Archive for the ‘30-Day Local Challenge’ Category

30-Day Challenge: 4 Down, 26 to go…

Day:          04 Days Left:  26   Some days are just busier than others and I knew today was going to be one of those days. I planned ahead yesterday and made double portions of everything so I could easily stay on track today. I had my local eggs and greens for breakfast and then I [...]

30-Day Challenge: Three Day Stride

Day:          03 Days Left:  27 Some days nothing goes as planned. I don’t know why. It just does. I’m still new to yogurt-making and so I can’t say just what went wrong, but something did. No yogurt for breakfast—which is a good thing, really. I wanted to shake things up with this challenge and if [...]

30-Day Challenge: Waste Not Want Not

Day:          02 Days Left:  28  In two short days, I’m discovering that this project isn’t just about eating and the shopping and cooking that go with it. I’m thinking more about waste…food that doesn’t get eaten, time that gets eaten up by things that don’t matter, everything that goes into the garbage can. I decided when [...]

30-Day Challenge: In the Beginning

Day:         01 Days Left: 29 It’s one thing to talk about accepting a 30-day challenge…to plan for it, gear up for it—it’s quite another to actually do it. Day One has come and gone and I’m so happy! I have to say, it feels really good to move through the saying and into the doing. So [...]

30-Day Challenge: Triple Dog Dared–Now What?

I’ve accepted this challenge to eat locally grown and produced foods for 30 days–and now reality is setting in. The question arises: Do I or do I not make compromises? And if so, what? Or more importantly, why? The 100-Mile Diet got me thinking about what I eat and where it comes from. I grew [...]