***ALL TEAMS WEEK 4 CHALLENGE***
michaelvhawk
Posts: 100 Member
Ok last week we challenged all of the sweet tooth people, I happen to have a huge sweet tooth so for me it was especially difficult. However it was very rewarding this morning when I stepped on the scale and knew that resisting the sugar helped me to lose weight this past week. It is a new week so it is time for a new challenge. There were several people that mentioned last week that they really didn't have a problem with sweets but the salty items are their downfall. Ladies and gents that can't get enough salt this challenge is for you!!! Before I present the challenge let me first say that what I am going to ask you to do actually works, I can say first hand that I have done this and stuck with it for several months now and I consider it to be one of the main contributors to my success on the scale thus far. I strongly believe that this is one of the main reasons that I have been fortunate enough to continue to have consistent weight loss week after week. Now on to the challenge!
For the next week you will need to adjust the settings on your food diary and make sure that you can see the sodium levels you are consuming. Many of us focus so heavily on the calories, fat and sugar that this aspect of our diet is neglected. The challenge for this week is to set your sodium goal at 2000mg per day and finish below that goal each and every day of the week. If you want to really push yourself and you think 2000mg is too much for you, lower it to 1500mg. Either way make sure that the number you pick is significantly less than what you have been consuming in the past. Many may say "but Michael all this is going to do is get rid of water weight, I am here to get rid of fat!" If your diet is anything like what mine was you will discover very quickly that the foods that contain a lot of sodium are full of preservatives and severely lacking in nutrients. Eliminating these types of foods will give a boost to your metabolism and enable you to burn more fat than ever before! Similar to last weeks challenge, this will be a true test of will. If you take this challenge seriously and truly limit your sodium intake your body will thank you and so will your scale! Just like last week be sure to leave comments below on foods to avoid that have large amounts of sodium and help to support one another through this challenge. Let's make this week the best week of the challenge, push yourself to the limit and your body will be forever grateful!!!!
For the next week you will need to adjust the settings on your food diary and make sure that you can see the sodium levels you are consuming. Many of us focus so heavily on the calories, fat and sugar that this aspect of our diet is neglected. The challenge for this week is to set your sodium goal at 2000mg per day and finish below that goal each and every day of the week. If you want to really push yourself and you think 2000mg is too much for you, lower it to 1500mg. Either way make sure that the number you pick is significantly less than what you have been consuming in the past. Many may say "but Michael all this is going to do is get rid of water weight, I am here to get rid of fat!" If your diet is anything like what mine was you will discover very quickly that the foods that contain a lot of sodium are full of preservatives and severely lacking in nutrients. Eliminating these types of foods will give a boost to your metabolism and enable you to burn more fat than ever before! Similar to last weeks challenge, this will be a true test of will. If you take this challenge seriously and truly limit your sodium intake your body will thank you and so will your scale! Just like last week be sure to leave comments below on foods to avoid that have large amounts of sodium and help to support one another through this challenge. Let's make this week the best week of the challenge, push yourself to the limit and your body will be forever grateful!!!!
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This is a GREAT challenge! I have been trying to control my sodium intake.....I do not eat too many processed foods, but I do add too much salt to my cooking. Does anyone know how to track the sodium we add to our foods? For this weeks challenge I will try hard to use half of the salt that I normally use in my cooking. I will have my whole family join me in this challenge....this is definately a healthy habit for all of us! Have a GREAT WEEK 4!!0
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I recently started tracking sodium. If you go under food and then hit the tools it will let you adjust what you wanted to track. I know Carrielynn62 and I track fiber and sodium (she is the one who showed me how to change the settings). Good luck everyone and have a great week!0
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This is a GREAT challenge. I myself will not be participating in this one for medical reasons. I have low blood pressure issues and am under doctors orders not to go any lower than 2500. I know how important it is to watch the salt intake and I think that for anyone who is in this challenge who doesn't have medical issues not to do this one they should ABSOLUTELY partake in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!0
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This a great challenge but my doctor says not to go under 2200 and 2500 if I have any symtoms. I too have very low blood presure and have to see how I feel. I'm going to do 2200 and my doctor said to try and see how I feel. Other wise i"ll do 2500.
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I am one of the ones that posted last week about having a salty tooth! I made a point to avoid salty food last week to try and challenge myself since I rarely eat anything sugary. So does that mean I should eat Sugar this week??
(Just kidding of course)!
Have a great week everyone! Thank you Michael for your challenges post!
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I'm never high on sodium so I did really well on that this week. It was much easier for me than the sweets week.:laugh:
Now, let's see if I can tackle both sugar and sodium for next week.....0 -
Wao I'm surprised of the sodium levels in "healthy" food like turkey ham, or jello light, I'll cut the jello for this week and will see the results next week thanks Michael!!
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