Hey guys, I am going to be a Camp Counselor next week from Sunday to Friday. This is a overnight, 24/7 youth church camp. They have a cook that feeds the crowd. I'm not sure what to do about eating!
I am in week 6 of the gold program. This is what I figure so far:
*take my own fruit and veggies
*take my LA lites
*take some V8 and V8 fusions
*Make due on protein with camp foods

Any suggestions?

I feel your pain!! DD and I are going to church camp next week and went to the COD today for a little shot in the arm. Absolutely no help there!

Listen, the only thing I can think to do is carry my own fruit/veggies. I also have some LA Snacks that I like (i.e., Toffee Popcorn). The only other thing I can think to do is eat when I'm hungry, stop when I'm satisfied, and be the best camp counselor I can be!! I know the food is designed to be kid friendly, cheap, and not figure friendly.

Do the best you can, drink a lot of water, and be active!! Good luck!!

Andi

April, that's what I'd do. If you have access to a fridge, take what you would eat at home and fix it yourself.

Most importantly make sure you have a scale and measuring cups, etc. so you can weigh/measure.

I'm going on July 18th to Table Mountain for a week. This is a HUGE star party and I'll be up there till Sunday the 23rd. I will have my motorhome so I'm just going to eat just like I have been. The only difference is that I won't be weighing in on Wed. and Fri. I'm going to do my best to lose while I'm up there in the mountains. Good luck to you.

Just a follow up, I wanted to let you guys know how it went. I weighed in at the center today after being at camp all of last week, and I lost 0.6 lbs! I was really excited that not only did I not gain, but I lost a little!

I packed a box of food which contained:

non-refridgerated items:
* a loaf of LITE wheat bread
* applesauce packs
* LA lites
* boxes of organic raisins
* pack of natural dried fruit
* V8 fusion (1 v, 1 f)
* cherry tomatoes (1 container)
* (2) cans tuna

refridgerated items:
* baggies of raw cauliflower
* blueberries (1 container)
* yogurt

I feel like I did really well, considering our camp is BIG on GOOD FOOD! It was very hard to resist some things (milkshakes, root beer floats, cake, macaroni and cheese).

For breakfast:
I had yogurt and blueberries/they had biscuits & gravy, eggs, belgium waffles.

for lunch:
v8 fusion, cauliflower, sandwich meat, lite bread, veggies
or
salad, applesauce, cherry tomatoes

snacks:
LA lites, raisins, dried fruit, applesauce

Supper:
I usually ate the provided meat (hamburger, chicken, spaghetti with meatballs) and added my veggies and fruit

I am still behind in my goal (week 8 and I've only lost 10 lbs), but at least I'm not gaining.

Way to go, April! A little (or in some cases a lot) of planning goes a long way!

Nice Job!!! Hey question for ya can we have the V-8 Fusions??? I had asked when they first came out and my COD said NO. Just wondered if that had changed since i was away from the COD for a few months. Im thinking that they might be holding out on me lol.

well, b/f I left for Camp, one of the counselors suggested to me that I take v8 (regular) and v8 fusions. She said the fusion counted as 1v, 1f - which is actually on the bottle of v8 fusion. But then afterward another counselor said she "would check with the center dietian" on the fusion. So I don't know! That's what sucks about counselors, they all tell you something different!

Amen to that April lol let me know what you find out...

April just wanted to let you know that my COD said today that V-8 Fusion (8oz) is 2V and 1F and V-8 Splash (8oz) is 1F

awesome, thanks so much!