Member highlights from our latest Wellness Kick Start!

After a month of eating six cups of veggies, half of your bodyweight in ounces of water, getting 7+ hours of sleep, moving your body, and a few bonus challenges in between, what were the results?? Daybreakers share their mental, physical and emotional changes, and what contributed to their success!

About Emily

Gain: I’m getting way better sleep. I managed to lose 10 pounds which needed to happen-a little fluff from covid was getting uncomfortable.
I just generally feeling great
What Worked: I really succeeded with less alcohol and sugar and feel like I fixed my addiction to sugar.  I find the less sugar and crap I eat the less I snack in general too. I find that cleaner eating is working for me-just cuts the cycle of eating salt then sugar then salt etc. I celebrated bdays with some of Pancho’s cake which was a nice treat and I find I enjoy that sugar more when I have it less!
Moving Forward: Plan to continue this going forward! I liked this challenge bc it was easy—less figuring out points and just straight forward. I’ll prob add back in some processed foods but nothing crazy.
Mentally: I realized through this you don’t have to be perfect to feel better/lose weight or whatever your goal is. If you are good 85% of the time you still see big improvements. This was important for me so that when I did allow myself a drink or a treat I wouldn’t then sabotage the whole day…week…month lol.

About Michelle

Gain: This was the first nutrition challenge I participated in! Overall, I feel good. I am not sure I lost any pounds, however my clothes feel a bit looser and I think I am seeing some improvement in workout performance.
What Worked: What I liked about the challenge was, it was easy to follow and not a lot of eliminations. I also liked that it changed a little each week with the added challenges. I loved week 4 and the challenge to try new recipes. I do that often anyways, but I enjoyed making things that you all recommended. I also liked logging my points into Triib and seeing what my competitors were doing!
Moving Forward: I am planning to continue with most things… water, veggies and protein. The sleep was a bit difficult with 5:30 am classes but will try to get 7 hours vs my normal 5-6 hours. I plan to limit but not exclude sugar (still have left over Xmas cookies), processed (minimally processed – if that is a thing) foods, and beer/wine in the next month.