One Week Wholefoods Challenge – Feb 2012!

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.

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.