This month I thought it would be a good idea to cover health. Yes, it is a broad topic, but please bear with me!
We can all agree that we need to eat, we need to breathe, and we need to move. I'm going to add one more to that--prayer!
So, this month, I'm going to address eating as it pertains to overall health, breathing so that the oxygen we get is the best possible, moving in a way that works well for our own lives--not for someone else, and lifting our hearts and minds up to the Lord in prayer for all things.
Why should we consider the things we are eating?
Why should we consider the things we are eating?
Let's look at this ingredients list:
Take a look at each ingredient. Ask yourself, why does the "Corn Meal" need to be enriched? Look up which oil is healthiest for your body? (In the Bible the oil used most for eating is olive oil). Why does cheese need seasoning? Why is there 2 different types of oil? What is Maltodextrin? And it's made from corn? Huh?! What are "Natural Flavors?" Why is Monosodium Glutamate in this, what is it, and what happens when I eat it? Why is lactic acid and citric acid in this thing? Why on earth is Yellow 6 in this? Huh?! What???
Where are the natural ingredients? Is this particular item as close to what God created it to be?
It's time to take control of our health! Look up the benefits of each ingredient that we see. In contrast, look up "Dangers of..." as well! Some of those things are linked to cancer, hormone disruptors (meaning you have a hard time getting pregnant or your monthly cycle is not acting like it should), or they affect our bodies in other detrimental ways!
What else can we do?
What else can we do?
Get everything you can as close to it's natural source as you can possibly get. What does that mean? Does breaded chicken mean it's as close to the source as you can get? No. The only acception to that is to make your own with coconut flour and almond flour. Read every single label your hands touch! If you don't know what an item is, put it back on the shelf! If you can see it contains milk, eggs, cream, and vanilla, you might be holding ice cream! 🍦
As a whole generation, we are suffering from a lack of knowledge in how to eat well, how that looks in our lives, and our children are not eating well either. All of this is like a house of cards and will come crashing down sooner or later in the form of diabetis, high blood pressure and so many other maladies!
Our taste buds have been conditioned to grab the Cheetos (see ingredients list above), and soda instead of kiwi fruit, pineapple, and water!
Below is my breakfast this morning. Yesterday I had a bowl of cottage cheese, sunflower nuts, and an avocado for breakfast. I'd love to tell you that I had a nice lucious salad for lunch, but I skipped lunch. I have been eating when I'm hungry and adding in a few days of intermittent fasting (go ahead and look it up, but I'll post about it at another time). For dinner last night I threw some frozen chicken breasts in the crockpot with some chicken broth I made and froze about a month ago, then sauteed onions, carrots, and celery and threw those in on top of the chicken, added 2 quarts of water, some butter, and 2 bags of frozen broccoli stirfry. I asked my hubby to make Long Grain Wild Rice and we each had a scoop of that in the bottom of our bowl to go with our soup. Needless to say, it was yummy! Plus! There's leftovers! 😋
My breakfast this morning with a cup of coffee with half & half and Pyure sweetener.I said it....I'm not struggling. I've decided not to struggle any more. I've made the decision to strive for continued and better health.
I'm an imperfect person like everyone else, but I strive to eat well and care for myself because I am the only one who will do it.
I cannot sit idly by and expect someone else to do it.
Do I slip and fall flat on my face sometimes? Yes!!!! Do I give in to my cravings sometimes? Absolutely!!!
But!
I'm choosing to grant myself grace and not beat myself up.
I can start fresh tomorrow. 😉
I'm an imperfect person like everyone else, but I strive to eat well and care for myself because I am the only one who will do it.
I cannot sit idly by and expect someone else to do it.
Do I slip and fall flat on my face sometimes? Yes!!!! Do I give in to my cravings sometimes? Absolutely!!!
But!
I'm choosing to grant myself grace and not beat myself up.
I can start fresh tomorrow. 😉
I share recipes that I use or plan to put in to my meal and treat rotation on my Facebook page. You're welcome to take a look, save them, and use them! Let me know if you try something and how you like it.
Let's encourage one another to try to do better and to continue striving.
Next Monday, I'll cover "moving". We all need to move in one way or another as a piece to the puzzle for our own bodies to be healthy.
Love & God Bless,
Regina 💜
New glasses are in order for me soon. My prescription has changed!
New glasses are in order for me soon. My prescription has changed! I am not a doctor. I cannot diagnose, prescribe, or treat anyone
for any disease or sickness.
