Week 3 of the 21 day #FatDemon Challenge

WEEK 1 – Listen to Your Life

• Day 1 – Water when you wake
• Day 2 – Wake up a little earlier.
• Day 3 – What’s your why?
• Day 4 – “We”… touch base with “your person”
• Day 5 – Water for half of your weight.
• Day 6 – Wind down and rest.
• Day 7 – Walk (for at least 15 minutes)

WEEK 2 – Look at Your Life

• Day 8 – Log your meals
• Day 9 – Look at your snacks.
• Day 10 – Learn to like the green (Choose salad or the veggies)
• Day 11 – Lug Your water…. only water.
• Day 12 – List your meals and your movement. 
• Day 13 – Lose the fast and/or fried food.
• Day 14 – Lose the sugar.

WEEK 3 – Love Your Life

• Day 15 through Day 21 – Practice and Repeat Days 1-14

Here’s some other fun things to do while you fight the #FATDEMON this week!

• Day 15 – Share a scripture that helps keeps you focused.
• Day 16 – Share a motivational quote that helps keeps you focused.
• Day 17 – Share a screenshot of a song that helps keeps you focused.
• Day 18 – Share with ME! Finish this sentence… I loved this challenge because…
• Day 19 – Think about your exit/maintenance plan.
• Day 20 – Write down your exit/maintenance plan.
• Day 21 – Share your exit/maintenance plan with “your person”.

Day 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7

Well, it's been a hectic week, but I have been posting about my daily accomplishment on my REFIT with DeeJay Facebook Page.

Day 03 

🙌 Drink water first thing

🙌 Wake up 10-15 minutes early to read, meditate, stretch

🙌 What is your "Why?" Why are you doing this challenge

Day 4 

🙌 Drink water first thing

🙌 Wake up 10-15 minutes to read, meditate, stretch

🙌 Remember your why

🙌 We are in this together (who is your we?) Accountability partner

Day 5

🙌 Drink water first thing

🙌 Wake up 10-15 minutes earlier

🙌 Remember your why

🙌 Report to your we

🙈 Drink half your body weight in ounces (I struggled with this...)

Day 6

🙌 Drink water first thing

🙌 Wake up 10-15 minutes earlier

🙌 Remember your why

🙌 Report to your we

🙈 Drink half your body weight in ounces

🙌 wind down (had a great time laughing before I went to bed)

Day 7 

🙌 Drink water first thing

🙈 Wake up 10-15 minutes earlier (not on Saturday)

🙌 Remember your why

🙌 Report to your we

🙈 Drink half your body weight in ounces

🙌wind down

🙈 walk for 15 minutes (I wasn't able to do my walk, but I did do some laps while cleaning church this morning. 

Week 2 - 21 Day challenge assignments

Hey there Revolutionaries, I wanted to post about the assignments for week 2.  So you can get prepared for what we will be adding to the previous assignments. 

These assignments come from Chrystal's blog located here: 

This week are going to be focusing on "honoring your body." Don't forget last week's assignments are still going on.

1. Drink water the first thing in the morning
2. Wake up 10 - 15 minutes earlier (read, stretch, meditate)
3. Remember your "why?"
4. Check in with your accountability partner
5. Drink half your body weight in ounces
6. Wind down before you go to bed
7. Walk 15 minutes a day (or do some form of workout)

Day 8 - Log your meals 

• Write down everything you eat
• EVERYTHING...everyday until the end of the challenge!
• Pay attention to what you are putting in your body.
• Keep a journal in your notebook, on your phone, or in an app (like MyFitnessPal)
• Snap a pick (or take a screenshot) of your food journal.

Day 9 - Look at your snacks.

• Decide on healthy "go-to" snacks (Be sure to include fruit!)
• 1 is okay. 2 is better. 3 to 4 is awesome.
• Today and everyday forward keep healthy snacks with you.
• EAT IT...especially when you are tempted to eat something else.
• Snap a pic of your snack ideas - either in written or real form.

Day 10 - Learn to like the green (Choose salad or the veggies)

• Eat more green. Shoot for more veggies overall but especially the green ones. 
• Have a good mix of cooked and raw green veggies.
• Aim to eat veggies (and fruit) at every meal.  Spinach is great in the morning smoothies or with eggs.
• The RDA is 5 but research shows more is better (see below).
• When you are out to eat, substitute salad or veggies for a side item or choose salad altogether.
• Avoid the fat (butter and oil). Use less dressing on your salad.
• Snap a pic of your green choice.
• Have a recipe for a great salad or homemade salad dressing? Share it!

Day 11 - Lug Your Water...More Water.

• Stop drinking your calories.
• That's right. From here on out, try to drink nothing but water.
• Yes...ONLY WATER.
• Log your intake
• Snap a pic of your water container.

Day 12 - List your meals. List your movement.

• Plan your meals for the week
• Plan your movement for the week
• This is the day on which your success next week will rise or fall.
• Be realistic but challenge yourself a bit.
• Try to list out your meals and movement plans for the rest of this week, and all of next, but if you only do a couple of days that will work too.
• Stay ahead of your choices by having a plan.
• Don't forget to actually work your plan! EAT and EXERCISE based on your lists.  Obey yourself. 
• Snap a pic of your lists. We want to see what you've planned to eat and how you've planned to move

Day 13 - Lose the fast and/or fried food.

• Self-explanatory
• This is where it gets real people.
• Rock your plan. Avoid the drive-thru
• If you have to go for something quick in "fast-food-land" pick the salad and watch that dressing.
• Snap a pick of any plate today! (particularly at the time of day when you are usually tempted to eat fast or fried food.)

Day 14 - Lose the sugar.

• Self- Explanatory
• You rule your cravings. Don't let them rule you.
• If you need to fix. Eat some fruit.
• Hint: Medjool dates and raw almonds get pretty close to Reese Peanut Butter cups.
• Be ahead of the game. Know when you crave sugar and why. Prepared for the attack and be ready with one of your healthy snacks.
• Snap a pic of any plate today! (Particular at the time of day when you would eat or drink something sweet to satisfy your sugar craving.)

Hope you all continue on this journey 

Day 1 & 2 of 21 Day Challenge

I began my 21 day challenge on Sunday, October 1st. I was able to post on my REFIT® with DeeJay Facebook Page.

I took a close up photo on Sunday morning. The photo on the left is without any foundation at all.  The second one is with just foundation.  I wanted to see how the change in skin tone would be with the water consumption. It's amazing how a good foundation can makes things better.












I also got a full view of front and side to see what changes happen through these 21 days. I didn't want to get it in this ugly boy shaped shirt, but I wasn't able to get one yesterday when I was dressed cute at church.  Maybe after the challenge is over I can do a cute outfit photo.

Day 1 - Drink water first thing. I woke up and drank this glass of water as soon as I got up. It was great to be able to complete this challenge within minute of getting up.

Day 2 - Wake up 10-15 minutes early (to stretch, read, pray, meditate before the day gets away)

Add Drinking water first thing too. 

I woke up at 6:15 (which is actually 30 minutes before I usually get up on a regular work day.) I also go to read the Bible reading for that day as well as get a couple of days that I am behind on. And I drank water before anything else this morning.  

Hope you all are doing well with your daily challenges.  They are simple this week and we are to be listening to our bodies.  What do you think about getting water in your body before anything else...such as coffee, food, etc. There are important reasons to begin your day with water as you can read here.

I'll keep posting my daily challenges on my Facebook REFIT® with DeeJay page, so the next blog will be week 2's assignments.