NYC Paleo Challenge

For all my carrying on about beans, I'm planning on doing January as a month of as "paleo as possible." Why? As a tune-up to see what happens and set good habits for the year, but also because other New Yorkers are trying it for our Eating Paleo in NYC New Year's Challenge! We have tons of events planned from flash mobs to running out in the snow! If you are around NYC, definitely join our group, but you can follow the challenge here and participate from home as well. Each event I do, I'll provide some tips for replicating the experience at home.

My goals are:

- More movement in my life!

- More time outside

- Less non-gluten grains, no refined sugar. Last year I stopped eating gluten, even as a "cheat", which was very successful. But what would happen if I removed or reduced other potentially damaging foods as well?

- I'm curious to see what happens without dairy, but I expect this to be the least successful change :P

What are your goals for the New Year? 

Because John Durant is leading this challenge, expect actual updates :) I realize now I never updated my NOvember progress. But it was successful! I stopped buying chocolate bars, though I ate them when my roommate gave me them. In time I forgot about chocolate bars entirely, until a few days ago when I was shopping at Fairway. Instead of buying another bar, I bought a container of blocks of bittersweet chocolate to occasionally gnaw on. Much much cheaper and much less sugar than my formerly beloved flavored Belgian chocolate.