May 2023

#70 – Know Your Health History

Knowing your family’s health history is important, but most of us do not have a clue. Your immediate family history includes your parents, grandparents, great grandparents, siblings, aunts/uncles, niece/nephews, your kids. Taking the time (it’s worth the few awkward moments) to write it down, ask your family members, and then share it so your family has it too.

So here’s your challenge this week:
Easy: Write down everything you know of your family’s health history. This includes cancer (what type), high blood pressure, diabetes, depression, any major medical issue. When were they diagnosed and if they are on medication. If you don’t know, ask!

Medium: Do the easy challenge and take it one step further to reinforce the importance. Spend time with someone older than you. Learn from their life experiences and “should have” moments.

Hard: Do both above challenges, but now do the preventative care. See your doctor to get screened for those concerns in your family history. More than likely it will be nothing, but what about that chance you can find something early.

#69 – Pack Your Lunch

Who’s ready to brown bag it this week? This week is about packing your lunch instead of going out to eat. This will not only save you money, but you will probably eat a little healthier too!
Whether you don’t have the time to prepare it, don’t like leftovers, or just get bored with what you make, it’s time to rethink lunch. Prepare your lunch before you go to bed if you won’t have time in the morning. Make extras each night and put leftovers in a container that you can grab & go. Prep for the week on Sunday making salad jars (that last all week!) or your favorite recipe that you can divvy up into lunch containers. This will seriously save you $50+ a week. Go through your account and track how much you spent last week going out to eat. It will shock you!

Here’s your challenge this week:
Easy: Find a recipe or use your favorite recipe and make it for lunch.

Medium: Bring your lunch everyday for one week. Then reflect on why you don’t do it more often or what could you do next week to make it even better.

Hard: Use the 80/20 rule for life. 80% of the time bring your lunch & 20% go out to eat. For example, bring you lunch Mon- Thurs and then reward yourself on Friday.