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Monthly Archives: January 2014

Day 17 of the “30 Days to Love Yourself Project” FEEL SEXY

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Day 17: Do something that makes you feel sexy.

The Blurb: It’s Friday night! Let’s do something that makes you feel sexy! We’ve been doing lots of things to help you feel good in your own skin, appreciate your unique assets, develop your best qualities, and let go of things that have been holding you back. Today you can revel in your success and do something that makes you feel sexy.

Suggestions: Here’s a fun and flirty list of 50 things you can do to feel sexy, by Redbook:

50 Little Ways to Feel Sexy

Or if that’s not working of you, Monica from Friends has a diagram of the Seven Erogenous Zones on women:

Keeping It Real:

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I hope you have sultry, sexy Friday night.

Here’s the RECAP and here’s what we will be doing tomorrow:

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See ya tomorrow!

Brooke

Day 16 of the “30 Days to Love Yourself Project” GRAND GESTURE

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Day 16: Identify a relationship that you want to strengthen and do a grand gesture to kick-start it.

The Blurb: The idea of a grand gesture is intoxicating. Everyone wants to be the recipient of one. Today I’m turning the tables and asking you to think about the people in your life and identify one relationship (it does NOT have to be a romantic relationship) that you would like to strengthen. Once you’ve figured out your target comes the fun stuff. A grand gesture involves putting yourself out there and exposing your true feelings. You offer something big in exchange for the attention/gratitude/focus of the other person.

Suggestions: If there’s a romantic relationship that could use a little boost, now is the time to do it. Reengage. Pretend you’re at the beginning of the relationship and you still have to get their attention. Surprise him/her at work. Do something you know they will appreciate. If you want to take it up another notch, figure out their Love Language and do a grand gesture in the way that speaks to them. You can take a quiz on the 5 Love Languages Website to see which love language your significant other speaks.

Maybe the relationship you want to strengthen is with a good friend, a father, a step-mom, a daughter or son, a co-woker. It doesn’t matter who it is, everyone loves to be the recipient of a thoughtful, meaningful gesture. You’ll be surprised at the difference a little attention can generate.

Keeping It Real: This can be a a little unnerving. You’re rocking the boat, taking a chance, and that’s scary. But in my opinion, it’s the best way to live your life. Why leave anything behind? Why not act on how you really feel? If people were just honest with one another- I mean really honest- the world would be such a different place. Yes, you risk that the other person won’t reciprocate. But even in a worst case scenario, at least you know. Knowing gives you power, the power to determine if the relationship has turned toxic the power to choose that you won’t let it affect you anymore, and the power to walk away to find a better path.

If you’ve been thinking about trying to mend a relationship, forgive a wrong or give someone another chance, today is the day. Be amazing. Be grand. Put it all out there. Give someone the opportunity to love your back with no strings attached. You can do this.

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Good luck my friends! I hope that you’re able to strengthen a relationship today. Be sure to tune in tomorrow when we’re bringing sexy back…

If you missed a day, you can see the breakdown of the previous days at the end of THIS POST.

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See ya tomorrow!

Brooke

Day 15 of my “30 Day to Love Yourself Project” GUILTY PLEASURE

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Day 15: Allow yourself an hour to indulge in a guilty pleasure.

The Blurb: These last few weeks we’ve been putting in some work! Letting go of unrealistic expectations, cutting out negative eating habits, working out, scaling back toxic relationships, sorting and donating items you no longer use and even figuring out how to reduce stress. Today you deserve a break!

Suggestions: As I was looking for a funny picture to post, I realized that guilty pleasures seem to fall into one of the following categories: Men and Women, Food and Beverages, Favorite Books or Movies or TV Shows.

The word “guilt” implies a negative connotation as fas as making you feel like you’re doing something you’re not supposed to. As long as its not hurting or bothering anyone else, I agree with the statement above. You shouldn’t have to feel guilty about taking time for yourself or doing something you enjoy. 

Which one of these categories would your guilty pleasure fall into? Remember, the whole purpose of the 30 Days leading up to Valentines is to be focused on yourself and to engage in activities that increase your confidence and give you peace of mind.

Keeping It Real: For the categories mentioned, my guilty pleasures would be:

Men and Women- My hubby (obviously)

Food and Beverages- Either Sushi or Mexican food/Wine

Favorite Books/Movies/Shows- My guilty pleasure books would be any Julie James book/I LOVE movies and don’t get much time to watch them lately so at this point ANY movie would be a guilty pleasure movie/My guilty pleasure show was Breaking Bad but now I’ve seen the whole thing and I haven’t found a replacement obsession yet (sad sigh).

An HOUR is so much time to do something! I’m so excited. I won’t be able to make this happen today until late tonight, but it’s happening! I’m going to watch something… not sure what yet, but I’m really looking forward to a great movie and a glass of wine.

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I can’t even tell you how excited I am to “have” to watch a good movie! Hope you all have a great evening doing something you love!

If you want to see what we are doing tomorrow see below and for a recap go to THIS POST.

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Brooke

 

Day 14 of the “30 Days to Love Yourself Project” APPEARANCE T.L.C.

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Day 14: Choose something about your appearance that could use a little TLC and tend to it.

The Blurb: For whatever reason you’ve let it go. Maybe you’re just too busy. Maybe it doesn’t really bother you that much. Maybe you aren’t sure where to start. If you think hard enough, there’s probably something that could use a little TLC. Remember how important Me Time is? Well today you have an excuse to indulge in a little self-love.

Suggestions: Here are some quick tips that will make a big difference.

  • Hair cut or style. I used to be a cosmetologist years ago, so of course my go-to suggestion is to make sure you’re happy with your hair. A fresh cut/color/style can make an amazing difference in the way that you feel. Even just a trim will get rid of split ends and revitalize your look. For men- shave the hair on the back of your neck-this will allow you to go a little longer between cuts but still look fresh.
  • Wear clothes that fit. This may seem like common sense but sometimes people don’t realize they’re wearing clothes that are too big or don’t accentuate their best features. Black is slimming. Invest in a nice pair of jeans that fit your body type. A fitted jacket can dress up most outfits. Dress your best for an instant mood lift.

The movie Crazy, Stupid Love is a perfect movie to illustrate this idea. It’s actually just a fantastic movie all around. If you haven’t seen it, you must! Here’s the trailer…

Keeping it Real:

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Your personality comes through into your appearance! SMILE when you see people. Engage in conversation and ask meaningful questions. This is a sure way to enrich your interactions with people and feel good about yourself.

Photo of the Day: I’m giving you a crazy shot from getting my hair done… and today I did my sister’s hair, so the picture show’s me on both sides of today’s focus!

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I hope you’re able to spend some time on yourself today! Here’s the picture to see what tomorrow’s focus will be! If you missed anything the recap is HERE!

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See ya tomorrow… when we’re half way there!

Brooke

Day 13 of the “30 Days to Love Yourself Project” INDULGE

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Day 13: Allow yourself to indulge in your favorite treat. 

The Blurb: You’re going to love today’s focus! I’m a big believer of All Things In Moderation, so I think it’s just as important to indulge once in a while as everything else. You’ve got to live a little!

Suggestions: Key Lime Pie, Creme Brûlée, Flourless Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, a good glass of wine, Cold Stone Creamery, Bryer’s Oreo Ice Cream, Bowl of Berries with Greek Honey Yougrt and Kashi Clusters, Sees chocolates, Golden Oreos, Banana Creamies, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (confession: the ENTIRE list is made up of things I LOVE- each one tempts me!)

Keeping It Real: All day I was excited to have something that I LOVE and I wasn’t sure what to pick! I don’t have sweets very often so this is an extra fun focus. Aren’t you glad the maker-of-the rules has a sweet tooth and already did the post about cutting down the sugar?? You can totally blame me! You’re dieting? NO problem! You can tell everyone that you HAD to eat that hot fudge sundae because you’re participating in the “30 Days to Love Yourself Project” and it’s Day 13, and you can’t just stop! I’ll take the blame. 

Photo of the Day: I was heading to the freezer section at the store to pick up my favorite Bryer’s Oreo ice cream, when something else caught my eye! I can usually only find these little delectable treats before Christmas. So you can imagine my excitement to see a whole box of them. :) Perfect bite-size happiness! YUM!

photo 2I hope you picked something that makes your day a little sweeter. Hopefully it helped you make it through Monday! I’ll see you tomorrow when we’re talking about giving one aspect of your appearance a little TLC.

If you missed anything, you can get caught up HERE!

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You guys are awesome!

Brooke

Day 12 of the “30 Days to Love Yourself” MEDITATE

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Day 12: Meditate for at least ten minutes. Focus on deep breathing and let go of negativity.

Keeping It Real: I’m switching up the order today so that Keeping It Real is first because of my own experience with meditating. I used to think meditating sounded relaxing in a sort of “oh that would be nice,” detached way. But I also thought it sounded a little… out there. I had no idea how to make it work for me.

But then I had this unexpected interaction with an energy reader that made me very curious about how she could do what she did. I found out she taught classes and so I decided to take her course on Meditation once a week for six weeks.

This is what I learned: I wasn’t doing it right before and… I love it! It’s incredibly cleansing and revitalizing. Once I learned how to let go and allow my subconscious mind take over, I was shocked at how much better I felt. There’s not a very good way to describe how it feels until you’ve experienced it. It’s like trying to describe the taste of salt to someone who’s never had it.

If you haven’t tried meditation or think it’s not for you (like I used to), just try to let go of those for the day and give it a shot. What’s stopping you? You only stand to benefit from it. Go into today’s focus with an open mind.

The Blurb:

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Suggestions: The following tips on how to get started are by Todd Goldfarb at the We The Change blog (I shortened a few):

Meditation for Beginners: 20 Practical Tips for Quieting the Mind

Meditation is the art of focusing 100% of your attention in one area. The practice comes with a myriad of well-publicized health benefits including increased concentration, decreased anxiety, and a general feeling of happiness.

Although a great number of people try meditation at some point in their lives, a small percentage actually stick with it for the long-term. This is unfortunate, and a possible reason is that many beginners do not begin with a mindset needed to make the practice sustainable.

The purpose of this article is to provide 20 practical recommendations to help beginners get past the initial hurdles and integrate meditation over the long term:

1) Make it a formal practice. You will only get to the next level in meditation by setting aside specific time (preferably two times a day) to be still.

2) Start with the breath. Breathing deep slows the heart rate, relaxes the muscles, focuses the mind and is an ideal way to begin practice.

3) Stretch first. Stretching loosens the muscles and tendons allowing you to sit (or lie) more comfortably. Additionally, stretching starts the process of “going inward” and brings added attention to the body.

4) Meditate with Purpose. Beginners must understand that meditation is an ACTIVE process. The art of focusing your attention to a single point is hard work, and you have to be purposefully engaged!

5) Notice frustration creep up on you. This is very common for beginners as we think “hey, what am I doing here” or “why can’t I just quiet my damn mind already”. When this happens, really focus in on your breath and let the frustrated feelings go.

6) Experiment. Although many of us think of effective meditation as a Yogi sitting cross-legged beneath a Bonzi tree, beginners should be more experimental and try different types of meditation. Try sitting, lying, eyes open, eyes closed, etc.

7) Feel your body. A great practice for beginning meditators is to take notice of the body when a meditative state starts to take hold. Once the mind quiets, put all your attention to the feet and then slowly move your way up the body (include your internal organs). This is very healthy and an indicator that you are on the right path.

8) Pick a specific room in your home to meditate. Make sure it is not the same room where you do work, exercise, or sleep. Place candles and other spiritual paraphernalia in the room to help you feel at ease.

9) Read a book (or two) on meditation. Preferably an instructional guide AND one that describes the benefits of deep meditative states. This will get you motivated. John Kabat-Zinn’s Wherever You Go, There You Are is terrific for beginners.

10) Commit for the long haul. Meditation is a life-long practice, and you will benefit most by NOT examining the results of your daily practice. Just do the best you can every day, and then let it go!

11) Listen to instructional videos (*my tip- there’s a lot of Videos on Youtube).

12) Generate moments of awareness during the day. Finding your breath and “being present” while not in formal practice is a wonderful way to evolve your meditation habits.

13) Make sure you will not be disturbed. One of the biggest mistakes beginners make is not insuring peaceful practice conditions. If you have it in the back of your mind that the phone might ring, your kids might wake, or your coffee pot might whistle than you will not be able to attain a state of deep relaxation.

14) Notice small adjustments. For beginning meditators, the slightest physical movements can transform a meditative practice from one of frustration to one of renewal. These adjustments may be barely noticeable to an observer, but they can mean everything for your practice.

15) Use a candle. Meditating with eyes closed can be challenging for a beginner. Lighting a candle and using it as your point of focus allows you to strengthen your attention with a visual cue. This can be very powerful.

16) Do NOT Stress. This may be the most important tip for beginners, and the hardest to implement. No matter what happens during your meditation practice, do not stress about it. This includes being nervous before meditating and angry afterwards. Meditation is what it is, and just do the best you can at the time.

17) Do it together. Meditating with a partner or loved one can have many wonderful benefits, and can improve your practice. However, it is necessary to make sure that you set agreed-upon ground rules before you begin!

18) Meditate early in the morning. Without a doubt, early morning is an ideal
time to practice: it is quieter, your mind is not filled with the usual clutter, and there is less chance you will be disturbed. Make it a habit to get up half an hour earlier to meditate.

19) Be Grateful at the end. Once your practice is through, spend 2-3 minutes feeling appreciative of the opportunity to practice and your mind’s ability to focus.

20) Notice when your interest in meditation begins to wane. Meditation is
hard work, and you will inevitably come to a point where it seemingly does not fit into the picture anymore. THIS is when you need your practice the most.

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I hope you have a relaxing Sunday and that you give meditation a try! If you want to see what we’re doing tomorrow, the cheat-sheet is below! If you want to see what we’ve done so far, you can get caught up HERE.

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Have a great night! See you tomorrow!

Brooke

Day 11 of “30 Days to Love Yourself” ROCK YOUR FAVORITE OUTFIT

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Day 11: Pull out your favorite outfit and rock it all day!

The Blurb: Today’s an easy day! It’s all about feeling good about yourself. One way to do that is to wear something that makes you feel your best- whatever that may be. It’s liberating to feel confident, and that’s what we’re going for!

Suggestions: I’m not going to put up a list of suggestions… because this is entirely based on your own taste. You do whatever makes you feel the most comfortable. If that means you wear your yoga pants all day, do it!

Keeping It Real: Today I just want you to feel GOOD. It’s Saturday night! Love your outfit. Love your body. Love yourself!

Photo of the Day: I’m a shoe girl… so that’s how I rock my outfit.

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Be sure to drop by again tomorrow when I’m talking about meditation. Hope you’re all having a great weekend!

If you want to get caught up and see some of the previous posts, go HERE.

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Have a great night!!

Brooke

Day 10 of “30 Days to Love Yourself” REDUCE STRESS

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Day 10: Identify your largest source of stress and analyze- what can you do to reduce it?

The Blurb: This is what I do when I’m feeling stressed. I make a list of the things that are causing me to worry and figure out the MOST stressful thing.

You need to be honest with yourself and identify if it’s something you can actually change. There’s no sense in worrying about something you don’t have any control over. Here are a few things to help you work through what’s stressing you out:

  • If the stress is from a relationship, are you trying to save something that has turned toxic?
  • Can  you change the timetable?
  • Can it be delegated?
  • Are you stressed because things is your life are out of balance?
  • Are there steps you can take that will put you on the path to accomplishing it? A little preparation can go a long way to mitigate stress. Even making a list of the action items can help.
  • Think of the worst possible outcome and figure out how to handle it. If you have a way to deal with the worst case scenario, your stress will drop because you’ll feel more prepared.
  • Are you putting more emphasis on it than the situation warrants? My wise grandpa aways says to ask yourself: “Will it matter in 500 years?” When the answer is usually NO,  it will help you realize that everything will be ok.
  • Do you feel stressed because you haven’t allotted enough Me Time?
  • Communicate with the people involved. Sometimes there’s a miscommunication and you may be worrying about something unnecessarily.
  • If there’s a way to make a stressful task more fun, try that! For example, if I have a huge list of errands, I make a coffee run on the way, and then break up the errands with one fun detour in the middle. That’s a trite example, but you get the idea.
  • Is it a question of having enough time? Can you rearrange your priorities?
  • Is it something you’ve been putting off? Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and DO IT.

Suggestions: Another tip my sister taught me years ago is to FIX THE LITTLE THINGS. You’ll be shocked at how much better fixing a little detail can make you feel. It’s eliminating the little drip, drip, drip eroding everything at the back of your mind. If there’s a small thing that’s driving you crazy every day, just take a few minutes to fix it. You may not normally give it attention, but if it lessens your overall stress in the day without much effort, get it done.

For example, my dog barks as if masked murderers are infiltrating our house whenever someone knocks at the door. This was driving everyone in our house crazy because it instantly makes the stress level skyrocket. His bark collar battery had died and I hadn’t been able to find a replacement. A little thing that was annoying several times a day. Finally I looked it up the battery info online and ordered it on amazon. Once I fixed the problem I couldn’t figure out why it took me so long in the first place. 

Keeping It Real: 

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Photo of the Day: (In direct violation of the cutting sugar day) Inspired by the great Elizabeth Taylor:

“Pour yourself a drink. Put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.”

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(Obviously, I don’t recommend having wine as an ongoing way to handle stress. :) That’s my disclaimer. The fabulous wine I’m enjoying tonight was from my Napa Trip!)

Hope you are all feeling the love after making it through 1/3 of the project! I designed the project especially to have you feeling your best leading up to Valentines Day. There’s one focus item per day until then. It’s not to late to join in! The you can find the  PREVIOUS POSTS HERE and see below for the diagram outlining each day’s focus.

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You survived to the weekend! Make sure to get in a little time for yourself! I promise you’ll feel better for it!

Lots of love,

Brooke

Day 9 of the “30 Days to Love Yourself” SORT & DONATE

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Day 9: Go through your closest. If you haven’t worn an item in the last year, donate it. 

The Blurb: Most of us have much more than we need. With our hectic schedules we may not even think about it. Today’s focus is about extending a hand to people who really need it, people who are struggling to feed and clothe their families.  There’s a huge need out there and you and I can help. We can make a difference.

Take some time today to go through your closet/pantry/shelves/rooms/garage. If there are items you’re no longer using, please consider donating them to a charity.

Suggestions: I learned this  quick trick for your closet to make it easy to see what you’re not wearing. Hang all of your clothes so that the hook of the hanger is flipped, facing you (you’ll have to go under the rod and then hook it). When you wear an item, put it back in your closet the normal way. After 6 months/year, it will be easy to see what you haven’t worn.

Here are some links to find the donation center closest to you.

Big Brothers and Sisters

Donationtown.org

Deseret Industries

Keeping It Real:  Take a look at these staggering facts I pulled from do something.org:

  1. Nearly half of the world’s population — more than 3 billion people — live on less than $2.50 a day. More than 1.3 billion live in extreme poverty (less than $1.25 a day).
  2. 1 billion children worldwide are living in poverty. According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty.
  3. More than 1 billion people lack adequate access to clean drinking water and an estimated 400 million of these are children. Because unclean water yields illness, roughly 443 million school days are missed every year.
  4. In 2011, 165 million children under the age 5 were stunted (reduced rate of growth and development) due to chronic malnutrition.
  5. 870 million people worldwide do not have enough food to eat.
  6. Preventable diseases like diarrhea and pneumonia take the lives of 2 million children a year who are too poor to afford proper treatment.
  7. As of 2011, 19 million children worldwide remain unvaccinated.
  8. A quarter of all humans live without electricity — approximately 1.6 billion people.
  9. 80 percent of the world population lives on less than $10 a day.
  10. It would cost approximately $40 billion to offer basic education, clean water and sanitation, reproductive health for women, and basic health and nutrition to every person in every developing country.
  11. The World Food Programme says, “The poor are hungry and their hunger traps them in poverty.” Hunger is the number one cause of death in the world, killing more than HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.

Now tell me you can’t spare some time to do this. That’s what I thought.

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A big thank you goes out to everyone who’s participating! I’ve love hearing about your experiences! If you’re just finding out about the “30 Days to Love Yourself Project, you can go HERE to get caught up! Have a great day everyone… it’s almost friday!

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See ya tomorrow!

Brooke

 

Day 8 of the “30 Days to Love Yourself Project” CUT SUGAR

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Day 8: Cut out all sugar for the day except for fruit. You’ll be surprised how sweet fruit can be. 

The Blurb: That yummy sweetness we all crave…. today we’re kicking it to the curb! Sugar may not seem like a big deal but it causes cravings that lead to binge eating. It can cause weight gain and a host of other ailments.  Too much sugar can  increase your risk for heart disease, type 2 diabetes,  depression, migraines, poor eyesight, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, gout and osteoporosis.

I’m not fan of any of those things… so, I try to limit my sugar intake. For today’s challenge you’re supposed to cut out sugar for the day. A day might not be so bad, so that’s where we’re starting. But hopefully you take the essence of this exercise to heart and think about continuing it.

The hard part about sugar is that it’s lurking in many things  you may not realize. Soft drinks, fruit juices and alcoholic beverages all have high sugar content. Many “low-fat” items decrease the fat but increase the sugar (so you’ll still like their project…). Even things like yogurt and granola bars can masquerade as a “healthy” snack, but can have a lot of sugar. Read your food labels. Learn the lingo that actually means “I-have-lots-of-sugar-in-me.

Sugar is addictive, so cutting it out can be really difficult in the beginning. For today’s challenge, I suggested you limit your sugar intake to fruit, because it’s a healthier version of sweetness. Yes, there’s s still some sugar in fruit but… baby steps. If you’re serious about cutting down your sugar as a lifestyle change, I’m not going to lie- it will be hard at first. But once you get past your ‘withdrawals,’ you’ll find that it won’t really bother you not to have it.

Suggestions:

Avoid anything that you already know has sugar. Pie, cookies, doughnuts, ice cream etc. If you’re desperate for sweetener in a meal, try Stevia.

For breakfast skip the yogurt, pastries and bagels and instead have eggs or wheat toast with almond butter.

For lunch, avoid sandwiches with white bread, your soda of choice, salad dressing (yep… huge offender) and instead stick to wheat bread, meat, cheese, nuts, veggies.

For dinner avoid pasta unless it’s whole wheat and use brown rice instead of white rice. I’ve found that you’ll feel more full after eating the wheat/brown version and you won’t get the crash.

Dessert- Try strawberries with some plain greek yogurt. Strawberries are sweet enough to give you that little YUM-YUM when you’re feeling like you can’t do it.

Keeping It Real: I grew up with desserts after most meals. I just didn’t really know any better, and what can I say? I love ice cream. But ask me when the last time I had ice cream is… ? I hardly ever have it now, but I don’t really miss it.  Eating healthy with less sugar is something I’ve learned as I’ve gotten older and I feel better for it.

I’m a big believer in ALL THINGS IN MODERATION so take a few minutes to think about your eating habits. If you think you’re consuming too much sugar, I recommend a  week’s “detox” so that you can get it under control. After you have a handle on it, it’s ok to indulge every once in a while. You’ll probably find that you can get your sugar-fix with only a few bites of a treat.

Ok guys… let’s do this! We are on our way to a more healthy lifestyle! I hope you’re enjoying these tips. If you missed a day, you can get caught up on the previous posts HERE.

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See you tomorrow!

Brooke

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