We are Halfway through the No Sugar Challenge. Who’s still in, what are the biggest challenges, what has been the biggest surprise to you, what have you learned or realized? Please post your thoughts to the comments.
I am putting together a recipe book with all of the recipes that we have used throughout this challenge so please keep them coming.
I am excited to see this show when it airs in March. It is coming to ABC starting March 26th. Please watch the clips below and think about how resistant to change people are, and watch the video with the school age kids in it. Watch it with your kids. How many can they name? Compare that to showing them fast food logos and ask them what restaurant it is.
Here it is everyone The March Challenge is about to begin. Let me go over it again. This is voluntary from start to finish, but I promise it has the potential to change your life and your families if you choose to undertake it.
If you choose to take this challenge the only mandatory part is No Bread, Grain, Pasta, Rice, Oats, and NO SUGAR (real or artificial). The optional parts are food logging and weigh ins. It doesn’t matter if you do Zone or Paleo or something else. There are no penalties, no chastising, and no burpees if you cheat.
Read the ingredient list on everything. Be aware of your foods and choices. make smart decisions and plan ahead.
I want you to use this post to communicate with each other ask for recipes and help. I will post some recipes and links on this site as well as I will try to post a video or recipe every day of the month to help you out.
I want everyone who is doing the challenge to post their name to the comments section of this post and let us know that you are in. If you quit at some point post that you are out.
Who Is In?
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Here is an idea for the March Challenge. Everyone is focused on nutrition and Zone vs. Paleo lately so let’s capitalize on that and use that plus Fitness Wave for the Challenge. I will get more specifics out soon, but here’s the concept.
Starting March 1st everyone who wants to participate will receive a food log that will last a week. You will be required to enter everything you eat onto it and bring it to either Sally or myself on Friday or Saturday every week during March. You will have to check your weight once a week when you turn in your food log also. You will need to Workout a Minimum of 3 x per week. That’s not so tough…
Here’s the Challenge…Try to do the entire month NO PROCESSED CARBS (BREAD, GRAIN, PASTA, RICE), AND NO SUGAR or ARTIFICIAL SWEETNERS. I will put together a list of what that includes but it will for sure include Sugar, Splenda, Sucralose, High Fructose Corn Syrup, etc. Natural Sugars that are found in fruits and vegetables will not count against you. I realize the first week will be a bit of a grace period when you might eat something and not realize you shouldn’t have, but after March 6th (I recommend everyone get dunked and establish a measurement point for us to start with for this challenge) Every mistake, every cheat will cost you. Every incident will be 30 Burpees. Food Logs will be evaluated over the weekend and given back with the penalties on it. (Be Honest on your Logs) Burpee Penalties must be paid in the gym prior to the following weigh in.
Ok Everyone who has been asking for motivation and challenges this is a great way to get it started. On Saturday March 6th Kirt and Joanne will be bringing the Fitness Wave Truck to the gym and will be doing the Hydrostatic Body Fat Testing. We have done this before and it is fantastic. This is one of the most accurate ways available to us to find out exactly where we are at. The Cost will be $36 payable directly to Fitness Wave with either Cash or Check Please.
I suggest that on that same day we begin a 3 week Nutrition Challenge. I will have more info on what the Challenge will be soon.
Who’s in?
I just realized that I forgot to post this last night with the WOD and Warm Up. The consensus for a challenge was overwhelmingly about Abs. Here’s how we are going to do it.
From 2/1 – 2/5 when you come into the gym we will do a plank hold for as long as possible. Every day in the Month of Feb. I will post an extra set of Exercises specifically for the Abs. Perform the exercises every day and at the end of the month you can re-test your plank hold from 2/22 – 2/27
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