What happened yesterday? - Well I decide to take the family on an unplanned trip to the Children's Museum in Indy. So I had a high school for time with the kids - diet and exercise were zero. Prayer happened right before bed. The day before that I was feeling really run down so I didn't exercise or do much of anything so diet got a 3 out of 5 for eating healthy but I kept stuffing my face because I was so inactive. Oh and fundraising... yeah I've got some ground to cover there, a lot of ground.
As the title of these post says failure is always an option, but failure isn't a bad thing when we learn. So did I learn anything? Sort of if anything I learned or practice self forgiveness. When I wasn't feeling well working out would have been the wrong thing for my body and that is the whole reason to workout and eat right. Yesterday I learned or practiced living in the moment. I wanted to enjoy the day with my family and we did. You can't live like there is no tomorrow, but you do have to balance that with some fun every once in awhile.
So status update provide, on to some content.
You are what you eat - I'd be willing to be most of you have heard this at some point in your life. As I've gotten older I know this to be more true than false for sure. So let's talk a little about what I eat and why.
Disclaimer: I've been reading a book called How Not to Die .
Most of what I'm going to talk about you can read for yourself. I'm only a couple of chapters in and I'm enjoying it a lot. I picked it up on sale because the title was interesting to me.
In the book the author talks about what foods provide for you. I'm going to break it down to something really simple we need energy from the sun and we get that from plants, either the plants we eat or from the animals that ate the plants. So this is the point I missed with grass feed animals, they eat better food so when you eat them they are better for you! Yes it seems painfully clear now, but I wasn't thinking about it before which is part of our problems as American's we just don't think enough for ourselves(yes that is my opinion, take it or leave I don't care :) )
Back to health - A healthy weight is something most people want and we all need. A tradition diet contains 2000 calories a day, the big take away here is make sure those 2000 calories are providing you the maximum amount of good stuff, vitamins minerals, antioxidants, healthy fats. You don't have to have gross(tasting) food to be healthy. I started eating sweet potatoes because they release sugar in the body in better ways. I don't or I didn't really even liked sweet potatoes, but oddly enough I really like them now! If we are willing acquire a taste for something like beer or coffee, why not healthier foods.
I've got a lot more to say on the topic, but I'll leave you with this today. So far I'm on track for the day!
Here is a picture of breakfast: Half a cup or rolled oats, cinnamon(good source of antioxidants!) and a cup of blueberries(provides the sweet and health benefits instead of processed sugar, it's still sugar, woot!).
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