It was so fun to see an old friend from the neighborhood this last week. She grew up vegetarian and now is full vegan. Her whole family- meaning her whole extended family- is too!! She is so inspiring. I thought I was eating healthy but just in an hour of conversation I realized I need to make some changes. Am I ready to give up meat??!! I don't think so yet- considering the bacon cheeseburger I had last night in a moment of weakness!! Do I want to use less cheese, milk products in general, more plant based everything, and yes- probably cut out red meat??!!(Im not sure!) More like all Saturated fat. I eat too much butter. I eat too much cheese. Oh my Sour Cream! Even my beloved Dr. Oz says "no saturated fat!!" and I haven't been able to follow that rule.
Don't I care about my Heart? Longevity? Cancer?
Yes- this is why I cut out all that processed crap years ago- HFCS, Hyd Oils, anything with a chemical name too long to prounounce. Most sugar. We eat oatmeal. we eat Fruit - not pretend fruit snacks- I make homemade- lots of things- most everything. But did I use 2 sticks of butter in my homemade pot pie last week- yes!! Do I use it in my breads and rolls- yes!- well there is a higher way and I tasted it. I've made bread before with oil and yuck- but I had Elizas and yum! She only uses drops of oil compared to what I've used.
I tasted the homemade cheese- so good! (Sesame, Miso stuff like that!) Im going to the store today and Im going to make it. Im also going to buy enough Spinach to fill my whole fridge. I have made spinach smoothies before- actually pretty regularly. But Im going to eat Spinach for breakfast lunch and dinner!!!
I also just watched a documentary "SURFWISE" via netflix. (You can judge me if you want!! The language is terrible!!!! But the story was thought provoking! Robert made me watch it!! I really do have stringent rules about what I watch! I obviously have some guilt about listening to the vulgar language the family uses)
It was about clean living and clean eating- I was so inspired. It is about a family who lived in a camper and surfed everywhere. There are lots of weird quirky things I might not agree with.... But I did get some insight out of the movie-- live your life with passion!!!
One of the great quotes of the movie was:
"If you are living a life of excess (excess pounds, money, things) then you are taking from others who will end up with less. Americans push forward to gain and take and have excess. Are we becoming anti-human by taking as much as we can in the shortest time that we can? In the past people used to fight to not be hungry. We fight everyday to be hungry. We are dying from over eating. It is a struggle. We have to think every time we put something in our mouths, we have to be proactive. We cant eat without thought. Do we just take the steak and start the hummer?!"
Do we want to have a superior state of well being? Be Clean, Eat Clean, Respect our bodies. I know I do.
Now I'm recharged again.
