So the HCC (Healthy Charleston Challenge) has started!! I just met my team (Thursday eve) and am getting to know them and I'm looking forward to working out with this great bunch of people! Our team is sponsored by Mt. Pleasant Dermatology and our Trainers are Tyler and Larsyn. We have some great mentors, too (people who have been through the HCC program): Cindy & Edward :) I haven't met Edward, yet, but Cindy was very positive and very helpful. We also have a dietetic intern - Hannah - we bonded, she's great :)
One of the big differences between HCC last time and HCC this time is that we are required to log in our calories, etc. on www.myfitnesspal.com - I was nervous about this - I haven't had the best luck with these sites in the past, but this one is VERY user-friendly! We all fill out our food logs and email them to Hannah on Tuesday... who will hopefully not ream me out when she sees my downfalls today... but it's harder to get started on this than you think!!
Tips they gave us on Thursday night:
- Aim for 1200-1500 calories/day
- Only drink water
- Eat every 3 hours (or so)
- Drink at least 6 glasses of water/day
- Aim for food with less than 5 ingredients and if there is an ingredient you can't pronounce, don't eat it!
- No diet foods
- Should eat 3 meals a day and 2 snacks
- MUST EAT BREAKFAST
- Do not eat food out of a container (instead: open container, divide food into individual servings, and throw away big food container)
- Do not drink any beverage with calories except for milk
- No honey, no agave syrup
- Eat a high fiber, high protein breakfast everyday
- Fiber goals = 30+ / day, with majority coming from veggies
- Carbs = Whole grain sources only - no sugar, no flour
- Eat 2 servings of fruit/day and 1/2 cup = 1 serving (1/2 banana = 1 serving!!)
- Exercise for a minimum of 30 mins/day for 7 days/week
- Don't get discouraged!!
- EXERCISE!!
- Be strong mentally and physically each day!
Janis (Director of HCC and my hero) told us we should picture her face every morning when we woke up and it will help us stay on track (she acts like she's scary, but I don't think so... though I wouldn't want to make her mad, so I will stay on track!!)
I was (and am still) a little worried about my chocolate 'attacks,' but this is what they shared on that:
- The first 3 days without your food vice is really hard, expect headaches and not feeling well
- 12 days without food vice? Still cravings but keep going
- 21 days without food vice? You have changed your taste buds (!!) and will no longer have intense cravings
They told us A LOT more, but I'm going to break it into smaller blogs... though since I'm doing it all at once right now, it will still seem like a lot!
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