Challenge Day 28

I end this blog assignment with some last thoughts on eating healthy.  First, I have enjoyed and hope to continue learning new and better ways to eat foods that are rich in vitamins and minerals and flavor.  Second, as I learn to make better choices about food, I recognize that I pass those good choices on to my children.  The ultimate goal is to have a fuller life by maintaining good health.  I realize that there are some things that are out of my control.  For example, Grave's Disease is not caused by anything I have done or not done, it just is.  However, it is my responsibility to treat this body with as much care and respect as possible.  A lesson that has taken too long to learn.  Each day choosing good foods is a challenge for me.  I still from time-to-time crave fried foods and chocolate.  I am allowing myself small bits of chocolate because it is soothing to my soul.  We shall see what this all turns in to as I continue to take the right steps to a healthier future. 

Challenge Day 26

It is so funny to me how I always start exercising very strong but somehow end up forgetting that I need to exercise.  I guess between running up and down the stairs and driving children all over Mobile, Alabama for their activities, finding the time to take a walk is very difficult to do.  Of course, I could wake up earlier each day. Nah!  I love that this family has become much more conscious of what is going into our bodies and I love that my husband and I have made a committment to be healthier than our parents.  I think that as you get older you realize that if we can just do a little better than those before us, then we have accomplished some good things. 

While food has been the focus of this blog, I must say that keeping it in journal format has opened my eyes to some wonderful and not so wonderful truths.  First, I enjoy trying new foods.  I love taking a recipe and trying to make it work for my family.  Second, I love that fried foods are no longer something I really crave.  I went through McDonalds this morning and bought my daughte a small fry and was not the least bit interested in joining her in that snack.  The not so wonderful truths are that it is going to take much more than eliminating fried foods and sweets from my diet if I really want to look like I did in high school.  Which really, it is not as much about the looks as it is about how I feel physically.  This body just doesn't do what it used to or recover as quickly.  Right now at this time in my life, I'm in school full time.  School takes up much of my time and brain power.  So next year, when school is finished, I can focus more on the physical fitness aspect of being healthy.  For now, I think I will stick to the subtle changes that seem to making a minor difference.