Confessions of a “healthy” person
A year ago, despite all my good efforts, I admitted to myself that I was not eating healthy. Breaks in between Zoom meetings transitioned into minutes of grazing around in the fridge or pantry, longing for a little caloric satisfaction.
I’ll be honest, if I don’t have fruit and vegetables handy, I go straight for what’s available, which is mostly processed food that has a long shelf life – power bars, cereal, an entire bag of veggie chips, a gelato or two… You know, something else I considered reasonably “healthy”.
While I tried my best with weekly trips to the grocery store for fresh produce and creatively re-invented ways to get greens into meals (don’t tell my kids about our food processor), I felt forever in a loop of frustration when it came to eating healthy and feeding my family:
I was wasting produce. And money.
I have guilt when it comes to buying produce and watching it inevitably go bad in the fridge a week later, don’t you? As I dump soggy lettuce in the trash (or better yet, let’s help the environment and compost it! 🤦