I love how I slathered even more benzoyl peroxide mask on my spot and it really stands out. Nice. My skin has had some minor flare ups but has managed to stay relatively clear. No repeat offenders so I'm happy to have that be the case. Overall, my complexion, in natural sunlight, is looking much healthier as I'm not as pale and I have a bit of a glow.
Eating healthy truly works. I would encourage anyone to do it. Sounds simple enough, but I think sometimes it's too easy to fall into a fast food habit in this fast paced world. And it's also easy to keep fueling with java to keep up with the daily grind. Believe me, I know all too well how the vicious cycle works. Yet proper nutrition is altogether too fundamental to ignore. I wonder how many health problems would be vanished if more people were to eat extremely well.
Although it's been proven that purchasing healthier foods costs more than buying junk food, I would argue that in the long run, eating unhealthy is more costly in terms of medical problems and the associated treatment costs. Spending more on good groceries is a hard trade off for many people, I know, but I think everyone, regardless of their means, should do what they can.
I suppose that it is with no surprise that these days I seem to be heading towards the field of nutrition. I have acquired a passion for social justice (thank you, liberal arts undergraduate career) and I am wondering if someday I'll end up working on addressing inadequate nutrition and hunger issues in the 'developing' world. Or even here in America as there is plenty of nutrition deficiencies present in today's society.
Feeling guilty, here's what I was blessed with for food as of today:
- 1 cup of hot water with lemon slices, 8 glasses of water
- oatmeal with cinnamon and nutmeg topped with vanilla yogurt and pomegranate
- 1/2 pear
- 3/4 mango
- lots of grilled steak with horseradish sauce
- brown rice
- 1/2 baked potato with balsamic red wine vinaigrette
- lots of boiled carrots
How I moved:
I took 2, 10 minute walks with my doggies and they're sleeping now, at least in between a bit of growling at unfamiliar sounds.
How I feel:
Better than yesterday. I had some downer hormonal moments when I was running errands today, however, thankfully, the black cloud is starting to lift. I have been craving chocolate with carmel and ice cream. Go figure.
Would love to feel more productive in spite of getting some much needed chores done. There's 2 projects around my home I've been putting off for far too long -- tomorrow is the day to do them both! No excuses!
Additionally, I have been meaning to put more recipes up on my other blog, Shut Up and Eat It: Eccentric...there's a link at the top right of the page.
Tomorrow I'm making a huge pot of beef stew. I think it'll be yummy. It will include lots of Roma tomatoes. I have to get rid of them. I bought several pounds for, I don't recall, like a dollar, and it's time to get 'er done.
We live in an abundant world, there's no excuse for people to go without. There's no excuse for junk food to be poisoning people. And there's no excuse for children to die from diarrhea and other preventable health problems.
Healthy Eating in an Otherwise Healthy World,
Jennifer
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