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8/18/11 10:51 P

Sherry, we didn't plant cucumbers, I wish we had. Next your our garden size is going to double because now that hubby is retired he is lovin his garden.

You are doing gret too

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8/17/11 4:26 P

GAIL.......... YOUR REALLY EATING GOOD......... TODAY I PICKED SOME LETTUCE... TOMATO........ GREEN ONIONS........ AND BEANS FROM MY CONTAINER GARDEN......... MADE A BIG SALAD.... BUT HAD TO BUY SOME CUCUMBERS..... STILL WAITING ON MINE TO GET BIGGER.........

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8/17/11 12:50 A

Today we picked carrots, beets, lettuce from our garden
I also purchased corn on the cob straight from the field, apricots u picked at an orchard and some beef steak tomatoes and rainer cherries off a roadside vender. Not much trash.

I made egg salad sandwiches for our picnic today . The eggs come from a farm up north that we drive an hour to get to but they are so fresh and taste better than any store egg. I did by the whole wheat seeded bread from a bakery. That would be all the only wrapped food we had.

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8/16/11 7:03 A

great challenge, eating clean is really a pay off, you feel so much better, i also like the environmental angle on this..thanks@!

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8/15/11 2:49 P

Salsa chicken with wild rice and peaches as a side.

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8/15/11 1:05 A

Im in too, but I eat mostly from the garden, things that I have either canned or frozen or from scratch. I do buy my bread but it is a healthy one. How would we report this challenge?

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8/14/11 3:05 P

THIS CHALLENGE SOUNDS GREAT............ I DO MOST OF MY OWN COOKING...... AND TRY NOT TO BUY ANY JUNK FOOD........ I THINK THIS WILL BE FUN..... AND I WILL LEARN SOME THINGS.......

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8/13/11 10:28 P

I often block traffic in the grocery because I stop to read so many labels.

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8/13/11 10:14 A

I'm all for this challenge!

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8/13/11 6:00 A

What a great odea for a challenge! We so often consume empty calories simply by 'takinbg the easy way out'.

I'm with you all the way!!

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8/13/11 12:37 A

This week's challenge is about being mindful of the foods we purchase. Recently I went on a "no trash" diet, which in addition to making sure that everything I eat has nutritional value, also that it didn't come from a box or bag. Not only will you help the environment by lessening your "trash" footprint, it may help you curb snacking attacks!

Take a moment to go to the cabinet and see what you have in boxes. Pasta, we already know has no nutritional value. Wheat pasta is better, but a fresh salad is even better than that! I am not proposing that you do away with all the boxes and bags in your fridge, just that you take stock and see what you have, look at those labels for sugar and additives, and evaluate what you may want to change to improve your health and the health of your family.

Over the course of the week, see what you can do to substitute the foods that you buy pre-packaged with foods that you prepare yourself. With each meal, evaluate what 's in it and take a moment to reflect on how that food gets to you, such as where was it manufactured, and what the nutritional value is. Whether you are watching calories, carbs, fat, sodium, ect; it's good to take stock and really evaluate the food that you purchase and how you build your meals around it.

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