Lorri Strickland

Port of Portland

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
323 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

13

plastic straws

not sent to the landfill
UP TO

14

whole food meals

consumed

Lorri's actions

Health

Avoid refined sugar

I will adopt a diet free of refined sugars, which eliminates sweetened beverages, candy, and processed foods.

COMPLETED 11
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Skip the Straw

Plastic bags and small plastic pieces like straws are most likely to get swept into our waterways. I will keep 1 plastic straw(s) out of the landfill and ocean each day by refusing straws or using my own glass/metal straw.

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Whole Foods Diet

I will enjoy 1 meal(s) each day free of processed foods.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

REFLECTION QUESTION
Food

Michael Pollan states that "it is better to pay the grocer (our edit: or the farmer!) than the doctor." What are your thoughts on this?
Lorri Strickland 10/17/2018 8:43 AM
What you put in, is what you get out. If you eat crappy you feel crappy, if you eat healthy and have a balanced diet you feel more healthy and balanced and are more apt to take part in more healthy activities. I look at it as "paying attention to myself"!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Health

Before you started this challenge, did you think you were 'addicted' to sugar? How do you feel now?
Lorri Strickland 10/16/2018 8:29 AM
No sugar in the coffee can seem rough at first but after awhile I don't really miss it!

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Waste

How could you incorporate other "R's" -- reduce, reuse, refuse, repair, repurpose, etc. -- into your lifestyle?
Lorri Strickland 10/03/2018 8:23 AM
Utilizing a recycled lunch bag, and utensils for work.

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