Nutrition Bingo

Work has been uber supportive of those who are trying to live healthier- for the last 2 years, the Health and Wellness Committee (which I am now on) have ran a "biggest loser" competition, where you work in teams and weigh in weekly, all to lose weight, be healthy, etc. That is what sparked the current weight loss (is 2 years "current"?). After that competition, we go into Nutrition Bingo. Here's where I need help.

Your goal is to complete the entire card by the end of the week for the full 50 points, otherwise it's one point a square. The first 2 weeks were pretty easy... now, they're getting hard. I'm having a hard time with some of them, and am asking for help.

This week's tricky square is going to be "limit yourself to only one cup of coffee/tea/soda"- I've had 1 pop so far today, no coffee (had sugar free hot cocoa instead)... fingers crossed that lasts for another 10 hours..

Next week's potential problems: 1) Snack on nut-butter and whole grain crackers (does peanut butter count??). 2) make your own trail mix with nuts and dried fruit (anyone have recipes??) 3) drink 8 oz of natural fruit juice, not from concentrate (I stay away from juice because of the point values)

Week 5 problems: 1) steam veggies instead of boiling (do the steamer bags count?) 2) Have a meal without any processed foods (this gets worse the next week when its go a WHOLE DAY without processed foods) and 3) eat less than 2400 mg of sodium today- I've never tracked my sodium!

The list gets harder as we get closer to Week 8...

Thankfully, this nutrition bingo fits nicely with my WW plan. And, it makes me try new foods and prepare things a new way. AND, there are squares on there to "Take a brisk 20 minute walk" or "weight train" and whatnot. It's great. It's just getting HARD. HELP!