"Break the rules once in a while."
Congratulations! You've made it through a full 28 days of real food! Now that you have strictly followed the rules for the past 28 days, I'll leave you with this last rule... to break the rules. Obsessing over food is not good for your happiness and most likely not your health. However, being educated about your food and the nutrition choices you make is vital. Everything you put into your body is a choice that you make, and there are no wrong choices. The key is knowing the consequences of those choices and whether or not certain foods are worth those consequences.
If it's your daughter's 5th birthday, toss the rules out the window and have a piece of chocolate birthday cake so that you can feel like a part of the celebration! Then again, if you have a horrible gluten intolerance and know that you'll be miserable for the next 2 days if you have it, you may decide the cake isn't worth it. Fast food lunches every day will most likely have some pretty negative consequences on your health in the long run, but going through the drive through on your annual family road trip probably won't. The point is this- just make your food choices consciously. The end ;)
All the tips given for the 28 Days of Real Food Challenge were compiled from "Food Rules", by Michael Pollan.