Planning a menu for a Whole 30 challenge can be difficult. So I've done the work for you! Here is a sample plan, which should feed a family of four. Adjust amounts according to your family's hunger levels...We followed a similar plan at the beginning of March for our Whole 30 challenge, although the kids occasionally ate different things for breakfast and lunch, and I adjusted the amounts to make it work for our family of six. If you find you're having a ton of leftovers, skip a lunch or … [Read more...]
How To Plan For Your First Whole 30 Challenge
Perhaps a better title for this post might be "How We Planned For Our First Whole 30 Challenge". Every family is different, and every meal planner is different, so it may not look the same for you. 1. Know the program. The first thing I did was read all over the Whole30 website to really nail down the rules of what's allowed and what isn't. I started at the link listed, but I read several other posts about the different categories that are eliminated and why, the basic pantry/perishable … [Read more...]
Why We Want To Do A Whole 30 Challenge
As I mentioned in my Weekly Goals post, we are planning on doing a Whole 30 Challenge for the month of March. (If you don't know what that is, head here). But why? Jesse and I are tired of being overweight and tired. We do reasonably well with eating mostly real food for our meals. Snacks are a completely different story, and we tend to splurge on extra food more often than we need to. By doing a challenge like this with very strict rules, we're hoping to reset some of those habits. I … [Read more...]