Ok folks, grab your phone and take a picture of your pantry right now, as is! Don’t clean it, don’t throw away any trash, don’t hide any unhealthy foods you may be embarrassed about having in your pantry (trust me, we have our favorite treats too).
By the end of this Challenge, we are going to have an organized, clean pantry, filled with healthy food options, plus a plan of how to get there!
➡️ We will be sharing our pantry before and after pics at the END of the class, so you’ll want to take your BEFORE we start the group. 😊
I don’t know about you, but I’m a bit daunted by this one – a freshly organized pantry I LOVE the tought of but going to be an interesting week. Still, an organized pantry makes clean eating simple by making healthy options easy to find and showing me what needs to be restocked.
Over the next few days, we will be diving deeper into what foods to ditch or switch, and why.
TOMORROW, we’ll begin our CHALLENGE with these daily habits:
· Eat whole grains in replace of refined grains
· Eat 3-5 servings of fruits or veggies
· Spend 10 minutes cleaning out or organizing your pantry
· Toss 3-5 unhealthy or expired items from your pantry
TODAY: START YOUR INVENTORY
For today, snap your pantry photo and start taking an inventory of what you have and need:
1. ⭐ What are the healthy items you want to keep? You will want to keep your whole grains, beans, lentils, rice, fruits, veggies, olive oil, baking supplies, healthy fats.
2. 🚫 What items do you want to toss immediately? Discard expired or unhealthy items. Check expiration dates on all items and discard anything that is past its expiration date. Items you should consider tossing: Unhealthy processed snacks, high sugary treats or foods, sugary drinks, and high-fat foods. Out of sight, out of mind, right?!
3. ♻️ What are some foods you don’t want to waste but could replace with a healthier option when they run out? For example, you may have a whole bag of white pasta. You want to switch this for whole wheat or chickpea pasta, but you don’t want to waste what you have. (Don’t know which foods to switch? Don’t worry! We’ll learn about that soon.)
4. 🛒 Assess what you need to stock up on. What are you running low on? Use this Sample clean grocery list for inspiration. Make a note of what you want to buy.
What are you tossing out today? Post pictures of what you’re purging below!
Print or save this Clean Eating Grocery List to keep track of what you have, what you need, and what you need to swap out for a healthier option when your current stock runs out.
👇 Save the Habit Tracker image here to check it off digitally. Prefer to track by hand? Print the PDF version from the Files tab.
