Blog post 1: You and food 

Grilling Season is upon us, why not grill everything.

Put everything on the grill and grill your veggies, this saves time and gives tasty results. I prefer to have an assortment and maybe just chicken. By adding a variety of grilled vegetables your not tempted to have a baked potato.

A healthy alternative to grilling.

I was brought up eating very healthy and had 12 brothers and sisters. We still sat down every night eating healthy choices, salad and fruit every evening for dinner.

As I got older and more into my career, they didn’t seem to matter as much, maybe because I thought I am still young in my 30’s it’s ok. I found out the hard way that catches up with you.

I looked at myself and said what happened as I was overweight and didn’t exercise. I didn’t realize that I was that unhealthy until I applied for a new job and had to get a physical. They told me at 43 I had high blood pressure. I couldn’t believe it. I had two small children and was very stressed out with paying bills and daycare.  I looked at my mother who was 73 at the time and was taking handfuls of pills at the time and said I can not live like this. I do not want to be 43 and start taking pills. I went to weight watchers and lost a lot of weight and began to learn more about portion control. I knew what was good and bad for me, but the portion control seemed to help a lot. The problem is I was not exercising, I found myself losing over 3olbs, but I still was not healthy as this became competitive to me, and I was doing this with a bunch of my friends.  On weight in the day, I found myself starving before weigh in and not drinking anything so that I could lose 1lb more.

I turned 50 last July, and now I prefer just to eat healthy, no fad diets and occasionally splurge on ice cream, but it is moderation. I am not trying to look like a model, just attempting to get in better shape. I have started to walk and work out a lot and planning for my first 5K in October. My Husband has begun working out now, which makes it so much nicer.   I want to teach my daughters that yes you can have chips and ice cream, but your foundation should be healthy choices. I try to have a salad at every dinner.  

I am not saying it works all the time, but I see it rubbing off sometimes, and that’s all I can ask for.