Thought for foods

Liz's unsolicited tips:

If you don't want to eat it, throw it out.  If you don't want to eat sugar, lots of meat, processed food, GMO's . . . the answer is simple!  Get rid of them.  Lloyd Newel said it really well in the Sunday, June 14 broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word.  The first step I took to help my family create healthier habits was to get rid of the food we had in our home that I didn't want myself, my husband or my children to eat.  If you know having cookies and junk food around means you will eat some of it, then throw those things away!  Simply not having those items in your home does not mean that you are weak.  It means you are strong enough to remove what you know is a temptation for you.  Temptations are something we all have to experience in life, and I believe that having the temptation to over eat or eat junk isn't a problem we necessarily gave ourselves.

Next tip, learn what to type into search engines!  Once I started thinking only slightly outside the box on this one, I came up with a zillion good meal ideas.  I would type "Vegetarian main dishes" into the search engine and it would come up with some good ideas but none that I wanted to try.  Vegetarian doesn't equate to healthy good foods.  I was looking for recipes and ideas without white flour, without lots of butter, without lots of sugar.  I wanted recipes with whole foods that I didn't have to say "It's all good for us except the . . . " about.  So think outside the box when you are searching for meal ideas.

When you make the switch to eating whole foods you have to change what you think of as delicious.  When you stop thinking of a brownie with two inches of frosting as delicious (that would be my former definition of delicous) finding tasty things to eat is really pretty easy!  Just change the way you think about food.  We want things in our bodies that nuture and support the immune system, brain function, organs, digestion, etc. and not attack or stress them.  I am not old yet but I do believe the kinder we are to our bodies now, the happier and better we will feel in them throughout life.

In General Conference it was said that taking care of our bodies is a way to improve our confidence before God.  I believe this is true.  I am so thankful and happy for the things that came about that helped my family to take the steps to treat our bodies with more care and respect.

I never ever judge people on what they eat or what size they are or aren't.  Who cares?!  We are all just doing the best to get through this mixed up tumbled up shook up world.  I feel like what we eat is as personal as underwear!  To me they are matters of "you do what you do, and I do what I do.  I'm Alvin,  you're Bill."  So if you do happen upon this blog, which I am keeping mostly for myself, please don't feel bad or pressured or confused by anything I write.  A lot of times I will think "To heck with this!  Let's all go out for steaks!"  But I will tell myself to stay the course, and I am always glad when I do.  So I am writing this blog about my experiences as a way to keep me going when I need something to help me keep going.  So don't feel any kind of bad or mad about anything I write, I'm Liz, you're you!  Which, by the way, is a very good person to be!