What are you eating?

I saw this post on a group I belong to that discusses nutrition.  I love this group because we can lift each other up in hard times and pray with one another. 

The name of this post was I awesome: 10 Dumbest Things to Eat.  I am still struggling with the milk part.  We do on occasion eat fast food but we try to severely limit it when we can. The more I read the less I want to eat out. 

The thing about fitness is that you can't do fitness without good nutrition.  It would be comparable to spinning your wheels in a mud puddle.  It may be fun, it may seem like you are getting somewhere but you just won't get out of the rut until you eat healthy too.

The sad thing is that in our ignorance we may think we are eating food that is good for us but in reality it might really be just as bad as what we were eating in the first place.  We may think we are being smart by buying the low-fat salad dressing but we are missing the mark when that dressing has MSG (this has all different names) and High Fructose Corn Syrup in it.  What about Multigrain bread?  It sounds smart...but it can have just as much bleached white flour in it as white bread.

We may think I'll have a no sugar option by using Splenda but its basically poison to your body.  You can use ripe bananas to sweeten things or Applesauce.  I also use Local Honey or Pure Maple Syrup ( you only need a little because it is SO sweet!)

We may think I'll get the low fat peanut butter but what about the sugar they add to it.  Have you checked the labels?  I like natural peanut butter that has just peanuts (maybe some salt).  Most of them have oils and HFCS added.  If you have netflix and can watch King Corn (It's on instant) you might find it interesting to learn how HFCS is made.

We have to get back to REAL Food and enjoying real drinks that don't have added corn syrup and sugars to them.

How do you make the change?  You have a few choices.  You can make slow changes.  This is more my style. You could also go cold turkey.  This will all depend on your personality as to what you do but your health is worth it.  You can do it!  You are worth it! 

Let me know what you think?  Did you already know all this? This journey getting educated has been a tricky one. I don't want to know all this.  Sometimes its easier to live in ignorance.  Once we know something, we are responsible for that knowledge.  That is scary and empowering!

Believe me, its still a struggle at our house.  My kids still want the store kind of salad dressing.  My kids still want to eat at McDonald's.  One day I hope our slow changes will make sense to them.  I hope that they realize it's because I love them that we have made these changes.


Exodus 23:25 Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you.