It’s a New Year and a New Food Challenge

Some of you may remember the food challenge I did last year. Myself, and seven others, were only allowed to eat seven different things for seven days. It was a grueling challenge and I only lasted five days.

This time we have challenged ourselves to only eat non-processed foods for a week. I think things will be easier since the variety of choices is much greater. The hard part for this challenge is the sheer amount of preparation involved in making a meal. I think I may end up doing lots of small meals or even revert to grazing continually.

I forgot that we were getting started until yesterday and as such had hardly any of the correct kinds of foods on hand. I quick trip to the grocery store this morning got me going until I could make a big trip to secure a good portion of the products I would be consuming for the week. Same as last time, I got a box of oranges, a whole bunch of spinach and a dozen eggs. In addition I bought a wide range of fruits and veggies and will be using more of the brown rice I had from the last challenge. In keeping with the theme this time, I can only get animal products that are naturally raised. As I put it to a friend, only meat that has been well taken care of and read bedtime stories.

In the end, I think this challenge is one that I may be able to continue (to a degree) long after the week is up. Here is a list of the other contestants this time around:

Andrew
Becky
Mark G
Jordy
Remi
Geneva

Wish me luck!

UPDATE: I left out Paul from DTE, another contestant from last year. Sorry about that Paul.

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