she won last time (and now wants to go even further)  and you might like to read her guest post listed earlier about how she did it.

Its not too late to join, so if your friends are still thinking about it, get them to contact me asap.

I still need measurements for some of you - will probably send you some individual text reminders.  If you are using the meal planner, you need to enter all of your measurements here (they are in your profile, under progress, plus click on the body fat calculator and add in these measurements too.

If you are not on the meal planner, you need to send them to me, they are height (first time only) then weight, chest, waist, butt, left thigh, left upper arm, left lower arm, left wrist.

If you are generally fairly active, and dont lose weight, it is definitely your diet, despite how healthy you may think you eat.  Diet is 80% of the weight loss equation.  You have to get it right.  I notice that people are taking a while to get into using the meal planner function.  This is essential, you need to focus strongly on measuring what you eat (unless you are a really experienced healthy eater).  YOu don't need to worry about planning a week in advance, or using all the recipes on the website.  Write down on the planner (by clicking on "add ingredient") what you plan to eat for the day.  PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE click on the comments section below, and list all the foods you would like added, if they are not there. I just need the name and brand of the item and I will add them all.  In reality we don't eat a huge variety of foods  - we are creatures of habit. So send the lists through below, add to what others have asked for and it will become really simple to add your foods.  Then look at the calorie calcuations (and other nutritients) and see how you are going for staying within your targets.

Then if you are looking for a healthy meal idea for the evening - try looking through the recipes on the site, or add your own.  Pls note though that the recipes have to be added for single serves (so that when you print your shopping list and select how many people it calculates the right number).  So take your recipe, and if it serves 4, divide all the ingredients by 4.  Or choose own on the site that is very similar, and either use it as is, or copy and edit it, changing over the different ingredients you use.  It will then be saved as your version  (eg Lisa's Pad Thai) 

Have you tried one of the recipes, or have a favourite to share?  It would be great to share healthy recipes here to motivate and support each other.  I'll start a post for recipe ideas, then just click "comment" and add your own!