food thoughts.

 

 

 

 

 

So. 

Quite a few of my faves have made the switch lately to either vegetarianism or veganism, which I think is awesome.  It also has made me examine my own diet and how much unhealthy food I’m consuming on a daily basis.  The kids eat pretty darn healthy, but I’m typically always grabbing something on the run, which always equates to something ultra-processed, or just plain junk. 

For example, today so far I’ve eaten: a pint of chocolate milk on the way to school, two glazed doughnuts during my class break, a McDonald’s filet of fish sandwich w/fries and a sweet tea, an iced mocha, and a handful of Archer Farms Dark Chocolate Espresso trail mix.  None of those things are good for me. 

I would really, really like to change my diet.  I have a feeling that if I could make a commitment to change what I eat, the last 30 lbs. I’d like to lose would just melt right off of me. 

On one hand, I know that if I get too strict with myself all at once, I’ll crash and burn almost immediately.  Happens everytime.  But I also know that if I make things too complicated, or give myself too many loopholes to take advantage of, I’ll have the same results.  So, the goal is trying to figure out exactly what I’m trying to accomplish, and the best way to get there that will also put the least amount of hardship on me. 

Ideally, I want to majorly decrease my consumption of high fructose corn syrup.  That’s just about my number 1 food goal right now, since it’s in practically everything that isn’t good for you.  Plus, it contributes to so many health problems and contains mercury, which is just sickening. 

There are roadblocks in the way, though, like – what am I supposed to do with the kitchen full of food that I have now?  If I switch my diet overnight, all of that will either go to waste or go unused, and I’m frugal enough that the idea of wasting something I bought is just abhorrent to me.  Plus, how extreme do I want to get?  Do I want to go vegetarian? Vegan? Raw?  Some combination of the three?  It’s really something I’m going to need to put some thought into. Raw vegan would essentially guarantee that I’m not getting any "bad for me" foods, but there are a lot of restrictions there that I don’t know if I could adapt to.  Maybe two raw vegan meals a day plus a regular vegan meal (or even a vegetarian meal?).  I need to do more research on what being raw vegan actually entails before I can really make any decisions. 

But, in any case, at least I’m thinking, and trying to be more conscious about what I put into my body.  I’ll just have to see what else develops.