CHALLENGE #1: WEEK 1
iwannagetfitrightnow
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Hi everyone! I am going to start our group out with its first challenge. Each week we will have different challenges that let us become healthier and closer to our body and fitness goals.
This week we are having a food challenge to kick off our group.
Challenge: Choose ONE of your biggest cheats for food and pick an alternative to eat for an ENTIRE WEEK. We want these to be challenging but realistic. That means you don't have to replace your daily candy bar with celery sticks. YOU pick the alternative. If you need some ideas of good alternatives, definitely post and we can all help you come up with ideas.. Or you can choose to limit your quantity.
Here are some examples:
Current vice: a bowl of ice cream Alternative: 1 dark chocolate truffle
Current vice: fried foods Alternative: grill everything
Current vice: soda Alternative: iced tea or sparkling flavored water
Current vice: ranch dressing Alternative: olive oil and vinegar
So if you want to do the challenge, please fill out this poll and post below.
1. What's the cheat you are cutting out?
2. What's the alternative?
Use this thread to log in and let us know your progress. We will check in on Wed, FEB 1st and post the results of who participated in the challenge. I will be keeping a point system and the more challenges you participate in and complete the higher your points will go.
This week we are having a food challenge to kick off our group.
Challenge: Choose ONE of your biggest cheats for food and pick an alternative to eat for an ENTIRE WEEK. We want these to be challenging but realistic. That means you don't have to replace your daily candy bar with celery sticks. YOU pick the alternative. If you need some ideas of good alternatives, definitely post and we can all help you come up with ideas.. Or you can choose to limit your quantity.
Here are some examples:
Current vice: a bowl of ice cream Alternative: 1 dark chocolate truffle
Current vice: fried foods Alternative: grill everything
Current vice: soda Alternative: iced tea or sparkling flavored water
Current vice: ranch dressing Alternative: olive oil and vinegar
So if you want to do the challenge, please fill out this poll and post below.
1. What's the cheat you are cutting out?
2. What's the alternative?
Use this thread to log in and let us know your progress. We will check in on Wed, FEB 1st and post the results of who participated in the challenge. I will be keeping a point system and the more challenges you participate in and complete the higher your points will go.
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1. What's the cheat you are cutting out? candy
2. What's the alternative? fruit
This is going to take a crazy amount of will power from me. I eat a LOT of candy and it's the number one thing I crave.0 -
1. What's the cheat you are cutting out? Diet Coke
2. What's the alternative? Other low cal drinks or water
I love diet coke but i know it is awful for me I had one today haha but that will be my last one. No more brian cancer lol0 -
1. What's the cheat you are cutting out? not drinking enough water
2. What's the alternative? drinking 60 oz of water a day
Sorry this isn't really a vice and alternative, but it's something I really need to work on.0 -
Oooh... I had to go back through my diary entries to find a vice for this one, since I already cut out fast food. (I used to be able to count on one hand how many meals I ate at home each week.) So, I see I consistently go over in sugar. By triple my preset goal.
1. What's the cheat you are cutting out? Excess sugar, especially processed
2. What's the alternative? Limiting my sugar to ideally 50g/day, no more than 68g max. (Goal is 34g). This should only allow for my morning coffee and some fruit.0 -
1. What's the cheat you are cutting out? Fast Food
2. What's the alternative? Have a meal at the food court or at home instead
omg... I can hear the KFC drumstick calling out to me T_T0 -
1. What's the cheat you are cutting out? Soda. I started drinking/craving it again
2. What's the alternative? Water and more water, followed by some water0 -
I am cutting out sugar in my tea. There is no replacement. :-)0
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1. What's the cheat you are cutting out? For the rest of the week I'd like to cut out all types of convenience food/fast food - specifically pizza and chips. There isn't an alternative for now.0
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I need to try and cut out coffee, since I can only drink it with the yummy stuff that is oh so bad for you (french vanilla creamer)......this is a hard thing to cut out when I'm always looking forward to my coffee first thing in the morning....does anyone have any ideas for me to help me take coffee out of my daily routine????0
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1. What's the cheat you are cutting out? Peanut Butter (I know this isn't awful but if you know me you would understand LOL. I have to have it under lock and key)
2. What's the alternative? Avocado0 -
1. Snacks after dinner (7pm).
2. Hot green tea.0 -
need to try and cut out coffee, since I can only drink it with the yummy stuff that is oh so bad for you (french vanilla creamer)......this is a hard thing to cut out when I'm always looking forward to my coffee first thing in the morning....does anyone have any ideas for me to help me take coffee out of my daily routine????
I can't do without my morning coffee either.... and I drink the same way... with creamer. I've been trying to limit sugar, so I moved to the sugar free creamer and it really isn't bad at all. The fat free is awful, but the sugar free is pretty good. I also limit myself to one cup each morning, no more. I consider it a necessity for the health and sanity of me and the rest of my family in the morning.
I'm not nice w/o it. 0 -
i am going to cut out 3 things...booze, chips, and pizza!
alternatives will be: water or homemade smoothies, rice cakes or crispy minis, and well...there is no replacing the love of my life:PIZZA
The booze thing is going to be hard:(0 -
Cutting out :
all crunchy snacky foods - chips, cheeze its etc , alternatives carrots, celery, apples w/ peanut butter
not eating food left on my kids plates (which equals a ton of exta calories I never even think about)
Need to stop snacking before bed - trying to ween myself slowly and instead of snacking on bad snacks eating and orange or a handful of nuts0 -
Cutting out: Possessed Foods: Granola bars, Crackers, Chips
Replacing: Homemade chips from Corn Tortillas, carrots/celery sticks!0 -
1. What's the cheat you are cutting out?
eating out! If i cut this out, I'll be saving money and making healthier choices.
2. What's the alternative?
home made meals, even a sandwich will do, but no RAMEN or canned salty foods. This is going to be a tough one.0 -
1. What's the cheat you are cutting out? Desserts (especially brownies w/ ice-cream) & Juices
2. What's the alternative? Fruit Smoothies w/ Low-Fat Yogurt & Tea, Sparkling Water, Water instead of Juices0 -
Cheat I'm cutting: snacking after 7PM
Replacement: gum or exercise0 -
I need to try and cut out coffee, since I can only drink it with the yummy stuff that is oh so bad for you (french vanilla creamer)......this is a hard thing to cut out when I'm always looking forward to my coffee first thing in the morning....does anyone have any ideas for me to help me take coffee out of my daily routine????
Try Matcha green tea.. it's a lot different than green tea bag.. it's a powder you mix so it makes a richer, espresso textureed type drink and it's ridiculously good for you. You can find it online. I don't need sweeteners for mine but honey or a little skim milk would probably be fine.
Or maybe try the coffee with cinnamon/ nutmeg and skim milk?0 -
i am going to cut out 3 things...booze, chips, and pizza!
alternatives will be: water or homemade smoothies, rice cakes or crispy minis, and well...there is no replacing the love of my life:PIZZA
The booze thing is going to be hard:(
Alcohol is really hard for me too, like nearly impossible to cut completely since socializing seems to revolve around it! I am just trying to cut back to 2 a week. And instead of fruity drinks, just doing a vodka/club soda w lime or a glass of wine.0 -
Thank you those are really good ideas I would have never thought of myself! The green tea one sounds interesting, I will be looking online for that today 0
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I am also cutting out eating after 8pm!0
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A tip for those wanting to quit coffee. First of all, don't go cold turkey or you might end up with a splitting headache. I recommend going half calf, half decaff and slowly decreasing the caffinated and increasing the decaff. I was a Frenchi vanilla, hazelnut and sugar junkie too, I found if I put a yummy piece of gum in my mouth I can drink it black!! I would be in heaven if they made a hazelnuts gum:)0
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What's so bad about coffee?0
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need to try and cut out coffee, since I can only drink it with the yummy stuff that is oh so bad for you (french vanilla creamer)......this is a hard thing to cut out when I'm always looking forward to my coffee first thing in the morning....does anyone have any ideas for me to help me take coffee out of my daily routine????
I can't do without my morning coffee either.... and I drink the same way... with creamer. I've been trying to limit sugar, so I moved to the sugar free creamer and it really isn't bad at all. The fat free is awful, but the sugar free is pretty good. I also limit myself to one cup each morning, no more. I consider it a necessity for the health and sanity of me and the rest of my family in the morning. I'm not nice w/o it.
Have you tried the So Delicious Coffee Creamer? There is barely anything in it and it's super yummy!0 -
I don't think it's the coffee as much as the creamer in the coffee. It's totally fake crap(at least the kind I use). It can be loaded with sugar and chemicals. I get the sugar free kind, but it's still not good for me. unfortunately, it's one thing I just don't want to give up. I really enjoy my one cup of coffee per morning...and it gets me started for my day. I'd rather give up other stuff than that.
I guess of the coffee... it's the caffeine that's bad, but I'm not too worried about it. I drink one cup in the morning, then water the rest of the day. I don't drink soda anymore or really much of anything else. I'll have a drink or two when we are out, but I'm not a huge drinker either.0 -
What's the cheat you are cutting out? For week one, I'm eliminating beer - now that I've been logging it in my diary it's the one thing that really pushes me over my daily calorie count and way over on the weekends
What's the alternative? iced tea or vodka/diet drink if I am out socializing0 -
So it's two whole days into the challenge. How is everyone doing with their alternatives? Cutting out sugar has been difficult so far because there is a little in everything it seems. I have yet to meet my 50g goal, even today when I cut out my morning coffee and tried tea instead. I'm not sure if it's the lack of caffeine or sugar making me grumpy, but I'm believe I'm doing my best to cut back. Anyone else struggling, or even finding it easier than they thought?0
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Nearly went to have lunch at Burger's King earlier... but reminded myself abt this challenge in time heehee.0
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So it's two whole days into the challenge. How is everyone doing with their alternatives? Cutting out sugar has been difficult so far because there is a little in everything it seems. I have yet to meet my 50g goal, even today when I cut out my morning coffee and tried tea instead. I'm not sure if it's the lack of caffeine or sugar making me grumpy, but I'm believe I'm doing my best to cut back. Anyone else struggling, or even finding it easier than they thought?
getting on well! instead of crisps i've been munching on shreddies - i've gone through a whole pack which isn't exactl great but it's much much healthier in terms of fat and calories
And i've had no fast food or fried food so far0
