WHC: Go Meatless!

For this week's challenge, try going meatless for a few days!

How many days did you go meatless this week? 

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WHC: Be Concious When Grocery Shopping

This week be aware when you go grocery shopping!
Check out Michael's post here!

 There are many ingredients that are hidden in your food and we should become more aware on what we put into our bodies! If you are starting out, try picking two or three to keep an eye out of. Gradually keep an eye for all of those on those list. Good luck!
 
What ingredient(s) did you look out for this week? 

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WHC: Try Yoga

Your challenge this week is to try yoga.

Check out our past post on the benefits of yoga here.

You can try a class or do a youtube video.
Many yoga studios have great deals, check it out. I've done one that was $15 for a week. A typical yoga class is $15 a day, so this was an awesome deal.
If you already do yoga, try a different style.

Here are a couple links to some yoga videos:
Tara Stiles' Beginner Yoga
Sadie Nardini's Weight Loss Yoga (one of our faves!)
Mark Laham's Yin Yoga for Hip Opening

WHC: Motivation Calendar

This week, create a motivation calendar.
My calendar is shown on the right.

Remember, do what makes sense for you.

How I use my calendar:

• Each sticker corresponds to something I did
• 1 sticker for working out that day
• 1 sticker for eating well 
• 1 sticker = $1 (towards healthy living/workouts)
• I add up my stickers for the previous month and put it in the corner (so I know how much I have total) 
• Subtract when I bought something

What I got so far with my money (since 2012):

• FitBit One
• Balega work out socks
• Brooks running shoes
• Yoga mat
• Cork yoga blocks
• resistance bands

Why I like it: It gives me a visual on how I am doing. As you can see in my picture, I didn't do too great in the middle of the month (I got sick). When I see no star days, it motivates me to do something! It really helps. Also, I am a broke college student. So when I really want something, I look at my calendar and see if I have money for it! It really works for me.

Good luck! How was last week's challenge? What worked for you?

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WHC: Journal

Your goal this week is to keep a journal to track your food and workouts.

This can be as specific or easy as you want. You can track amounts or just the food.

An example of what my journal would look like:
March 3: 1 hour yoga
B: pita, hummus, avocado, garlic, onion
L: salad (spinach, romaine, carrot, avocado, apple, hemp seeds, lemon, apple cider vinegar, olive oil)
D: z-pizza (4 small slices, vegan)
S: banana, orange, vegan ice cream

Why? Studies show that you are more likely to be more aware of the types of food you are eating and the amounts when you write it down (I read this somewhere, I honestly do not remember where). I started doing this back in high school on and off. I realized that I was sick of writing down pizza and rice and burgers. Once you become more aware of what you are eating, you are more likely to eat more healthy!

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Introducing Weekly Health Challenges

We are not having a typical blog post this week because we are introducing two new things on our blog. This past Thursday, we posted a March Workout Challenge. We hope you all liked and downloaded the Monthly Workout Challenge. On top of that, we will be posting (short) weekly health goals!

Both Michael and I have been going through our health journey together and we want to invite you to join us as well. We will be posting a short post on what the challenge will be as well as any complimentary blog posts.

There is a link on the right that says "weekly health challenge". All of the weekly goals will show up on that page so you all can see it all at once. We will post each goal as a blog post on Sunday so you can prep for the week! (:

***Quick note about challenges: It is for 1 week! Some challenges say do it 4 out of the 7 days. Do what makes sense to you. If it is working for you, try keeping it up. Remember: this is your own journey. Revise, edit, enjoy!

We hope you enjoy the new challenges and hope you all join us with our health journey! Comment below if you have any ideas for some challenges!

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