I'm bbaaaacckkkkkk!
I am so very busy and unfortunately my blog has suffered because of this. I hope everyone is well and healthy. There is a lot of cold and flu around and I have succumbed myself. Better now but took the piss right out of me. Lot's of sleeping and getting myself back on track.
Did you know at the turn of the 20th century people used to spend over 16% off the wages on food and over 5.5% on medical. Now people spend around 9.5% of the wages on food and over 16% on medical. We also have the highest ever amount of children with diabetes.
We can attribute all of this to processed foods and fast food. For whatever reason people think it is okay to take their kids to McDonalds for happy meals. These "happy meals" are highly processed foods and full of bad fats. It would appear that people are either uninformed or just lazy and they are making poor decisions for the children and for themselves because if the kids are eating happy meals then the parents are eating burger meals with pop (full of sugar). I love the people who have a big mac meal with a diet coke...why bother.
I have gotten quite used to cooking on sundays and making stews, soups, chili, etc. and freezing it so that I can pull something out in the morning and it will be thawed by the time I get home and then I can just nuke it. I also bring fresh carrotts, celery, etc. with me to work as my morning snack and some fruit or dried fruit and almonds for my afternoon snack. I will drain a can of salmon, chop up some cucumber and tomatoes, use fat free dressing ( of which I keep a bottle at my office) and wrap up some 12 grain melba toast. It does not take a lot and it is all good for me. Sometimes if I am on the road and I know I will not be able to stop and eat a meal I prepared myself I will go to Subway and get one of their less that 6 grams of fat small subs and dress it with low fat dressing and lots of veggies on a whole wheat role. I do not get the chips and I do not get the pop. Just the lone sandwich. So you see there are other options out there besides the burger meal with fries and soft drink. Prepare ahead for the week and don't go crazy making a lunch...KIS (keep it simple).
A few tips:
When you go into a grocery store don't buy anything that your granmother would not recognize.
Avoid foods that have ingredients that no human would have in their cupboards.
Avoid any food that have either sugar or salt in their first 5 ingredients.
Avoid any food that has more than 5 ingredients.
I will have more tips in my next blog. Remember, fresh is better.
Off to Montreal for the weekend..speak to you all next week.
Betty
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I would appreciate more visual materials, to make your blog more attractive, but your writing style really compensates it. But there is always place for improvement
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