How did the Challenge from week 3 go for you?
Last week we had the physical challenge, this week is an eating challenge. Your challenge this week is to eat 2 fruits and 2 vegetables you've never tried before. This has to be real fruits and real vegetables. Plus they can't be in a TV dinner. Are those microwave meals even called TV dinners any more? I'm out of touch.
Let me tell me you the parable of the young man who never ate his vegetables.
He went through college and the only vegetables he ate were celery that came with hot wings and those peas that are in the fancier Ramen noodles. Then one day this young man was a father and he caught himself getting onto his son for not eating his vegetables.
How can a man tell his son to do something he is not willing to do himself? Hypocrites are the worst. So he began to eat a few vegetables here, a few vegetables there, until one day he was eating them regularly and several times a day.
He felt a ton better, had more energy, and a lot less belly flab. The moral of the story? Find some way to start eating more fruits and vegetables. Guilt worked for me. Oh, I mean the guy in the story.
Too many people get into a rut of eating the same foods over and over again. There are so many fruits and vegetables out there to try! Are you like I used to be? The "I don't like vegetables" type? You just haven't found the right kind of vegetables, prepared the way you like it. If I can do it, anyone can do it. Ask my mom some time, she can back up my non-veggie ways.
This week try 2 vegetables and 2 fruits you've never tried before.