Weekly Challenge #1

Weekly Challenge: 

Okay so every week I will be starting a weekly challenge to start better health habits. I feel like it's too hard or even unrealistic to keep to if you make a monthly or yearly goal. So this week's challenge is: 

NO CHOCOLATE WEEK! 

Sigh...This one is hard for me because I...LOVE...CHOCOLATE! Oh my gosh! Chocolate is a blessing from God. Seriously but it's also super fattening. My roommate just gave me a box of chocolate and I literally ate like half of it. So to keep me from eating chocolate and everyone else from indulging themselves, let's make it a challenge to stay away from chocolate for only ONE week. Come on guys it's not hard! 

But for people who really love chocolate there are some exceptions: 

1. You can have some cocoa powder. This week I'll be posting a recipe for healthy ice cream with cocoa powder and NO added sugar. It really made my cravings go bye bye. 

2. If you have to have chocolate, only eat 70-100 percent cocoa chocolate minimally. Seriously though stay away from it. We want to stop the sugar intake and let's be honest chocolate is the most enjoyable to fufill that desire.

Ways to overcome the Chocolate desire: 

1. Eat frequently, like every three hours. But keep it to fruit, carrots and hummus (OMG FAVORITE SNACK!), a toast with some honey, or a boiled egg. Something small but filling. 

2. Just learn to say no! Or better yet tell your friends what you're doing and invite them to join you.

3. Make sure you eat wonderful, tasty foods that'll feed your body everything it needs. I find when I eat what my body needs I don't crave unhealthy foods!

Alright tell me how it goes! I'll be posting how I'm doing, so keep reading!

Happy daily Vegetable!

Tami