Every mistake must have a consequence
It seems that a few of you have strayed from the challenge already and some of you forsee that you may stray in the near future.
Well, you all put your name down to give up sugar for the month, not just when it suits you, so there must be a punishment for every deviation from the plan.
I am not going to enforce this on you, I will just hope that I can guilt you into enforcing on yourself. Being accountable to others is an awesome way to stay focussed, but a self inflicted puishment is another great way to back yourself up.
Every time you eat or drink something that is not allowed, I want you to do burpees.
Starting from today, your first indescretion shall recieve 5 burpees. Every subsequent deviation from the challenge you should double your amount of burpees.
So, your second indescretion shall recieve 10 burpees. Your third is 20 burpees and so on. If you manage to stray 5 times, you will be doing 80 burpees.
Now I know that you have to be disciplined enough to inflict these burpees on yourselves, but here is the main rule.
Each item you eat or drink something wrong is 1 indescretion. So don’t think oh well, I have to do burpees for this, I may as well drink 5 beers and make the most of it. NO, that would be 5 mistakes right there and that would be 5 + 10 + 20 + 40 + 80 burpees. Get it!
I am doing this for your own good.
To be honest with you, I am so proud of how well you have done so far, but it is only the first week and I want you to succeed for the entire month.
By the end of this month, hopefully your tastebuds will have changed and you will no longer want sugar in your caffeine, you will be out of the habit of a sweet after dinner and you will have an understanding of what a healthy balanced meal consists of and tatses like.
Please feel free to send me any photos of your burpees if they have to take place or even post them on the facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=285890880354
MOST IMPORTANTLY, don’t let this discourage you from documenting your mistakes for others to see. I want you all to be honest with yourself and others. Your honesty and diligence is more important than the burpees, but hey.. you will burn off some of the sugar during the burpees!!!
Good luck:)
November 5th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
ok cool … so I get ‘minus 5′ burpees for not eating that giant cupcake yesterday, yeah?
excellent .. thanks Troy
November 5th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Troy does this count (i.e. the burpees), if you identify in advance a special occasion?
November 6th, 2009 at 9:24 am
Do the burpees have to be performed at the time of the lapse? So if you’re in the pub having a beer, do you do the burpees then and there? I reckon that would be an added incentive to stick to the challenge!
November 6th, 2009 at 11:06 am
If you need any tips on guilt-tripping, I’ll give you my mum’s number!
Burpees – seriously? couldn’t it be a punishment we enjoy
November 6th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Kirsty, you can have 5 of the ones back that you did this morning at training.
Darrin, if it is a very special occassion like a birthday, it is allowed.
Tori, I think you are right, at the lapse would be ideal.
Peta, all I can say is you better starting pushing out some burpees, I just read your comments about sushi and minties. Let’s get serious, didn’t realise there was sugar in minties…dry that one out and fertilise the lawn with it. Sushi isn’t allowed…is it made with basmati rice?
November 7th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
Thanks Troy!
Hi Peta, good to see you are still around. I thought you had left us???????
November 10th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
One of the girls at work is friends with the manager of Burke St Cafe. She just delivered the ‘left overs’ for the day. Chocolate tarts, creme brulee, etc. I looked. I smelled. I suggested which one I’d eat. I smelt again….And I RAN AWAY!!!
Is anyone else craving fatty foods now we’re not eating sugar?
Darrin – I thought I had a brain tumor (not really). But my Dr told me it’s just a bad case of the flu, sinusitis and run down immune system from hating my job. Would take more than that to get rid of me!
November 10th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
Tell me Peta, did you read this post about how people love to make other people in their office fat? http://blog.fittabodies.com/2009/11/04/pregnancy-weight-gain-and-junk-food/
It’s also funny how now that people are fessing up to their weaknesses, I see that food diaries that I have been given in the past by many people don’t include a lot of the extras that are making people fat.
November 10th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Yes Troy! good article.
Every time I turn something down as it’s ‘not on the list’ people think I’m crazy. Quite a few people have inspected the list and think it’s not doable. It’s certianly made me realise how much sweet food in consumed in this workplace. (I don’t usually partake, but it’s opened my eyes)
Out for dinner with friends last night at the new Japanese place in Spot (noisy but tasty). I had Teriakyi (sp??) beef last night but no rice – that’s alright I think.
November 11th, 2009 at 7:56 am
All i can say is to ignore those people who say it’s not doable, it is totally doable and not that big of a deal, but it will take a change of attitude which these people won’t accept second hand, they have to make that decision themselves.
Teriyaki beef is fine:)
November 12th, 2009 at 10:13 am
my cravings have eased up … I struggled after dinner for the first week craving anything sweet! but it’s not hard to distract yourself from cravings and a glass of water normally helps too.
so i’m pretty stoked that cravings have reduced … major eye opener about how easy it will actually be to maintain these new habits after No-anythinggoodexceptforsex-Vember is over …
although I do have a bottle of korean plum wine that someone gave me so I’m looking forward to drinking that on 1st December
November 12th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Awesome, the plan is working. 30 days should be enough to change a few bad habits.
Well done on dropping that holiday weight, you can really see it!!!