Lean and Mean Nutrition Challenge
The Shinobi Challenge, aka the Lean and Mean Nutrition Challenge started on October 3 and will run for 3 months. We want it to be a slower, more gradual process so that these healthy habits can be used your entire life.
Team Woo Update
Questionnaires were filled out and measurements were taken. My team was tasked to journal their food intake for the week.
Personal Update
I know there is a trade off between ideal nutrition choices and lifestyle balances. On one extreme, I could eat everything perfectly and decline all social offering of food and parties, but that wouldn’t be very fun at all. Like many people, I have periods where I make poor nutrition choices and periods where I make good nutrition choices and for me this depends on what goals I have at the moment. If I’m prepping for a competition where there are weight classes involved, my eating would be really strict. If I were trying to get stronger and gain weight, I would be less strict on my food choices. Over the years I have experimented on myself and have seen myself on both extremes.
This time, I am focusing firstly, on being lean (losing body fat) and secondly, building strength. I like to gradually tweak a variable here and there until I reach my goal. I know its a long processes and the results will come in time. For this first week, I cut out bread and processed sugar. Every morning I would chug 500 ml of water right after I woke up. I have lost 3 pounds this week. I did use maple syrup as a sweetener, and like I said this is a gradual process. If I wasn’t making progress this week, I would consider cutting out the maple syrup for the next week. In the coming weeks I will attempt to get 8 hours of sleep every night.
I had a few Thanksgiving meals over the weekend. This meant over eating and enjoying life. I don’t eat like that every day and a cheat meal once in a while is needed.
-Harvey
This is where we recap the the picture or video that got the most views, likes, or comments of the week. Tire flips featuring coach Suavek.