This weekend invite your friends over for dessert and serve them…Avocado Gelato? Yes, it may sound a bit weird, but I haven’t met a person yet who doesn’t LOVE it.  Avocado gelato is a lower-sugar, lighter-calorie adaptation of a recipe from our friend and Daniel Plan Signature Chef Jenny Ross!   Ingredients 3 avocados ¼ ...

BY RICK WARREN Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come. 1 Timothy 4:8 (NLT) One of the ways we train for godliness is by maintaining our physical health. The truth is, your body was not designed for inactivity. God created ...

By Sean Foy Daniel Strong = “A pursuit of excellence in body, mind, and spirit for God’s glory.” We all want to be healthy, fit and happy…but it can be challenging to achieve with our hectic lives. Follow these ten steps from Daniel Plan Fitness Coach Sean Foy to help you become Daniel Strong and make a ...

Kara Douglass Thom – Experience Life No matter your current fitness level, completing a 5K is both doable and fun. Here’s how to get yourself to the starting line — and across the finish. When Alan Ali toed the line of his first 5K in July 2010 — the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Raleigh, N.C. ...

Pastor Rick teaches us not to seek the good life, but the better life.  Eight years ago, I thought I was living the good life.  I was happily married (and still am) with two great kids and a good career.  Life was pretty good.  There was one big problem, though.  At close to 300 pounds, ...

BY RICK WARREN “‘Test us for ten days,’ he said. ‘Give us vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then compare us with the young men who are eating the food of the royal court, and base your decision on how we look.’ [The guard] agreed to let them try it for ten days. When ...

By Shiela Mulrooney Eldred – Experience Life Trying to weather the storm of nutrition advice? Seek out a rainbow of colorful produce, and you’ll find a big pot of phytonutrient gold. Many of us dutifully eat our veggies, yet few of us fully understand why they’re so good for us. A lot of it comes down to ...

How much you eat matters, but the quality of the food we put into our bodies matters more because it drives our gene function, metabolism, and health. Rather than subscribing to the antiquated calories in/calories out model for weight loss and good health, focus on powerful, gene-altering, whole, real, fresh food that you cook yourself ...

By Daniel Plan Signature Chef, Sally Cameron These Asian lettuce wraps (or lettuce cups) feature ground turkey with ginger and garlic for appetizing game-day eats or an easy weeknight dinner that is serve-yourself. Chopped snow peas and carrots add vegetables, crunch and color. Spoon filling into crisp Romaine leaves and enjoy with a spoonful of ...

BY RICK WARREN “Take your everyday, ordinary life — your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life — and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.” (Romans 12:1 MSG) The Daniel Plan integrates that which we tend to separate: food, friends, fitness, ...