So... what exactly have I been eating?

"I have an idea!" My wife proclaims as I drag myself home from yet another day of enjoyable work.

"I'm in." I say.

"You don't even know what it is yet!" She replies.

"Is it awesome?"

"YES!"

"Then I'm in."

That was the conversation that lead to the (in a big booming voice) The One HUNDRED Days Of REAL Food... challenge.  

I haven't really researched this much myself and maybe that is something I should be doing right now BUT that can wait.  This eating plan isn't really a diet in itself more than some simple rules to eating.  It is certainly NOT low calorie.  I would call it FULL calorie eating.   She has been following the blog of Lisa Leake @ http://www.100daysofrealfood.com which chronicles Ms. Leake's journey and philosophy on modern food processing and nutrition or to be more specific the lack there of.  Lisa also encourages others to try what she did and see if it changes your perspective.  That brings you pretty much up to speed with what I know.

There are some new (old) ideas floating around in the health and fitness world about this, another is called Paleo Eating aka only eating foods available in the Paleolithic time period aka cave men.  The problem with that system is fairly obvious: finding pterodactyl eggs and brontosaurus steaks is hard thus you starve, equals no fun at all.  Seriously it doesn't take a dietary professional to figure out that all the chemicals and processing in the food we are eating just can't be healthy.  We all understand that yet we do it anyway.  So this is basically a "here we go" kinda blog.  I'll let you know how it's going and how i am feeling.

The first few things that I've noticed is how much crap I must have been eating.  The hardest for me thus far is Diet Coke and peppermint candy.  If you asked me 6 days ago how much of that stuff I consumed I would have checked the "little to none times a week" box.  Wrong!  I bet it was at least a pop a day and 4-5 candies.  Not a lot but enough that I crave it.   Stupid cravings...

Anyway, I'm in the middle of day 5 and I am starting to feel better.  Not that I felt bad, just feel better.  The saying is you are what you eat, but a more accurate version is "You are what you ate."  Everything I am was built with what I stuffed down my pie hole.  Maybe, just maybe,  the new cells and blood made from the good stuff will ultimately build a better me.  95 days to go!

Feeling nostalgic and listening to Saving Jane :)