Here’s a challenge for everyone.

I’ve been gaining weight and I hate it. What’s worse is that I know exactly where I’ve been going wrong and I’ve been too boring to fix it. I need my 5 to 10 servings of fruit and vegetables every day to maintain a healthy weight. Filling in hunger gaps with cheese and yogurt is delicious, and convenient, but too fatty for someone whose exercise time has been taken up by blogging (the truth still hurts). The rest of the family is going to do it with me.

Inspired by the children’s book above (click on the image to go to Amazon), we are going to eat the alphabet this week in an effort to get back on the healthy diet track.

Here are the rules, every day eat at least five servings of fruit and vegetables whose names begin with 4 different letters of the alphabet (for two days, you only need 3 letters). By next Friday, you should have all 26 letters eaten. I’ll update this post daily to let you know how we’re doing. Use the comments below to update your own progress. You do not have to eat in alphabetical order! You just have to cover all the letters.

Any other families up to doing the challenge with us? Progress Report under the cut

A – apple

B – blueberries (frozen), broccoli, baby pineapple

C – carrot

D – daikon (a/k/a horse radish)

E – eggplant (a/k/a aubergine)
F – figs

G – grapes, garlic

H – herbs (various)

I – iceberg lettuce

J – Jerusalem artichokes
K – kholrabi

L – lychee, lemon (juice)

M – mango, mushrooms
N – nectarine

O – onions

P – peppers, pomegranite seeds, potatoes

Q – quince (jelly)

R – raspberries (frozen)

S - spinach
T – tomatoes (canned)

U – ugli fruit

V – vine leaves (stuffed)

W – watermelon

X

Y – yams
Z – zuccini

Post from: Babylune