My smart habit this week is healthy eating. To be honest, I was never an unhealthy eater, I don’t care much for fast food, and I don’t have a sweet tooth, but I didn’t eat really great stuff either. A few weeks ago a typical lunch for me would be a sandwich, chips and soda. Not terribly healthy.
Since I have given up soda, my taste buds have changed. I have always liked fruit, but I never loved it. Now that I am not drinking the syrupy sweet stuff, fruit tastes delicious! I actually crave it!
The other problem I had with eating healthier is that it didn’t seem fun. I mean it is fun to tear into a bag of doritos and pop open a soda. Peeling an orange… not so fun. The past few weeks I have tried to make healthy food that looks great and tastes great too.
Now my typical day goes like this.
Breakfast: One of the following; Grape Nuts, Cheerios with sliced bananas, whole wheat bagel, whole wheat pancakes, with a glass of orange juice.
Lunch: Smoothie (strawberry, orange, pineapple, and spinach), salad, or tuna salad sandwich on w/w. I will grab an apple if I am still hungry.
Dinner: I have started to make healthier meals. You can view one of my menu’s here.
I try really hard to make my food look good, because then I am more likely to eat it and like it. I know that sounds weird but that is just how I am!
Doesn’t this just make you want to have a salad for lunch?
Laura at Heavenly Homemakers has really motivated me to up my servings of fruits and vegetables. My goal is 6 servings a day. I checked out the serving sizes and I think this week I probably averaged about 5 servings a day. I am doing better than I was a few weeks ago, but I still would like to improve.
My healthy eating is also motivated by my garden. If it succeeds I will have more fruit and veggies than I know what to do with. Currently I have over 60 tomato plants that have sprouted! I guess one of my future smart habits will be learning to can!
Check out Lara’s blog for more Smart Habit Saturday!
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Wow, that’s impressive. I lnow what you mean about having more veggies than you know what to do with and taking up canning.
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Wow, are you going to plant all those baby tomatoes in your garden? That is a lot of canning. I’m anxious to plant a big garden but I can’t say I’m excited for all the work of canning this fall.
I’ve been drinking green smoothies to try to get more veggies down. I would like to have one every day but it doesn’t always happen.
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Five servings a day? That’s right around 5 more servings a day than I usually eat.
I’ve never been much of a veggie or fruit person; I’m a milk, bread, and chocolate girl. Unfortunately, that also means that my kids eat a lot like I do. I think I really need to keep reading your blog so I can get motivated not only to bake more, but also to make more nutritious food for my family!
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WHAT a great habit. I hope to hear more from you–keep us updated!!
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I just wanted to come by and tell you what a great job you’re doing…and to tell you how much your success is emcouraging ME! Thank you!
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That salad does look good. I want to eat more fruits and veggies but it is hard.
I love your pics a few posts down about your head start on gardening. I’ve got mine all ready to go, but I haven’t started yet. Monday…
Antoinette
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Eating more fruits and veggies can be a challenge in the beginning, but once you do it regularly you’ll feel great. You’ve reminded me to stock up on my fruits and veggies for the week. Good luck!
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I think I’m in the same boat. I always thought I was doing fine because I didn’t eat anything that was really bad. But I need to focus more on putting healthy food in my body, not just avoiding the bad stuff.
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