Cook Light - Cook at Home!

week 10 of 12		week ending in a day		challenge ends in 15 days
Week 10 progress results due by end of Monday 23 November 2009

About this Challenge:

Try cooking 5 days a week from the latest Cooking Light magazine! Menus and shopping lists posted weekly!

Mini-Challenges

Current Mini-Challenges - Week 10 (report due 23 Nov 09)

Weeks 1 to 12

Go grocery shopping once a week

Guidelines:

With menu planning, you can get all your groceries in one go, once a week. The menus and shopping lists are posted every Sunday, with plenty of time to shop Sunday evening!

94% Successful

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Weeks 1 to 12

Cook 5 times a week

Guidelines:

The menus don't have to be in any particular order, and you don't have to cook on any particular day...just make sure you pick 5 days and cook on those days!

94% Successful

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Failed: 26 Oct 09 by enjanerd

"Was out of town most of the week for a conference, so I didn't shop or ..."

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Weeks 1 to 12

Eat your leftovers for lunch!

Guidelines:

Give yourself an extra healthy meal by bringing your leftovers in to work the next day! Saves money AND calories! Win win!

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Weeks 1 to 12

Keep a record of all the food you consumed. Feel free to comment on the blog (crosscountrykitchens.blogspot... or start a discussion in the forum about each recipe! It's a more fun way of recording what you're eating!

78% Successful

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Weeks 4 to 12

Exercise 3 times a week

Guidelines:

Of course, with better eating comes better living. This challenge starts a few weeks into the main challenge so you can get your schedule in order first. Focus on cooking first, then add in exercise one day at a time when you can. This is about changing your lifestyle!

91% Successful

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Failed: 26 Oct 09 by enjanerd

"With all the stuff I had packed into the week, this was a tough one to ..."

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Latest Challenge Posts

Week 9: Sorry I missed a week of posting

http://crosscountrykitchens.bl...

by texeverlasting on 09 Nov 09 08:59 AM

Week 7: Scary menu

http://crosscountrykitchens.bl...

by texeverlasting on 25 Oct 09 05:42 PM

Week 6: Keep it up!

Here's the post with the menu and shopping list: http://crosscountrykitchens.bl... I also posted a few shopping notes here: http://crosscountrykitchens.bl... This week's menu features bison(!), s ...

by texeverlasting on 18 Oct 09 12:56 PM

Week 5: Lotsa interesting stuff this week

Here's the post: http://crosscountrykitchens.bl... The recipes and shopping list are at the top right of the page now (and will be all week), for easier access. There are some interesting flavors this ...

by texeverlasting on 11 Oct 09 01:23 PM

Week 4: How's everyone doing so far? Recipe requests?

Here's this week's recipe/shopping list: http://crosscountrykitchens.bl... How's everyone doing out there? Anyone have any particular planning/cooking/shopping challenges they'd like to share? This ...

by texeverlasting on 03 Oct 09 11:15 AM

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Challenge Info

status:	In Progress
current period:	Week 10 of 12
reporting:	Once a Week
end date:	Monday 07 Dec 09 (last day)
participants:	14
teams:	Blue Red
privacy:	Public
administrators:	texeverlasting
created:	09 September 2009

All Mini-challenges:

1. Go grocery shopping once a week ( weeks 1 to 12 )
2. Cook 5 times a week ( weeks 1 to 12 )
3. Eat your leftovers for lunch! ( weeks 1 to 12 )
4. Record everything you eat ( weeks 1 to 12 )
5. Exercise 3 times a week ( weeks 4 to 12 )

Rolling Challenge Performance:

The week to week running total weight lost

Week 10:

All Teams	1.05 % ( 26.9 lb)
Blue	0.57 % ( 7.1 lb)
Red	1.50 % ( 19.8 lb)
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Week 9:

All Teams	0.78 % ( 20.0 lb)
Blue	0.45 % ( 5.6 lb)
Red	1.09 % ( 14.4 lb)
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Week 8:

All Teams	0.69 % ( 17.8 lb)
Blue	0.45 % ( 5.6 lb)
Red	0.92 % ( 12.2 lb)
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Week 7:

All Teams	0.78 % ( 19.9 lb)
Blue	0.49 % ( 6.1 lb)
Red	1.04 % ( 13.8 lb)
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Week 6:

All Teams	0.78 % ( 20.1 lb)
Blue	0.65 % ( 8.1 lb)
Red	0.91 % ( 12.0 lb)
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Week 5:

All Teams	0.74 % ( 18.9 lb)
Blue	0.90 % ( 11.1 lb)
Red	0.59 % ( 7.8 lb)
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Week 4:

All Teams	0.59 % ( 15.0 lb)
Blue	0.86 % ( 10.6 lb)
Red	0.33 % ( 4.4 lb)
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Week 3:

All Teams	0.52 % ( 13.4 lb)
Blue	0.53 % ( 6.6 lb)
Red	0.51 % ( 6.8 lb)
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Week 2:

All Teams	0.51 % ( 13.0 lb)
Blue	0.69 % ( 8.6 lb)
Red	0.33 % ( 4.4 lb)
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Week 1:

All Teams	0.26 % ( 6.6 lb)
Blue	0.49 % ( 6.1 lb)
Red	0.04 % ( 0.5 lb)
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Garlicky Pasta! YUMM!

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