Here's Week 3 Bonus...


WEEK 3 BONUS
KEEP A FOOD JOURNAL AND SHARE IT WITH YOUR TEAMMATES
We are all so busy just keeping up with our lives that it may seem
pointless and tedious to stop and write down everything we eat throughout the
day. However, many of us are probably not really aware of WHAT we are eating and
exactly how MUCH we are consuming.

This article at About.com says, "starting a food diary is possibly the most important
step you can take toward developing a lifestyle that leads to long-term weight
loss success. Here's why:

1. You can have an honest view of your current habits.
2. It's the key to finding the way of eating you can live with.
3. It can help you make the eating-emotions connection as to why you
overeat.
4. It serves as a tool that you can use later on to measure your
progress.
5. If you continue to keep it at your goal weight, it will help you find
the problem areas that have previously stood between you and long-term weight
maintenance.

Using a food journal will give you a clear picture of exactly, what, how
much and when you are eating. This can then be used as a tool for you to see if
you are getting enough vegetables, protein and carbohydrates, or if you are
filling up on empty, processed foods.

This does not need to be anything fancy. Just type up a quick email, blog
post or Facebook status each day and send it out to ALL of your teammates. And
then take the time to look through each other's journals. You may be able to
help someone else pinpoint something they are eating that might be hindering
their weight loss goals.

In order to earn all of your 35 points this week, you will need to keep a
food journal and share it with ALL of your teammates daily. Each day you do
this, you will earn 5 points.
5 pts/day x 7 days = 35
total points

Here is an example of what we are looking for...
Breakfast: 1 bowl of old fashioned oatmeal, 1/2 cup skim
milk, 1/2 cup sliced peachesSnack: 5 fresh strawberries, 1/2 cup fat free cottage
cheeseLunch: 1 turkey sandwich on wheat (cheddar, romaine, tomato,
onion, light miracle whip, deli mustard), 1/2 cup sugar snap peas, 1 cup Romaine
lettuce w/light dressing, 8 oz 100% grape juiceSnack: 3 cups air popped popcorn, 1 gala
appleDinner: 1 serving Chicken Stir Fry (chix, peppers, onion,
broccoli, baby corn, sauce), 1 serving white rice, 8 oz glass of skim milk