Ramblings – Page 27 – Fervent Foodie

Over the years, I have developed an addiction to eBay. I love searching for good deals, but unfortunately the object of desire is not always what you expect it to be. Pictures can be crazy misleading. Case in point: a FABULOUS pair of black strappy sandals I won last week that sadly squeezed my feet like sad little sausages.

On the way home from work, I sent the shoes back to the seller and decided to stop at acme to pick up some ground turkey which was BOGO this week (HOLLER!). Turns out, not all acmes run the same specials so my intended efficient pit stop was a waste.

I then went to MY acme to pick up the turkey and fell into a zombie like state that frequently washes over me when I enter a grocery store. I’m instantly in awe of all the CHOICES and goodies on every corner and have to exert extreme self control to not start throwing things in my cart super-market-sweep style. Today, I went in for ground turkey and left with quite a few other odds and ends. One of which was some honey bunches of oats cereal. I’m on a mission to find delicious and nutritious cereals. I just LOVE cereal… If that were my only food weakness I’d be set, problem is I am a serious FOODIE. I love food. I love eating it, making it, reading about it, sharing it, researching it… on and on. This poses a problem because I have also been on a mission to healthify my life in 2010. So far so good. Much of this blog will focus on this particular goal. Don’t you worry… indulgences will be frequent

With all this EATING going on, here’s my take on healthy living (AKA the obligatory blog back story):

Since January 2010, I’ve been on a mission to healthify my life. For many years, I thought I was being “healthy” by eating minimal food throughout the day so that I could engorge at dinner. I also jumped on the frozen-entrees-that-leave-you-feeling-hungry-20-minutes-later bandwagon. I’ve never really been grossly overweight (thank the genes for that), but my eating habits were far from healthy. Blood sugar issues seem to run in my family, and I frequently felt tired, run down, and like I was burning the candle from both ends of the stick.

I’ve always been a big eater. I just love food. Period.

My personal challenge is juggling my love of food with my desire to live a heathful life. I tend to follow the “all things in moderation” way of thinking. I work to eat healthful nutritional meals, but I also love (LOVE I SAY!) to go out to eat and experience new delicious foods.

It’s all about balance.

One big step in the right direction I made is making an effort to plan my meals out in advance so that I’m sure I’m giving my body the fuel it needs to chug along throughout the day. I try as hard as I can to not over do it at any one sitting. I HATE that sickly full feeling you get when you overeat. Yuck. So what if my coworkers call me the Tupperware Lady because of the crap load of food I bring to work everyday 🙂

Healthifying my life goes deeper than just the calories I’m consuming or the exercise I’m getting in. It’s also about my PMA (positive mental attitude). I believe mental health is just as important as physical health. My goal is to learn to live each day to the fullest, not take things for granted, and to not let others take me or my talents for granted either! Honestly, this is HARDER than talking myself out of eating that second Christmas cookie, or that steaming salty batch of fries, or sticking my hand in that delicious basket of buttery rolls on the table… mmmmmm freeeeeee breadddddddddddd….

Email me at: ferventfoodie@gmail.com

One of these acmes is not like the other…

My take on healthy living.