CrossFit East Bay WOD @ GWPC 090102: 30 Day No-Sugar Challenge
Via CrossFit Oakland:
It's that time again. With the New Year just around the corner already passed, it's
time to start thinking about next year's this years resolution. I suspect many of
you will be committing to fitness-related goals, but what about your
diet? By investing in a healthy lifestyle centered around good eating
habits and diligent and consistent training, you are bound to be fitter
than ever in '09! So, to kick the New Year off right, CFEB will be
hosting a 30-Day No Sugar Challenge! Starting Jan 5th, we will be
saying goodbye to sugar (for now)! This challenge is open to everyone!
Here are the rules:
1. All participants must sign up by posting to comments in this entry by Jan 5th or putting you name down on either white board. A tally mark will be written next to your name/tracked online to track the number of days you are sugar-free.
2. For the purpose of this challenge ALL artificial sweeteners are also forbidden ( e.g. Splenda, Sweet N' Low, Equal). This includes "sugar-free" foods and diet drinks.
3. Read LABELS. Sugar is added to many foods (condiments, deli meat, peanut butter), so it is your responsibility to watch out for hidden sugar.
4. Only consume sugar that is found naturally in foods such as fruit.
***Special, very ironic, prize for those who complete all 30 days!!!***
Who's in? Post to comments.
Coach Daniel's First WOD
WOD 090102
GWPC 6:00PM
Five Rounds:
Run 400 Meters
10 Deadlift 225#/155#
10 C2B Pull-ups
Post Time to comments.
Today is Day 72 of the CFEB C2B Challenge. 36 C2B Pull-Ups is the target. In 28 days, C2B will be the default pull-up for all WODs.
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I'm in. Our week in Virginia was disastrous for me, sugar-wise.
Me too. Also, this is the webstore that I mentioned this afternoon. They have discounted prices on rings, jump ropes, kettle bells etc. Rebecca and I ordered a pair of a pair of kettle bells, a speed rope and a set of rings, shipping was 46$ by fedex ground. I'll re-post when I can report on the quality.
Great work on the wod, Daniel. You can see the individual photos in the collage at Daniel's and Bekka's blog:
http://onrockrockon.blogspot.com/2009/01/life-is-like-bowl-of-pennies.html
There's also a link on the CFEB main page (left hand bar).
I really should quit the crack. I've been pretty hopeless at kicking it on my own, after falling off the wagon...maybe a month and a half ago. Maybe doing it with other people will make it easier? Hmmm...
I'm in too.
I have made a little counter on right side of the main page to track it.
Also I think if we all put in some money, perhaps 20 or 50 dollars, winner(s) take all, it would be motivating.
Also if anyone is really good with Movable Type 4.0 can you contact me, I am having problems making the CSS/Text borders behave exactly how I want them to. eMail me @ info@crossfiteastbay.com.
I'm in. I'm going to indulge in an ORANGE now.
I'm in as well...happy to do a pool of some sort if you guys want.
I'm in, too. Sugar in condiments is just mean. No more dinners with Hoisin Sauce.
Bekka: I've got a great Asian sauces cookbook. It's not Pan-Asian cooking but sauces from different countries/regions. Acually, I should be directing this to Daniel, who's the one who does the cooking at your house, right? LOL. You're a lucky woman.
24:30 or 26:30 rx (damn those DL)
28:02 RX
Deadlifts were sets of five. Pullups were 1 or 2 at a time (consecutive kipping C2B pullups continue to elude me).
Hey: beer (alcohol) isn't sugar, is it?
Beer is not sugar. No whiskey sours, etc.
I believe, beer is the alcoholic product made by yeast fermentation of the sugar maltose. Residual sugar remains. If I recall correctly maltose is the highest or near highest glycemic index (GI) sugar. The above may be wrong but Daniel's question brings up my question for this challenge. How strict is this going to be? I assume the standard high GI carbohydrates including sucrose, maltose, dextrose, trehalose, fructose, and maltodextrin are all off limits? However, milk products are almost certainly not despite their low GI lactose which still gives a huge insulin response. Any way you make it I am up for the challenge. Although, I think a strict diet challenge focused on minimal insulin response would be the most fun as it would be the most challenging.
Gita, it is true that some beer contains residual maltose, so I agree, if we are going to ban trace amounts of sweetener in sauces beer is off the list.
If you are going to drink, the only acceptable beverages are going to be pure spirits, which contain no carbohydrate whatsoever, and wine which contains only about 3.5 g per glass of naturally occurring fruit sugar, the rest having been converted to alcohol.
It might be helpful to understand alcohol metabolism:
There are actually four (or even five) sources of calories, not three as is usually understood.
Protein: 4 cal per g
Fat: 9 cal per g
- Tropical Fats (coconut, etc) 7 cal per g
Carbohydrate: 4 cal per g
Alcohol: 7 cal per g
Alcohol cannot be turned into fat by the body, this is why alcoholics can waste away while drinking huge amounts of calories from alcohol. Any alcohol in the system will be used (metabolized) for energy until it is gone. This interferes with normal carbohydrate metabolism and to some extent protein synthesis. If you go out and have beer and pizza, for example, for as long as the alcohol is in your system (being used for fuel) all of the carbohydrate and fat that you consume, if you are prone to gaining excess bodyfat, will be converted to fat. This is why White Russians, etc. are the kiss of death for dieters. Some people, as we know, cannot gain excess bodyfat, but all of that excess carbohydrate metabolism cannot be good for you.
Anyway, wine, spirits, OK, everything else is off the list.
Glad I snuck that beer in last night.
225 deadlift, C2B pullups, jumped rope for 1:30 in between. took ~ 35 mins
All right fine... I'm in.
I'll do the "No Sugar Challenge" for thirty days.