🏅 Challenge Week #6 ~ Germany: August 24 - August 30, 2024 🏅

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🌎️ Challenge Week #6: Saturday, August 24th - Friday, August 30th, 2024 🌎️
✈️ DESTINATION: Germany - 6,000 Miles ~ Read Labels & 9” Plate ✈️
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Welcome to Week #6 of the 2024 Summer 5% Challenge. We hope that you are enjoying the Challenge and that you are getting to know your fellow teammates. Getting/giving support to your fellow team members is one of the things that make the 5% Community so very special. Thus far, we have practiced our daily habits (or as we like to call them: Living The Good Life) of getting our BMC (Basic Metabolic Calculator); Meet Your Cheerleaders; Water; Nutrition Tracking; Freggies; and 9” Plate.

Some basic rules that you should note for the duration of the Challenge:
**Exercise / LTGL points must be reported for the week that we are currently working on and final numbers coincide with our Weekly Weigh-Ins (no later than SATURDAY at 1159pm ~ your local time)**
**Weigh-Ins … We encourage you to weigh-in on time (if not, early). Weighing-in early is always acceptable. If you will be away for a weigh-in, consider posting your weight any time before you leave; if that is not possible, please reach out to your Baggage Handler/Leader to report that you will be away. Together you will come up with a plan to weigh-in early or to have your absence excused. Exercise / LTGL Weigh-Ins are DUE WEEKLY (no later than SATURDAY at 1159pm ~ your local time)**

. Since we allow team members to join at any time, if you are late in joining the Challenge, you will still be required to record your weight and are encouraged to immediately jump in with both feet!! Reach out to your leadership team for instructions if you are not sure where to record your weigh-in(s) and/or your weekly exercise/LTGL. THANKS!!


This posting is for information only. PLEASE POST YOUR RESULTS ON YOUR CHALLENGE TEAM PAGE. Each team has a similar ‘set-up’, yet each team also has their own ‘look & feel’. Any and all questions will be answered by your team’s leaders. Another good source of information will be from your fellow team mates on your team’s discussion board.

🌎️ Challenge Week #6: Saturday, August 24th - Friday, August 30th, 2024 🌎️
✈️ DESTINATION: Germany - 6,000 Miles ~ Read Labels & 9” Plate ✈️

We began our journey by visiting France and will likely end our Summer 5% Challenge with France again (since they are this year’s Summer Olympics host). For our second week we visited the USA and discussed its multiple Olympic cities. We visited Greece in Week #3, United Kingdom in Week #4. Last week (Week #5) we were fortunate to tour Australia, and during Week #6, we will visit Germany!

Germany has been the host of 3 Olympic Games, two of those were the Summer Games of 1936 and 1972. Germany has been represented in most modern Olympic Games since 1896. Berlin had been chosen as the site for the 1936 Olympics before the Nazi party had risen to power. An African-American sprinter and long jumper named Jesse Owens was one of the most popular athletes of the 1936 Games as a sprinter and long jumper. Also of note was a 13-year-old named Marjorie Gestring, a springboard diver who remains the youngest female gold medallist in the history of the Summer Olympics. Another very young athlete was sent to these games by Denmark. Twelve-year-old Inge Sorensen won a bronze medal in the 200m breaststroke. She is the youngest to ever medal in an individual event. These games were also the first to be broadcast on television.

The emblem of the 1936 Summer Olympics

‘I Call the Youth of the World’ was the motto of these Olympic Games.
(In German: ‘Ich rufe die Jugend der Welt!)

The 1972 Olympics were the first Olympics held in a German city since the 1936 games in Berlin. Munich was the host city. Unfortunately, tragedy struck these Olympics when Palestinian terrorists invaded the Olympic Village, killing two members of the Israeli team.

Here is the emblem of the 1972 Summer Olympic Games

The poster of the 1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich produced many notable athletes. American Mark Spitz won 7 gold medals in a single Olympics, a record which stood until 2007. A Soviet gymnast became renowned after winning a gold medal in the team competition as well as individual gold medals on balance beam and floor exercise. Frank Shorter was the first American to win the Olympic Marathon. There were many more but these were some of the stand-outs.

Finally, Germany has hosted a total of three Olympic Games: the Winter and Summer games were held in Germany in 1936 and the Summer Olympics of 1972. Germany was also selected to host the 1916 Summer and 1940 Winter Olympics, both of which were canceled due to World Wars.

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🌎️ Challenge Week #6: Saturday, August 24th - Friday, August 30th, 2024 🌎️
✈️ DESTINATION: Germany - 6,000 Miles ~ Read Labels & 9” Plate ✈️

The challenge begins on Saturday morning, August 24th. Read Labels and 9” Plate done before SATURDAY DOES NOT COUNT!!!!

🏁 Race 🏁

You must exercise to earn air miles to get your team to the destination.
1 minute of exercise = 1 air mile. DAILY MAXIMUM 120 exercise minutes/air miles.

📝 Living the Good Life - Read Labels & 9” Plate 📝

In doing research on ‘Reading Labels’ and what it means to your healthy lifestyle, it is evident that this is one of the most important things that you can do and helps tremendously in your success. Food labels contain a lot of information and understanding them can be confusing, but these labels can be a key factor in your weight loss journey. The front, back, and sides of a package contain information informing the consumer about what the food contains and strives to guide us to making healthier choices when selecting processed foods. The information that can be found on a food label helps the consumer to become more savvy about their food choices, can help them make better eating choices and helps to identify nutrient-dense foods that help to contribute to a healthy diet. Labels contain calories per serving, highs/lows in salt, sugar and fats. In addition, these labels can provide information regarding harmful contaminants such as pesticides or toxic metals helping you stay safer and avoid getting sick. Try to use food labels to make sure that you get the most information about the foods that you are consuming which will ultimately help you to put the best foods on your table for your individual needs.

The US Food & Drug Administration has an in-depth article called:
“How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label”
Here is the link to that site:
https://www.fda.gov/food/nutrition-facts-label/how-understand-and-use-nutrition-facts-label

This article discusses all aspects of the labels that we see on products every day and explains just how to read them and what to look for. It will take a little time to read, but it is well worth your time as it breaks things down. There is also an additional link that this article provides. There is a lot of great information contained here, please bookmark this site and refer to it often. Perhaps bookmark it on your phone as well so that you can refer to it while you are shopping should you have a question about how something may be written on a label.

One of the things that most people likely don’t pay attention to is the serving size listed. Many times you will have what looks like a ‘single serve’ item that is actually considered two or more servings. If you aren’t paying attention to serving sizes, you will likely be consuming more calories than you think you are. As a result, you may be sabotaging your efforts.

Unfortunately, when beginning to examine labels - it can be a daunting task. There is so much information to read and so much more that the average consumer doesn’t understand. The article that I referenced may initially make your eyes glaze over because there is just so much information to digest. Here is what I do when I begin researching/learning about a product … I visit YouTube. YouTube is a video ‘library’ of anything and everything. For this week, look up some videos about how to understand and use nutrition facts labels. You can also tailor this search to include information in including or excluding certain ingredients and/or nutrients depending on individual allergies and/or sensitivities.

✔️To Score Points
Read Labels
9” Plate

🏆 Summary

🌠Record all exercise minutes. It's 6,000 Exercise Minutes/Air miles. DAILY MAXIMUM 120 exercise minutes/miles. Scoring: 1 minute of exercise = 1 air mile
⭐⭐ Living the Good Life - Read Labels and 9” Plate ⭐⭐
1. Read Labels - 1 point for each label read (up to 3 labels/day). BONUS ~ 2 points one time per day: check out YouTube videos (or similar) and share some significant, interesting findings as you learn about reading labels and nutrition.
Read Labels and/or Research: MAX: 5 points/day.
2. 9” Plate - 5 points for each meal using a 9” plate (a pre-packaged item such as a cup of yogurt for breakfast counts as well). 5 points/meal ~ maximum of 15 points/day


We will record this on one thread (example):
Saturday (Please record the day you are reporting about)
My Exercise: 40
My Read Labels: 5
My 9” Plate: 15

🌟 Build healthy forever habits - Be a team player and get support to reach your goals 🌟

****Remember if for any reason your health does not allow you to participate in a challenge please do not attempt it. Always follow your doctor's orders.

Primalgal

Saturday

My Exercise: 90
My Read Labels: 2
My 9" Plate: 15

Dianedoessmiles1

@Primalgal can you please post this on your team? GREAT JOB on your exercise etc!!! WOW! Very good job!!!

I've done this also, posted here on the 2024 Summer 5% Team and not on my own team (PS4L) I think many of us have. THANKS!!!