Weight-Loss No Junk Food Challenge Just in Time For Easter!

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MandyH

MandyH

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Ok, I NEED to do this. Things are just spiraling to be out of control in terms of consuming junk food (including soda) and lack of exercise. I lost my control and have been unable to get it back now for the past two weeks now and it feels like it's only getting worst. Things are getting pretty desperate here. :(

So, I decided to start my own challenge. Even if I'm the only one in it, I'm fine with that, but of course I'd love to have any of you join me as well.

It's very short notice, and I apologize for that, but I'm going to start tomorrow and go through the entire month of April. This may be difficult for a lot of us considering it's the month of Easter, but any progress made is progress made so we'll see what happens.

Here are my goals, hence they are also the rules of this challenge.

- Every day where NO junk food is consumed gets 2pts. By junk food I'm talking candy, ice cream, chips, cakes, sodas, fast food, etc. You get the point.

- For every 15 minutes of exercise, give yourself 1pt up to 4pts a day.

- Set a weekly goal for weight loss. Worrying about weight loss percentages gets to be too complicated, so I'm just setting actual weight loss goals. I'm not going to do points for this because I know some of you aren't bothering with weigh ins so I didn't want to penalize anyone for going this route. So for this part, the weight loss in itself will be the reward. :)

Tomorrow I'll post my morning weight (as I cringe) and then I'll set my goals for the week and will go at it with the goals. Feel free to join in! :)
 
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Well I feel like you made special dispensation just for me so of course I'm in. I'll do a starting and ending belly measure to track fatloss.

Here's what I've been bad with

Diet Sodas and energy drinks: I know the calories aren't there but they are bad for you and they keep your cravings for sweets higher. I tried to quit, but failed and this is just what I need. I drink 2L a day sometimes mostly of diet ginger ale. That needs to stop.

Chocolate: It's more frequent than it needs to be and I buy a bar to eat on over time and it generally doesn't last the day.

Tortilla chips: Sure they are gluten free and vegan. They are also empty calories loaded with bad fat and sodium.

I also have a bad habit of overeating on things that would be healthy in moderation. I won't count my multiseed crackers or nuts as junk unless I eat too much. If I have a serving it's good for me, but if I sit and eat half a can of peanuts of box of crackers it's then having the same effect as Cheetos or candy. It might be more nutritious, but it's still going to end up as fat.

Sodas are going to be the biggest challenge. Fortunately I've managed to make exercise a habit, but it will certainly be nice to have another motivator on those days that I'm dragging butt and just not feeling it.

This will be great! Lets do this Mandy!
 
Glad to have you on board Q! This challenge is a bit lamer than the others that are here, but for me I think it's what I NEED at this time.

In all honesty, I did think of you when I originally did the weight part for points thing, BUT I know you're not the only one who chooses not to weigh in all that religiously so I didn't want anyone to feel left out if they wanted to do this. I even toyed with not even having any points at all in this which would be fine with me too. I just want to get back on track. That's my real main goal.

I've been INCREDIBLY horrible lately with chocolates and sodas lately myself.. not diet soda either. I'm talking Coke (which oddly enough I couldn't stand when I was really big into soda) and A&W Cream Soda which has long been a vice of mine. As for the chocolates, it's REALLY embarrassing to admit this, but I've been eating about 400-500 (maybe more on some days) worth of chocolates almost every day. Those little bite sized bars add up fast when you have about 8 of them. :(

I desperately need to get back on track before I'm back up to 250lb again. It's scary!
 
Well, I'm pleasantly surprised with today's weigh in. I was at 203.8lb. I was honestly expecting 207ish for some reason. Although, maybe it's possible all those calories haven't caught up with me yet. We'll see.

Here are my goal weights for the next 4 weeks.

3/29 Starting weight = 203.8lb

4/5: Goal weight = 202.5lb / Actual weight =
4/12: Goal weight = 201.5lb / Actual weight =
4/19: Goal weight = 200.5lb / Actual weight =
4/26: Goal weight = 199.5lb / Actual weight =
 
Okay, this is fun. Count me in. I am bad with weigh ins as I have a scale that is really flawed and also, it counts in Kilos. So. Anyways. Am in on this.
 
Welcome aboard! :)

Well, no points for me today. I wasn't horrible, but we did have apple pie and ice cream for dessert. I had a small portion, but a portion nonetheless so I'm not deserving of the points. Also got no exercise in today. :(
 
Saturday
3 points for 46 minutes of running, but no points for junk food. I had a piece of chocolate before and a popsicle after my run. My 11 year old cousin bought the chocolate especially for me and I got rather sunburned at her soccer game so after a 5k run a popsicle was awesome. No soda, no food points, and no regrets (except for the sunburn).

Sounds like you improved Mandy. Welcome Kal-el!
 
Q, great work on the exercies! No worries on the chocolate. It's a killer for me too. I didn't get my no junk food points yesterday either. That was very sweet of your cousin. :)

Yesterday I got 2 exercise points, but missed out on the no junk food points. It really sucks when you're trying your hardest to get on track and stay eating well only to have a relative bring home your favorite dessert (lemon meringue pie!). Granted, I chose to eat the slice I had so I have only myself to blame, but really temptation makes this so difficult!

TODAY, I've already gotten my 4 exercise points. I got my workout in bright and early this morning. I almost rolled over and went back to bed, but in the end I made myself get up and do it. I feel great! I have all healthy foods at work today so as long as I can stay strong and not give in to the chocolates floating around in the office I'll have no problem getting the no junk food points.

Hope you guys are doing well!
 
Would love to join, but since I can't exercise anymore, I wouldn't really get a lot of points. :/
 
San, it's all in fun anyway. If you think this will help you to at least stay away from junk food, it's worth it to join! :)

Look at me. It's my challenge and I failed pretty badly on both days over the weekend. Today I'm feeling it though. :)
 
That's a bummer you can't exercise San. You should stick around and we'll help each other with the junk food.

I'm 2 points for no junk food and 2 points for a half hour run. My first day of success! I ate well and did not overeat. The only thing sweet I had today was fruits and I only drank water and black coffee.

Nice job on the exercise Mandy! I hope you made the day with 2 junk food points as well. I would not have resisted someone bringing lemon meringue pie to my house.
 
Welcome aboard Erika! :)

Q, I didn't get my no junk food points yesterday. Had a slice of pie again. Thankfully, the pie is gone now so that temptation is gone! :)

Today, I got my 4 exercise points and so far the no junk food points as well. I do not intend on eating any junk food at this point so I should be good for today! :)
 
I'd love to exercise to be honest. It's killing me not to be able to (I think that's actually quite literally with the way things are going). But right now, I can't even go swimming. :/

Junk food isn't actually an issue for me, other than on my cheat day, and that's what the cheat day is for. :) There's no chocolate, no cookies, no crisps etc during the week. Question though, does diet soda count as junk food? It's sugar free + caffeine free. Just making sure I've got things right.

And if you're all okay with it, I'd like to stick around, even if I might not get all those points....just for the company, if nothing else. :)
 
San, so sorry you're not able to exercise right now. That must so difficult. :( I've personally always considered any type of soda junk food, BUT with that said I've never had or read up on no sugar/caffeine free soda. My main goal with this "junk food" free thing was more geared towards the sugary really bad for you snacks like candies, cakes, etc. That's what I've been having way too much of. If you're comfortable with your soda and feel it's not junk food, than that's fine. :)

Please do, stick around. I'm not doing so well with my points yet either so you never know what'll happen... :)

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I got my no junk food points today, but no exercise points. I woke up very, very sore from the past two days of working out. My legs and back were especially stiff so I decided to rest. I have been eating very well the past several days so it might be all balancing out in my favor anyway. We'll see how I feel in the morning. :)
 
Okay, i have not been following up on stuffs regarding the diet, I must've certainly lost points as I ate chocolates in the past week. Not a lot of them though.

So, as of today, biscuits sorta ruined the day. They were low sugar stuff but still I had a mainstream sugary meal and that too in the evening. So, no points for me for the day. As far as workout is concerned, am late for it. Will come back and update that...

Okay, Total of 4 pts for exercise and 0 pts for junk food as I ate biscuits.
 
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No points yesterday. Was still really sore so I didn't workout and my family ended up ordering Chinese for dinner. *sigh*

I have the no junk food points for today, but haven't exercised yet. I'm feeling kind of blah tonight so I don't think I'm up for a workout either.
 
First week recap.

3/29 = no points
3/30 = 2pts
3/31 = 4pts
4/1 = 6pts
4/2 = 2pts
4/3 = no points
4/4 = 2pts

Total Points = 16

Weight = 201lb (loss of 2.8lb)

I’m not quite sure how I did it, but I’ll take it! I only exercised twice this week, but for the most part I ate really well so maybe that balanced it out. I also drank a lot more water than I usually do. We’ll see how next week goes.

Today's cheat day. No points.
 
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