Summer Survivor: Week 1

Hi guys!! Hope everyone's ready to get started! It's officially summer! If you're like me, you may have hoped to be at your goal weight or ideal body by now, but for me, that's just more inspiration to be all that much closer to it by the *end* of summer!

So, we have our two teams, and here are the two challenges for this week:

Food Challenge

Journal your food! If you've already been doing this, great! Continue. But I need to make sure everyone knows how to do it, so it's going to be our starting point this week. Count every bite, taste, and sip. Eventually, we're going to work on getting the right % of macronutrients for our bodies and goals (ratio of fat/protein/carbs that make up our calories) but for now, let's just get used to keeping track of what we're eating. The journal here on buddy slim is a great tool, but if you have another site you like to use, that's fine.

Exercise Challenge

This week, I'd like to try an interval cardio workout for starters, and we'll add some weights in as we go.

**Interval Workout**
5 minutes: Warm up at an easy pace (RPE 4)
2 minutes: Go at a moderate pace (RPE 5)
3 minutes: Pick it up to a brisk pace (RPE 7)
2 minutes: Back to RPE 5
4 minutes: Speed up to RPE 7
2 minutes: RPE 5
5 minutes: RPE 7
2 minutes: RPE 5
6 minutes: RPE 7
4 minutes: Cool down at an easy RPE 4

Hope these challenges are ok with everybody. I used a workout that incorporates the rate of perceived exertion because that makes it different for everybody, adjustable. I kind-of just want to start out simple, see how everybody does, and go from there. Good luck everybody!