Where do I being? The world
we live in today has so many choices and options it can be extremely
overwhelming. There are so many
diets, lifestyles, weight loss programs, work out routines, eat this, eat that,
this is good for you, this isn’t.
I am lost!!
My husband and I have decided it’s time to change our way of eating. This has been an important topic for a
while now. We have done research
on the Internet, watched documentaries and have read books. What is the right diet for us, meaning
what is the best and healthiest way to eat? Not which diet program can we loose the most weight the
quickest on? It’s not all about
the weight loss for us. Yes we
both need to loose weight but our top priority is our
health. We want to prevent certain
illnesses or diseases and my husband needs to get his blood pressure under
control, hopefully without the medication he is taking today.
So what is the best diet for us? We have researched and dabbled with vegetarian and vegan eating as well
as a plant based diet. I came to
the conclusion that I need some meat and a little dairy in my diet. My husband is still really willing to
try a plant-based diet and I will support his decision. I read up on the paleo diet…not for us, we do not eat beef
or pork and we LOVE beans way to much to not eat them. I have been following 100 Days of Real Food and Food Babe for quite some time and think I have nailed it. We for sure, absolutely, positively
NEED to give up processed foods!!
That is my final decision and THE most important to me.
My plan is to write down what I am willing to include in my diet and
what I will stay away from. I am
planning on having my husband do this too. There just are some processed foods that I feel I will not
or do not have the time to make.
Maybe one day in the future I will be able to cut those things out of
our diet or will be able to make them homemade eventually but for now I think
cutting out most processed foods is a great start.
A couple other important things to me as well. Number one cutting out all sugar. I purchased the I Quit Sugar book by Sarah Wilson…GREAT
read!! I will still eat a few
sweeteners like honey and pure maple syrup but other than that, most of it will
be cut out of my diet. And number two
getting my son to eat healthy foods.
He just turned 3 and I feel that I have already ruined his eating
habits. He has bad eating habits
and it is my fault. I purchased
the book French Kids Eat Everything by Karen Le Billon and am currently reading
it. I have gotten some great ideas
and tips from the book. I highly
recommend it!
This blog will be a journey though our eating, the things we will cook,
what we will eat, tips, menus, recipes, etc.
I am a huge fan of Pinterest and find many great idea and recipes from
others on that networking site!