The other day my friend Nicole and I were talking about food, which we often find ourselves doing, and the conversation brought us to a place where we tried to picture ourselves in 10, 20, even 30 years and what our eating habits will be like.
Still vegetarian? Or fast food junkie. Maybe a step in the other direction, vegan? Together we took it to the limit and conjured up a quirky extreme health foodie image.
I can't be certain of where I'll end up on the eating spectrum, but I'd like to think that as I gain knowledge about food and nutrition I will continue to move in a more healthy direction. It's funny to think about how our ideas of health, nutrition, and food change over time. What I once considered a difficult dietary feat, vegetarianism, I now find to be my 'normal'.
I used to a Lean Cuisine kind of girl. Heck, any overly processed food with a "health" label and I was in! I was the kind of person who counted calories but didn't pay attention to quality or source of ingredients. But now I know better.
However, my ideas and understanding of health and nutrition are still very much a work in progress. Here are some of books, ect. which have shaped my idea of health and food so far.
Documentaries:
Cookbooks:
Full of yummy vegetarian recipes and how-to's, which are super helpful
The Bold Vegetarian Chef
How to Cook Everything Vegetarian
Skinny Bitch in the Kitch
Full of yummy vegetarian recipes and how-to's, which are super helpful
The Bold Vegetarian Chef
How to Cook Everything Vegetarian
Skinny Bitch in the Kitch
(Some of my) Wish List:
On my need to buy/check out of the library list!
Food Matters:A Guide to Conscious Eating with More than 75 Recipes
Appetite for Reduction: 125 Fast and Filling Low-Fat Vegan Recipes
On my need to buy/check out of the library list!
Food Matters:A Guide to Conscious Eating with More than 75 Recipes
Appetite for Reduction: 125 Fast and Filling Low-Fat Vegan Recipes
I'm striving towards eating a plant-based, whole foods diet, and knowing the source of my food. But there are times when I just can't say no to that cupcake, or cookie, or really any baked good. And that's okay, right? No one can live their life in black and white. I can eat this and I can't eat that. This is good and this is evil.
At times I eat foods that just don't jibe with my ideas of health and my goal to put fresh, whole, ingredients into my body. I'm not going to waver on my choice to vegetarian, however when I'm out I'll eat cheese/eggs, which I don't on a normal basis. Or I'll eat out at a restaurant and not really know exactly what's in a sauce that makes the sandwich sooo good. But I've been through the deprivation thing. I've obsessed over calories in food, and I don't like when I do that. I want to be healthy. But I also don't want to obsess over ingredients or how "healthy" something is either.
How do you balance being "healthy" with going out to eat, treats, ect?
How much has your idea of health changed over the years? Is it still evolving?
Does this post make any sense to you??
