Here are the rules: (this is a modified version of Tony Horton's 30 day challenge)

For the next 30 days you must:

1) Eat very lean- fish, nuts, beans, lean turkey and chicken are going to be your main source of protein. If you're a red meat freak like me then limit your red meats to once a week. Also, cook with Extra Virgin Olive Oil or baking spray.

2)whole foods- Your carbs are going to come from fruits, veggies, whole wheat pasta (limited amounts), whole wheat (brown) rice, 100% whole grain bread (limited amounts) NO more white carbs!

3)limit dairy intake- cheese is a condiment! Treat it like one! Limit your self to one slice of fat-free cheese per day, I would like for you to try and quit dairy all together but I know a lot of people are addicted to it so you may have a little bit. However cow's milk should be avoided, replace it with soy milk, rice milk, coconut milk or almond milk. Don't smother your salads with ranch! Use vinaigrette dressings instead!

4)No more sugar!!!! No more sodas/pops of any kind NOT even diet! Give it up! it is poison! From now on you are drinking A LOT of water. And if you must have coffee/tea, limit your intake to one cup per day. If you must sweeten your coffee or tea or oat meal, use a little brown sugar NO ARTIFICIAL sweeteners! Also no fruity juices except for natural orange juice every once in a while! (you may drink it after a workout)

5) Exercise- you must exercise! This is not just a weight loss challenge! This is a muscle gain, weight/inches/fat loss challenge! This is not a challenge for people looking for quick fixes! Because quick fixes only work temporarily, and eventually you gain it all back x2 because you didn't learn good habits in the weight loss process. So no fat burning pills or any of that non-sense, you may take protein shakes of nutritional shakes to replace one meal but no weight loss pills! If you do then you're out of the challenge! You must exercise AT LEAST 4 times per week, and you must do some sort of cardio at least 2 of those 4 days. You may exercise more than 4 days but not less then 4 days or you will be out of the challenge! Make a workout schedule and stick to it, don't fall into the "I don't feel like it today, I will workout tomorrow" trust me, a week will pass by and you'll still be saying the same thing.

6) I am not perfect and neither are you, so you may allow yourself ONE cheat meal per week NOT A CHEAT DAY! Just one meal! Why? Because I want you to be able to stick to the challenge and not feel deprived, if you cheat more then one meal per week, DON'T give up and don't throw to waste the rest of the day/week, pick up from where you left at and gain control again! A LOT of people make the mistake to say "oh well I already cheated, I might as well cheat all day/week, I'll start again tomorrow/Monday" and then tomorrow or Monday never comes! Just do it! Pick yourself up again and do it!

7) You must weight, measure and take pictures of yourself and post them on my website! You will go and open a free profile on my website and track your progress. It is a FREE PROFILE and its an easy way for you to keep track AND it serves as accountability for you, this way I know you are serious about your goals. Go to http://www.teambeachbody.com/giasalazar click "join" and choose the free membership and as soon as you do that you will be officially in this challenge.

9) write down everything you eat. No I do NOT want you to count calories, but I do want you to feel accountable for what you eat, so write it down! Its only 30 days! You can do it!

10) do NOT I repeat DO NOT weight yourself every day! Don't measure yourself everyday either! That's just plain crazy and it will drive you crazy! You are to only check with your scale on day ONE and on day THIRTY of this challenge.

11) Alcohol- I rather you NOT drink at all but hey sometimes I need a glass of wine. So limit your alcohol intake to 1 to 2 drinks per week. If you can go all 30 days without it, then do it!

12) DO NOT STARVE! You must eat balanced meals! I don't want you divas to starve yourselves or eat cereal all day! Eat 3 regular balanced meals and healthy snacks in between. I will be posting an example of what I eat on a typical day.


That's it..... I do want to stretch that I am no doctor and I have no idea what your current health is like, so if you have a special diet for any reasons like diabetes, high cholesterol or any other, you may want to check with your Doc first.

This challenge's will officially start March 1st... BUT... anyone can join at any time and stick to it for 30 days!!


The winner: if you win, you will get a better you, smaller you and prouder you and hopefully you will want to stick to this longer then 30 days and make it a lifestyle change! And who knows you may get a little gift from me in the mail ;)

Use this group as a support group! Any questions, concerns, cheats, wining, victories, meals, recipes, whatever it may be, post it on here and we can help eachother!

Let's do this! Are you up for the challenge???!!!


(I will be posting an example of what I typically eat in one day so you get an idea)