Week 1 Challenges! Here we go!!

Hey Ellen! (And Jeanette - some of this might help you too...) Sugar is a big thing I struggled with too. I found the best way to deal with it for me was to completely kick my addiction to it before adding it back into my diet for "cheat" meals even. Because even if I allowed myself "a single cookie" after dinner - not only was I re-enforcing my habit of having sweets after every meal, but it would usually start a downward spiral where I'd keep wanting more and more.

To kick it, I would try things like a hard candy after dinner. Still calories, but you can get the sugar-free ones. I don't recommend stuff like that overall because "sugar-free" usually = chemical shit storm. But if you're only using it as a temporary lesser of two evils to wean off of a bad habit, I say use it. Also, try fruit if you're really needing something sweet. Sometimes your body is just needing the carbs. (Keeping in mind that needing and craving are two different things - which is where a food journal comes in handy to evaluate your overall diet and make sure you're getting all the macros you need.)

I heard that using one of those little fizzy machines (the ones the sell to make pop at home) and adding your own ingredients like fruits, etc works for some people. However, I would try to eliminate your fizzy fix altogether as it is not natural to ingest bubbles on purpose. By doing so, you're setting yourself up for inflammation and irritation of the digestive system. Flavored water is a good alternative. I just posted some recipes in the food board (on the forum home page) if you're interested.

Awesome Jeanette! I'm only 64 oz in today and it's almost 4:30. Ugh!! Gotta get moving. I've been out most of the day though, so I have to remember to take a water bottle with me when I leave the house. That will help.

Excellent goal!! What are your favorite healthy snacks?? Anyone else have some sensible snack ideas for Jeanette??

So im an hour away from a gallon of water whew.... ive been using my pal to keep track of everything for a while now but seriously watching it for last few weeks and I know I need to workout more. Im seeing that meals I portion and when im bored ill grab a snack andeven tho not loaded Iin sugar still not the best snacks I could be eating. I also noticed today I tend to snack alot at work as theres always something in the kitchen and even though im keeping track its still not the best and I should walk away. So im starting to notice meals and portions are not my problem its the snacking so today told the person buying snacks for office no more til I get me under control. Please let me get me under control!!

I put myself down to walking only. My bp was higher than I allow my patients to do anything but stretching. Like I said, hoping the meds work and I can get back to it soon!

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Woohoo!! Great work Kris!

oh, and I finished my water by 3p, however I am still drinking it.

Retest on push ups? No problem I can repeat it. What is EMOM? I tend to run too much because of race training, I am trying to fit more strength training in. I would like to find that perfect balance of both.

I keep trying to lose that darn diet pop... I give it up for a month then drink it every day. I do ok at home bc I rarely have pop in the house, but at work it is free and plentiful. When we go out to eat, half the time I will order one. I will work on switching back to tea. I love tea, but as I said I am lazy. I will admit I am lazy. People ask how can working 1 1/2 jobs, training 5 days a week, etc be lazy? Trust me I am lazy in ways others are so on top of other things. I have ALOT of room for improvement.