Day 10: What Do You Call Someone Who Eats Only Real Food?

My 10 Day Real Food Challenge has come to an end!  Here are a few things I've discovered:

• Real food tastes darn good
• Eliminating processed foods and additives improves energy levels
• Coffee, however, is still a necessity
• Honey makes an excellent whole-food sweetener in coffee, tea, and recipes
• Without MSG, HFCS, added salt, artificial colors and flavors, preservatives, and white flour, hunger feels different and less bothersome, blood sugar levels even out, water weight disappears, and addiction behaviors subside
• It is possible to eat only real food while orchestrating a busy family life, working full time, traveling with family, eating out, and snacking.
• I don't want to stop

I thought this would be a difficult 10 days because of the will power it would take to NOT eat what I want and restrict my diet.  I haven't felt deprived at all.  I zip past Dairy Queen without even a twinge of regret.  I order salad without dressing and baked potatoes while everyone else munches on fries and I honestly don't struggle with that "Oh, one won't hurt" fight.

The challenge has been in figuring out what to cook, what to make for the family, what to buy.  But that is nothing new.  It is a bit harder when frozen pizza and a bag of Caesar salad aren't on stand-by, but not all that much harder. 

I almost made this a 30 Day challenge but thought that was too unrealistic.  Maybe I would have failed if I thought I had a month ahead of me.  However, now, at the end, I am not ready to be done.  I think I will continue indefinitely.  I might just become a... hmm.  What do you all someone who eats only real food?  A Naturtarian?  I'm not saying I won't have the occasional cookie or ice cream cone or piece of cheesecake.  But I think I will continue to seek out whole sources of food and natural recipes and maybe even enforce my diet on my family (evil laugh).

I say this means my 10 Day Challenge has been a SUCCESS!  I am thrilled to have experienced this.  Thank you SO VERY MUCH to my readers, whomever you are, and for your support.  Just knowing I had 30 sets of eyes on every post kept me accountable. 

That's it!  And it's time for a snack!  The big guy has finally changed his ways and has stopped bringing me home Kit Kats.  He bought me the most delicious red grapes today.  So, snack time with P-Daddy, and the on to Day 11!

Thanks again for reading!