Team WEAPONS OF MASS REDUCTION - September forum 1

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.

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 -

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...

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!!)

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 -

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!

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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!!!!

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?

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?

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!