Motherhood Challenge of the Month: April 2010

This month's motherhood challenge has to do with spring cleaning ~ spring cleaning our bodies, that is, or our physical health. The goal is to put our bodies in better health in order to make us better prepared for motherhood.

So how can we “spring clean” our physical health?

#1 We can clean up our bodies. We may be clean on the outside but maybe not on the inside! We might have too much cholesterol, too much sugar in our blood, or a virety of toxins in our bodies, for example. Or we might have health conditions that could be reversed or completely removed from our bodies if we made some changes in our lifestyles.

#2 We can clean up our habits or our lifestyle. We may need to change some of our habits that have put us into a diseased condition or are moving our bodies in that direction, or perhaps have made us physically weak. We may need to increase exercise and “clean out” inactivity from our life., for example.

#3 We can clean up our diet. That is, what we eat and drink, and how we eat and drink it. Can you think of any eating habits in your life that aren't exactly what they should be? Is it time to toss something out?

#4 We can clean up our environment. I don't mean “the environment” but our own personal environment: our home, the environment that surrounds the home in which we choose to live, and the places we choose to work and to go for whatever reason.

To meet this challenge:

Firstly, look at the above four points and brainstorm some ways in which you need to clean up for each separate area.

Secondly, make some research goals ~ several items you want to know more about or areas in which you want to learn more about what kind of cleaning up you might need to do. These goals should be planned for the next few months.

Thirdly, make some goals for how to continue to clean up after this challenge is over. Focus on one or two very high priority clean ups.

Fourthly, do at least one specific thing to spring clean your physical health in each of the four areas: your body, your lifestyle, your diet, and your environment.

Fifthly, please share what you have done (or a part of it) as well as some of the things you plan to do in the futu