Good things are happening. I'm happy to say that I have ordered a new computer and it should be here in about a week! Then I will be able to share with you all my lovely photos I've been snapping.
Yesterday was such a great post. What I mean to say by that is I was really excited about all your comments and opinions on going veggie. I really appreciate ALL your feedback! A lot of you mentioned that you choose not to go full veggie because you feared you would make up for the lack of meat with other unhealthy options. This exactly sums up how I feel I think and what has held me back from going full vegetarian. I also think that it would be REALLY hard to adjust to this as my husband and family are just plain out meat eaters!
All that to say, I think for now I have decided to not go full veggie quite yet. It was actually quite strange and coincidental that I saw two other bloggers blog on the vegetarian subject yesterday too, without knowing that I had asked this question. One of them, the Fit RedHead, mentioned a new book by Hungry Girl called "The Flexatarian Diet." This books sounds like it is right down my alley- focusing on eating less meat but not eliminating it altogether. I'm going to check it out as soon as I get the chance!
Yesterday was such a great post. What I mean to say by that is I was really excited about all your comments and opinions on going veggie. I really appreciate ALL your feedback! A lot of you mentioned that you choose not to go full veggie because you feared you would make up for the lack of meat with other unhealthy options. This exactly sums up how I feel I think and what has held me back from going full vegetarian. I also think that it would be REALLY hard to adjust to this as my husband and family are just plain out meat eaters!
All that to say, I think for now I have decided to not go full veggie quite yet. It was actually quite strange and coincidental that I saw two other bloggers blog on the vegetarian subject yesterday too, without knowing that I had asked this question. One of them, the Fit RedHead, mentioned a new book by Hungry Girl called "The Flexatarian Diet." This books sounds like it is right down my alley- focusing on eating less meat but not eliminating it altogether. I'm going to check it out as soon as I get the chance!
There are definitely some other areas of my eating that I've also been focusing on changing. I mentioned in my post a couple of days ago that I am no longer buying products with aspartame in them. I've done some research and read some blogs which focus on "whole foods" eating, and that is what I'm starting to focus on. Let me tell you...this is a HUGE struggle for me. It's not easy to give up that little "sugar free treat" that has 60 calories and change to something that might very well have 200. But in the long wrong, my ultimate goal is to stop calorie counting altogether and only eat real, non processed foods as much as possible. That is what I see as "whole" foods eating.
My focus on eating is to eventually eat like this:
-eat a serving of fruit/vegetables at every meal and two snacks a day
-only whole grain carbs
-focus on foods that give me the most "bang for their buck" -or in better terms- protein packed
-drink LOTS of water (tea is ok too!)
-no processed foods
-limit sugar
-meat at only one meal a day (or none!)
-Superfoods. Load up!
and of course...portions portions portions!
That's what I'm focusing on for now. But I'm sure this list is forever changing as I learn more and more about healthy living.
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