Starting Sunday, I have accepted Diva's 30 day challenge and I will be using this thread to hold myself accountable every day. For those of you who haven't seen the challenge criteria, here they are:

Eating:

No Potatoes

No Rice

No Breads

No Cereals

No Candy

No Pastries

Maximum 5 Servings of Fruit per day

Unlimited Servings of Veggies per day

Minimum 60g of Protein per day

Minimum 64oz Water per day

Exercise:

Minimum 30 Minutes, 5x per week

AWESOME!!!! You're going to rock it!!!

I am just seeing this and thank you for the challenge...I accept and will begin tomorrow!

Okay, this is depressing - I already eat/live this way and barely lose if I lose at all! I do not eat rice, potatoes of any kind, grains, bread, jam/jelly, syrup, white sugar. I cardio exercise 5x a week and I'm barely losing a pound a week, and that's not every week!

So, I've been auditing my intake over the last couple of days to see what I need to tweak for the challenge. I am going to have to cut out my daily oatmeal and I bought some refried Beans to replace it. I need the Fiber :-) I also need to cut out my occasional granola bar - I won't be buying another box of those. I threw out the tortilla chips that were tempting me. I bought some beef Jerky as a snack. The most amazing thing?: I actually tried another Isopure this week. You see, I have never been good with the Protein / Fluid intake. I still have a bunch of those in the mini fridge. I didn't love it, but I drank about a third. It did fill me up and pump up my protein.

Good news: at the end of the day, I am eating just under 1000 calories.

So, tomorrow is another day to prepare and then I am going to put my best effort into the challenge.

Globetrotter: you are still doing great!! By all accounts, these last pounds are the hardest. I am losing a pound every 2 weeks right now - and its ok! I feel like I am happy as long as I am not gaining :-) We can get through this together!!!!

So, I've been auditing my intake over the last couple of days to see what I need to tweak for the challenge. I am going to have to cut out my daily oatmeal and I bought some refried Beans to replace it. I need the fiber :-) I also need to cut out my occasional granola bar - I won't be buying another box of those. I threw out the tortilla chips that were tempting me. I bought some beef jerky as a snack. The most amazing thing?: I actually tried another Isopure this week. You see, I have never been good with the Protein / Fluid intake. I still have a bunch of those in the mini fridge. I didn't love it, but I drank about a third. It did fill me up and pump up my protein.

Good news: at the end of the day, I am eating just under 1000 calories.

So, tomorrow is another day to prepare and then I am going to put my best effort into the challenge.

Globetrotter: you are still doing great!! By all accounts, these last pounds are the hardest. I am losing a pound every 2 weeks right now - and its ok! I feel like I am happy as long as I am not gaining :-) We can get through this together!!!!

Awesome and YES!!! Beans will be a staple for me too in the coming weeks. Whoohooo!!! Only a bit over one day to go!!!

Checking in for my challenge!! Day 1 - Off to a good start this morning - scrambled egg and a sprinkle of mozzarella cheese. As usual, pure protein makes me eat a lot less :-) I am going to try and post the challenge list with check marks / status on each items at the end of the day. I might have to have the challenge criteria tattooed on my arm because I keep forgetting the details :-)

Day 1 for me today:

I have drank half of a Protein Shake (made with unsweeten almond milk). I have my ham and cheese roll waiting to be eaten...chicken for lunch, cottage cheese and 1 oz of pepper jack cheese and IDK for supper yet. Exercise is going to be walking/jogging 3 miles. The only thing that I am going to have a bit of trouble with is the fruits.....veggies are going to be okay....What is everyone doing for their exercise today?

Fruits are not mandatory, they are suggestive only. I do need some carbs as my workouts are hours worth and there's no way I could maintain them on 30g of carbs or less.

I put a cap of 5 serving per day (which I still don't even eat that much) on it, but did not put a minimum. HTH