28 day challenge

The hubs and I started the 28 day challenge last Tuesday. I had read about it in one of my favorite magazines, Whole Living. It's by Martha Stewart Productions. Who's surprised I like it?

Anyway, from about October 31st-ish until the end of December we consumed more sugar than we like, let our good habits take a vacation, and even, gasp, ate fast food more than our targeted once per month. So, rather than jumping on the resolution bandwagon or telling ourselves we'd hit "moderation" again, we're starting with a cleanse. Out with the bad, in with the good, and hellooooo 2011.

In the first week we could not eat eggs, wheat, soy, dairy, added sugar, processed foods, peanut products, alcohol, juice beverages, or caffeine. Are you wondering what we ate? Lots of people are.

We ate this:


And this:


Lots of this:

Isn't healthy food pretty? It's yummy too, I promise. We also ate lots of other recipes from the magazine website and from my new favorite cook book, Power Foods. I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a chocolate meltdown or two where I felt like I needed one little bite. BUT I'd also be lying if I didn't say we felt great. So in addition to the food aspect we also did not watch t.v., severely limited our internet time, cleaned out some clutter, did yoga or back stretches, and read. It's been a great week. Nothing is ground breaking, it's not a diet, we aren't doing it for any promise of a better us or whatever, it's not even a forever thing. It's just a kick start to our new year....and we're liking it. If you want to take the challenge or read more about it, go here.