I have to say that I'm truly excited to start this new chapter. In the past, when it's come to food related changes, I've never held any 'excitement'. I've set goals, but no true excitement about change. But this time I am truly excited to start this new chapter in our lives. My friend Emily from The Kailo Clipboard was doing an awesome giveaway of 100 Days of Real Food. I entered and I won. I pretty much read the entire book in one day. This was EXACTLY what I was looking for - no gimmicks - no restrictive food groups - basically just eating healthy REAL food (which means no highly processed food). I started reading labels of the foods in my house. The reality is pretty much everything in my house is highly processed. That is pretty much all we eat. I decided not to 'toss' our entire pantry, but instead replace the items with healthy items instead. So I imagine it will take us 6-8 weeks to clear out most of the highly processed things. ...
I hope through my self-reflection, readers will see themselves so that they can pause and think, smile or laugh, or try something new. This is my story...