40 Day Fitness Challenge!

In honor of Lent, I decided to create a 40 Day Fitness Challenge for myself, friends and family. There are foods that we eat daily that we can do without and help better our health. Junk food, fast food, meat and poultry, sugary snacks, the list is endless. However, a person has to want to change the way they eat to help better themselves and their health.


As a vegetarian of almost 3 years, I can honestly say that my diet gets better and better the more I try cutting out and adding certain foods. I have the determination to want to live a healthier and longer life. After experiencing a seizure, a blood transfusion, a splenectomy, and cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal), along with a long line of family health problems, I took control of what I was putting into my body. I didn't like the way my body felt after I ate meat and poultry. It was a very hard adjustment to make, but I had embedded it into my brain that I was giving up these foods to better myself and my health. I gradually began giving up other things as well. I no longer drink cows milk. After trying other milk substitutes I finally settled on Blue Diamond Almond Milk. I have also tried being in a vegan diet that lasted 3 weeks. Surprisingly I felt amazing after the 3 weeks. 


Taking control of your health is not something a doctor should tell you, or a friends, or someone who makes a comment about the way you look. You should want to live a healthier life for yourself, your kids, spouse, family and friends. 


One of the biggest things that bother me is when people say that their New Years Resolution is to diet, give up smoking, or exercise more. Why wait until then to do something for yourself? Start today and feel better tomorrow. Will you take the challenge and give up the foods that are keeping you from dropping those extra pounds? After 40 days, you won't want those foods back in your life. Challenge yourself!!