The Real Food Challenge

I"m feeling particularly challenged this week because one of the cool new bikes at the health club has a tv right on it.  I've been watching commercials.  John McEnroe is pushing the 10 day fiber challenge, Jamie Lee Curtis is pushing the 2 week Activa challenge.  And to Food Network every other thing appears to be a challenge. 

In my reality, the challenge is getting out of the grocery store under $100 dollars.  That does not allow for the $5.65 box box of Fiber One, or the Activa 4 pack at $3.25.  It's tough enough to swallow that a whole grain bread costs twice as much as its air and water counterpart, and that the sugar laden and fiber free barely-passes-for-cereal that my kids covet is almost free compared to a serious granola type cereal.  It's the same thing down every aisle, the baked chips are $3.69 compared to the regular chips that can be had for $0.99, you can pick up soda for far less than milk, and the more fat you're willing to accept in your beef the less you pay.

There's the challenge!  Is it possible to buy a week's worth of healthy, whole or organic foods for less than $100?  Let's find out...