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LAY OFF THE GRAINS PEOPLE!

For those of you interesting in following along with Sweet Cheeks HQ’s No Grain Challenge, it starts tomorrow on Thursday!  Here’s what the ladies of SCHQ have to say about it:

“It’s time again for another Sweet Cheeks HQ food challenge!! We’re giving up grains this time for TWO WEEKS!!! I can just hear you now…

“Two weeks! That’s too long, I can’t do it.”
“It’s over Easter weekends, no way!”
“I need my cookiessssssssss!!!”
Get a hold of yourself Sweet Cheekers!!! It’s just temporary. You’ll live, I promise! Okay, now that that’s over…
What is the challenge? For the No Grains Challenge cut ALL grains out of your diet.

This includes wheat and all processed foods made with wheat or wheat flour, rye and all processed foods made with rye, barley, rice, oats and corn.

Why are we challenging you to this? We want you to experience first hand how it feels to live a grain free lifestyle. We could tell you till we’re blue in the cheeks how clean, energized, less bloated, less sluggish, less food comas, less gassy and on and on and on living this way makes US feel, but we want YOU to feel this way! We want YOU to wake up perky and fit into your skinny jeans! We want YOU to be gas free! We want YOU to give our no grains challenge a go!!
Post to comments if you’ll be joining us. Starts April 1st (and that’s no Fool’s Joke!)”

Today’s Workout:
Snatch Grip Deadlift
3-3-3-3-3
Hang Squat Snatch
1-1-1-1-1

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Twanda
Twanda

Hola , Happy April Fool's Day! A grade school teacher was asking students what their parents did for a living. "Tim, you be first," she said. "What does your mother do all day?" Tim stood up and proudly said, "She's a doctor." "That's wonderful. How about you, Amie?" Amie shyly stood up, scuffed her feet and said, "My father is a mailman." "Thank you, Amie," said the teacher. "What about your father, Billy?" Billy proudly stood up and announced, "My daddy plays piano in a whorehouse." The teacher was aghast and promptly changed the subject to geography. Later that day she went to Billy's house and rang the bell. Billy's father answered the door. The teacher explained what his son had said and demanded an explanation. Billy's father said, "I'm actually an attorney. How can I explain a thing like that to a seven-year-old?" Happy April Fool's Day!

Lisa E.
Lisa E.

nothing wrong with the big bopper KJ!

ATrain
ATrain

Oh lordy no Baker!! Sorry for the confusion Mrs. Traver.

KJ
KJ

yep, I'm pretty certain I'm a 60 yr old woman (inside a 26 y/o body) who loves her classic rock/ easy listening oldies/ and cocktails!

Baker
Baker

Agreed Lisa.

Lisa
Lisa

I'm in for the no grains challenge especially if it ends with a glutanous chocolate cake eating contest on the 16th. Same goes for the no alcohol challenge. There must be a shining light at the end of the tunnel :)

Malzone
Malzone

Ok now...let's clean it up gang. I'm in for no grain challenge (except for Easter b/c its not Easter in the Malzone household w/out martinis). KJ- I think you were born in the wrong era. You listen to easy listening/oldies radio and like Old Fashions. That's amazing.

Baker
Baker

With Traver?

ATrain
ATrain

Last time I went wine tasting with 5K I woke up in Traver's skinny jeans.

Baker
Baker

Confident I can fit into Travers skinny jeans BUT can he fit into mine? I solve all my alcohol quandries with Absinthe, just herbs and wormwood.

Sarah M
Sarah M

Traver.... Pretty sure grain is out in the Cadubry Cream Egg department... but that long a** list you posted on HFCS yesterday should have included those... bummer and double bummer.... 5K I am totally down with the Wine Tasting thing as long as you don't make it a tasting crawl... no bueno running from tasting room to tasting room!! HA

5k Run
5k Run

Wine's got my vote to be in. We should all get together for some wine tasting! OMG LOL.

KJ
KJ

haha, no def not sure about it... it would be a good one (for me) though!

Traver
Traver

No more research A Train. We're just going to stop here and believe that wine is in. Done. Enough said. (there aren't any grains in Cadbury Creme Eggs are there?)

ATrain
ATrain

I was just doing some research into yeasts and found this in the trusty Wikipedia "Yeasts are eukaryotic micro-organisms classified in the kingdom Fungi" Fungus! Yeasts aren't wheat! Wine is IN! (is this right??!)

Traver
Traver

KJ, are you SURE that you want us to do a no alcohol challenge?!

Sarah M
Sarah M

OMG... the forum has gone crazy..... A-Train...why no Vino.... :0( Sad sad panda over here. I would first like to see Traver's skinny jeans before I try to fit in them... ha ha.

Migs
Migs

I definitely do NOT want to fit into Traver's skinny jeans.

ATrain
ATrain

Definitely considering a no alcohol challenge KJ! Seems to be a theme... Annnnnd here's the low down on wine - "the wine grape itself contains all the necessary ingredients for wine: pulp, juice, sugars, acids, tannins, and minerals. However, some manufacturers add yeast to increase strength and cane or beet sugar to increase alcoholic content. During fermentation, winemakers also usually add sulfur dioxide to control the growth of wild yeasts. " Soooo yeasts are in wine too. Awwwwwww... As with any Sweet cheek challenge though, to what level you want to take the challenge is your own personal decision. But if you do decide to drink for the two weeks, i can't guarantee that you'll fit into Traver's skinny jeans.

KJ
KJ

Ok wait, so no beer? Maybe the next challenge should be no alcohol for 2 weeks :) BTW- discovered a new delicious beverage called an Old Fashioned its pretty much 1 to 1 of bourbon and OJ- on ice. That's it and it's awesome!

Traver
Traver

I just want to wake up perky and fit into my skinny jeans. That's actually all that I've ever wanted.

Sarah M
Sarah M

No grains..... We can do it, and if you need a little help through those long lonely nights of no grian... the vodka and vino will get you by... lol. Let's do this!!

Bowers
Bowers

We can still have vino right? Can't live in SB and not have vino...

ATrain
ATrain

Ahhhhhthankyouverymuch! =) And yup yup and yup ... al-key-hol contain grains. And I quote... "Information from the Distiller's of Maker's Mark... Ingredients Pure iron free, limestone water from a spring on the distillery grounds. The ingredients used are yellow corn and red winter wheat from specially selected small farm cooperatives, all of which are located within the limestone geology near the distillery. This wheat gives our whisky its soft, mellow taste. And we only use naturally malted barley."

Su
Su

way to keep it classy ATrain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sweet Cheeks RULES!

Phil
Phil

Yeah, does that mean no Makers?

Bowers
Bowers

Going to have to find some potato vodka...