On Eating Healthy and All that Jazz

I wrote this during my conference. I didn't have time to proofread. Sorry for any mistakes.

I've always been a healthy eater. I was raised eating almost any and all vegetables and fruits, meats, and seafood. The problem is I'm not in the least bit a picky eater. Meaning most days I get my complete serving of vegetables/fruits, but I also more than my complete serving of ice cream, salty snacks, butter, you name it. I'm what you call an indiscriminate eater. I'll eat anything.

So, I started working out around a month ago, and then about three weeks ago, I decided I needed to change the way I we eat. To be completely honest, we haven't given up all ice cream, eating out, and yummy food, but my goal is for us to eat healthy at most meals on most days. I've been drinking lots of water (I've never been a big soda drinker, but I didn't drink enough water either). When I use oil, I only use olive oil and then a minimal amount. We've been eating a lot of grilled vegetables, fresh fruit, beans, and grilled fish and chicken. I've also made an effort to switch all of our grains to whole grains. On most nights, instead of dessert I have fruit. Instead of flavor blasted Goldfish, I have a small piece of cheese and an apple.

So, on Monday night instead of using white flour to make our pizza crust, I used whole wheat flour, and while Patrick had pepperoni on his part (he's holding out on this whole healthy eating thing), the rest was veggie all the way (Andrew's was only black olives and cheese . . . he has a passion for black olives). And you know? It was good. Really good. So yes, I'm tooting my own horn . . . just a little bit.

The point is, between eating better and exercising, I feel so much better physically. It's not about losing weight or being skinnier. It's about having a healthier family overall . . . Don't worry though, I'm not giving up Mexican food, and I'm not swearing off desserts . . . I just save that stuff for the weekends ;).