LESSON SIX - Beans, Beans, They’re Good for…

To be successful and stay on track you need to identify your motivation, goals, and support team. Take a few minutes and fill out the worksheet provided. “No matter how badly you want to change, you can’t succeed without a strategy. The will to change is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to change.”

All journeys of great significance begin with a firm understanding of where you are. Grab a scale, tape measure, and your most recent lab values. Record your personal data on the forms provided. Save this information where you will be able to access it frequently. We will refer back to this form to celebrate your progress often.

Completing the health assessment will give you the baseline you will need to measure your progress as we continue through the course.

Join our private facebook page. Introduce yourself and tell us what you're expecting from our 8 weeks together.

"Well begun is half done." - Aristotle (and Mary Poppins). A successful morning always begins with preparations made the night before. Our first homework assignment is to carefully follow the three steps we've outlined each evening before bed so you'll be halfway to morning routine success before your alarm even sounds!

It's going to be a great day! The plan is set - simply walk in it. In time, this morning routine will become a favored ritual. It builds the framework you need to take great care of yourself. If you don't care for yourself...you won't be able to care well for the others in your realm of influence.

"Truth Therapy" is the clinical name for our Daily Declaration. Becoming a pro at listening to yourself talk takes practice. Most of us have habitually ignored our own self-talk, much like white noise from a fan (or tuning out your 3-year-old's steady stream of questions). This week we'll begin to tune in more, learn to monitor our thoughts and, consequentially, our actions by speaking truth.

If you didn't do this last week: Log into the online community. Introduce yourself and tell us what you hope to get out of our 8 weeks together.

This week's assignment: Tell us your progress on your evening and morning routines. How's it going?

"The food you eat can either be the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison." - Ann Wigmore. This quick Nutrition Self Test will give you insight into your own fishbowl (Session Three Video). Discover how your cells are doing and how you can "clean the water" they're bathing in.

Continue implementing your evening and morning routines. Each consecutive day you add to this new routine will bring you closer to this new behavior becoming a treasured part of your life.

Introducing the newest health promoting strategy and the final step in your morning routine: The Green Smoothie! Become a master at this powerful tool and shortcut your way to stellar nutrition, health and weight management.

Check in once this week to let us know how your smoothies are going! We'd love to hear about your first experience and any recipes you've loved!
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Eat a Hugh Jass Salad every day (Maybe two?)! Implementing this new routine will see you cruising through lunch with a plan to keep the life-giving nutrients flowing to your cells. Continue creating an optimal cellular environment that will keep inflammation at bay and give you the health landscape you want. Don't forget...it's supposed to be huge!

Log into our online community. We'd love to hear about your favorite Green Smoothie Recipe here. We're always looking for more great ideas!

Make and eat a Nosh Pot this week! Download this handy template that you can post inside a cabinet or your pantry. Your Mise' en place will keep your favorite frozen goods and canned beans and tomatoes on hand for an easy, delicious and healthy meal!

Check in with the online community here at Whitney's Kitchen and let us know how making your very first Nosh Pot went!