So I have been reading a lot of books and articles lately about eating the right foods. I know that seems very odd coming from a girl that can down 2 to 3 huge bags of those Cadbury Mini eggs in a day. I am realizing how much I don't like the idea of all those weird unpronouncable names in foods we are eating.
Did you know
- we eat 7% more calories each day than we did 20 years ago
- Although "supersizing" seems like a good deal- you get 73% more calories for just 17% more cost but THAT IS 73% MORE CALORIES!
- An average 8 year old boy should consume 1800 calories a day. The Little Chicken Crispers kids meal at Chilis has 1,010 calories! That is 75% of the daily allotment!
Anyways the Harrison household is going to try changing a few things
-we are going to try and eat a more plant based diet (fruits, vegetables,etc. )I have been doing the Bountiful Baskets Co-op, Crossroads Co-op and a local one just to make sure we have lots of fruits and vegetables in this house. Also our juicer has been making tons of fruit and vegetable drinks.
- no meat during the day until after 6 P.M. and then red meat not more than once a week
- I am not drinking Coke (although I seriously crave that delicous drink) I may need to have it once a month though at Girls Night Out.
Natural is the best way to go and here are some foood that are amazing for your body
Swiss Chard
Eggs
Grapefruit
Quinoa
Bell Peppers
Almonds
Avocado
Garlic
It will take some time especially considering what we have in our cupboards.
I have especially been reading Eat This Not That. I have more books on hold for me at the library. There was also an article in the Salt Lake Tribune on Monday that by eating a plant based diet for 3 months and then eating meat and whatever else after 6 PM, a guy lost 35 pounds, lowered his cholestrol and blood pressure and got rid of his sleep apnea. Amazing!
Jim has been excellent at having only a plant based diet before six this week and has hardly had to take any insulin. And that has only been a couple days.
I am not sure yet how this will affect our Sunday night tradition of making chocolate chip cookies :)
1 comment:
Sounds like a great idea. Quinoa is good stuff...having it for lunch today. Eat This Not That is a good book, a little scary finding out what they've done to food over the past few decades.
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