I was able to buy into the advice that I needed to step on the scale simply as a way to collect data. I needed a starting point and the number was just a number. It didn’t mean I was a good person or bad; it was just a reflection of how my body disseminated the calories I consumed.
I try to be one of those people who avoids making extreme statements that begin with the words “never” or “always.” I’ve been a moderate in my health, too. But after being on this wellness journey a while and doing some research about food and the typical American diet, I’ve changed my mind on a few things and I whole-heartedly say I will NEVER again eat this thing.
Before: the peanut butter I used to eat–“hydrogenated vegetable oil”! Yikes!
After: My two-ingredient do-to peanut butter of choice.
If we’re striving to eat food closer to the plant in the ground and not the factory plant, this serves our goal.
As a kid, I was pretty sure I’d have one of those lives where everything turned out exactly as I’d planned and I’d be confident in all my doings. Here I am mid-forty-ish, and I realize I’m not really even sure what I want to be when I grow up. But I’m working on it. These are my musings about what I consider the most important aspects to the fine art of figuring it all out.