Eat Outside Your Box by Jackie Stanley

One way to combat the boredom many people complain accompanies eating healthy is to “eat outside your box,” by experimenting with new foods and cuisines and by challenging your long held notions about what to eat and when. Iceberg is not the only kind of lettuce, apples and oranges aren’t the only fruits and there is no law that says you can’t eat mushroom lasagna for breakfast and a southwestern omelet for dinner. And just because your parents always eat turkey on Thanksgiving, fish on Friday and meatloaf on Mondays doesn’t mean you have to. Dare to step outside your comfort zone and put an end to your eating rut, by accepting one (or more) of the following challenges to eat and live more healthily and creatively.

Make a list of 10 foods that you eat on a regular basis. Over the course of the next month, eat outside your box by avoiding these foods.

Try a new food every day. Have you knocked eating brown rice, tofu, sushi or kiwi without ever giving it a try? Don’t allow the opinions of others to inhibit your pallet. Give your taste buds an opportunity to decide.

Look back at your food diary. Don’t eat any of the same foods you ate last month. Use cookbooks to invigorate your mundane menus.

Do not visit any of the same restaurants you tried last month. If you eat out, it must be somewhere new. And don’t forget to order something new and nutritious off the menu.

Look back at your food diary from last month. Use a cookbook to explore ways to make the foods you ate more nutritious – and unusual.

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BIO:

Jackie Stanley is the creator of a series of personal wellness and weight loss journals titled "Lettuce Is Not Enough." She can be reached at 336.854.8667 or at jackie@lettuceisnotenough.com

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