Here is a list of the challenges for the year thus far:
Week 1: Drink 8 ounces of room temperature water upon rising.
Week 2: Eat at least one piece of fresh fruit each day.
Week 3: Read ingredient labels.
Week 4: Each a small handful of raw nuts or seeds each day.
Week 5: Don't eat or drink anything (except water) after dinner.
Week 6: Buy and use good quality sea salt.
Week 7: Cook with fresh garlic.
Week 8: Drink only beverages that do not contain sugar (or HFCS) or artificial sweetener. Choose a better option.
Week 9: Eat at least one raw vegetable serving each day.
Week 10: Make a meal planner.
Week 11: Get 15 minutes of sunshine each day.
Week 12: Don't waste food.
Week 13: Enjoy a "100% God's Food" meal with a friend.
Week 14: Plant and use fresh herbs in your cooking.
Week 15: Do some 'body' spring cleaning.
Week 16: Drink half your weight (in ounces) of water each day.
Week 17: Eat your fruit first.
Week 18: Be still and listen, listen carefully.
Week 19: Review, refocus, renew.
Week 20: Thaw foods in advance in the refrigerator.
Week 21: Eat breakfast - a 100% God-made food breakfast.
Week 22: Involve those you live with or see frequently with meal preparation.
Week 23: Include good quality fat, and only good quality fat, in your diet daily.
Week 24: Clean out your pantry.
Week 25: Clean out your refrigerator.
Week 26: Clean out your freezer.
Week 27: Find three deals on different organic/local fruits and vegetables.
Week 28: Find your 100% approach (or if you need to go 100%).
Week 29: Make a conscious effort to think about every food choice you make this week.
Week 30: Splurge!!!
Week 31: Try a new dish or recipe.
Week 32: Acknowledge your food addiction(s).
Week 33: Be creative!
Week 34: Find at least one replacement food you can have instead of a food you are addicted too.
Week 35: Break free.
Week 36: Be intentional.
Week 37: Experiment and have fun!
Week 38: Replace your plastic food containers and dishes with glass or ceramic.
Week 39: Create new food triggers and memories.
Week 40: Take time to smell the roses, and the lavender, and the basil and oregano and thyme and....
Week 41: No fast foods or drinks.
Week 42: Research and evaluate with discernment.
Week 43: Recommit - think baby steps.
Week 44: Resist, resist, resist.
Week 45: Make some homemade bone broth and healing soup.
Week 46: Thank God for the clues He gives you.
Week 47: Don't skip meals.
Week 48: Be thankful!
Week 49: Learn to use spices - they are key to making delicious meals!
Week 50: Evaluate your cookware and replace that which is unhealthy.
Week 51: Modify a recipe.
Week 52: Be glad and rejoice while finding your balance.
The purpose of the challenges is to gently guide you away from the typical American diet, and into a plan of eating foods created by God. I hope these challenges (yes, some may be difficult) will reawaken your taste buds and help you make permanent, life-long changes to your diet. I know you will reap the benefits, physically feeling better, mentally being more alert, and emotionally being less tossed about by the trials of life.
Week 2: Eat at least one piece of fresh fruit each day.
Week 3: Read ingredient labels.
Week 4: Each a small handful of raw nuts or seeds each day.
Week 5: Don't eat or drink anything (except water) after dinner.
Week 6: Buy and use good quality sea salt.
Week 7: Cook with fresh garlic.
Week 8: Drink only beverages that do not contain sugar (or HFCS) or artificial sweetener. Choose a better option.
Week 9: Eat at least one raw vegetable serving each day.
Week 10: Make a meal planner.
Week 11: Get 15 minutes of sunshine each day.
Week 12: Don't waste food.
Week 13: Enjoy a "100% God's Food" meal with a friend.
Week 14: Plant and use fresh herbs in your cooking.
Week 15: Do some 'body' spring cleaning.
Week 16: Drink half your weight (in ounces) of water each day.
Week 17: Eat your fruit first.
Week 18: Be still and listen, listen carefully.
Week 19: Review, refocus, renew.
Week 20: Thaw foods in advance in the refrigerator.
Week 21: Eat breakfast - a 100% God-made food breakfast.
Week 22: Involve those you live with or see frequently with meal preparation.
Week 23: Include good quality fat, and only good quality fat, in your diet daily.
Week 24: Clean out your pantry.
Week 25: Clean out your refrigerator.
Week 26: Clean out your freezer.
Week 27: Find three deals on different organic/local fruits and vegetables.
Week 28: Find your 100% approach (or if you need to go 100%).
Week 29: Make a conscious effort to think about every food choice you make this week.
Week 30: Splurge!!!
Week 31: Try a new dish or recipe.
Week 32: Acknowledge your food addiction(s).
Week 33: Be creative!
Week 34: Find at least one replacement food you can have instead of a food you are addicted too.
Week 35: Break free.
Week 36: Be intentional.
Week 37: Experiment and have fun!
Week 38: Replace your plastic food containers and dishes with glass or ceramic.
Week 39: Create new food triggers and memories.
Week 40: Take time to smell the roses, and the lavender, and the basil and oregano and thyme and....
Week 41: No fast foods or drinks.
Week 42: Research and evaluate with discernment.
Week 43: Recommit - think baby steps.
Week 44: Resist, resist, resist.
Week 45: Make some homemade bone broth and healing soup.
Week 46: Thank God for the clues He gives you.
Week 47: Don't skip meals.
Week 48: Be thankful!
Week 49: Learn to use spices - they are key to making delicious meals!
Week 50: Evaluate your cookware and replace that which is unhealthy.
Week 51: Modify a recipe.
Week 52: Be glad and rejoice while finding your balance.
The purpose of the challenges is to gently guide you away from the typical American diet, and into a plan of eating foods created by God. I hope these challenges (yes, some may be difficult) will reawaken your taste buds and help you make permanent, life-long changes to your diet. I know you will reap the benefits, physically feeling better, mentally being more alert, and emotionally being less tossed about by the trials of life.
May God bless your efforts abundantly.
Join me,
Mary
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13
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