Eight Week Transition Diet CHALLENGE! Join me Jan 24!

Hi! I'm new on here but would LOVE to join this challenge! It sounds a wee bit challenging but totally worth it! Good luck everyone! We can do this! Oh yeah, so do the challenge start on Monday? Just want to make sure I am sticking to the rules! Haha! Silly me!
i just saw the date on the original post. Guess I'm too late. Will probably start on Monday anyway just for fun.

Well, the first week started this last Monday - but the only rule was NO JUNK, 2 cheat days and lots of water. Those rules will continue into week 2. I will post those new rules that we add on Monday later.

Week 2 starts TODAY!

Each week's rules are cumulative, so the "no junk" rule from Week 1 will apply until the end, as will each subsequent week's rule. Remember that this is a learning and conditioning process.It's like you're in a school and the subject is your own body.Eat small, eat often.Eat four to six small meals a day, and don't eat anything for about 3 hours before you go to sleep. Following these rules will keep your blood sugar levels morestatic and your energy level will stay consistent. Try to keep each snack or meal balanced.Keep a 30 percent protein, 40 percent carbohydrate, and 30 percent fat scale in mind, though you don't need to worry too much about it. Just realize that you need a bit from each macronutrient group. Eat based on what you'll be doing for the next few hours (if you're working out, eat a little more; sitting at a desk, eat a little less). The 3-hour-before-bed rule is important, especially for fats and carbohydrates. By allowing time for all the carbs you eat to get into your bloodstream, your body will sleep in fat-burning mode,rather than in calorie-storing mode. This is important because undigested carbs in your stomach at night are stored in adipose tissue(fat).

Cheat Days: 2

Weekly focus:Carbs are not the enemy. Your body needs them, just like it needs proteins and fats. The trick is to choose the right carbs. As a society, we eat too much refined sugar. Complex carbs, like whole-grain breads, whole-grain rice, sweet potatoes, and legumes are outstanding foods. Even fruits, which have simple carbohydrates wrapped in fiber, are very good for you and hard to overconsume. While you don't want a diet based on nothing but carbs, making the right carb choices will maximize your body's potential. Try to avoid white rice and flours. Read labels, and try to avoid ones that use the word "enriched," because this means these products have been stripped of their natural nutrients, overprocessed, and then fortified with a few random nutrients

Just checking in...

I did OK for week one, but when I looked back I had THREE cheat days (oops) :blushing: I had lindor truffles one night, an almond joy miniature another night, and then chocolate cake on Sunday (twice!). Also, I know I didn't hit the 6 glasses of water at least 2 days.

Anyway, here I am ready for one of the most challenging weeks - still no junk AND eating at least 4 meals. Today I took a banana to work and ate it after surgery - hope this counts as a meal - it's the best I can do.

I ate three small meals today and am sorta having a largish dinner.

Well there is always tomorrow...

I think a banana is fine. I don't think the point is to eat a MEAL, but to eat SOMETHING every 3-4 hours. That's what I do - snack a little all day. :-)

Here's a REALLY great series of articles about nutrition - I highly recommend reading it!

How is everyone doing so far??