One Week Wholefoods Challenge – Feb 2012!
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Roll up, roll up! It’s time for a bite sized challenge that will kick-start your wellbeing and have you equal parts zinging with energy and cruising with calm. Sound good? Then read on.
So here’s the deal:
♥ For one week from Monday 13th of February – Sunday 19th December I am going to be doing my darnedest to eat only wholefoods. This means no junk food like: chips, chocolate, burgers, icecream, candy, biscuits etc. I would like you to join me if you feel so inspired!
♥ What can we have instead?
Instead we will feast like Kings, Queens & other noble folk on everything that is GOOD FOR US! 🙂 This means wholefoods and herbal teas, smoothies and lean sources of protein – I would encourage you to cut out as much meat as possible for this one week, if you eat it, otherwise try and get free range! You can get all your protein needs met from vegetable sources such as lentils, chickpeas, beans, avocados and, my favourite, quinoa!
♥ How do I keep track?
Commenting on this post! I’ll be coming back and updating my diet day-by-day so you can check out what I’ve been eating, I’d love you to share your daily menus (and how you’re feeling) in the comments section below and ask any questions you need answered + check out what other healthy delights participants have been tucking into.
♥Recipes & resources:
These links should help you on your way! Remember, if you have any questions or need support then post a comment below, lets try and help each other out 🙂
Recipes
♥ Fresh & Easy Summer Quinoa Salad – a staple of mine.
♥ Stove cooked porridge, plus roasted almond snack
♥ The Amazing Epic Salad of Goodness / Life (TM) – !
♥ Mango, Avocado & Butter Bean Salad
♥ Amazing looking superfood salad
♥ A Basic Green Smoothie Recipe
♥ Green smoothie #1
♥ Avocado, apple & berry smoothie – a fun twist on the regular green smoothie.
♥ Blueberry, banana & cashew butter smoothie
♥ Healthy, snacky, fruity balls
♥ Superfood Raw Fudge Balls – perfect for dessert, or when you just want something sweet!
Resources
♥ List of whole foods from WH Foods – this website is the BEST resource! They have tonnes of recipes, all super healthy and tasty. Make good friends with this page!
♥ Teresa Cutter – healthy Aus chef with incredible whole foods recipes.
PS. If you have any fantastique links to recipes etc please mention in the comments and I will add to the resources list!
SO LETS GET STARTED! Kick off monday morning with a healthy bang, personally I’ll be having a green smoothie to start my day. Comment below to get started! XOXOX
Monday
Breakfast
Green smoothie consisting of – frozen banana, 2 handfuls of baby spinach, large glass of water, 1 cup of frozen blueberries, 1 tbsp pepitas, 1 tbsp organic beauty oil, 1 tbsp liquid vitamin b, 1 tsp floradix (mega smoothie!)
Lunch
Chickpea, avocado, cucumber, pineapple & black sesame seed salad (so good)
Snack
Bowl of Anskos brown rice porridge w/plum, apple & cinnamon
Dinner
2 x avocado on rye toast w/salt, mashed chick peas & sweet potato.
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Breakfast
1 x Nudie Orange, Pineapple & Mango Smoothie (Had a crazy morning and was in a giant rush!)
Lunch
Mashed sweet potato and chickpeas
Dinner
Salad – 4 bean mix, dried cranberries, avocado, tomato.
Salad – cucumber, tomato & lettuce
Coconut water
Hummus & healthy crackers
Strawberries
(Valentines picnic!!)
Snacks
Sicilian herb & garlic roasted chick peas
&hearts (Wednesday, if you didn’t guess!)
Breakfast
Quinoa, pepitas & banana mixup
1 x Reboot Your Life Very Berry Good juice – and wow, was it good! More to come on this…
Lunch
Leftover four bean salad with quinoa & diced yellow capsicum and tomato
Green juice from PAWS Cafe
Dinner
A large corn cob, quinoa w/pepitas & lightly steamed zucchini
Snacks
Raw apple crumble with cashew cream from the PAWS Cafe (ahhh-mazing!)
Disclaimer: I’m no doctor, if you have a medical condition or are currently undergoing any form of medical treatment or taking medication, please check with your general practitioner before commencing any new program of eating.