Starting my NY2018 with a #50challenge

2018 is almost here. We have survived another year, and another year is in front all of us. How will we spent the time in 2018 is mostly on each of us individually.

Though there are always things that you can’t influence, there are things and decisions we can all make, and incorporate in our lives that will make next year a little bit better than the last one.

Since a lot of 2017 was marked by my tummy aches (especially last few weeks) I have decided to make my NY2018 a little bit better by taking on a challenge – a food challenge.

Almost two years ago, I was diagnosed with diabetes type 2 which was not a big surprise for me since my mother had it and I knew it was just a matter of time before I got it too. But, then I was also diagnosed with GERB and high cholesterol. When you put all of those on paper my diet plan became super confusing. One thing that was good for diabetes is super bad for GERB and vice versa.

With a help of pills, I managed to somehow lose a few kilos and put things under control, but stressful life, busy schedule and laziness took their toll. Past few weeks were especially hard on me because I love Christmas and eating a bunch of cookies (and food in general), so not being able to enjoy the holidays in their full light was sad. For the first time in my life, the pain of upset tummy was bigger than my love for Coke and sweets.

Browsing through thousands of recipes in a quest of making a new diet plan which will be easy for me to prepare and stick too as well as enjoy it, I found a list of 50 foods which are announced as the healthiest and decided to come up with a challenge to make all 50 of them during next year. I also plan to document it with a photo and a recipe in which I used it.

Here is a list of them to make it easier to track: