Our next Paleo Body Challenge starts January 29! Come to the potluck and nutrition talk on Saturday, January 21, and learn the details. We will explain a bit about why the Paleo diet is so good for you and give you lots of ideas and resources for what to eat (including meal planning). We’ll start setting up the potluck at 11:45 and give the talk around 12:15 or so. Bring your favorite Paleo-friendly dish or beverage.
To participate in the Paleo Body Challenge, the rules in a nutshell are:
- Put $10 into a pool
- Eat a paleo-style diet and read our handouts
- Keep a food diary of everything you eat, and email it in once a week to the Yahoo! Group (if you don’t send in your food diary, you’re eliminated)
- Allow us to take before and after photos so that we can determine the winner of the money in the pool: the person who changes the appearance of their body the most. The photos will be kept private, stored in one place and viewed on paper by the trainers.
The challenge lasts six weeks. The winner gets the money in the pool and a free month at their membership level. To win the pool contributed by our clients, you have to be a current client or have been at some time since Sept. 1, 2011.
Food diaries, emails with questions, ideas and recipes, and PDF resources are all to be sent to the Yahoo! Group, which you can join here.
The challenge will begin on Sunday, January 29, after you’ve had a week to clean out your kitchen and go shopping. First food diary is due February 5. The challenge ends on Saturday, March 10 with the final food diary due on the 11th.
“Before” photos will be taken in the gym starting during the potluck and over the following week. (Yes, this means you can get an early start!) All “After” photos will be taken in the gym by the end of the day on Monday, March 12–no exceptions. (Can’t make the potluck? You can still participate in the challenge by getting your picture taken and contributing to the pool.)
