IF Challenge Week #2 finishing up
May 23, 2008
Well we are coming up on Week #2 end for the challenge and I hope everyone is making great progress. Now the big test, how do you do over the holiday weekend! (Did I time this perfectly or what! lol) Just remember, you can enjoy your holidays and your time with friends and still make good choices for eating. So as the weekend approaches take some time to go over what good stuff you have accomplished in the last 2 weeks, and start planning for the next 2.
Remember the rules to follow:
- If you are not seeing results, then you can always change something up
- Eat whole natural foods and avoid processed foods/sugar
- Make your drinks non-sugar based (or better yet some water with lemon!)
- Make time to be active at least 30min a day doing something, make it a fun habit/activity
- Focus on the important things in your life, the big things you want to get done….ignore all the other trivial things that do not matter in the long run
- To gain muscle - eat enough protein to grow muscle, eat enough calories to signal the body to make muscle and lift heavy 2-3x a week
- To lose fat - eat enough protein to spare muscle, eat calories but also be in daily deficit to burn internal fat stores, lift weights to keep your metabolism strong and be active daily
- Find an IF schedule (whether it’s weekday or longer ones a couple times a week) that will work for you in the long run, a lifestyle changes are how lasting results are made
Enjoy your weekend….and if you want, try for another limited computer/email/cell phone weekend….think of it as Intermittent Fasting from those things that can take up alot of our time….and now spend that time relaxing and enjoying the company of others or just doing what you love to do. Follow your passions…and good things will follow.
Well, looking at my food log I think I’ve been subbing desserts and candy with peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Weird. So in the coming weeks I’m going to find a couple new staple snack and meal ideas that are less processed and don’t have as much sugar. I’m going to stock up on salad greens and some meats, and keep almonds available for snacking. Any other suggestions?
And my latest victory has been not even having a TASTE of the chocolate fudge ripple ice cream my parents bought. I never would have thought this was possible without blogs like this. Thank you! I can’t wait to go paleo and start IFing!
Melanie - almonds are a good snack, just watch out to not have too many…as the calories can add up quickly. Beef Jerkey can be a snack too. Things like celery are great because it can help fill you up. That and drink plenty of water. Great job so far…remember the first step is just to be aware of what you are doing…then change…then feel great…then have a permanent lifestyle change. Keep up the great work!