First, I had a yummy dinner tonight.
Salad with chicken and grape tomatoes, a few pine nuts and spices. Doesn't that look delicious? :) Quite satisfying too. I have to confess though.... I need advice. I'm getting rather bored with my proteins. (totally not weight related but) I have bad TMJ issues and arthritis in my jaw. My jaw gets fatigued and sore when eating tougher foods. So, for the past several years, no gum, no steak :( or pork chops... chicken and ground turkey seem to be ok for now... but I'm almost to the point where I don't even want those anymore. Not because of the jaw pain but because I've lost my taste for them.
I could go without meat most of the time, but I struggle to find different food substitutions for protein at meal time. Eggs are good, but theres only so many eggs a person can take... soy, I'm not comfortable with the way some food companies try to pass off frankien-soy products off as the real thing. I still eat soy, I just don't depend on it as my main source of protein in a meal. I know I am sounding super difficult and stubborn to deal with. I'm kind of feeling burnt out, I guess.... and then I hate myself for feeling that way because I'm no where near where I want to be with my weight loss goals and its too early to get burnt out! Its a vicious cycle, I tell you!
I can't even tell you what it is I'm really looking for... just some more ideas on how to eat other proteins that I'm not totally sick of?? I'm diabetic, proteins to balance out carbs (even low glycemic carbs) is important.
I have been doing a protein shake every morning for breakfast. I enjoy it... And after almost 2 months of using the blender everyday, my kids are finally starting to not run around crazy scared for the 30 seconds it takes me to blend it together. (I won't lie... I know its bad, but I kind of get a kick out of most every time lol) and when I'm home it is a convenient meal at other times of the day but I don't feel like I want to depend on it all the time, you know?
Another reason for my funk tonight is a documentary I watched on netflix today while my son napped in my lap. Hungry for Change. You can see the first 20 minutes online or its free on instant watch if you have netflix. I'm warning you though.... Its worth watching, but I was pretty upset by the end of it.
I'm a designer. Its in my blood to make things appealing to the eye. My marketing side knows all the tricks to make (insert whatever product/person here) look like a better decision than its competition. And yet I can't believe how much I've been fooled into thinking the FDA had any good intentions at all. And how many people are fooled int thinking they're making the right decision when all they are doing is making the companies more money. The documentary is about the way our food has so drastically changed over the last century. The lab chemicals, the marketing trickery to make you buy certain brands and become addicted to them so you keep buying them. Its an offense equal to those of cigarette companies.............
In the back of my head I knew OF this, but had never seen it all compiled together in one place.
Sorry.......... I will quit my rant and let you decide for yourself if you want to know it all or not. I can tell you that as of right now... I'm a little puzzled. If you decide to watch it, or have seen it before... I'd love to know your opinion and thoughts on it.
I still know what is healthy and none of the facts have really changed.... It just astounds me how much of the grocery store is eliminated. I already only shopped about 20% of the store. Now I'm left with desiring even less than that? and hardly any idea what to eat.
I did my grocery shopping this afternoon (bad timing lol) and walked out of the store with basically an assortment of veggies (fresh and frozen) and some apples, and the kid's favorite organic chicken nuggets and juice. I have no idea what I'm cooking this week. Its probably going to be a weird week where I keep staring at my fridge with food in it and not knowing what to do with it. We'll see what happens.
Also in a bit of an impulse moment, I bought a juicer that was on sale from amazon. I'm hoping it will help get more nutrients in my diet. Anyone else juice? I'd just like to add it in to my already healthy diet... not use it for the sole source of nutrition.
I hope your week is going well. Here its hit or miss and I truly miss having my husband around all the time. His presence helps me quiet the constant racing thoughts in my head.
Ooh! speaking of.... look what I picked up from the grocery store today! (also impulse... though I love tea)
have a good night! And please let me know if you have any input, ideas or comments... I appreciate every one of them greatly and love hearing I'm not alone in this fight to be a little less mommy...
Ahhhh...I love you and your humor! Seriously!!
ReplyDeleteI have not watched that docu, but I will know. I love docu(s). Lately, I've started to believe that soda is designed to be addictive in nature. I've seen friends in the past drink Mt Dew all day long...and when they decided to quit drinking soda, lose weight, etc etc...it was the soda that was very hard to stop...and they literally felt CRAZED without.
And, I TOTALLY agree with you. I hate what OUR world has become in regards to food. All the chemical changes, trying to gentically alter food so that bugs don't it eat, it doesn't spoil, stays a pretty color, etc. And...I believe [of my own thoughts] that all this genetically altering of food is partly to blame why America is fat and overweight, why our children are suffering [but some of that is because parents fail to make healthy weight a a serious issue but would rather focus on other issues, such as education]. It's almost like people would rather "believe" there is some "fat" gene out there when, in actualality, its just poor decision making, poor habits, failure to want to change, etc]. Oooppp...that was a soap box.
There are several other docu's on Netflix that are about the food industry. Food Inc is another one that I've liked and its sad to see how many of Monsanto's people are in the FDA and government, which is there to oversee our food. For example, there was a chicken farmer who ran a small chicken farm, dressed chickens for sale on his own property and sold them to the locals. The FDA and USDA [I think those orgs] tried to come in and shut him down, saying he wasn't being sanitary among other things. However, once testing was completed, HIS outdoor staging area for dressing the chickens [killing them, draining them, removing feathers, inards, etc] was CLEANER than the factories...hhmmmmm...interesting, don't you think?
XOXOX
I forgot...protein...
ReplyDeleteYou said you're using chicken mostly. How about ground beef, ground turkey, ground buffalo. And fish? Fish is very soft to chew. How about some shredded beef dishes? Yummy tender beef should be easy to chew for TMJ issues.
How do you decide what your getting at the grocery store? You make a list, right? If not, then start doing so. Also, make a menu. I find it much easier in keeping the week organized and my grocery bill low and the shopping trip short. Sit down and write out Mon-Sun, search recipes, account for leftovers every 2-3 days etc. If you dont want to figure all that out. eZmeals is a company that will decide all that for you AND make the grocery list based on big store basis, such as Walmart, Publix, Kash N Karry. You do have to pay a small monthly fee for the service and you can base it on a family of 2 or 4.
I hope I was helpful. XOX