Team WEAPONS OF MASS REDUCTION - September forum 1

Choirgirl37

Tank Girl--Whatever works for you! Spreadsheet or this thread is fine. I think Ralph can read it just fine either way.

Choir Girl--The monthly challenge is to follow your food plan aka challenge level aka custom plan. It's whatever you set for yourself. The weekly and daily challenges are specific rules to follow each day or week (depending on the type of challenge it is...daily challenge=follow it that day....weekly challenge=follow it that week)...HOPE THIS CLEARS THE AIR

If one fails the weekly challenge, you do NOT fail the monthly challenge....here's how it works... you have 3 opportunities to earn points each day for a total of 3 points per day:

1 pt = follow your food plan aka monthly challenge-->this is why it was confusing to me too...the way it's named makes me think it's something you must do for the entire month in order to "complete"

1 pt = follow your weekly plan (see the weekly plan laid out for us each sunday or on the excel spreadsheet. i will try to update it as soon as i hear it from Ralph).

1 pt = follow your daily plan (see the daily plain laid out for us each sunday or on the excel spreadsheet. i will try to update it asap after ralph posts it here).

THEN you have opportunities to earn more points through weight loss at the end of the week:

1 pt / 1 pound lost

ALSO the ENTIRE TEAM WOMR has an opportunity to earn 5 points if EVERY PERSON was able to follow their MONTHLY PLAN aka food plan for EVERY DAY of that week....this 5 points goes to the TEAM, not the individual's points.

Hope that clears it up!

Here's the new spreadsheet revised with more clarifications in case if people are still confused:

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Au4IAEZ94WeKdGk0QlljSC1aQjlFVWpfd0hBX3VMV3c&hl=en_US&pli=1#gid=0

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I guess it makes sense to bookmark it or add to favorites for your reference on the weekly/daily challenges and the challenge level you chose.

Thanks You. That helped me.

OSUalum

9/1 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/2 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/3 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges (barely!)
9/4 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/5 –
9/6 –
9/7 -

ncgatorfan

9/1 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/2 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/3 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges - i'm drowning in water!
9/4 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges - quite difficult to do since I was staring at a birthday cake for 3 hours
9/5 –
9/6 –
9/7 -

Topsking2010

9/1 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/2 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/3 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/4 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/5 –
9/6 –
9/7 -


Since joining the team I have lost 7 pounds. Been told it's probably water weight but every little helps. Need to add more calories to my daily food intake.

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lisabstrong

WEEK TWO - FOOD CHALLENGE

DAILY CHALLENGES:
9/5 - Meatless Monday (100% veggie day)
9/6 - No Gluten
9/7 - 120 oz water
9/8 - No processed foods / 100% natural foods only
9/9 - No processed sugar
9/10 - Protein with every meal
9/11- No alcohol

WEEKLY CHALLENGE:

Complete any 6 of the following challenges:

No alcohol
No fast food
No refined sugar
Minimum of 4 veggie servings per day
Minimum 2 fruit per day
Protein at every meal
No eating 2 hours before sleep
No gluten
No dairy
No eating 2 hours before bed
7 hours of sleep

MONTHLY CHALLENGE:
Live within your food plan!

Remember: You be within 100 calories of your calorie limit as established by your food plan or MFP (your choice).

These challenges will get progressively harder as the weeks progress.

WEAPONS OF MASS REDUCTION - LET DO THIS!!!!

Monday's going to be tough as I have my meals all planned already for this week and I don't have this in the plan...Oh well! I usually try to plan my meals a week in advance...

Pam3

WEEK TWO - FOOD CHALLENGE

DAILY CHALLENGES:
9/5 - Meatless Monday (100% veggie day)
9/6 - No Gluten
9/7 - 120 oz water
9/8 - No processed foods / 100% natural foods only
9/9 - No processed sugar
9/10 - Protein with every meal
9/11- No alcohol

WEEKLY CHALLENGE:

Complete any 6 of the following challenges:

No alcohol
No fast food
No refined sugar
Minimum of 4 veggie servings per day
Minimum 2 fruit per day
Protein at every meal
No eating 2 hours before sleep
No gluten
No dairy
No eating 2 hours before bed
7 hours of sleep

MONTHLY CHALLENGE:
Live within your food plan!

Remember: You be within 100 calories of your calorie limit as established by your food plan or MFP (your choice).

These challenges will get progressively harder as the weeks progress.

WEAPONS OF MASS REDUCTION - LET DO THIS!!!!

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Pam3

9/1 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/2 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/3 – daily not meet...weekly and monthly meet
9/4 – daily not meet..weekly not meet,.,monthly meet
9/5 –
9/6 –
9/7 -


helping son move, had fast food (which i had not had in years,,ugh!!)

OSUalum

9/1 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/2 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/3 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges (barely!)
9/4 – Did NOT Complete Daily, Did Complete Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/5 –
9/6 –
9/7 -

Correction.... Sorry. I had an English muffin at breakfast. Refined flour.
Also may be considered a processed food. (not sure about the total definition)

hopebuck

9/1 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/2 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/3 – Completed Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/4 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/5 –
9/6 –
9/7 -

hopebuck

9/1 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/2 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/3 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges - i'm drowning in water!
9/4 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges - quite difficult to do since I was staring at a birthday cake for 3 hours
9/5 –
9/6 –
9/7 -

Oh how I understand the birthday cake... WAY TO GO!!!!!!! that is AWESOME!!!!

BeilaLin

ughh...i forgot that today was no refined flour / wheat day! I had a wheat flour naan/tortilla....also a roti (both are indian foods and are made from wheat). BUT they were vegan!

i also ate some chocolates tonight ***embarassed*** NO MORE CHOCOLATES!! i start challenge level 3 today! right now! (no refined sugars)

I'm really focusing on cutting out dairy this week as my "personal" plan. So far so good!

I'm having a hard time with my monthly challenge as I cannot complete the "no processed" food part of challenge level three, however i will try my best with some exceptions (which are necessary for my current nutrition requirements and with what i have at home already)...

OK processed foods for me:
-Natural Crunchy Peanut butter (Earth Balance brand...it's pretty natural and not heavily processed).
-Almond Milk/Coconut Milk
-Oils (these are processed foods too, not all are cold pressed, like sesame oil or refined coconut oil..they're processed)
-Vegetarian Smart Dogs protein links (i know I have a BBQ planned coming up, but only plan to have at the most 2 links)
-Vegan Butter--need it for cooking some foods and to flavor

I guess that's it...whatever else i have that is processed will just have to avoid....if I can't think of it right now at this moment, it must not be that important to eat....oh and also dehydrated foods like wakame (seaweed) and dulse (kelp), which i need for iron / iodine. Yep, dehydrated foods are PROCESSED foods too...but not as bad as other packaged processed foods.

other than these exceptions, i have been eating WAY better due to this challenge! I will also start juicing to replace 1 meal each day for 17 days starting Sept 6 (tuesday)...so WATCH MY DIARY!! Keep me accountable teammates!

Doing good everyone!

Congrats on losing 7 pounds TOPSKING!

ADD ME AS A FRIEND if you haven't already (or if i haven't already) ...Just mention WOMR in the message before you try to add me....

BeilaLin

BTW...

This Thursday (9/8/11) will be no processed foods day, 100% natural foods only....

I just wanted to clarify to those out there also struggling with "processed foods" .... because there are many definitions of what constitutes "processed".

If you google or wiki the words "processed foods" there are many definitions. I think for this challenge, try to come up with your own challenge as to how you want to define "processed".

For example, dehydrated wakame (seaweed) is processed since the wakame has gone through food processing via dehydration. My definition of processed will be strict for this day (thursday), and I'll probably end up eating 100% raw vegan, but for others, it could simply mean "whole foods" in the ingredient list (or natural derived foods, no chemicals, fillers, preservatives, etc).

Also, believe it or not, frozen spinach and other frozen vegetables are processed foods (processed via freezing). So just a little fyi for those who are struggling with processed foods as well.

I think just do a quick read up about it so you are aware of what it means, and then come up with your own definition / challenge as to how you will eat that day (thursday).

What do you think Ralph?

OSUalum

BTW...

This Thursday (9/8/11) will be no processed foods day, 100% natural foods only....

I just wanted to clarify to those out there also struggling with "processed foods" .... because there are many definitions of what constitutes "processed".

If you google or wiki the words "processed foods" there are many definitions. I think for this challenge, try to come up with your own challenge as to how you want to define "processed".

I agree Beila. I have a long term goal to eat only whole foods. That seems so hard right now.
I am trying my best to eat processed foods than have less than 5 ingredients...no fillers, no colorings, no MSG. Even that takes some research! Breads seem to be the most difficult, but Ezekiel brand fits.

We all have to set our own standards and goals.
And remember this is not a sprint!!!!

TankGirl71

9/1 completed daily, weekly, and monthly challenges
9/2 completed daily, weekly, and monthly challenges
9/3 completed daily, weekly, and monthly challenges
9/4 completed daily, weekly, and monthly challenges

TankGirl71

Meatless Monday - 100% veggie? So no eggs or dairy? There is no way I can eat 1700 cal worth of vegetables in one day. My stomach would explode. (or other parts of me will explode tomorrow - gross!) I am bound to fail this one way or another, either by missing my calories or eating protein in some form. :-(
Thoughts, comments?

hopebuck

Meatless Monday - 100% veggie? So no eggs or dairy? There is no way I can eat 1700 cal worth of vegetables in one day. My stomach would explode. (or other parts of me will explode tomorrow - gross!) I am bound to fail this one way or another, either by missing my calories or eating protein in some form. :-(
Thoughts, comments?

no meat does not mean no eggs or dairy...that would be "vegan monday" .. I don't think it has to be all veggies. just no meat...that's all it says! I'm having oatmeal with blueberries, almond milk and pecans for breakfast. lunch will likely be a stir fry with tofu and i was thinking eggs with lots of veggies and a piece of toast for dinner. no meat... and not all veggies. You can sooo do this!!!!

hopebuck

I also feel that we could get VERY literal on "no processed" foods, but i'm not so sure that is what all of this means either. for me it just means look for things that are not processed with white flour and sugar and especially high fructose corn syrup..nasty! i'm eating my whole grain bread (SUPER whole grain and nutty that is) and ezekial bread and to me that isn't "processed" maybe i'm wrong, but if i get way tooooo literal I'm going to fail for sure. just doing this I am eating so much better. really seems like just cuttiing out sugar eliminates so many processed foods

I WISH i could eat only whole foods all the time, but I just can't commit to that right now. and I am very happy with myself right now

How is everyone else doing with this part of the challenge?

Pam3

I also feel that we could get VERY literal on "no processed" foods, but i'm not so sure that is what all of this means either. for me it just means look for things that are not processed with white flour and sugar and especially high fructose corn syrup..nasty! i'm eating my whole grain bread (SUPER whole grain and nutty that is) and ezekial bread and to me that isn't "processed" maybe i'm wrong, but if i get way tooooo literal I'm going to fail for sure. just doing this I am eating so much better. really seems like just cuttiing out sugar eliminates so many processed foods

I WISH i could eat only whole foods all the time, but I just can't commit to that right now. and I am very happy with myself right now

How is everyone else doing with this part of the challenge?

hey hope,

im with you with regards to what i consider processed foods....for i need to keep it at baby steps....and i so needed this food challenge, seems that for the last two months i had not lost an oz...but since i started i have dropped some weight...yay!!!

good luck

pam

BeilaLin

TankGirl--Eggs, tofu, vegan meats, and nuts are all good protein sources. Cheese too. If you want to make it easier, just try no red meats. I mean people are going based on what they can achieve, and it's all about taking concsiousness to our eating habits. We're taking things to another level. So if you're used to hamburgers/meats, try fish or vegan meats (seitan/smart dogs/garden burgers/veggie burgers).

Let's all just try to take steps, baby steps, or take things to another level based on where we were coming from. We don't have to throw in the towel and say "I will fail becuase...." nooo....let's think more like "I can change my diet this way by...." and think of alternative ways to change the diet according to the challenges in this thread.

PAM, and HOPEBUCK---yeah, let's just go based on what we can when it comes to "processed foods". We're all coming from different stages in "cutting out the crap"...some people are weening off of potato chips, packaged foods, chemicals and dyes...

Ezekiel Sprouted Bread (and other similar type) is processed to me...but several months ago, Ezekiel Bread would have been a HUGE step for me to cut out yeast / refrined flour bread. I eat gluten free bread and sprouted breads only ... until this challenge, which I will try to cut out all types as part of my "no processed foods" challenge in challenge level 3.

I will have Ezekiel Bread next month or on a cheat day. But for now, I will try my best.

This is what it's all about...TRY YOUR BEST! Don't give up! We are on WEEK 2! That's great progress so far if you are still here!

TankGirl71

9/1 completed daily, weekly, and monthly challenges
9/2 completed daily, weekly, and monthly challenges
9/3 completed daily, weekly, and monthly challenges
9/4 completed daily, weekly, and monthly challenges

I had eggs and feta for breakfast and was totally prepared to go vegetarian the rest of the day, but remembered I had a fresh piece of salmon in the fridge and there was no way I was letting it go to waste. So I had fish today, too. I am trying to be as purist and diesel as I can about this challenge since I already eat pretty clean. My overall personal challenge is to stay paleo/primal for the month. Let's take a vote....is salmon meat in regards to today's challenge? If so, I'm a 2 for today.

9/5 (Not sure if I completed daily challenge in a pure sense), weekly, and monthly challenges completed

OSUalum

I had eggs and feta for breakfast and was totally prepared to go vegetarian the rest of the day, but remembered I had a fresh piece of salmon in the fridge and there was no way I was letting it go to waste. So I had fish today, too. I am trying to be as purist and diesel as I can about this challenge since I already eat pretty clean. My overall personal challenge is to stay paleo/primal for the month. Let's take a vote....is salmon meat in regards to today's challenge? If so, I'm a 2 for today.

9/5 (Not sure if I completed daily challenge in a pure sense), weekly, and monthly challenges completed

Hmmm....good question. I guess its relative to you and your normal eating habits. Do you always have a fish, poultry of beef every day?
Of course my vote is to enjoy it!

OSUalum

9/5 Completed daily, weekly, and monthly challenges (Whew! And on a holiday! Pretty darn proud of myself!)
9/6
9/7
9/8
9/9
9/10
9/11

Pam3

9/1 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/2 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/3 – daily not meet...weekly and monthly meet
9/4 – daily not meet..weekly not meet,.,monthly meet
9/5 – COMPLETED daily, weekly and monthly challenges
9/6 –
9/7 -

BeilaLin

FROM TANK GIRL---

I had eggs and feta for breakfast and was totally prepared to go vegetarian the rest of the day, but remembered I had a fresh piece of salmon in the fridge and there was no way I was letting it go to waste. So I had fish today, too. I am trying to be as purist and diesel as I can about this challenge since I already eat pretty clean. My overall personal challenge is to stay paleo/primal for the month. Let's take a vote....is salmon meat in regards to today's challenge? If so, I'm a 2 for today.

9/5 (Not sure if I completed daily challenge in a pure sense), weekly, and monthly challenges completed

whatever is relative to your norm...i eat fish regularly...i will not today. if you eat steak, chicken, hamburger, turkey regularly, maybe it is good that you "changed" to fish only. don't let a good expensive piece of salmon go to waste! even for this! of course you could always freeze or eat the next day, as for whether it counts or not, you be the judge since many people believe fish is a "clean animal" meat. even in the bible in the old testament, it was allowed but the "hooved" animals were not allowed when God told Moses in the mass exodus. But if you are not religious, you could also still consider fish a clean protein meat since it is easier to digest than dense steak protein for example. the protein structure is different. Also fish has better fat source (omega 3 in salmon and tuna)...so these are all things to pat yourself on the back for choosing this type of protein...this is just my opinion.

Everyone should think in terms of relativity in this challenge since we are all trying to CHALLENGE ourselves...do better for ourselves, do what we can, not what we cannot.

hopebuck

9/1 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/2 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/3 – Completed Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/4 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/5 – Completed Daily, Weekly (barely) AND Monthly Challenges...WAHOOOOO!!!!
9/6 –
9/7 -

Choirgirl37

I saw RalphCurt at the Rib Cook-off TODAY!

BeilaLin

I saw RalphCurt at the Rib Cook-off TODAY!

LOLING! hahahah

For those who find it hard to avoid the meat...VEGETABLE STEWS and veggie or bean chilli's are good replacements! Plus you get the protein you need from the beans! I'm gonna try that next time

rraallpphhccuurrtt

ATTENTION - TEAM WEAPONS OF MASS REDUCTION
What a team! We had 12 people on the team fully participate last week hich is awesome! And you are all really good about posting your progress on this board which makes my life so much easier! Thank you.

A few clarifying points from last weeks progress:

1 - I am tracking the individual and the team points by reviewing the posts and the spreadsheet. When there are discrepancies I am taking the better result.

2 - Our weeks got a bit screwed up because the month started on a Thursday but our weeks are Monday - Sunday. I will post the next weeks Daily and Monthly challenges on Saturday or Sunday at the latest!

3 - Our Team Roster is as follows:

OSUalum
NCGatorFan
HopeBuck
Pam3
BeilaLin
TankGirl71
Lisaab150
Choirgirl37
flipipino_wardog
rwd5046
Topsking2010
xonashwaox
RalphCurt (Captain)

If you are participating and your name is not listed above, please contact me ASAP. I will be removing all other names of people who signed up but have not been participating tomorrow.

4 - Please send me your weights as of yesterday so we can tally lost weight points. !!

5 - Congratulations to OSUalum, NCGatorFan, HopeBuck, BeilaLin, TankGirl71 and Topsking2010 - All of them had a perfect week last week! If you think you did but I missed it please let me know.

6 - For purposes of this team, for the purposes of this challenge there are a few definitions I would like to clarify:

a. "Meatless" simply means no eating anything that had a face. Thus fish is not allowed but eggs are fine.
b. "Processed" foods simply means anything that has been altered from its natural state. If it was just handled by a mixer (like all natural yogurts) or wrapper, it is fine. But if is not as it was when it was ripe, it cannot be eaten on these days. And it is OK to trust the label. If it says "all natural" it is fine for this challenges purposes.

Please let me know if you have any questions! PM'ing me is best.

OK, GO WEAPONS OF MASS REDUCTION, we are doing really well!

Pam3

9/1 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/2 – Completed Daily, Weekly and Monthly Challenges
9/3 – daily not meet...weekly and monthly meet
9/4 – daily not meet..weekly not meet,.,monthly meet
9/5 – COMPLETED daily, weekly and monthly challenges
9/6 –daily not meet, weekly and monthly challenges
9/7 -

lisabstrong

WEEK TWO - FOOD CHALLENGE update for the last two days...I did put this on the spreadsheet though too...

DAILY CHALLENGES:
9/5 - Meatless Monday (100% veggie day) Did not meet this
9/6 - No Gluten -- Met this today
9/7 - 120 oz water
9/8 - No processed foods / 100% natural foods only
9/9 - No processed sugar
9/10 - Protein with every meal
9/11- No alcohol

WEEKLY CHALLENGE:

Complete any 6 of the following challenges:

No alcohol -- Completed!!
No fast food -- Completed!
No refined sugar -- Completed!!
Minimum of 4 veggie servings per day Completed!!
Minimum 2 fruit per day Completed!!
Protein at every meal
No eating 2 hours before sleep Completed!!
No gluten
No dairy
7 hours of sleep -- Completed!!! Can't function without it actually...

MONTHLY CHALLENGE:
Live within your food plan! YEP I did it!!