Then, in October 2012 my same friend Joy took the October
Unprocessed challenge (read more about that here: http://www.eatingrules.com/2012/11/october-unprocessed-2012-posts/
. She blogged about it ( http://jandc2.wordpress.com/2012/09/30/october-unprocessed/
). For most of the month, my thoughts
were “Stop blogging about food and get back to posting adorable pictures of
your daughter!!!!” But I faithfully read
all her posts without giving much more thought to eating unprocessed
myself.
Cut to about a month ago… my husband mentions to me that he read something about eating unprocessed. I talked to some friends at work about it and we all laughed about what a silly idea it was. Then I started reading. I started with Andrew’s blog (linked above... he’s the creator of October Unprocessed). His blog gave me the push to actually start reading labels on some of the food in my pantry. Ummm…. Gross. That’s all I have to say. What are all of these things in my food? I jumped on the unprocessed bandwagon whole heartedly. Tom, the less impulsive one in our relationship, had backed off the idea a little bit and suggested that we do more research. I read a few more blogs. The more I read the more I was convinced. Tom and I are planning to start trying for a baby in April and I really like the idea of getting rid of toxins in my body, and my food, before getting pregnant.
Only potential issue- I dislike cooking. I am looking forward to trying new things,
like homemade potato chips and granola (both of which I attempted this past
weekend… more on that later). But I have
a feeling the novelty of that will wear off soon. I am looking forward to Tom and I having
something we can focus on together, and I know that that he will be a big help
in the kitchen. Maybe I will learn to
enjoy cooking since I’m onboard with the overall goal.
So here it is, our plan:
In January, we will slowly replace the things in our
cabinets with unprocessed versions.
Instead of instant white rice, we will buy brown rice. Instead of light yogurt with sugar we will
get greek yogurt with honey. You get the
idea. More on our first trip to the
grocery store in search of unprocessed foods later...
In February, we will try to go unprocessed the entire month
(minus a few cheat meals here and there).
Beyond February, we will try to find a balance that works
for us. Probably mostly unprocessed with
more cheat meals allowed. We don’t want
to be those people who stop going out to eat or don’t order pizza every now and
then. I think most of the time will be
good enough for us. We shall see.
I plan to blog about the experience at least from now until
the end of February. Join us if you’d
like or stop reading now if you are not interested. I am going to try to keep a weekly food diary on the
blog, as well as posts about recipes, grocery shopping, great products, and any
potential effects on my mood, sleep or energy levels.
Thanks for reading!
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