It has become a tradition in Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics to join The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge every May! The Challenge is to see how close you can get to 10,000 steps a day, 7 days a week. Richard lived in San Francisco for several years after his retirement as president of Pacific Union College. When … Continue reading Get Ready for The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge
Category: Exercise
Exercise Daily
Have you mastered use of your glucose meter? Test at least once (or more) every day. Are you drinking enough water? Have you replaced all juices, sodas, and other sugary drinks with plain water? Have you replaced all (or most) processed food with real, unprocessed foods? If not, keep working at it! For help with … Continue reading Exercise Daily
January – Establish 5 Essential Habits
Happy New Year 2022! 1: January 5 is National Keto Day, established in 2019 by The Vitamin Shoppe "to educate and bring awareness to the ketogenic diet and further highlight the many health benefits a keto lifestyle offers." If you already "eat keto," this article will affirm and support you. If you do not, this … Continue reading January – Establish 5 Essential Habits
Exercise, Law of Health #2
By now, you should have completed The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge! How did you do? Please check in, in the Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics Facebook group (if you're not a member, please consider joining!). And now that you have completed The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge, this is a good time to review the Law of Health … Continue reading Exercise, Law of Health #2
Nutrition, cont. – Food Lists & Meal Plans
By now, you should have completed three weeks of The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge! How are you doing? Please check in, in the Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics Facebook group (if you're not a member, please consider joining!). Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics group members sometimes ask for sample menus and meal plans suitable for diabetics. There is certainly … Continue reading Nutrition, cont. – Food Lists & Meal Plans
Nutrition, cont. – Food Categories
By now, you should have completed two weeks of The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge! How are you doing? Please check in, in the Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics Facebook group (if you're not a member, please consider joining!). This chapter looks at selected foods and food categories, with documented references where appropriate. I have compiled a handy … Continue reading Nutrition, cont. – Food Categories
Nutrition, Law of Health #1
By now, you should have completed one week of The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge! How are you doing? Please check in, in the Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics Facebook group (if you're not a member, please consider joining!). Now we're going to take another look at The 8 Laws of Health. Nutrition. Exercise. Water. Sunshine. Temperance. Air. … Continue reading Nutrition, Law of Health #1
Establish Essential Habits: Exercise Daily
Goal/Objective: To establish a daily routine of physical activity within your individual scope of mobility. Time Frame: Ongoing for the rest of your life! Which, of course, will be longer because you exercise. For additional information, see "Exercise" in "Section 2. The 8 Laws of Health." If you are taking these Five Essential Habits in … Continue reading Establish Essential Habits: Exercise Daily
Stay Safe from Coronavirus!
I'm finding it very interesting that all the things that are being recommended to keep us safe from the coronavirus (COVID-19) are very much in alignment with what we, as conscientious Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics, are already doing! UPDATE 3/25/2020: In addition to all the basic/essential lifestyle practices below, please be diligent in observing all the … Continue reading Stay Safe from Coronavirus!
The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge 2019
Goal: The Challenge is to see how close you can get to 10,000 steps a day, 7 days a week. This has become an annual tradition for Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics! Richard is our “poster child” for walking 10,000+ steps a day. (You can read his story on our website at https://adventistvegetariandiabetics.wordpress.com/testimonial/richard-osborn/.) Please consider joining this Challenge, even … Continue reading The 30-day Richard Osborn Challenge 2019





