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It has been a great month and I have truly enjoyed getting to know you all! I feel like I’ve made new friends in the wonderful women on the forum, and we even welcomed a precious new baby of one of the forum members today!

As the challenge wraps up, I’m so excited to get to give the Grand Prize to someone soon.

If you want to be considered for the grand prize, I want to hear your story!

How To Enter:

  1.  Write up your experience with the Wellness Challenge this past month (or make a video if you prefer). Tell me the good, the bad, the ugly and the recipes! Include pictures if you have them and use as many or as few words as you need to.
  2. Send me your story no later than midnight CST on Wednesday, August 31 (that’s tomorrow night!!)
  3. I will pick the top 5 based on your story and your participation on the forum, facebook, etc and post them on Thursday morning.
  4. Readers will vote on the grand prize winner and it will be announced on Friday, September 2.
  5. Note: any of the information you send me might be published on Wellness Mama. If there is specific information you do not want included (last name, etc), please let me know. Also, I’m more than happy to link to your blog or a post on your blog about your experience if you want me to, just make sure to include that information too!
  6. Since readers decide the outcome, things like pictures or video might help your chances, but are not necessary.
I’m looking forward to hearing from all of you! This contest will probably have the least number of participants of all of the challenges so far, since it requires more work, so even if you don’t think you have much to tell, email me anyway!!
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  • AM LT

    I definitely want to enter for the grand prize!   I would love some personal sessions with you.   First of all – thank you so much for putting on this challenge.   Your passion and responsiveness have certainly made it fun for me and I’m guessing for everyone else.   I’m afraid I don’t have a spiffy video or photos but here is my store for the last month:

    When I started the challenge I had already been eating pretty well for the past year or so and therefore my challenge was more about making some of the final changes to get over the line.  The one I would say I was most successful with was giving up diet soda.   Since August 2 I have not had a single diet soda and I no longer crave them.

    I also have been very careful to make sure I’m avoiding carb creep.   I have been trying to mainly eat meat and veggies.   You have exposed me to the joys of coconut butter and to making sure I eat enough fat.  I am also trying to eat more grass fed beef and organic eggs, chicken and veggies.

    Tracking all my foot on fitday did end up being a challenge that I failed at.   I just don’t have the patience to do that every day but I did do it for several days which really helps you to get an understanding of what you are consuming.   I DO however track everything daily in a notebook and have started tracking down to the sweeteners.   That’s another thing – I’ve tried to reduce my use of artificial sweeteners in my tea and ice tea and when I do use them to make sure they are stevia.

    I tried some probiotic drinks and wasn’t crazy about them but I did start taking probiotics.

    I did a 24 hour fast and a few 18 hour fasts.   I think I will try to incorporate one 18 hour fast in to my weekly routine.

    Sleep – who would have ever thought that it would be hard to sleep yourself thin but that remains one of my biggest challenges.   I’m working hard to get 7 hours most nights, got 8 hours a few nights but it is usually more like 6 hours.   I will keep working on that one!

    Exercise – I have signed up for a half marathon and ran a 10K last Sunday.   But trying hard not to over do it and so am being sure to take at least 1 day per week of rest.

    When I first started this challenge I didn’t really plan to do anything about my cleaning supplies – that seemed over the top to me.   But you have convinced me to pay attention to what I am using in my house and on my body and to try to reduce the chemicals so that was a surprise result of this challenge.

    Finally my biggest struggle has been with my scale addiction.   You’ve given me some great advice and while I still weigh myself every day, I’ve tried to be more “zen” about it.   As long as I’m within a few pounds of my goal i don’t let it affect my mood.   I still hope to move down to only 2x per week but I’m a work in progress!

    THANKS again for everything!

    -   Allison

  • AM LT

    Oh I forgot – one more thing (sorry – you’re probably sick of me by now!) You asked for recipies.   I made this after my run this morning.   I’ve been reading that it is important to refuel within 30 minutes if possible and have a combination of protein and some carbs.   So I made a smoothie with 1 cup of sugar free coconut milk, 1 T coconut butter, 2T sunflower butter, 1 scoop of vanilla whey protein for US Wellness Meats, 1T of flaxseed and about 1/2 to 3/4 of a frozen banana and then threw in few ice cubes.   It was super delicious and very filling.   YUMMMMY!

  • Hannah Gray

    I don’t have a picture or sweet video. Here is my story. August was an emotional roller coaster. For one thing I tried to give up grains so only got a couple weeks grain free. I am still trying to figure out the whole paleo lifestyle. My journal was called one day at a time and that is how I took things. My loved one still doesn’t know whether what they are facing can be dealt with easily or if it will take years to deal with their issues. I moved more inspite of the heat wave by walking around my house and cleaning. You go to start somewhere. I slept like a rock and felt better during grain free days but remained very tired!

     I know this is a short entry but please consider me as I am just trying to implement what I learn and put it into practice. Thank you for all of the support.