Plus cost wise, it's a bit more pricey to eat healthy than to eat quick! You see how much it cost to buy fresh fruit and vegetables and trying to find an alternative to potatoes and pasta is a downright trainwreck. Why can I buy tator tots for $1.99 a package but the alternative broccoli tots are $3.89 and there are less in the package, plus trying to find them it like trying to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. You have to be in the right place at the right time.
I have used google, pinterest and the internet to vast extremes. Now the pictures of the foods they show you may look great, but when you make them in reality, let's face it, it will make you just pick up the phone and order a pizza! Plus why does eating healthy have to be so time consuming. You want a pizza, you rip off the wrapper and throw it into the oven or better yet, dial your favorite local pizzeria and viola, you have supper. When half of my household doesn't do bread, this makes things more challenging. Yes, I've made the cauliflower pizza crust and yes, it's good, but man, when I get home from work some days I don't want to spend half my time getting appliances out (ie food processor, press, blender) to whip up these culinary masterpieces. Just so you are aware, I have very limited counter space, so getting these things require going up and down my stairs to my basement to retrieve said appliance, taking them out of the box (yes I still have the original boxes for many of them, keeps them from getting too dusty in the basement) then having to wash and put it back because I don't have the counter space to just let it hang in the kitchen.
I hear a few of you saying, hey that's extra steps, extra exercise! Yes you are correct, but when I get home after work and then going to work out the last thing on my mind is "Let's do some stairs!!!!" Messing up the kitchen preparing something I am only going to eat about 5 bites of can be a bit discouraging. Also I have a growing 15 year old that has involuntarily been on this journey with us and I feel like I'm depriving him of the comfort food all kids should have on a regular basis while their metabolism is still high. Even though he is a trooper and I do occasionally make him spaghetti or some other deliciously creamy delight he wishes.
I don't know if you've ever tried staying away from processed foods, potatoes, pasta and bread, but let me tell you, until you decide to no longer partake in them you don't realize how much of what you ate was that.
Also due to my diet change, a side effect is losing hair. Now I've had a full head of hair since birth. Always been something of mine that I took a little pride in. I have naturally curly/wavy hair. Well apparently since I'm eating healthy and under a doctor's care (you didn't think I just started this journey on a whim,heck no, I have a certified doctor that tells me what to do, I needed guidance for sure), this is something that can happen. So the whole time I was eating sinfully delicious foods, I had great hair, I change my lifestyle to be healthy in order to lose weight to make sure I don't have to have knee surgery in my forties and the trade off it HAIR LOSS. My doctor reassures me that this is temporary, but I swear every morning when I do my hair, I could make my own chia pet. In fact the hubby was saying that we may need to start grooming the cats due to the hair in the bathroom rugs, until I pointed out to him it wasn't the cats that were shedding but his incredible shrinking wife. If I ball up a weeks worth of what falls from my head, my cats would think we adopted another pet.
You would think with all this "healthy eating" it would make your hair more healthy, but guess all the changes in my body and taking ALL my vitamins and such, it is too much of a shock on my system and the way the body resets itself is to let your hair fall out. Now apparently this is normal, but not for me. New hair is growing and I've adjusted some supplements to help with this transition but have to admit, every day I see hair fall from my head a little part of me says, "Is this really worth it?" I'm not a vain person, but my hair has always been something I've always fit into, if I didn't like it one day, all it took was a phone call to my fav hairdresser and presto chango, a new me.
So this week has been a challenge for me but with next week being the 6 month mark, I'm a bit giddy to see the change. I don't have a great before photo but I have a few that will give me an idea. I found this saying:
It's been 24 1/2 weeks since I started this and I have to admit, I see a little change, but apparently it must be bigger than I think because of the feedback I get from people. You never see yourself as other see you. Plus not owning a full length mirror probably helped in my denial process.
So stay tuned next week when I will officially post photos. This will require a lot of courage on my part as I'm more of a behind the camera girl than the object of the photo. So when you do see it, please be kind because it really is taking all my nerve to actually take the 6 month after photo and post it!
So you see not every week is sunshine and flowers, some are harder to get through, but if we didn't have valleys would wouldn't be able to appreciate the view from the mountain!
So until next week my friends, stay strong, stay smiling!
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