A Commitment to Try

So I know a couple that started their relationship off not so well, by all standards disastrously.. yet they decided they were committing themselves to trying.. That seemed odd, what does that mean?? But then I started thinking about it in relation to health.

We start something, a diet, an exercise program, a giving up of something not good for us.. and we falter. We cheat, we relapse, we take the day, week, month off of the new program..
And this is where our real failure occurs. We call it all a wash. We have to start at ground zero, square one, because we messed up.

And that is baloney.

You don't start at square one! You start exactly where you are. You already have all of the information you gained the first, or fifth, go around, so now you simply move forward with a new commitment to yourself..

Sometimes we screw up. But it doesn't necessarily mean 'throw in the towel.' It could simply mean you weren't ready then.

Perhaps you are now.

So over the holidays you broke your diet, you indulged a little, okay, a lot.. and you are now beating yourself up like crazy.

knock it off. So you stumbled, it happens. Make a new commitment to yourself. The commitment to try again. You may stumble again. That happens.

But you haven't yet given up.. And that is progressing forward.

cm

a few thoughts on food, nutrition, and eating

When thinking of diet and nutrition our society is consumed by that big looming C word..

Calorie..

When reading the Nutritional Fact box on the back of a product, everyone seems to look at caloric and fat intake.. well scroll down, or to the side of that box and check out the ingredients list.. THAT is where the truly important information is.. That is the FOOD you are putting in.. Calories virtually wouldn't matter if you are eating whole healthy foods, combining them well, and eating in proper doses! Really, how many carrots, beets, kale, butternut squashes do you have to eat to be concerned over the caloric intake? more than you could ever eat in one sitting, that is for sure.

Some eating healthy guidelines..

• If you dont know the words in the ingredients list, you maybe shouldnt be eating it.. those arent generally foods that grow from the earth.

• If your great- grandparents couldnt eat, maybe you shouldnt either.. it's a good rule of thumb.

• when ingredients lists say 'enriched' and 'modified', run the other way... you dont want food that somehow they took a part out, processed, and then put some of it back in.. you want the food as it was grown.. whole.

• High fructose corn syrup is poison.. There is a mechanism in our bodies, when we take in food, as soon as it hits the small intestine a chemical reaction occurs and the brain is sent a signal saying 'okay! done! We're full! Stop eating!!' High fructose corn syrup turns that signal off.
And high fructose corn syrup is in everything.. Be warned..

Processed foods are not benefitting us. Created to be low calorie low fat they are also exceptionally low in nutritional value. They have been severely altered to be better marketing tools, but they dont tend to give our bodies the vitamins, minerals, and nutrients it needs.

Okay thats it for now.. I am sure I will come up with more later.. eat well, be well.. -cm