Welcome to the first Potato Sack Challenge!

It’s been exciting to finally launch this website and begin sharing my journey with you of letting go of all those potatoes that are weighing me down.

But the reason it is most important to me is because I feel it is through support, community and connection that we are able to change.

I’m creating a community of ideas and encouragement so that people know they are not alone, so that we can work on our potatoes aka ‘issues’ together.

So, I was overwhelmed when my friend and work colleague came up to me the other day and said she wanted to share and idea with me. Her eyes were sparkling and full of enthusiasm.

She said, “Let’s talk about it over a walk!” So we did. It turns out she is going to have to have surgery in 120 days. One of the things a surgeon will always tell you as you are preparing for an operation is ‘you need to lose weight.’ Excess weight can be dangerous when you are ‘under the knife.’

She admitted she finally had the motivation to make some serious changes.

Then she read my blog… She got excited and knew that if I was on the same journey, she would have someone to challenge her and keep her accountable too.

My friend decided that each day she is going to add a healthy thing into her life. She said,  “It’s going to be 120 days of losing potoates! And each day when I do my healthy thing, I will say, That’s another potato out of my sack!”

So we decided that this would be the first Potato Sack Challenge.

Everyone has his or her own reasons for wanting to change something. And it doesn’t have to be anything to do with weight loss.

You may want to:

• ·      Declutter your home
• ·      Find time for creative pursuits
• ·      Drink more water
• ·      Spend less time watching TV
• ·      Save money or get out of debt
• ·      Get up earlier in the morning

You decide what small thing will make a big difference in your life.

Choose your goal, decide on what kind of daily changes that goal is going to take and give yourself a timeline.

Right now, my biggest potato is feeling out of control with my messy house. We simply have too much stuff. It is ‘weighing  me down’ too.

My commitment for the next 30 days is to put at least 5 things each day into a ‘give away’ box. (Yes, we have that much excess stuff!)

I don’t want to sell it, I really don’t have time, I just want to let it go.

My friend pulled out her dusty ‘ol juicer and is going to make some lovely apple and kale juice this weekend. She is also replacing unhealthy carbs in her lunch with a scrummy hard-boiled eggs and she’s even going to try her hand at growing wheat grass.  

It’s not easy to make changes. But I encourage you to think of something you could do. It will be a small daily investment that will pay big dividends in terms of your well-being.

Let me know what you decide. Put a comment below or comment in the Facebook link. I’d love the opportunity to offer support and be your cheerleader.

See you soon,

Heather xoxox