Winner of Weight Loss Challenge: TheAng is our big winner with an amazing 49 pounds lost! Not only was she the big winner, TheAng was an inspiration to many on the site during the challenge in the forums.  As an active DailyBurn user, we are very proud of her progress so far!

Her before and after videos are here:

Winner of the BodyFat Challenge: Futuretrophywife with a 4% bodyfat drop during the contest!

Best Transformation Award: modestoluke wins the special award for this contest.  He is an inspiration to the DailyBurn team and we really wish him the best as he continues on his fitness journey.  His before and after videos follow:

Each winner will be receiving a prize kit from DailyBurn including: A Withings Scale to link to their DailyBurn account, healthy treats from Foodzie, Water bottles and other gear from our sponsors.  In addition, they will be given DailyBurn PRO accounts for life.

I will say this: we learned a lot about how to run a challenge with this, and in the future our challenges will be a lot better, and more engaging.  Stay tuned for our next big challenge!

My Diet Plan

I am sticking very close to the food measurements and macronutrient breakdowns as outlined in Barry Sears’s Zone Diet.  I have read a lot of  diet and nutrition books over the years and the Zone seems to be very solid.  I closely follow the Crossfit community, which has an obsession with the Zone/Paleo diets.  So, the Zone is it for me.

I am pretty tall (6’3″) and I plan to be very active over the 90-day period, so I am opting for 17-19 blocks a day.  I won’t go through the whole explanation of blocks or the Zone diet.  If you want a quick overview of Zone nutrition, I highly recommend this PDF put together by Crossfit Journal.  If you are serious about it, buy the book.  I’ll be watching my weight and athletic performance and adjust my blocks as appropriate after the first few weeks.

My Exercise Plan

My workout plan is pretty simple.  I plan to do the Crossfit WOD 5-6 times a week.  I do Crossfit with some friends during the week, and I will probably do some cycling over the weekend.  I’ll be tracking my Crossfit using DailyBurn’s new WOD site: http://dailyburn.com/wod

A Sample Day

Here is what a sample day of nutrition/supplementation/exercise looks like for me during the challenge (items marked with * were provided to me by sponsors of the challenge):

Breakfast (6:30 am)

• 1 cup Almond Milk
• 1 scoop of Syntrax Matrix 5.0 – Sustained Release Protein*
• 1/2 cup blueberries

Workout (7:30am)

Mid-morning Meal (10 am)

• 1 Syntrax Fyre* (30 minutes before meal)
• 4 oz. Grilled Chicken Breast
• 1 cup of Lentils
• 12 almonds

Lunch (1pm)

• Multivitamin
• 3-4 eggs
• 1 apple
• 1 cup grapes
• 12 olives
• Function: Light Weight Drink*

Dinner (5:30pm)

• Wife’s choice (typically a 4-block Zone meal recipe)
• B-12 supplement
• L-Lysine supplement
• Fish oil supplement

Night Snack (8:00pm)

• Glass of red wine
• 2 oz cheese
• 6 almonds

What are you doing for the challenge?

I would love to hear your full plans for the challenge in the comments!