No More Junk Food 2009

End of the challenge?

2009-02-05T15:09:00.004+13:00

Has the challenge ended? seems lots of the rules have been broken lately and haven't been keeping track.
Still plenty of the year left to make things right.

All Gone

2009-01-12T16:35:00.004+13:00

Well now both bottles of Coke have gone. and i can start the rest of the year Coke Free cause theres none sitting on the bench or in the fridge anymore.

Softdrinks - 2
Fast Food - 0
Pizza - 0

So far going well? hmmm its only been 12 days :(

Breaking the Habit!

2009-01-05T16:45:00.002+13:00

They say it can take years to develop a habit and only a moment to break it. In this case, the "habit" is only 5 days in, and the "moment" was the bottle of V that I had yesterday! I didn't even stop to think, at the petrol station, and saw the V - 2 FOR $5 sign, so I went right ahead, 2 bottles of Lemon V added to my transaction of petrol. After consuming 1 bottle and realising what I had done, I threw out the other unopened bottle straight away. I'm glad I had the staying power to do that, instead of thinking "oh well, I may as well just drink the other one".

The crazy thing is, that it didn't actually give me any more energy than what I already had, and actually just made me feel a bit unsettled in the stomach. A nice cool bottle of water or something like a Phoenix Natural Cola would have done the same, if not more, with natural sugars to give me a boost. Oh well, lessons are there to be learnt. I will aim to be alot more conscious over the coming weeks of breaking the habit.

FIRST WEIGH IN: Brad - 120KGS

Always CocaCola

2009-01-05T12:11:00.003+13:00

mmmmmm ice cold coke :)
So one of those bottles on the bench found its way into the fridge and after a long hot day of building the deck i just had to have a glass of coke. and only 4 days in.. Well the coke was already here before we started this so its not as bad as if i went to the shop and brought it right? hehe oh well.

Day 2

2009-01-02T11:11:00.002+13:00

Things are going good so far even though theres 2 bottles of coke sitting on the bench from christmas :( maybe i can sell them on Trade me hehe
So the new rule Brad suggested about weighing in fortnightly currently puts me at 129KG.

The Challenge Begins!

2009-01-01T00:10:00.002+13:00

Right, well as Phil mentioned, the challenge that we have both chosen to accept, is that we aim to consume no Fast Foods, ie: McDonalds, Burger King, Wendys, KFC etc for the entire course of 2009. Also, to consume no soft drinks that contain WAY TO MUCH sugar that just isn't good for you! Drinks that can be consumed include Water, Fruit Juices, Sports drinks such as Powerade etc, or Organic drinks such as the Phoenix range, including the natural Phoenix Cola with natural cane sugars.

It feels like the right thing to do, since it's a weakness of us both, especially when out on the road filming, we generally consume 2 meals a day from a fast food restaurant. Not good for our health. Personally, i've gained 30kgs since 2000, and my goal for 2009 is to loose that 30kgs!

It is now 2009! So, bring on the challenge! We'll keep you updated with our successes, and failures (but hopefully more successes).

WELCOME TO 2009!!

New Years Eve

2008-12-31T23:30:00.002+13:00

Well its about 30mins from 2009 and heres the first post for this blog.

So the challenge is to not have any Mc Donalds, Burger King, KFC, or any other Fast Food, as well as Soft Drinks for the whole of 2009.

The rules are we are allowed 12 Emergency Fast Food meals and 12 Soft Drinks for the year.

Lets get started!