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Challenge: Can you go a month without processed food?
I love a good challenge. It's why I get up on Tuesdays and Thursdays and subject myself to a grueling strength training class. I'm very much of the mindset, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. So, I was delighted yesterday as I perused through my much ignored Google Reader and happened upon this challenge from Eating Rules.  Andrew Wilder encourages each of us to go one month without eating processed food. He defines processed as follows: "Unprocessed food is any food that could be made by a person with reasonable skill in a home kitchen with readily available, whole-food ingredients. If you pick up something with a label (and if it doesn?t have a label, it?s probably not processed), and find an ingredient you?d never use in your kitchen, it?s processed." The motivation for change is to avoid the hidden bad guys in processed food: extra sugar (particularly High Fructose Corn Syrup that is more difficult for the body to process), salt, additives and food coloring. Instead, Andrew urges each of us to eat more fresh food and, if you aren't comfortable with his definition of processed food, to come up with your own.   I primarily do this anyway, although when I know I'm going to have a busy week, I buy canned black beans or jarred pasta sauce. I used a canned enchilada sauce last week instead of making my own, but I was just being lazy. This challenge has already made me rethink some plans for this weekend. I am traveling tomorrow and was planning to eat a Clif Bar for breakfast at the airport tomorrow. Instead, I'll set the alarm a little earlier and eat breakfast at home before I head out. I'll have to pack some nuts and fruit in my briefcase to make sure I don't get caught without food in the terminal tomorrow. (Finding unprocessed snacks in an airport can be a real challenge.) Even though I'll have to change my thinking about a few things, I feel like for the month of October that I can pull this off. Want to join me? If you are hesitating, maybe a month feels to long to you. Would you be willing to try a week or two instead? What are you willing to give up to feel confident that you know what you're eating and that it is good for you? Let me know the challenges you are facing so we can tackle them together. Surely, someone else will feel the same way. Skip the boxes and cans for a month and let's have some fun in the kitchen. C'mon! Let's give it a try. Sign the Unprocessed Food pledge. Farmers Market change: This Saturday, 10/2, due to a conflict with the Capital City March Band Festival, the SFC Farmers Market at Sunset Valley will relocate to the Sunset Valley Home Depot on Brodie Lane. You can grab some veggies and some paint! Next Saturday, October 9th, the market will return to its regular spot at the Toney Burger Center. As a matter of fact, you might want to make plans to attend that market on the 9th as the Downtown market, while still full, will also be in the midst of all the Austin City Limits Festival traffic. (Thank you, but no.) See you at the farmers market!  related searches : Challenge
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