Clean Eating Challenge, Day 1!

Hello Clean Eaters!  Today is the big day we kick off P.O.W.E.R.'s Clean Eating Challenge!  We even have some blog readers that have let us know they are participating from home.  So exciting!  Remember, this is a CHALLENGE.  It is meant to be....CHALLENGING, for lack of a better word!  It's good to challenge ourselves.  There is so much to be learned.  Challenge is where life change happens.  LeAnne and I are on the other side of the challenge this time, as we lead you, but we are both participating with you as well.  It is a great nutritional reminder to have!  We have already gotten a few emails sharing with us ways you have been enlightened, about food, and about yourselves.  And we are only on Day 1!  Please feel free to share those moments with us!  That is what this truly is about.   

Remember, you are not alone in this!  There are others out there, including us, who are glad to support and cheer you on.  And there are two POWER studios full of women taking on the same challenge.   Use each other as resources!  Share recipes, products you find at the grocery store, tips/tricks, failures & successes.  Speaking from my own personal experience, living healthfully is made so much easier in community!  #85 at 101 Revolutionary Ways to Be Healthy (which is full of awesomeness!) is Find Your Tribe:  Surround yourself with other healthy, positive, active people who share your passions. It's a lot easier to thrive around people who are thriving.  Can I get an 'amen'!

Reposting another of Jenni's fabulous blogs for you, on the subject of reading labels, as that is something many of you will learn to do this month.  We cannot stress enough, the importance of reading the Ingredient List.  We've all been taught, especially in recent years, that the Nutrition Facts are the most important part of the label, but we beg to differ.  The Ingredient List is where it's at!  Learn the importance of knowing what is in the food you put in your body.  Your body was made for whole foods, not a load of sugar, and especially not chemicals.  That's like going to the gas station and putting the wrong gas in your car.  Your body will run and respond more efficiently, depending on the fuel you put in it!


In Jenni's post, you will also find a great list of nutritious snack options.  To ensure your body runs most efficiently, the best snack is made up of a combination of a lean protein and a complex carbohydrate.  Your body, in general, best handles food (=fuel!) every 2-3 hours, as a lean protein/complex carb pairing.  You can read more on the "why" of that, on Jenni's blog also.   


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Happy first clean eating week, friends!
Dawn