This week I want to do a journal entry and then maybe an easier bonus challenge for most of us. The bonus challenge is going to watch your sugar intake. I'm not going to say NO SUGAR because that is really hard BUT I want you to look at the label of everything you eat and see if it has sugar for an ingredient and then how many grams of sugars it has (it is listed under carbohydrates). We NEED sugar for our metabolism but I don't think we realize how much sugar is in EVERYTHING we eat. So for every day we are mindful of the sugar we put in our mouths you will get 2 points for a total of 14 points.
I would also like you to go without soda pop AND diet soda pop this week. For everyday you go without soda you will get 2 points for a total of 14 points.
Here is the tricky part of this bonus challenge. To get those extra 2 points if you decide you want to try the NO SUGAR (granulated and brown) AND you do the no soda pop you can get those extra points at the end of the week. But this is an all or nothing part of it...if you decide to do the no sugar then you can have it on your sweet day and only on your sweet day but that does not apply to the soda...you can not have that at all.
Lastly we will have a bonus question worth 5 points. It is:
List the positive changes you've made and what you've learned about yourself during this challenge.
So the sugar portion is worth 14 points, the no soda pop is worth 14 points, the NO SUGAR and NO SODA is worth 2 points, and the journal entry is worth 5 points for a total of 35 points.
GOOD LUCK!!
I am trying to understand this. So, if I go all week with no sugar or soda then all I get is 2 points total?? And just reading the labels is 2 points a day for 7 days? Going without sugar for a week for just 2 points hardly seems worth it. Although, I don't get a lot of sugar anyway so maybe I could do it.
ReplyDeleteI know that this is hard to understand but you are correct. If you go without sugar all week then it is only 2 more points. I guess I should have done it the other way but it is how it is right now. I am learning as I go along. I have went without sugar for a whole week and let me tell you it is hard. There is sugar in EVERYTHING. It makes me feel for diabetics.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine a whole week without sugar in anything- it is even in bread! Diabetics count total carbs, not just sugar. 15 grams carbs = 1 carb. Ideally I should have 3 carbs at breakfast, 4 at lunch and dinner, and a snack with 2 carbs. A serving of fruit counts at 1 carb so I have to factor that even though there is no label. So, this is a good challenge for me because I need to review sugar and carbs. So, in reading sugar grams, I will count carbs this week. I'm not going to do the no sugar thing though but I will be more mindful. Maybe this will help my weight loss move better- I'm kind of stuck right now.
ReplyDeleteHere's my journal entry for this challenge: I had been slipping into some bad habits like eating late at night, eating too much chocolate, and not eating enough fruits and veggies. With this challenge I've been much better about healthy eating and not snacking between meals and late at night, and I've lost 3 pounds so far. I'd like to lose 5 more. I've learned that I really like having a small sweet occasionally, and I've learned that I will sometimes substitute an unhealthy fatty/salty snack when I can't have a sweet. I've also learned that it's very hard to fit exercise in! The no soda pop challenge was an easy 14 points for me. Another good and easy bonus would be no fried foods like fries, potato or tortilla chips, etc.
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