Hi, everyone. This is my first time posting here, I usually stick to the Chit Chat board. Anyway, my husband and I have watched quite a collection of documentaries on Netflix about where our food comes from and the negative impact of fast food and other junk food. The one that we watched that really opened our eyes and inspired us to make changes is called Fork Over Knives. There's a lot of good information about research done about the direct impact of the bad foods that we eat that can result in type 2 diabetes, hypertension and heart problems. We already knew that high frutcose corn syrup was bad for us, but we were too passive about it. We ate what was convienent and cheaper and we didn't stop to think about how we were harming our bodies. So, we decided that it was time to change our eating habits. We have commited to no more soda, no fast food and we are carefully reading labels to avoid HFCS, as well as byproducts of HFCS and no processed foods.
The first day of not drinking soda was a little rough since I was so used to the caffiene pick me up in the middle of my work day, but I got through it. We are easily drinking 3 liters (about 1 gallon) of water a day a piece, sometimes more.
My favorite discoveries thus far are orgranic apples (yummmmy, they taste so much better) and veggie burgers! For dinner tonight we are going to have some chili with some meatless ground. I'm really curious about how that will turn out
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