Introducing Hourglass Weekly Themes

Bowl of salad with cherry tomatoes, sliced cucumbers, shredded carrots, chopped onions, chopped chicken, chopped nuts, and mixed greens.

Week 1: Greens and Glory

May 18-24

Eat a healthy salad for lunch or dinner. Use lean meats (no fried), dressing should have less than 80 cals per serving, limit cheese and croutons). May the most colorful and flavorful salad win!

BONUS: May 29th meeting - Come prepared to make your most creative and appealing salad. May the BEST SALAD WIN!!!

A variety of fruits arranged in rows with labels for apples, tomatoes, strawberries, cherries, raspberries, red peppers, pomegranate, oranges, orange-yellow bell peppers, bananas, corn, lemons, pears, potatoes, kale, spinach, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, kiwi, green grapes, avocados, limes, blueberries, plums, blackberries, red cabbage, eggplant, purple grapes, purple onion, and elderberries.

Week 2: Follow the Rainbow

May 25-31

Eat foods from colors of the rainbow for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Colors and examples are: Red (apple), Orange (orange), Yellow (squash), Green (Brussel sprouts), Blue (blueberries), Indigo (purple corn, plums), Violet (eggplant, figs, purple cabbage)

Handwritten daily schedule on a water bottle with time slots and motivational messages, with each slot highlighted in different colors.

Week 3: Sip & Slay Challenge

June 1 -7

How many days out of 7 can you drink a gallon of water?

Collage of photos showing a kitchen, a plate of cooked ribs, a roasted salmon dish, a plate of fried chicken with vegetables, grilled salmon in foil, a vegetable medley, a mixed vegetable and tofu dish, and a printed recipe for Asian salmon sheet pan dinner, with white text overlay stating, "We cooked. We laughed. Tonight was epic."

Week 4: Martha Stewart Hourglass Edition

June 8 - 14

Post a food in the Facebook group that you cooked this week for others to try - Include ingredients and pics.

A smiling woman preparing a meal in a bright kitchen, holding a fork with a piece of broccoli over a plate of vegetables.

Week 5 : Sugar Shocker!

June 15-21

Eliminate white bread, cookies, chips, candy, sugar, pasta or rice. Use substitutes like Monkfruit, Stevia, Cauliflower rice, zoodles, homemade snacks made of dates/natural peanut butter, etc.

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Week 6: Walk A Day In My Shoes

June 22 - 28

Beginning Sunday, walk 1-2 miles each day for 7 days. Post receipts on our Facebook page.

A woman practicing yoga or meditation in a seated cross-legged position on a round woven cushion against a white brick wall, with the words 'Sunday Rest Relax Refuel' written above her.

Week 7: Reclaiming my time

June 29 - July 5

Meditate at least 5 days of the week and drink 1/2 gal of water per day

Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts is a STRONG FAVORITE. Try her Sleeping meditation program, “7 Days to Better Sleep.”

A woman in blue athletic attire is performing a workout move with one hand on the ground, holding a dumbbell, and smiling. The background is white with black and gray text that reads "Jess's 3 Day Intermediate Split."

Week 8: Arms, Legs and Thighs

July 6 - 12

Let’s end Hourglass Themes on a HIGH NOTE! We will all complete Jess Sims 3 day Intermediate Split together. Post receipts after your workouts on Facebook.