Day 1

So my hubby and I decided that we are going Whole Foods. We came to this decision all of a sudden on Sunday night. We love to watch documentaries and recently we have started to watch a bunch on the food industry in America, diets, how food is made, and just food in general. The more we watched the more we knew what we were hearing made sense. Who can deny that we have serious obesity and health issues here in the USA. What has changed? Its hard to believe that we all just got lazy and over indulgent suddenly. And doesn't it make a ton of sense that we shouldn't eat food that is basically chemicals or processed to barely resemble REAL food at all. I mean its like why eat this yummy juicy apple if you can eat this apple flavored "food stuff", right?

We decided to start first thing Monday morning. No time to waste. The plan is to ease into it. The next few weeks will be for: Learning. I have some friends who eat whole foods and I have called on them for advice and hopefully recipes. -Weening off of some of our bad food choices. Sugars, milk and some meats. -Adding in whole foods. At least two nights a week for whole food diners. Better breakfast foods.

So yesterday was interesting. Made a smoothie first thing in the morning. We all love the smoothies. We have had a Vitamix for years and we like to use a combination of raw fruits, a little juice, and frozen fruits. Sometimes we throw in some veggies. Yummy. Then after taking the kids to school I went Real Food shopping. Spent 2 hours at Harris Teeter (which I have never shopped at before) looking over all the Whole Food options and reading labels. I compared the labels of the naturals to the every day items we usually buy. Crazy to see all the ingredients that I cant pronounce. The natural food alternative didn't look half bad. I also bought a variety of raw beans. I have never had most of them before. My plan is to find a recipe for one at a time and try them out to see if we like them. Checking out I did see that Whole Foods are expensive. I guess we wont be eating out much on this diet and we are cutting back on meat so it may equal out.
So all is well so far but then I came home to put away the groceries and that darn peanut butter cup pie was calling to me. Of course usually I can resist but the urge is just so much more intense when your brain is aware that you will be cutting it out soon. I had a piece of pie. The rest of the day was no improvement. I had left overs that I'm sure were not Whole Foods.

One day at a time.