Announcing the No Bread, No Flour Food Challenge!
I am doing a No Bread, No Flour Food Challenge! The details are as follows:
What: No breads or flour products (noodles, pastries, gravies (with flour), etc.) – not even whole wheat
When: Monday, August 11th – Saturday, August 16th
Why: To see if/how omitting breads and flours affects health and weight (which it definitely will affect); to wean from dependency on bread and flour products
“You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. And even though “I am allowed to do anything,” I must not become a slave to anything.” – 1 Corinthians 6:12 (NLT), emphasis mine
How to Participate: Comment on this post every day about what you are doing to avoid these foods, how you feel, discussion about weight changes….anything meaningful. I will be posting daily during the challenge as well. Your best bet is to follow the comments to stay in the conversation
How Winner is Chosen: A winner will be announced on Saturday in the comments, and will receive a copy of 50 Secrets of the World’s Longest Living People by Sally Beare
This is one of my favorite health-related books. It contains very good tips on how to eat, and how to live in general, based on the lifestyles of four of the healthiest and longest living populations in the world.
If there is a tie, I will use a random number generator to select the winner. The winner must already be subscribed to this blog. If you are not subscribed yet, subscribe here.
See you on this post next week! Feel free to share with a friend!
Remember to comment on this post during the challenge to participate! Also, remember to subscribe if you have not already!
The challenge starts TODAY! Omitting bread and flour products seems hard at first, but if you prepare and have your alternatives ready, it can be relatively painless. My wife and I had yogurt parfaits with granola and boiled eggs for breakfast.
Remember to comment and to be a subscriber to qualify to win!
ok this is day 1 for me.
pound cake and banana pudding are calling me and I REFUSE TO LISTEN, I had yogurt, strawberries for breakfast. A chicken thigh, no crusty skin, collards.
chicken, collards and ambrosia for lunch.
Sounds good!
Day 2! How are you doing with eliminating bread and other flour products so far? If you have your alternatives planned out, you might be surprised how easy it is to avoid these things.
Day 2 I did good! eggs, sausage, tomato slice, nuts, green beans, baked chicken, baked beans, steak, salad, water, water, water. no withdrawals yet!
Very good!
Day 4…how’s it going? Remember to comment if you want to qualify to win!
Breads and other flour containing products are often high in carbohydrates. Carbohydrates, or ‘carbs,’ are not bad, but often we eat too much in our society. Carbs give you energy, and when you consider that we move around a lot less in modern society, coupled with eating a lot more carbs, it is no wonder we have an obesity issue.
Day 3 went great! Banana for breakfast, large Cobb salad for lunch, and 1/2 strawberry salad for dinner.
This is Day 4 and I noticed I don’t feel as stuffy this morning if you know what mean. I am down 2 lbs by the way also.I am think about eating the same meals today. Will let you know later.
Excellent! You’re doing really good 🙂
Thank you, my meals for today are, 2eggs and 1 sausage patty for breakfast, small slice of chicken salad pie(ate pie off of the crust) , ambrosia for lunch, for dinner I am having blackeye peas with okra and talapia, tea.
Great!
Today is the final day, and it looks like the winner is Geraldine McClendon! Congratulations to the winner, and I hope that all participants experienced better health or at least learned something by this challenge!