Extreme Family Nutrition Makeover Challenge - The 8th & Final Week

Today is the last day of our 8 week Makeover Challenge. We go have our post-assessment fitness tests on Wednesday and our biometrics a few days later. As of a few days ago, Fred was down 16 pounds and I was down 8, but I have a feeling some of it may come back on for me. I feel a bit bloated. I'm trying to pound down the water to help flush my system.

Don't know if we have done enough to win the challenge but we have made some really healthy changes that I know will stick. No more white bread in the house, what bread we do eat is always wheat or multi-grain. We developed a taste for brown rice rather than white rice and from now on our pasta is going to be 1/2 white pasta with 1/2 whole grain pasta. We're buying only low sodium products if we can and are avoiding high sodium grocery products.  No more stocking up on diet soda, I don't care how cheap Hy-Vee is selling it for, I'm not going to buy it very often. I am going to drink it again, because I love Diet Pepsi and I miss it, but there won't be an unlimited supply. Fred asked me to continue to buy the light fruit juices for him, so if I can't get pieces of fruit down him, I'll have to settle for fruit juices.

It was such a beautiful morning that I decided to do my cardio outside rather than at the gym.  I bought this water bottle a couple of months ago at the Farmers Market to take on my walks.  It's perfect for that because it doesn't get heavy filled with water and when empty it rolls up very small.  It holds 16 oz of water and my goal has been to drink one while working out and one after I get back home.

Tonight we're grilled out a nice piece of sirloin steak, baked potatoes and a big salad and since the weather is so good, family Frisbee for the last time we receive 50 points for it.  We won't know the result until around Tuesday, August 31st.  I'll be in Washington, DC on a work trip, but the guys will go out to the meeting and then they can call me with the results.

Wish us luck!