Jun 16 2009
Trying to Walk the Healthy Path
I think I blew it this week. We had yet another potluck for a birthday at work (and another one next week). The food was just so good that I couldn’t resist. Well, I probably could have resisted the pastries. But the strawberries did it for me. Strawberries dipped in sour cream - trust me on this - then dipped in a brown sugar and cinnamon mix. It was heaven. At least that was the bulk of my overindulgence. Other than that, and Fritos cravings (very unusual for me to crave crunchy salty snacks), I think I’ve been doing ok. I’ll tell you one thing - once your body gets used to healthier foods it starts to reject the crap. I had my first afternoon slump in ages today, and even though it’s 8:30pm, I’m still feeling the slump. But I would not be me if I didn’t push myself to stay caught up on the blogosphere, despite my need to zone out in front of the television.
So as I was going through my reader tonite, I came across a post on TwiTip about making your tweets worth following. I read the article when it came out a few weeks ago, but for some reason it didn’t really stick then. Reading it again tonite, I took note of who the guest poster was. Summer Tomato was the home blog of the author, and it was mentioned that it was a blog about healthy eating. Hey, I’m trying to do that more and more! Maybe I’ll check this place out. Turns out, Summer Tomato is a treasure trove of good, common sense healthy eating facts. What’s preached on the blog is very similar to the healthy eating habits that WW teaches, but it goes further by endorsing fresh, local, non-processed foods as well. WW falls short there, because they have their own line of processed foods. I’m still looking around on Summer Tomato and I’m really liking what I see there. There’s no quack advice, as far as I can tell. Like I said, it’s all common sense stuff on there, and that’s what I like best about it.
If you get a chance, head over to Summer Tomato for some sensible talk about healthy eating.
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Hooray for healty foods. Still struggling here as well, but now with my daughter being a vegetarian I am learning a few new receipies. I think the most important thing I have learned is that it’s not a sin to leave food over, and leftovers can make wonderful snacks or lunches. Just pop them int he freezer and you later can have a homecooked TV dinner.
Keep it up! I have bookmarked Summer Tomato
Thanks so much for your kind words about Summer Tomato! I am happy to answer and food or health questions you may have. xoxox
Darya, I’m really happy I found your site and I’m happy to spread the word. Thanks!
Kaila, it’s tough to eat healthy all the time when we’re super busy. Leftovers are the original fast food! Another thing you can do that Mister has taught me is to cook up a bunch of one ingredient, something that’s versatile, so you can make a number of dinners from it. You’re trying to cook mostly veg, but I did chicken bewbs this week. Salads, homemade pizza, etc - the possibilities are endless. Also get yourself a salad spinner - I have a Tupperware one - because once you rinse your lettuce and get it ready, it stores really well in there.
Thanks for letting us know! I will visit this special website… nothing wrong with learning more about healthy eating!
Zhu, I hope you really enjoy that site - there’s loads of good information in there.