Happy New Year!! I know I am late in wishing everyone a happy new year. I for one am glad that January is over. I hate January. Its cold, its dark and its the longest time before the next Christmas. I have been trying over the years to see January not as a bleak dark month, but rather a time for rebirth, for self improvement and a time to learn and grow. Over the last couple of years I have started a new journey each January that usually ends in February. Last year, I decided that I wanted to be more social and entertain more so I decided to become a Pampered Chef consultant. Then I got pregnant, and the morning sickness left me unable to even look at the food in the catalogue let alone prepare it. The year before last, I decided exercising every day would be my project, my husband and I fired up the ninetendo wii every morning at 5am. That went well until we decided we wanted to sell our house and move south...You get where I am going with this?
This year's "project" is once again on health and wellness. This time the focus is on nutrition. Four weeks ago my family--some by choice and some against their will--embarked on a "Clean Eating" journey. "Clean Eating" is a book by Tosca Reno, that I admit we are following. I don't want to sound like a commercial for the book, but Jeff is down 15 pounds and I am down 10. While we are following the meal plans in the book, I don't think the book has any real secrets. We all know that french fries, cheeseburgers and donuts are bad, as are refined sugar, flour,etc. Basically natural is good, processed is bad. This is the basic theme of the book, along with eat 5-6 small meals a day and combine complex carbs and lean protein at every meal. I don't really think a book is needed to tell you that information. So then, if its common knowledge, why is it so hard for people to loose weight?
Then answer is I don't really know. I am sure it is different for each person. Change is hard and old habits really do die hard. I don't think its a lack of knowledge that trips us up, I think its more how to actually apply that knowledge in our lives. When I first thought of doing this blog I wanted it to be like that movie where the woman made all of Julia Child's recipes and blogged about it--Except I wanted to blog about my experiences in healthy cooking (Now I realize that I don't want to limit myself to just diet and nutrition). I am a person who doesn't make spaghetti because its too labor intensive. I don't know what part of the fennel I am supposed to cook, or which part of the bok choy to sautee. I am learning, mostly by trial and error and it is paying off. So I hope that you will join me as I mess up recipes, eat sardine and spinach salads and share these experiences with you.
As for my kids--no I don't make separate meals for them, they eat what we eat, sauteed spinach and all. (Actually tonight's supper was pork tenderloin with baked sweet potato and pico de gallo) They only eat about at quarter of what is on their plates and they have each lost a pound or two. I should point out though that they only ever ate a quarter to a half of what was on the plate before, so don't worry my kids won't starve. Well actually they might just be stubborn enough to starve, but I am pretty sure I and sauteed spinach will win--after all where do you think they got their stubbornness from?
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