October Unprocessed: A Challenge

Lately I've been following the blog: 100 Days of Real Food. It's a family of {four} who have cut out all processed foods from their diet. Go ahead- react the same way as I did- "WHAT!? There's NO way!" That's what sparked me to {investigate} what they even eat if they don't eat processed foods and opened my eyes to the possibilities of eating clean, and liking it!

She posts recipes, tips, information about controversial products and her take on them. I've tried out a few recipes and have loved them so far! Stocking up "organic" in your home takes time, I wouldn't suggest going on a shopping frenzy to get all the ingredients- wait till you run out of something and instead of buying a generic brand... buy organic. That way it doesn't crunch your budget!

Organic food is more expensive than {processed} foods, but would you rather spend more in health bills and inconvinience yourself with doctor visits OR eat healthy and walk without getting winded at the age of 75?! I'll take the second option please. Re-routing life to no heart disease and obesity!

After I started reading all of her blog posts and reading the nutrition labels at our house, it made me sick how much sugar is actually in the American diet. Corn Syrup in just about everything from Ketchup & Mayo to our BREAD! Uhmm okay. GROSS!

I'm no expert on diet and nutrition however, so be sure to do the research for yourself & see what will work for your life. I was skeptical that {Baby Bella} would eat dark green veggies & my whole wheat muffins but unexpectidly she devoured them. Of course I don't give her raw spinach, it goes in an egg white omlet with Mushrooms, Red Peppers, and cheese. But she eats it! All of it!!

A little over a week ago I saw a post that 100 Days of Real Food had shared from another site, this time it was {Eating Rules}. They are hosting a Challenge: Not consuming processed foods for the whole month of October. A whole MONTH!? Hmm...

So of course I researched into his website: www.eatingrules.com and found even more information on healthy eating and cutting out processed foods! I decided to go ahead and {sign up} for the October Unprocessed challenge- and believe it or not I'm actually REALLY excited about it!! {I put a Woohoo! next to my name when I signed up... don't ask}

What actually inspired me to do this?! My family. I'm a mother of {one} hopefully more some day- and a {wife} to my amazing husband. I want to be on this earth for as long as I possibly can and riding snowcats till I'm 80. Eating what I eat now, I know I won't make it that long without problems. I feel good about myself when I know WHAT exactly I'm putting into my body. I have more energy and have developed a love for simplicity- No more than {five} ingredients on the label. My palate has changed in my little recipe test runs and I have found I no longer want soda && I don't even like it anymore. I don't want what everyone else eats because it's starting to cause medical problems.

Later on & with permission of course, I'll do a blog post about my sister Brielle. She was diagnosed with Chron's Disease at the age of 11- out of the blue with no family history attached- and had to take over {twelve} pills a day. My loving mother decided to overcome the medications and changed her diet to organic, no wheat, no dairy- aka S.C.D. The Specific Carb Diet. There's books written about it but it was a challenge. Today she is medication free and pain free {unless she fudges and eats something she's not supposed to}.

I have {two} days till the healthy eating 'officially' starts. Who's gonna join me!?

October Unprocessed Sign up! ;)

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