Today is the last day of food month. This month has been hard and we have cheated more than I thought we would. Overall, though, we have done well. The biggest thing we have come away with from food month isn't as much spiritual as it is physical. We have eaten well this month. Good foods, whole foods, real foods. Our bodies have responded well to this and we are excited to continue it. I've already blogged about that, so I won't go into it in detail. We are going to take better care of our temples. We are going to rid our diets of processed junk as much as possible. (I, for one, am super excited that my smoothie tomorrow will have berries in it instead of just a banana! And I'm going to try to replicate a pasta from the Cheesecake Factory for dinner...)
March awaits us tomorrow with a new challenge: spending month. Our spending will be VERY limited to a few places. I'll post the list tomorrow (we are still working on it!). Spoiler alert: Andy and I are leaving town for a couple of days and we will most likely call a short hiatus on spending month so we can eat out and enjoy a latte or two... Here's to a new month!
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Friday, February 15, 2013
Real Food
Well, we are halfway through food month. I'll be totally honest; there has been some cheating. Overall, though, we have stuck with it. One thing I have noticed is how GOOD I have felt this month. I believe it is directly tied to the foods we have been eating. Or, more accurately, the "foods" we haven't been eating. I use the term "food" loosely; many of the things we eat have been so processed by the time they get to us, the only resemble food. Velveeta? Oreos? Easy Mac? (And I'm not judging! We love this stuff, too!) I'm coming to realize just because something is "made with" real milk, cheese, turkey, you-name-it, doesn't mean it is real food. Chemicals and "nutrients" have been added. The fat has been removed. The sugar has been replaced with something that comes from a machine in a factory. We have been sold the idea that a company can better prepare meals for us and our families than we can. We've let them do it, and we've paid a high price for it.
Andy and I have been talking quite a bit about it for the last few days. When March rolls around, we want to definitely add more foods back to our meals - but we want them to be FOODS. And as little processed as possible. I know it is going to be more difficult that I am anticipating. But so totally worth it. My migraines have been virtually nonexistent this month. I have a husband and a six year old who need more than food-like products. It's going to take us being more deliberate about our grocery choices. It's going to take time. I'm sure there will be setbacks. But this is a battle my family is ready to fight.
In other (and far more important) news, Elisabeth trusted Jesus as her Lord and Savior this past Sunday afternoon! Andy and I are so excited for her! Andy will have the privilege of baptising her this Sunday - and we are very excited about that, as well. (And in the the spirit of honesty, we will be celebrating with pizza and cupcakes. Yes, I'm aware it is still February. I'm a work in progress, ok?)
Andy and I have been talking quite a bit about it for the last few days. When March rolls around, we want to definitely add more foods back to our meals - but we want them to be FOODS. And as little processed as possible. I know it is going to be more difficult that I am anticipating. But so totally worth it. My migraines have been virtually nonexistent this month. I have a husband and a six year old who need more than food-like products. It's going to take us being more deliberate about our grocery choices. It's going to take time. I'm sure there will be setbacks. But this is a battle my family is ready to fight.
In other (and far more important) news, Elisabeth trusted Jesus as her Lord and Savior this past Sunday afternoon! Andy and I are so excited for her! Andy will have the privilege of baptising her this Sunday - and we are very excited about that, as well. (And in the the spirit of honesty, we will be celebrating with pizza and cupcakes. Yes, I'm aware it is still February. I'm a work in progress, ok?)
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Various thoughts about food month thus far
Day 2
3:30 p.m. - The roasted apple and sweet potato soup is pretty good. We're going to be eating quite a few sweet potatoes this month. I hope we don't turn orange... (Elisabeth's complexion got a bit orangish as a baby because of her baby food favorites. You can understand my fear of turning orange, right???)
8:39 p.m. - The black coffee lasted almost two full days. I just can't stomach it. I am drinking a cup right now with a touch of sugar and 2% milk. Sue me. At least it's not heavy cream. Or a macchiato. Besides, Andy put marshmallows on his peanut butter toast and is (not so) secretly hoping we go to a Super Bowl party tomorrow so we can "be polite" and eat the food that is served. See? Compared to that, a little sugar in my coffee isn't too bad! :)
Day 3
2:49 p.m. - There are brownies in the oven to take to the Super Bowl party where we plan on eating whatever the heck we want. So there it is - we are caving in on day three. Pathetic? Maybe. Back on track after tonight.
Day 5
12:41 - I had Subway for lunch. 9 grain wheat bread, oven roasted chicken, and spinach. Tomatoes, jalapenos, onions, and sweet onion teriyaki sauce have never looked so good to me. That being said, my sandwich was still pretty good. Just dull.
P.S. - No one has turned orange yet. :)
Day 6
6:15 p.m. - I told Andy if he would go get cheesecake, we could eat it after Elisabeth went to sleep and I wouldn't blog about it; it would be our secret. He refused.
7:30 p.m. - Andy pulled out banana chips. They are crunchy. I didn't realize how much I have missed crunchy things. All of the sudden, I have a love for banana chips.
Day 7
9:02 p.m. - We have made it through one week. We are already a bit tired of some things, but overall it's been good. Hard, though. Andy and I are going to a Lifeway Festival of Marriage in March and Brandon and Jen Hatmaker (author of the book 7) will be there; at this point, I'm not sure it would be a good idea to meet her. She might walk away with a black eye...
3:30 p.m. - The roasted apple and sweet potato soup is pretty good. We're going to be eating quite a few sweet potatoes this month. I hope we don't turn orange... (Elisabeth's complexion got a bit orangish as a baby because of her baby food favorites. You can understand my fear of turning orange, right???)
8:39 p.m. - The black coffee lasted almost two full days. I just can't stomach it. I am drinking a cup right now with a touch of sugar and 2% milk. Sue me. At least it's not heavy cream. Or a macchiato. Besides, Andy put marshmallows on his peanut butter toast and is (not so) secretly hoping we go to a Super Bowl party tomorrow so we can "be polite" and eat the food that is served. See? Compared to that, a little sugar in my coffee isn't too bad! :)
Day 3
2:49 p.m. - There are brownies in the oven to take to the Super Bowl party where we plan on eating whatever the heck we want. So there it is - we are caving in on day three. Pathetic? Maybe. Back on track after tonight.
Day 5
12:41 - I had Subway for lunch. 9 grain wheat bread, oven roasted chicken, and spinach. Tomatoes, jalapenos, onions, and sweet onion teriyaki sauce have never looked so good to me. That being said, my sandwich was still pretty good. Just dull.
P.S. - No one has turned orange yet. :)
Day 6
6:15 p.m. - I told Andy if he would go get cheesecake, we could eat it after Elisabeth went to sleep and I wouldn't blog about it; it would be our secret. He refused.
7:30 p.m. - Andy pulled out banana chips. They are crunchy. I didn't realize how much I have missed crunchy things. All of the sudden, I have a love for banana chips.
Day 7
9:02 p.m. - We have made it through one week. We are already a bit tired of some things, but overall it's been good. Hard, though. Andy and I are going to a Lifeway Festival of Marriage in March and Brandon and Jen Hatmaker (author of the book 7) will be there; at this point, I'm not sure it would be a good idea to meet her. She might walk away with a black eye...
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