Maureen
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Hello! My name is Carol Irwin, I’m a 60 year old mother of 4 grown men and Grandmother to 8, six boys and two girls. Super happy to be entered in this challenge and giving myself a motivating factor of pushing myself harder then I’m used to. I am fortunate that I work the afternoons into the evenings so I have the mornings to meal prep and workout. Not super thrilled with my before pictures but I’m looking forward to seeing some significant changes over the next few weeks. Thank you NW and team for this challenge and continued support. Best to all of us!
Good luck with it! I can’t wait to hear how it goes.
Thank you! I have a few more questions.
1)What’s the reasoning behind measuring certain foods in grams? And why does she measure meat when cooked? I have always measured raw meat uncooked. I’m use to doing macros and everything i have measured in the past has been measured in ounces. Trying to learn more about nutrition and just wondering these things?2) If you workout first thing in the morning, does Nicole encourage Breakfast before your first workout?
3) When is the best time to drink BURN? Along with the preworkout TRAIN or after your workout?
1. Measuring in grams is more accurate than using cups. She prefers cooked but I know people who measure in raw. Whatever you do just be consistent with it.
2. Yes, with strength training I think its important to eat.
3. You can drink burn before cardio, or in the morning instead of coffee. I wouldn’t drink it after 3pm depending on when you go to bed. Drink Train prior to strength training.Hey ladies.
I work third shift,so need to take friday and Sunday as my rest days this week. So I’m assuming I do Friday’s workout tomorrow and I will still be on track? And do I need to switch up my high and low carb days or keep it the same? I usually take Tuesdays and Fridays as rest days but my schedule is different this week and next, so will I do the same when I go back to those rest days as well? Thank you for your timeFeel free to switch up the workouts to suit your schedule. I would leave the carb cycling the same regardless of your lift schedule so it doesn’t get confusing.
How do I put a profile picture on my account?
Try going in your account and see if you can change it there.
Hi Maureen, your response says 6 servings but pdf now says 4. Is it 4 or 6 servings for the stuffed chicken recipe?
It should have been 6 servings all around. I just rechecked the email.
I’m coming from a very low carb keto/carnivore way of eating and having a hard time with the “starchy carbs”. Is it ok to make up my carbs from the veggie list as long as the macros are the same or will not having SC throw off my progress?
I don’t see a problem using vegetables but you are going to have to eat a shit ton to make up for it. Try the SC just for the post workout and go from there.
The post workout says OB 6 oz unsweetened almond milk/(ll)chicken but it’s 0 fat for the post workout macros? Both of those have some fat?
The fat in those isn’t enough to make an impact. Don’t sweat it!
I like to do spinning bike and there is none for hiit cardio, so I was wondering if can do one from previous challenges?
Sure! Be creative 🙂
I went shopping Saturday, at the grocery store, with my list of food I needed for the challenge on Monday. Today is Monday, day 1 of the challenge and I just finished the first workout and meal prepping for the week. I forgot how long it took to prep food for easy grab and go. Pro tip! Meal prep on the weekend so you can have all your food ready the week.
Great job!
Just wondering if there are any suggested ways to get the HIIT whilst running outside. I’m in FL and so it’s flat; and can do sprints but wondering best way to structure if I wanted to do that? Might also post on the FB page, but wanted to see if any suggestions can be added here.
You can shoot to run for a specific amount of time and tell yourself you will do 10 20 second sprints throughout your run. OR you could run and every couple of minutes just work in a sprint from where you are to another landmark and go all out. that’s HIIT 🙂
Some of the video demos are not working. Barbell curl to front raise is one of many
Hi there,
If you couild give me a list of what is not working that would be helpful. That way we could work on fixing them. Just tell me which workout you are doing. Or you could email it to [email protected] as well.Total 20 = 20 each side? Need to clarify…I’m probably overthinking it.
If it’s plank hip dip it does say 20 total. Which would mean 10 on each side.
Where can I find how to do these: Down Down Up Up; Murpees; Pike Pushup
With the HIIT exercises you can google them since there isn’t a clickable link. You can always post you doing an exercise in the FB group as well and ask the group if that looks right. We are all in that group as well.
On Meal Plan 1, Meal 2 Option 2 on both low and high carb days…it lists FP 4oz 93% ground turkey but describes it as EXTRA Lean, which would actually be 99% and a LP. Is the word “Extra” wrong or should it actually be an LP with 99% ground turkey instead of FP? A Fat is also included on the low carb day but not the high carb.
The exchange is right to say “FP” but the description should NOT say Extra lean
I don’t like coconut. Is there a suitable swap in the protein ball recipe?
I’m not sure. When it’s a recipe it’s hard to swap something in or out of that will change the entire recipe most likely.
Follow-up to the question I just posted…I’m looking through all the questions and it is a common theme that I should go by my height. I will do this and see how it goes. I generally eat around 1600 calories anyway so should be good. Thanks
Great! Nicole always recommends going by height 🙂
Can the egg wraps by Egglife be swapped for 2 egg whites? The company said that’s what they are equal to. https://www.egglifefoods.com/product/eggwhite-wrap/
Hi there,
Since we don’t have them in our exchange list. If that’s something you want to try and work in, I would use my fitness pal and see how you can fit that if you would like to use that.Someone mentioned blocks 1 are a build phase and blocks 2 is a cutting phase. Is this correct? Our meals (macros) stay same for high/low days. I’m wondering what’s adjusted in 2nd phase
Hi there,
This is a carb cycling plan high days/low days. The training changes for weeks 4-6 but this isn’t structured like a build and cut phases like transformation challenge or a summer shred.Excited to be starting my first challenge today. I uploaded my images and measurements but have not received a conformation email. How can I find out if I had a successful upload?
email [email protected] if you are wondering if your stuff was submitted. Alison can help you out.
@Maureen: I think you need to be a member to see the video you linked. The people who have the problem are registered only for the challenge.
I just gave your question to Nicole and web staff. The video I linked was after I clicked on the exercise in the PDF. I’m not sure why you guys aren’t able to see it. they will figure out what’s going on.
Is it ok to not do the rest day on Thursday and instead rest on Saturday and Sunday?
You can work the calendar to fit your life. I would try and keep to the schedule the best you can.
I work out in the a.m.; do I do the cardio before working out or after the workout?
If before the work out do I do it in a fasted state or after my 1st meal? I might have missed where it said when to do cardio on cardio days so forgive me if I did. Thanks!If you can choose I would do the cardio after.
I would eat before strength training but doing cardio only you could do it fasted if you wanted.Yes, modifying basic push up is not a problem. It’s the other variations like dolphin push up, etc
Then just stick to the basic one and build up that strength. Test it out frequently and see how it feels and how you might be improving.
What kind of chocolate chips do we buy?
It says mini chocolate chips in the recipe…I am assuming you are referring to the cookie dough smoothie.
