My quirky adventures in raising kids, living well & learning to eat healthy

First, I have to tell you all that by the 10th day of eating unprocessed foods, I had lost 3.3 pounds! I could hardly believe it when I weighed myself and I had lost that much weight. It might not seem like that much to some, but for someone like me who has struggled with weight loss for many years, 3.3 pounds in 10 days is a lot! I walk about 3 miles on school mornings, after my kids head off to school. But I had been doing that for a few weeks before we started the Unprocessed Challenge, so my only real change has been cutting out processed foods. Now, by cutting out these foods, my intake of refined sugar has decreased tremendously. I've found that we also eat a lot less cheese. I'm not … [Read more...]

We had some really awesome meals last week! I did stray from our menu plan a little, since I had some ingredients that I needed to use up, but for the most part we stayed on track with our menu. While we did have a couple of hiccups last week - mostly due to lack of planning on my part - the week went really well. It feels great to know that we are not pumping our bodies full of chemicals and other unhealthy ingredients. :) Here is our menu plan for this week: Breakfast Oatmeal (x2) Freezer pancakes and scrambled eggs Scrambled eggs, toast and fruit (x2) Smoothie Cups (x2) Dinner Teriyaki chicken (using this sauce recipe), steamed rice, veggies Beefy Mexican Rice, … [Read more...]