So we are a week in. How are you all feeling?
I was so excited to see everyone getting into the challenge wholeheartedly this past week… some notable mentions-
- Slug finding the goodness of free-range eggs
- Megan’s first coffee straight up… (well almost- no sugar/sweeteners at least!)
- Pardz’s refusal of a freshly baked, just-out-of-the-oven chocolate cookie (man, I am so impressed with your discipline here… I mean, it was still warm…all those gooey chocolate bits wrapped in chewy cookie dough… mmm…)
Anyway, I digress… I am happy to see that everyone seems to be on track. This was a hard week that is now over- the week about turfing your bad habits and beginning to ingrain some new ones.
A few of you would have come across a common species known as the “office scoffer” this week. *cue best David Attenborough voice… ahem…*- a creature widespread in all workplaces that has a tendency to fire daggers from the pupils when threatened by others’ steadfast ability to refuse the office birthday cake doing the rounds that day.
The office scoffer is also known to voice every intention to eat an ounce of processed carbohydrate to said colleague in a confessional manner, overlaid with a tone of slight defiance (“You know what?! Its 3pm and I am GOING to have a mars bar…”).
In case they dare ask what it is you are up to- I wanted to make sure you know the rationale behind our guidelines.
The FFF was developed based on a combination of Zone and Paleo principles. The intention of the points system is to make you more aware of what you put into your body and the effect it has on you- on a relative scale from the pretty bad (processed carbs, grains) through to nutritious goodness (vegetables, meat, nuts and seeds).
You should be aiming to have a portion of protein, fat and favourable carbohydrate in each meal to balance the way your body deals with the fuel you give it.
This is not a fad diet. This is about significantly improving your wellbeing and enhancing your performance as an athlete by changing the way you think about food.
Tell them that and watch them rethink that mars bar.
(picture courtesy of Living Paleo)
I realise tomorrow is Melbourne Cup Day (a personal favourite of mine), so I thought it aptly timed to repost some guidance about choosing your beverages wisely.
Post your past week’s triumphs, blow outs, trash talk and total weekly accumulated points to comments.
Note: No bonus points awarded this week for banter- what a lame-ass effort… I want to see some high quality sledging! Double points up for grabs next Monday.
J.
“Change is hard because people overestimate the value of what they have- and underestimate the value of what they may gain by giving that up” – James Belasco/Ralph Stayer
So we are a week in. How are you all feeling?
I was so excited to see everyone getting into the challenge whole heartedly this past week… some notable mentions-
- Slug finding the goodness of free-range eggs
- Megan’s first coffee straight up… (well almost- no sugar/sweetners at least!)
- Pardz’s refusal of a freshly baked, just-out-of-the-oven chocolate cookie (man, I am so impressed with your discipline here… I mean, it was still warm…all those gooey chocolate bits wrapped in chewy cookie dough… mmm..)
