Wellness Challenge Coming Soon! Are YOU In?

yes please

I would love a forum, especially to swap recipes! Because for me, the biggest thing is the food. I’m Italian and I LOVE pasta…it’s so hard to give it up.

That wellness plate looks awesome. Who made that for you? I want a version made for me

What prizes? What prizes are you able to offer?

Ooh, maybe a challenge that includes going grain free!  Something that is hard without support.  Great prizes could be kefir grains or various starters or kits, or FCLO or some essential oils to use in cleaning/personal care recipes.

I was part of a support group challenge once.  Not only was it fun, but I realized that competition is a big motivator for me.  Each week we were given a list of challenges – one for each day.  When we got back together, there might have been a few small prizes, but you received a ticket for each assignment completed to be entered into a  grand prize drawing at the end of the month or however long the challenge lasted.  The only daily challenge I can remember specifically was, try a new-to-you fruit (because I tried a star fruit), but in this forum it could be things like, share your favorite grain-free breakfast, try a new recipe, check your blood pressure, make a meal plan for the week, try a Wellness Mama recipe (and write a brief review?)….I’m new to your website and just learning the ropes so I’m sure I’m limited in scope here, but hopefully you get the idea.

Maybe the prize could be some personalized nutritional guidance from you? I don’t know if I can join in this time though. I’m on my way to visit my family in the states (I’m in New Zealand) and I am counting on finding myself in many positions where I can’t eat the way I choose. I’ll keep my fingers crossed that the challenge starts when I’m back, otherwise I will watch in and be inspired. 

I second essential oils and kefir grains as prizes.  I’d love to try my hand at milk kefir, now that I’ve gotten the hang of water kefir.  A recipe contest is a good idea!

Maybe some sort of cook book, that would be a good prize.  I also agree with the oils, always a good gift.  Um…. I suppose getting away from the healthy, natural side of things… what about DVD’s?

I’m in! Here are some ideas for prizes: grocery giveaways, tools for making things yourself (Essential oils, kefir kit, starter kits, containers, lunchboxes /bento kits that work well with healthier choices,  food processor, immersion blender)

Loved also the idea of personalized help.

I’m in. I want to know what I can do while breastfeeding? Because I feel very limited. But I am so going for it!

Im in..can’t wait! I need the support…I was grain/sugar free for 5 years until I got pregnant with my twins, now they are nearly TWO and Im still “off the wagon!” Would love coconut oil! Thanks for your blog!

I could use a great plan for health, healing, wellness, fitness with some accountability to make it stick   I am in.

I’m a new reader and very interested in the Challenge. I’m a woman in her fifties, a former athlete, sidelined by an autoimmune arthritis that I am trying to manage with diet. I’ve already had two major surgeries on my spine and I’ve gained 50 pounds in the past three years. UGH! I would love to see a forum for daily support, a recipe exchange, prizes for photos of food, best “before and after”, random drawings. Prizes? Cultures, gadgets, consultation with you, foodstuffs, etc.

I truly believe that diet is key in managing my condition, and I am determined to regain my health! I need all the support I can get.

I am in……This baby fat needs to GO.

I’m in and would love to know what the prizes will be?

I really like this list.  Maybe it could be a list to pick from everyday instead of something specific.  I live way out in the country and can’t always get to a new fruit, etc. on a given day.  Then you could post which one you tried or accomplished. 
The list could have exercise challenges like park at the far end of the parking lot, use the stairs instead of elevator, on and on and on. 

Count me in. I would love some nutritional changes in my life. 3 weeks and no grains and I hardly miss them. I am going to get Mark Sisson’s new book next month about 21 day body makeover or something not sure of the title right now. I dearly want to change my life am fighting a bad eating addiction going between not eating enough and eating too much. If anyone out there can help me let me know but this may be my first step. Still consuming dairy having a hard time giving it up but if someone told me it wasn’t good for me would definitely listen.

 Would love some type of alternative to gatorade as I need the electrolytes. Also some alternative to shampoo that is gluten free and doesn’t cost me an arm and a leg.

I did weight watchers years ago, and although many people don’t like it, I did lose weight but most importantly it helped me learn what size portions were good for me.  

This is what I try to do now.  Eat as close to the earth as possible (least unprocessed) and take my time and enjoy every bite and listen to my body when it tells me it is full.  I try to stop before it is too full and actually now, really dislike the just slightly over full feeling.  Never eat anything standing up and really think about what you are eating (making a ritual of it and not something absent minded). 

I am not really sure if kombucha has electrolytes but it is a very good for you, feeling good drink. I make it at home and have some everyday.  I am bottling some this morning as a matter of fact. 
As with dairy, I truly believe that everyone has different needs and you have to find yours.  It may be that your body needs dairy, it may be that you have an allergy. I do some dairy but it is mostly raw.  

I would love a wellness challenge.   I’ve lost a lot of weight but for the past 6 months have been fighting up and down with the last 5+ pounds.   This might help me back to square one to get it off for good.   For prizes how about an individual consultation?   I’d love for someone to analyze what I eat/do for fitness and tell me why it is so hard for me to keep these last few pounds off.   Finding experts who don’t suggest I eat more grains and less protein/fat are few and far between!

Welcome! Looking forward to having you in the challenge. We will definitely address some of the emotional aspects of eating during the challenge. Also, I’m launching a forum today or tomorrow that will
let you submit questions and get help from other participants. I’d definitely encourage this if you are interested, as my readers are a goldmine or info! This is the electrolyte beverage I make http:// wellnessmama.com/2575/natural-sports-drink-alternatives-recipe/ but coconut water by itself is also amazing if you can afford it.
I will say that if you cut the processed foods and make sure you are getting enough fats and protein, the cravings that lead to overeating should disappear and you should feel satisfied more easily. If you
are still in the transition, I would say, don’t focus on cutting
dairy just yet, as there will be enough dietary changes, but focus more on high fat sources like cheese, cream cheese, natural sour cream, cottage cheese, etc and avoid milk and sweetened dairy.
Feel free to post any more questions on the forum when it launches!

I signed up last time but never went through with it! I desperately need help so I am actually going to do it this time!