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10,000 Step Challenge: Take 10,000 steps a day for a month
An inactive person takes 3,000 steps or less just in daily activity of moving around the house. Unless you have an active job such as a waitress or nurse, it would be difficult to log 10,000 steps just with daily activity. Most people will be required to achieve this goal through exercise such as walking (equivalent of…
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Fat Intake Challenge: Reduce daily fat intake for a month
Whether you are trying to lose weight, lower blood cholesterol levels or simply eat healthier, you'll want to limit total fat intake. • Fat can raise cholesterol levels in the blood increasing risk of heart disease. • Some fatty foods (such as bacon, sausage, and potato chips) have fewer vitamins and minerals than low-fat…
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Sleep Challenge: Get 8 hours sleep each night for a month
Go to bed early and get up early. If you stay up late, you will overeat, guaranteed. It doesn’t matter if you are a night person; change into a morning person. When you go to bed early, you don’t think about food all night. Not getting enough sleep increases levels of the hunger hormone, ghrelin, and decreases levels of…
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Raw Food Challenge: No processed foods for a month
One way you can get into the habit of healthy eating and weight loss is to avoid processed foods. Many of these foods include preservatives and fillers that can lead to weight gain or cause you to feel hungry shortly after consumption. The rule for this month is simple, if you can’t pronounce the ingredients then you can’t…
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Sugar Challenge: No sugar for a month
Cutting back on sugar may be difficult, especially for chocoholics like me. Eliminating sugar from your diet will help improve your overall health and help prevent future disease too. It is impossible to cut sugar out of your diet completely because sugars are naturally in foods such as fruits, vegetables and dairy…
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Alcohol Challenge: No drinking for a month
Ok, who's interested in participating the ‘No drinking for a month’ challenge? Yes, that’s right no alcohol for the month. An alcohol-free month is no mean feat. Birthdays, weddings and no doubt your friends will use your new-found sobriety to their advantage and insist you cart their partying carcasses around town. It…
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Water Challenge: Drink 2 litres a day
Water is important to the mechanics of the human body. The body cannot work without it, just as a car cannot run without gas and oil. In fact, all the cell and organ functions that make up our entire anatomy and physiology depend on water for their functioning: • Water serves as a lubricant in digestion and almost all…
