The VICE Challenge - enter if you dare!

MojoMaker · 22-10-2014 11:48am

If it's any consolation I feel really sh*t this morning :eek:

Need to find out why I had such compulsive cravings - salt levels dropping, sugar levels, higher than usual exercise loads?? I was feeling really cold yesterday all day, and on the bike last night was freezing even though it wasn't really that cold out (maybe 12C?). Hugged the space heater with the central heating on when I got home and still couldn't get warm.

Anyway, blowout for October done and dusted. 3 * -850 cal days over the next 9 days will sort out the injustice.

Dory Dory · 22-10-2014 11:56am

Dreamt about cakes and pastries last night!

But I didn't eat any!!!!

shotgunmcos · 22-10-2014 10:09pm

Ahh sipping a hot chocolate and thanks to this challenge it tastes like a treat rather than a hot beverage I dunk biscuits in.

For the record. Approx 80 kcals counted towards my vice hence my balance is
420 kcals

This isn't lent. Its about learning to enjoy your vice in moderation. It may seem weak to those going full abstinence but in the 3 days of this challenge I'd normally have consumed 1900 kcals or so of vice. So 80 kcals = moderation

Dory Dory · 22-10-2014 11:18pm

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Ahh sipping a hot chocolate and thanks to this challenge it tastes like a treat rather than a hot beverage I dunk biscuits in.

For the record. Approx 80 kcals counted towards my vice hence my balance is
420 kcals

This isn't lent. Its about learning to enjoy your vice in moderation. It may seem weak to those going full abstinence but in the 3 days of this challenge I'd normally have consumed 1900 kcals or so of vice. So 80 kcals = moderation

Moderation. Not something all of us are good at.....hence, why I'll be practicing full abstinence.

By the way, what did you eat in 80 kcals?

shotgunmcos · 22-10-2014 11:26pm

Dory Dory wrote: »

Moderation. Not something all of us are good at.....hence, why I'll be practicing full abstinence.

By the way, what did you eat in 80 kcals?

See full abstinence is not a habit I can set. I enjoy my food too much. So Moderation it must be. When I go cold turkey for a while I usually go back on with a vengence. I do extremes usually.

80 kcals was approx 3 spoons of cadbury hot choc powder stirred into milk. Roughly 20g. At 400kcal per 100g, that's 80kcal

bryangiggsy · 24-10-2014 2:20pm

Day 4 no soda drinks...Have not missed them yet

RacoonQueen · 24-10-2014 2:40pm

Can of coke with my the lunchtime market. Wasn't worth losing 135(?) calories of the vice challenge!

Oryx · 24-10-2014 3:07pm

No crisps. No chocolate. No fizzy drinks either and they're not even banned.

#smug

sconhome · 24-10-2014 3:45pm

Total abstinence is the only way to go cold turkey.

ToTriOrNot · 24-10-2014 3:52pm

I wish I had your discipline!! DD no wonder you look so fab (peek at the pics in an thread in A/R), Oryx, you do too....
But, so far today, not bad!! Evening time at home it's the worse....and weekends too....

shotgunmcos · 24-10-2014 9:09pm

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Can of coke with my the lunchtime market. Wasn't worth losing 135(?) calories of the vice challenge!

366 kcals away from a set of circuits...

Oh who is going to be the first to feel the hurt? It may even feel good to banish the guilt, feeling the kcals dripping from your forehead!

Oryx · 24-10-2014 9:15pm

shotgunmcos wrote: »

366 kcals away from a set of circuits...

Oh who is going to be the first to feel the hurt? It may even feel good to banish the guilt, feeling the kcals dripping from your forehead!

I think you're talking yourself into it.

sconhome · 25-10-2014 8:43am

AKW wrote: »

Total abstinence is the only way to go cold turkey.

And...

Crumbled

End of a hectic week, house to myself, movie, fire and popcorn.

Advised I was over 500kcal, corrected when I said half packet, but damage done in for a penny in for a pound and all gone!!

I'm afraid to look at the punishment

shotgunmcos · 25-10-2014 10:29am

Ah yes approx 530 kcals

So for each 100 kcal over the 500 quota or part thereof, you win yourself the wonderful prize of a visit to post #46 to choose your penance!

To save you the journey just this once its

1 set of 20. No rest
Squats
Burpees
Push ups
Lunges (20 each leg)
Chin up or tricep dips

Or

3x30 secs full gearing on turbo and spinning as fast as you can. All out Max effort. Straight off for 10 squat jumps after each rep. No rest.

Or

Find a hill that takes a minute to scale at a hard pace
Do it 3 times with 10 squat jumps at the peak each time. Jog down. No rest.

Have fun and let us know what your v800 makes of it all

Your vice balance for the rest of this challenge (Nov 19) is
0 kcals

AKW wrote: »

And...

Crumbled

End of a hectic week, house to myself, movie, fire and popcorn.

Advised I was over 500kcal, corrected when I said half packet, but damage done in for a penny in for a pound and all gone!!

I'm afraid to look at the punishment

Dory Dory · 25-10-2014 11:15am

AKW wrote: »

And...

Crumbled

End of a hectic week, house to myself, movie, fire and popcorn.

Advised I was over 500kcal, corrected when I said half packet, but damage done in for a penny in for a pound and all gone!!

I'm afraid to look at the punishment

What are those things on top of the popcorn. And more importantly, how good are they???

Ah, AKW, this sort of blows that you've let yourself go like this. No quitting, however!!! You pick yourself up, shake yourself off, and get yourself back on the sugary-crud total (gonna have to be now!) abstinence wagon again!!! YOU. CAN. DO IT!!

sconhome · 25-10-2014 11:19am

Can you bank the additional penance?

Ie do I get a buffer of the 70kcal balance?

sconhome · 25-10-2014 11:24am

Dory Dory wrote: »

What are those things on top of the popcorn. And more importantly, how good are they???

Ah, AKW, this sort of blows that you've let yourself go like this. No quitting, however!!! You pick yourself up, shake yourself off, and get yourself back on the sugary-crud total (gonna have to be now!) abstinence wagon again!!! YOU. CAN. DO IT!!

Aero bubbles and they are really good.

sconhome · 25-10-2014 11:26am

shotgunmcos wrote: »

To save you the journey just this once its ....

You're too kind!

shotgunmcos · 25-10-2014 11:55am

AKW wrote: »

Can you bank the additional penance?

Ie do I get a buffer of the 70kcal balance?

No banking sir. You sin, you hurt. Each time. That's it. Even if you were 501 kcals :cool:

career move · 25-10-2014 1:44pm

shotgunmcos wrote: »

No banking sir. You sin, you hurt. Each time. That's it. Even if you were 501 kcals :cool:

Hehehe that's it Mike, lay down the law. Do you think we need video evidence of the punishment?

RacoonQueen · 25-10-2014 2:54pm

Dory Dory wrote: »

What are those things on top of the popcorn. And more importantly, how good are they???

Ah, AKW, this sort of blows that you've let yourself go like this. No quitting, however!!! You pick yourself up, shake yourself off, and get yourself back on the sugary-crud total (gonna have to be now!) abstinence wagon again!!! YOU. CAN. DO IT!!

Aero bubbles. Do you want us to send you some? :pac:

Dory Dory · 25-10-2014 3:16pm

shotgunmcos wrote: »

No banking sir. You sin, you hurt. Each time. That's it. Even if you were 501 kcals :cool:

Harsh!

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Aero bubbles. Do you want us to send you some? :pac:

Well, it does say "Love to Share" on the package.

(this challenge won't go on forever, you know)

shotgunmcos · 26-10-2014 3:08pm

First proper craving today. Caz went for a walk while I took shotgun junior to rugby. Came back and there was a pack of kimberlies on the counter. Ignored at first but as hunger grew I picked the pack up a couple of times. Heading to in-laws for dinner, don't want to spoil appetite but hungry. Apple was crunchy and delicious but unsatisfying. A handful of nuts next. Still craving. Picked up biscuits again, only 67 kcals a biscuit. A couple wouldn't hurt! Managed to not open the pack. A couple of crackers with crunchy peanut butter, sliced banana and a drizzle of honey did the trick. Probably double the kcals though :rolleyes:

RacoonQueen · 26-10-2014 9:11pm

I think I'm going to have to set up the turbo...to warn myself what is coming at some point in the next week if I'm not careful...

Now, where is my turbo...

shotgunmcos · 26-10-2014 9:25pm

RacoonQueen wrote: »

I think I'm going to have to set up the turbo...to warn myself what is coming at some point in the next week if I'm not careful...

Now, where is my turbo...

Me too

Sinned again. Had 3 kimberlies and a hot chocolate.

So another 67+67+67+80 kcals gone
Total this time 281 kcals
Total this challenge 361 kcals
Remaining allowance 159 kcals

Oryx · 26-10-2014 9:35pm

I ate one chocolate sweet at a kids party and also had popcorn, tho thats not on my banned list. I also ate jellies. Not sure if I should add them to the contraband list, cos they sure felt like cheating.

Does the chocolate on a bite of power bar, eaten while training count?

RacoonQueen · 26-10-2014 9:44pm

A chocolate bar taken on a 70K or longer spin should not count towards your vice challenge calorie count :pac:

career move · 26-10-2014 9:46pm

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Me too

Sinned again. Had 3 kimberlies and a hot chocolate.

So another 67+67+67+80 kcals gone
Total this time 281 kcals
Total this challenge 361 kcals
Remaining allowance 159 kcals

If I was you, I'd be having a good long think about which punishment is the most appealing

Dory Dory · 27-10-2014 1:40am

No sins as of yet, however I did squirt whipped cream right out of the can into my mouth tonight (not on my banned list, but the uneaten brownies the whipped cream came with are!!), and, like Oryx's jellies, it really did feel like I sinned.

And I'm sort of wondering, I banned chocolate and all cakes, cookies and pies...but I did not ban ice cream. So, I'm sure I'll want a little celebratory dessert post NY City marathon at the weekend - vanilla ice cream would be okay, right??

sconhome · 27-10-2014 6:41am

Hang on a second. I didn't put Aero bubbles and popcorn on any list, what's this all about?!

Going around the corner and having a different treat is cheating, no?

As for squirting cream from a can? Love it!!

Canned cream is brill for filling mince pies, squirt some under the 'lid' of the pie, yum, instant treat.

The VICE Challenge - enter if you dare!

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