Ideas for the August Challenge?
toadqueen
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I have been very excited to participate in the July challenge. It has helped a lot in keeping me motivated and staying on track. I am sad to have missed the May challenge - I am going meat and fat only as of this morning and see how it goes.
I was thinking maybe August Adventures - where each week we try a LCHF food or recipe that we never had before? I am rather new to the group so I am not sure if this idea has already been done.
I am fond of alliteration.
I was thinking maybe August Adventures - where each week we try a LCHF food or recipe that we never had before? I am rather new to the group so I am not sure if this idea has already been done.
I am fond of alliteration.
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I have been very excited to participate in the July challenge. It has helped a lot in keeping me motivated and staying on track. I am sad to have missed the May challenge - I am going meat and fat only as of this morning and see how it goes.
I was thinking maybe August Adventures - where each week we try a LCHF food or recipe that we never had before? I am rather new to the group so I am not sure if this idea has already been done.
I am fond of alliteration.
I would like to do an August Challenge, too! I love the name you picked; August Adventures.... sounds like fun.
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August Adventures.... Love it! Great idea!0
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Sounds good to me. I am willing to bet we'd have plenty of interested people.0
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I would love to try, if I find time.0
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New food = no brainer for me.
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Definitely interested. Might help bring me out of my lurkdom!0
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In for August Adventures. Nice suggestion.0
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So are you going to provide a food category? Or suggestions? Or are we supposed to pick something at random? More info please.
Edited to add: Thinks like coconut flakes, hemp hearts, and cocoa butter are on my eventually list, but are currently cost prohibitive (plus I don't like coconut at all!)...LOL0 -
I'm pretty new at low carb cooking but I love to cook so anything is good but like some people have said cost restrictions could apply. I am retired and living on a fixed income.0
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My original thought was to do our own adventures and derive more ideas from the group as we post our progress. I'm flexible.0
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Yeah, that unstructured for me, and I know I won't do it. I tend to be an all or nothing person... LOL Lame, I know.0
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Great idea! I can experiment with a new super high-fat dish as part of my meal preps every week that I keep just for my lunches!0
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Great idea!
What if you could choose either:
A. Try this recipe
B. Try this ingredient
Or
C. Swap x in your diet for y (I.e. Try almond milk instead of HWC in your coffee, try a different ground meat in place of ground beef)
And post to let us know how your experiment went.
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TWO food type suggestions:
1. Capella Flavors- sold by Netrition.com…I am adding "Pralines & Cream" to plain iced coffee, or "sugar Cookie" and "Lemon Merangue Pie" to cream cheese for a cheesecake taste. ( about 50 flavors- 1 drop per oz- $2.36 a bottle...amazing ways to add flavor to the same foods you consume. (I add blueberry flavor+ Fewer real blueberries to my shakes-saves carbs)
2nd. For OTHER great protein consider adding Hulled Hempseed (aka hemp hearts)..3 tbl provides 10 gr. protein with ALL essential Amino Acids, AND REAL food-based Magnesium- get 50% of RDA in those same 3 tbl!!
(since most agribiz veggies grown now are deficient in any normal amount of iron/calcium/magnesium, etc.)
this protein is so mildly flavored (kinda like walnut) that you can bake great muffin with it + almond flour, or add into soups, fried/steamed foods. Stirfry in coconut oil then add eggs for a nutty dish, toast them and top other foods, grind them and add to cream cheese to bulk up a cheesecake, and provide protein+fat in your dessert.
I also melt 100% cacao chips, add HWC, stevia, butter, and hempseed-chia seeds-pecans, etc. for a chocolate candy treat
If you tire of all meat all the time this gives you a great change of pace, and can be eaten raw out of the bag0 -
Sounds fun. I'm always on the lookout for new ideas that don't require anything exotic or expensive. 0
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I'm in for August challenge! New recipies will be fun, and learning from all of you, even better!0
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@toadqueen, let us know how being meativore works for you! I love it! The May challenge changed my life!! Best of luck to you!
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@toadqueen, let us know how being meativore works for you! I love it! The May challenge changed my life!! Best of luck to you!
I have to try the meativore sometime, but for right now, the August Adventures works for me! New foods, new recipes, just what I need.
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I think I'm going to pass. We like to try new recipes anyway, but in general I have been doing this or that challenge since April and I'd like to just get to somewhere that I can consider "normal" for myself, and know what that means for how I feel.0
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So, are we gonna do it?0
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Well, I think we should lol. I'm new here and have no clue how to get consensus or kick it off next week.0
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I will pass on this one. I want to continue with the IF during the summer then get back to ZC after my garden veggies are done. Have fun everyone !0
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I've never done a challenge so count me in and let me know what to do!0
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I'm out as well, I always try different recipes so to me it's not a challenge. I would like to have a workout challenge though, something new and more advanced 0
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I would love to join these August adventures! This would be my first challenge!0
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We could have more than one challenge, if people would be interesting in a second one running at the same time (maybe something athletic related). I'll get around to posting this one up in the events eventually. We're going to need a solid description of what exactly people are expected to do and someone who is technically in charge.0
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I think I'll join this one, I love trying new recipes and working out, this is perfect for me.0
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The adventures don't have to be food related. Maybe keep it really open and flexible but fun...
Try a new food...
Try a new exercise...or exercise program
I like the suggestion of swapping ingredients in recipes that was suggested.
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