Prologue Week - Be Prepared

Theme

Be prepared (after all it works for the Boy Scouts)

Description

Get organized to ensure success

To Do

This week plan and prepare for everything you will need to get started 

Nourish Yourself

Go through your fridge, freezer & pantry and purge whatever will deter you from success during our 6-week challenge

Get Up & Go!

Do a bit of research to determine your best course of ACTION ie physical activity

Tools

Your mind & resolve!

Tip

Where your mind is, your body will follow

Tweak

Identify any mindset you currently harbor that has led to not-so-great habits

Question

Why do you want do this?  Go deep when answering this

Thought

A good offense is the best defense.... especially against failure 

Tidbit

The Seven Secrets of Successful Weight Loss (by LuAnn Soliah, PhD, RD, Today’s Dietitian, Vol. 10 No. 7, p50)

1. The dieters consume a low-kilocalorie, low-fat diet.  The participants consume 1,300 to 1,680 kilocalories per day, 25% of which are from fat.

2. The dieters have a consistent food intake from day to day, and they eat about four to five times per day.

3. The dieters consistently eat breakfast.

4. The dieters are very physically active.  The average person in the database exercises for about 60 to 90 minutes per day at moderate intensity. If they choose to walk, they take about 11,000 to 12,000 steps per day, which is the equivalent of almost 6 miles.

5. The dieters frequently weigh themselves—weekly or even daily.

6. The dieters limit their television viewing to less than 10 hours per week.

7. The dieters do not allow even a small amount of weight gain to occur without corrective action. They deliberately respond to small weight gains by reducing their food intake and/or increasing their exercise level.

Treat

25 Satisfying Salads (from FitnessMagazine.com)

Check-in Chat

Sunday 05/15/11 at 5pm PST: Facebook event page

If you feel comfortable, be prepared to share:

• your goal for this challenge
• how much you’d like to lose
• how you intend to do it
• who your LYLLYL member buddy is (if you have one)

In Sum

Things will be ducky if you are prepared .... so get quacking!