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Hey Pamela- I would choose one of the other meals instead of trying to find a different recipe. The calories and macros of the Mug Cake that Nicole put in the Challenge is what it is 🙂
Hey there- you don’t have to wait 3 hours to eat your next meal, but just see at what point you get hungry after you have your post workout meal. The first few days (maybe even the first week) will be a bit of a trail and error for meal-timing. Some people have waited three hours for their next meal so they can spread their meals out more evenly throughout the day while others have eaten half (or all) of their next meal along with their post workout meal. Just do what works best for you 🙂
Hi Michelle- yes, absolutely! Spinach/baby spinach or iceberg lettuce would be a good green to use in place of Romaine.
Good luck with the challenge 🙂
Hi Claire – yep, that is a great plan! All you can do is the best you can with what you have to work with. Everything you explained sounds great!
Good luck 🙂
Hey there- black coffee is fine, yes 🙂 Try to aim for 4 Liters (about one gallon) of water per day. Good luck with the challenge!
Hey ladies- towards the end of the challenge, information will be sent out about what to do post-challenge.
Hey Mritza!
Welcome to the challenge! To answer your question, you can name the meals like that if you like, yes, but you can eat the meals in any order you like except the post-workout meal. That should always stay post-workout.
Good luck with the challenge! 🙂
Hi there- we don’t recommend a particular type or brand but if you follow the guidelines Nicole outlines in the Supplement Section, you should be good 🙂
You can also go to your local supplement/vitamin/health food store and speak with one of the employees about fat-burners they carry based on the fat-burner guidelines in this program.
Good luck!
Hey there- for the best possible results during a transformation challenge, especially one as short as 40 days, this is what Nicole has come up with for the best possible progress.
In past challenges there was only one food option for the meal plans, but people wanted variety so she added a number of meal options and more exciting recipes for people to have moe variety and to prevent boredom, but still see amazing results and transform their physiques.
You have 15 different meal options to choose from. That is quite a bit of variety for a transformation challenge, not for every day life, of course, but just for the duration of this challenge.
Good luck 🙂
Hi there- are you able to do hyperextensions? If not, you could just eliminate these two exercises and do a few extra sets of seated or lying hamstring curls ?
Hi Claire- You could substitute cashew milk, coconut milk, macadamia nut milk, etc, as long as it is unsweetened 🙂 And yes, peanut butter is fine, just make sure the only ingredients are peanuts or peanuts and salt, such as Crazy Richards brand or something similar that has no added sugars in the ingredients 😉
Hey there- absolutely you can do any HIIT cardio you like, as long as you follow the guidelines for the duration, intensity and frequency of the program 😉
Good luck!
Hey there- Nicole recommends about a gallon (4 Liters) of water per day.
Good luck with the challenge! 🙂
Hi Samantha- yes, you can do that! The only meal we encourage you to keep in order is your post-workout meal 😉
Good luck!
Hi Miriam- we really encourage people not to swap foods out, but choose one of the other meal options offered that would work for your body. If you know of things that have worked for you in the past than you can feel free to do that on your own but making all these food swap suggestions is more like personalizing the meal plans for you.
Again, I encourage you to use your best judgement on what works for your body. Using My Fitness Pal you can readjust foods that don’t agree with you for foods that work for your body.
Good luck! 🙂
Hey there- instead of trying to find a food replacement for avocado, I would choose one of the other meals that doesn’t have avocado. Avocado has such a funky macro ratio of carbs/proteins/fats that it’s hard to find an equivalent without throwing off your other macros 😉
I hope this helps! Good luck 🙂
LOL, hi Stephanie- I would shred the raw potato first, bake/microwave the raw shreds, then measure the cooked shredded potatoes as needed and then prepare the meal 😉
Hey there- to give yourself the best chance of progress and success for the 6 weeks of this challenge, we recommend you stick to the meals as they are in the meal plans 🙂 You have quite a few options to switch things up and prevent boredom. Both the beef and the salmon would not replace chicken and white fish because of the difference in both calories and macros (as you mentioned) and it would throw off all other meals, so you would have to adjust all of those as well and you would basically be creating your own meal plan at that point 😛
Ideally, it is best to choose from any of the meals listed for the duration of the challenge. I hope this helps, good luck! 🙂
Hi there- this is a very important topic that you need to discuss with your doctor. Pregnancy and breastfeeding fall under a medical umbrella and we can’t advise your caloric needs during breast-feeding. I do know that you should not be in a caloric deficit during breast-feeding for the health and nourishment of yourself and your baby. Please bring the nutrition information portion of the challenge to your doctor and go over your caloric and nutritional needs with him/her.
Good luck! 🙂
