Welcome to the Feingold Whipit 180 Blog. This blog is to show the progress of our ongoing fitness challenge with Wellmark.
One week ago, we sent out a mass email and Facebook update to ask for everyones support in voting for us to become finalists for the Whipit180 Challenge. For one week, people voted and now the voices are heard. We have been selected to be the finalists for the Challenge. For the next 5 weeks, we will train our body and our minds to better ourselves and become the healthy family that we need to be.
The purpose of this blog is to keep you updated on our progress. To let you know of the highs and lows of our journey. We are a couple days off for the blog but here is a general 3 day update.
We met with Rebecca Meyer and the film crew. This was a very exciting and also very scary at the same time. The fact that I am normally behind the camera and now in front of it was really a different experience. She showed us great new ways to stretch and warm up and also presented us with the prize package. Then, the hard part, she opened up our fridge. We felt really guilty when she found the Cadbury Eggs and Girl Scout Cookies. But on the bright side, at least we didn't eat them all and we helped the Girl Scouts raise money.
We arrived and started fresh. The first major challenge was shopping for food. I know we shop weekly, but never like this. We had to make sure that we picked out the right foods. Looking at the calories, the fat, the sugar and more. I never realized that so much goes into eating healthy. And the food that we chose was different from what I ever expected. Humus, for example. I never thought that I would be eating that. But with the right cracker, it is not bad....Still adjusting to the taste. Another new food was Greek yogurt. For some reason, this is becoming a big thing. But without a chunk of fruit in it, I can't see why. We also are doing something that I wasn't sure I was able to handle. We are now sort officially soda free. While we have our water substitute, I myself have been craving a Diet Coke a little. But we have found a energy drink that is like Crystal Light but better. So that problem is resolved.
Now on to the exercise. Again, something that I really haven't committed myself to in a while. And we have tried using fitness clubs before. We decided that Arizona is the best place to jump start our journey. With the exception of rain yesterday, we have been able to work outside for 2 out of the three days. We have walked several miles so far including the Fashion Square Mall. It's really big.
But the real challenge began to se how long it would take both Erin and I to run a mile. For me, it was 17 minutes. Erin was also at 17 minutes. Considering that the last time I ran a mile was in 6th grade and that took me 45 minutes. But now we are walking and doing running spurts to help get us moving on to a good pace.
We have also vowed to use the elevator only once a day. This is also challenging because my parents have a condo on the 6th floor. Going down was the easy part. It's going back up after walking over 3 miles is what can be challenging. We are also jump roping. Again, something that we haven't done since we were kids. The first time I did it , it took a while, but now I'm at a better pace. As for Erin, it is very difficult for her to do the jumps because of her brace and sore foot. But we are able to get through it and we are not completely sore. Her knee is a little sore and I have been having problems with my left foot as well. But all in all, we are off to a great start. We really haven't had many bad cravings. The more we are away from the sugar, the more that we really aren't interested in it. And this is a big challenge since my mom has a huge jar of mini candy bars in the kitchen..... "Control, control, you must learn control." - Yoda
So we are off to the train park and will come home and have another healthy meal and then off to bed. Thank you to everyone for your support, and we will try to keep everyone updated daily.
Brad and Erin
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