Best diet EVER!
Well I know, I said no more, but this is just too priceless not to share. My new motivation is thinking about the planet first. SO, instead of thinking about what my taste buds want or about emotional eating, I am thinking about THE EARTH FIRST. I am so much more aware of our trash. Yes we have curbside recycling and that helps SO MUCH, but still if we purchase less that eventually has to be thrown away, then that just works out better for the environment and myself/ourselves.
Somethings I am working on……
I am going to start to only buy loose leaf tea. No more boxes. This may seem small but we go through A LOT of tea, herbal, black and green. I am also going to buy more from bins. It use to bug me, but no more…especially with things like grains and legumes. I think I will still buy nuts and seeds in packages. But those last so long and the packages can be recycled.
I also am working on having less waste. I am not sure about composting, but I wonder if someone in the neighbourhood would want their soil to be enriched? No clue. But something to look into.
Obviously eating vegetarian is better for the environment, but we eat small portions of meat and eat a high veggie diet anyways.
I am trying to be aware of my water use too. And I am working at buying no more cleaners. I have so few, but I am going to stick to vinegar and baking soda. I wonder what people used to wash their clothes before there was chemical detergents???
No more plastic bags, only reusable. No more plastic bottles, I am carrying my stainless steel mug everywhere.
Consuming less food, unnecessary food. Good for health and the food supply. What an incredible amount of food consumed by overeaters… *sigh* - oh well, no guilt, just healthy changes.
Buy more local and I am going to learn to can produce….tomato sauce, beet pickles…. Yah!
Other little changes too…….
Earth day should not be one day, but rather an everyday thing. I am quite certain that many parents and grandparents care enough for their children and grandchildren that they will start to consider their global footprint. I CAN NOT imagine the discontent I would feel if I had children knowing that their world will be so unpleasant one day IF people do not start to make the small and big changes/choices. Thank goodness David and I agree, no kiddies! There are so many children out there already. I feel lucky to have met someone who fits with me.
I have had my ups and downs lately with diet and exercise, but I am marching forward! ;) And things really do seem so much easier now that I have changed my perspective. Global health = Our health.
Have a great day Everyone.
You are so right. I’ve tried to make little changes - like buying a reusable grocery bag, keeping a thermos at work for my water, etc. But there’s still a lot I need to do. I liked this blog - puts things in perspective for me - like, I don’t need to be so self-focused. By loving our planet we’re helping ourselves. I think you should keep blogging regularly
Excellent blog Jennifer (well yours always are)
You are so right in every way. I can see how much effort you are putting into this, just like you did and still are with your healthy lifestyle!!!
You keep on and people will follow. We have a ton of reusable bags for grocery shopping. I’m not sure if they offer curbside recycling where we live now.
When my kids were growing up we recycled everything we could, and my parents did too.
YEAH JENNIFER!!!! hope everybody takes your wise information and puts it to good use
Love you soooooooo much
Jane
If you have the room, do the composting. It takes a little while to take off but it is so rewarding and a lot of waste goes in the composter. It doesn’t smell and doesn’t take up a whole pile of room. And it doesn’t give a ‘whole pile’ of compost but enough to put in around your favorite plants or maybe even homegrown veggies.
I love your blog. Im a big recycler and eventhough there is always room for improvement, Im amazed at how much we can reduce our impact if we just think about it and put a little bit of effort into it.
And be aware during trips to the supermarket. I got caught a while ago. I had bought these frozen veggies (I always have some in the freezer as a backup) from Europe’s Best. When I was going to prepare them I looked on the package to see if its recyclable and saw that the veggies were packaged in China!! Yeah they were good but that is one reason I will not buy them anymore. That was just ridiculous!! Anyways.. great goals for a great cause!!
It makes me so excited to see other people excited about Earth Day and the Earth as well, you rock! You all do!
I love it, I wish I could do more with the recycling! They don’t even pick up at apt complexes! I try to take bags back to the store, and I am sure I could do more.
The other day my challenge to myself was to not open a can for a meal (tomato paste), but I did use a little salsa in a bottle to make my turkey cacciatore. For the sauce I blended a tomato, a little salsa and herbs. Added it to lightly cooked veggies, added brown rice pasta. Topped with turkey and a different cheese I have never tasted before. Baked just until cheese was melted.
This weekend I am going to challenge myself to use less heat for the meals.
I am also not buying canned goods like I use to (it makes me lazy) and I am trying to shut of the TV when not using (I actually have it on sometimes as background noise) and making sure to shut lights off when not using them. No kidding.
Still I look over right now and realise, I am not using that light in the kitchen. It is just about the little improvements. They all add up.
I think it is the general improvement in my attitude lately, motivation and everything small that is really helping to make me feel better. I do believe I am leaner too….hehe.
A note on diet: I am trying to find the good balance with the complex carbs. Not too many, not too little and I am trying to eat the bulk of my food earlier in the day. I am limiting the foods that contain goitergens too and this seems helpful. Slowly, slowly, slowly, LIKE NEVER HAS IT BEEN THIS SLOW EVER. But only a positive attitude will help me so this I am firm with. Even when I over indulge (and it happens - like a couple days ago) only a positve attitude can help to turn things around. So I indulged after supper, so, I had some treats. MOVING ON. I felt good. But only good choices after for a few days will help me to feel good and healthy. And now this is everything.
Well it was an over indulgent weekend and the environment was NOT my first thought…tiss tiss! Like after a wonderful night at friends, it was games night, David and I stopped at Timmie’s for chili. But it was SOOO good. Anyways, the weekend was a food gong show, but I learned something…..even though I woke up Monday feeling not so ideal, I had the opportunity to not judge myself or my choices, but I did have every opportunity to begin a new kind of practice. I have started My Pleasure Journal…. this I am enjoying very much. Even seeing not so pleasant things in a new light is really invigorating me. Or was it the light weight workout, bath, foot and facial spa that did it? All right, time to get busy! Monday has never felt this good.
Cheers to our environment, our world, ourselves!