Week 1: April 2-9

1. Eat breakfast every morning and stop sleeping in!

2. Only eat one treat per day (or even better, no treats). A treat = a cookie, a piece of cake, a muffin, a 100 cal choc bar, etc.

3. Consume less than 500 calories/day in liquids (ie starbucks coffee, milk, juice). This is not an exact number, but rather a ballpark.

Shy! May I join you?? I have not been doing well on my food intake :( I feel like I have gained weight too. I have not stepped on the scale, but I am fearful of Thursday's results! Your challenge sounds smart and doable!

:cheer: :bouncy: YOU CAN DO IT SHY! :bouncy: :cheer:

You certainly can join me! :D Thank you for the support!

I think even having 1 treat a day is too much BUT considering what i've been doing lately it is a step in the right direction, so i'm taking it slowly.

I want to be in with you two marvelous ladies!!! :D

excellent! the more the merrier! :D

Count me in! My name is Nic and I'm a treat-aholic, lol. I rarely have more than 50 cal in liquids but I will substitute my number 3 with drinking 2 full L of water!

WOOOT! We got ourselves a challenge! Should we document our SUCCESS (or lack thereof) here in this thread or only in our personal food diaries?

whatever you gals would like to do about documenting is fine with me!

myself i am going to document on this thread. :D

I was thinking the same Shy
April 2 1. Breakfast - done, 2 - check (I had 1/4 of a dark chocolate Lindt bunny), 3. check - 2L of water

April 3 1. check 2. none 3. only made it to about 6-7 c. but close

April 4- 1. check 2. too many dark chocolate and teddy grahams :pig: 3. only 4 cups

April 5 -1. check 2. too many - dessert at buffet (only ate things I would enjoy though) 3. Does a pot of green tea count towards this?

April 6 1. check 2. :blush: 3. not there yet not doing so good this weekend back on track tomorrow!

April 1- Did great on all three! had breakfast, came close on the liquids, but managed to keep it under 500. No treat.

April 2:

1. Breakfast- Check!
I still slept in, though.

2. Treat- too many! (2)
CHocolate graham wafers
now i have to ensure i don't eat any more treats today.
Well, i had a 100cal choc bar after supper..but this is still a vast improvement over normal!

3. Beverages-check!
Milk- 3/4 cup 1% = 83 cal
Grande nonfat chai latte = 200 cal
Milk- 2 cups- 220 cal

April 3:

1- Breakfast- Check!
Slept in again though :blush:

2- Treats- one so far! Now to resist ...
Lol, i had another one :( a 100 cal choc bar.

3- Beverages:
16 ounce nonfat chai latte- 200 cal
2 cups 1% milk - 220 cal
Tea- 30 cal

Don't worry so much about sleeping in at least you are eating breakfast! Also have you tried the PC Chai Green Tea - I love it!

I am striving to be as strict and on track as possible with this, and for me, I have added and revised the challenge. They are all now daily goals for me to check off. I will continue to post in my food diary.

thank you nic :D It was hard to make myself eat when i already felt i was 1/2 hour late, but i did it, and really it only takes 5 minutes (if i eat fast). I havent tried that tea but i will have to do so!

teach- that sounds great! My idea for this challenge is that it was to help me get back on track so i picked the most prevalent problems that i need to fix. I'm not looking forward to my goals for next week lmao :lol:

April 4:

1- Breakfast- Check!
Didn't sleep in as much!

2- Treat
Had one in the morning again

3- Beverage calories-
Grande nonfat caramel macciato- 190 cal
Milk 3/4 cup - 83 cal

Part of my challenge next week, i think, is to switch from Grande to Tall drinks at starbucks (so i am still having my coffee, but less calories)

Good plan, Shy - babysteps!!!

April 5-
1- Breakfast- Check!!
2- Treats- way over 1 :(
3- Beverage calories- over 500 (i had 2 glasses of wine and another alcoholic drink at a party, plus a glass of fruit juice)

April 6-
1- Breakfast- Check!
2- Treats- fail
3- Beverage calories- check!

April 7-
1- Breakfast- Check!
2- Treats, Choc bar- check!
3- Beverage calories- just some tea

LOL - looks like we had the same weekend :pig:

April 7 1. - breakfast check
2. treats none
3. made it!

April 6 - breakfast - check
2. 3 little chocolate bunnies and 2 hershey's kisses about 210 calories (one reg. chocolate bar) - stupid reason to eat it too I was mad at my 14 yr old for cutting gym class but I did put 12 leftover Hershey kisses in lootbags for my ds's birthday party or I would have eaten those too.... :(
3. made it to 4 cups (sheer laziness forgot my bottle on the TM and didn't feel like going downstairs to get it - what is WRONG with me...)

i'm thinking with the treats thing...since treats come in different shapes and sizes...i am modifying it so that i can have more then one treat if it is still less than 300 cal/day of a treat. This might seem strange as i would allow myself a higher calorie treat if it is only one treat. Hey, it makes sense to me! :lol:

Anyways...

April 8:

Breakfast- FAIL
Treats- None so far. It is 7:30pm, i had supper before i went to the gym..i might have something!
Beverage calories- 200 so far.

Makes sense to me Shy - I think my little "binge" would count as one treat...

This was a great challenge idea Shy!! I have to say that i had benn slacking on eating breakfast recently :blush: But I am happy to report that i have had breakfast EVERYDAY since this challenge began!!! :cheer: Once again thanks and great idea Shy!

That is AWESOME Jaxx!! :clap:

that's great jaxx and you are very welcome!! :bouncy:

i was wondering, what do you gals consider to be breakfast? i ask because, even on the days when i don't eat something at home, it is because i'm quite late and i eat something at coffee, within an hour of waking. Would that be considered breakfast? I only count something as breakfast when i eat it at home.

April 9:

breakfast- yes
treats- i was having an emotional rollercoaster day, so i had 3 choc bars- 300 cal total
drinks- see above, so i had alot of chocolate milk..sigh.

For me, any food that I eat within an hour of waking is considered breakfast. That usually consists of my LUNA Bar and Black Coffee. Then a couple of hours later I have 'brunch' and then mid afternoon I eat 'lunch' ... I do not think you have to have a full course meal to be considered as breakfast IMO, but it is all according to ones schedule.

Shy - if it's within an hour of waking I would still consider it breakfast no matter where you eat. I'm like Teach in that I usually have something (small bowl of cereal, yoghurt, muffin or whatever) with my coffee and then eat again a couple of hours later...

thank you for your opinions gals!

in that case, you can change all of the "missed breakfasts" into "breakfast eaten"! I always eat something within an hour of waking.

:clap: Jump starting our bodies is a priority when living healthy... for the past two days, we have not had coffee in the house and I have been super busy cleaning up after puppies. I have not had anything at all in my system until 3 to 4 hours after waking and I have been sluggish, tired and irritable all day. Add the fact that I'm not feeling well and I'm eating whatever the heck I want to eat (crap) all the time lately, and I'm a mess! :(

Glad you are keeping up on your challenge girl :huggs: Good for you!!

hope you feel better soon Teach - have not been 100% myself since Wed and my food has been :pig:

:huggs:

i was quite ill this weekend and therefore i fell off the wagon (or maybe saying i fell onto the snack wagon is a better way of putting it!)

so my weight this morning is 228.4...considering all (including that it is TOM) i don't think that is terrible. I want to get back on track before my official thursday weigh in.

my challenge this week is to replace my starbucks coffee with a tea (that has no calories!). I don't think i need all that extra sugar early in the morning, and i am also not enjoying it as much anymore since i have it all the time. They do have sugar free syrups but i refuse to have artificial sweeteners..not to mention they taste funny to me! It also costs $4.60 for a coffee and only $1.60 for a tea, so i will be saving $15 a week by switching.

Today i had a 16 ounce tea: I mixed two tea bags, green tea and refresh tea (which is mint).

Good plan Shy - saving money and calories!

I agree, great plan! :clap:

ugh- i think i had/have partially a cold and mostly allergies :angry: I take allergy medication every day, but it didn't seem to be doing anything, so i bought some reactine today (which is terribly expensive, $20 for a package of 20 tablets) and it does seem to be helping a bit which is good. I really wish it would rain.

Even so, i have been doing good on my coffee challenge.

Tuesday- 16 ounce chammomile tea
Wednesday- 16 ounce mint soother tea

Awesome job Shy, you are totally cutting out tons of unneeded empty calories :clap:

Nice Shy - you should be dropping a pound a week just by dropping the coffee...

if i was eating properly otherwise i think i would be dropping yes!

but i am actually noticing that i don't really miss havng the flavored latte's. The tea is just as nice.

LOL. Nice observation about not missing the latte!

... yes it is! Now, EAT RIGHT! *kick* :D

one week down and no flavored lattees!!
actually, i had a coffee this weekend with just milk and no sugar..and i didn't even notice that the sugar was gone, so i am considering eliminating that as well.