Thursday - Day 4: HEALTHY LIFESTYLE - DELVING INTO FOOD STORAGE

Your doctor has indicated that you need to make some changes to your unhealthy eating habits. You need to eat more grains and legumes, and stay away from processed food. Fortunately this is a benefit of using your food storage!

While traveling on the 91 freeway to your doctor’s appointment, you learn that there is an accident up ahead. A tanker truck has caught on fire and exploded (does this sound familiar?). There is no way to exit the freeway. It is expected that you will be sitting in traffic for about 6 hours. This part of the challenge is more of a “THINKING” opportunity.

DAILY LIMITATIONS AND TASKS:
•For this day, and ALL days of the challenge: no spending money, no going to stores, and no restaurants.
•You can’t use any pre-packaged or convenience foods.
•Your breakfast has to be low sugar.
•Your lunch has to be low fat (if you’re at work already, think about what you could have brought or made).
•Your dinner has to be from scratch using whole grains and/or legumes.
•You have to have 3-5 servings of fruits and vegetables today.

ADVANCED REQUIREMENTS (for anyone who feels up to it)
•You have to figure out how many calories, grams of sugar, grams of fat, and grams of fiber are in what you are making.
•Your whole family has to adapt to this healthy living for the day (you can’t just make yourself a healthy sandwich and give the kids hot dogs).

REMEMBER, TOMORROW’S LIMITATIONS AND TASKS WILL BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. How long would you have lasted under these conditions? What are the benefits of food storage? Have you prepared your car in case of an emergency? Do you keep your gas tank above 1/2?


The goal with the 7 Day Challenge is to explore and evaluate how prepared we are for whatever emergencies may come our way. Try to participate to the EXTENT POSSIBLE with your entire family. It is okay to modify the scenario to fit the needs/schedule/circumstances of your family. And, if the most that you can do on a given day is walk through the scenario in your head and discuss it with your family – that’s ok! Anything is better than nothing! Please make sure to:
*Fill out the Data Form on a Daily basis.
*Log onto www.EastvalePrepared.blogspot.com and answer the questions and leave comments. This will help us to analyze and understand the results of the 7 Day Challenge (everyone should do this - even if you are not a member of our ward, and even if you just walk through the scenario in your head).
*Participate in the ongoing discussion on Facebook (Eastvale Prepared). Share pictures, your experience, thoughts, ideas, and insights. Let’s learn from each other!