Help, starting challenge with family

[KissyKate]

The date is set! This monday, me, my DH, my dad, my mom and possibly my kids are going to be starting the challenge.

I am wondering if someone can give me some advice about the guidelines for the 30 day Challenge in Alissa's book. Is the plan layed out for one person to follow? If so should I mulitply that by the number of people doing the challenge? Any one have any suggestions on making the portions for each dish right to feed 4 adults and two youngins?

Also, my parents are both diabetic, my dad more severe. Does anyone have any extra tips on that? I know there was a brief mentioning in the book, staying to consume mostly greens and non sweet vegs at the beginning for diabetics.

Also, for the kids, mine are a autistic boy age 5 and a daughter age 1.5...any tips on starting them? I'm wondering if I should get going on the diet and get situated, detoxed, ect. before starting them, or start them at the same time as the rest of us? Is it best to ease them into it or just go for it, 100% eliminating the addicting cooked food altoghether, just like she recommends for us in the book?

Thanks!!

[KissyKate]

I guess I'm just going to quadruple the ingredients needed and see how that goes and hope there is enough left over for my kids. I'm also going to make fudge balls for the kiddies too!

[PixieLed]

Not sure about all the portions.

But for starting, I think everyone starting together is a great idea. You don't need to go first, it can be an experiment that you can all enjoy together and laugh about your experiences later. I think that also having lots of cut up veggies and dips ready is great... in case you don't have time to prepare a recipe and your family can just munch on that until dinner or whatever. Same with fruit (for the kids, not the diabetic parents though), leave it on the counter ready for them to eat: like apples, bananas, oranges, etc.

And enjoy! It's going to be a wonderful ride and everyone is going to notice changes in each other and it's just going to be a great family bonding activity!

[JenniferMooreFuller]

My dh is diabetic and has averaged 90-95% raw the last year. This way of eating suits him so well that his insulin needs are dropping as his body is healing. He eats mostly greens, veggies, and seeds, with small amounts of low sugar fruit - berries, grapefruit, and small apricots; and lots of tomatoes, bell peppers, and avos. He also takes a couple teaspooons of dried barley grass powder a day, and uses a fair amount of olive oil and flax oil. I would suggest both your parents carry snacks with them like little bags of seeds, nuts with a bit of dried fruit. My husband's low blood sugar episodes have really increased as his health improves, and it's good to be prepared as these can be pretty severe.