Months before Wesley and I began dating back in 2008, I started my new year off with a change in my diet. I was a healthy weight and exercised regularly, but still suffered headaches and a general feeling of blah. I decided to take two main items out of my daily/weekly meals: fast food and sodas.
I am pleased to tell you that eliminating sodas and fast food has changed me forever. It's crazy how 1} you save a bum load of money, 2} you feel so much lighter, and 3} you are healthier.
All that to say, we are taking the step to go organic. - "What is organic food? Organic food is produced by farmers who emphasize the use of renewable resources and the conservation of soil and water to enhance environmental quality for future generations. Organic meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products come from animals that are given no antibiotics or growth hormones. Organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides; fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge; bioengineering; or ionizing radiation." - USDA
We haven't taken the drastic leap to go to "organic only" stores..but we have started off right, I believe.
First, we are growing our own vegetables. In the spring/summer we grew squash, green beans, sugar snap peas, and we are still waiting on our tomatoes to fully mature {due to the drought and heat}. For the fall crop we will have said tomatoes, carrots, lettuce, and basil. Are these the only vegetables we eat? No. But for now we are okay with buying onions and garlic at the store of our choice.
Second, no soda is allowed in our house. Is this considered organic? It is in my book. Have you ever read the ingredients in a typical can/bottle of soda? Can you pronounce those words? Exactly. And notice almost every soda's first ingredients are high fructose syrup. Supposedly it isn't that bad for you, because your body just registers it as a sugar. But is it a natural sugar? Ehh, not so much. But I won't go off on that soap box now. So we do juices without those syrups, water, hormone-free milk, and coffee. We even make our own creamer. {more on that in next paragraph}
Finally, we have subscribed to a great chef's organic menu. Carrie Vitt is the creator of the blog Deliciously Organic, and thank God we found it. We signed up for her "What's For Dinner" organic dinner menus, at a reasonable price! I recommend you check it out. We did away with our Netflix account to make up for the cost of this great menu. It's going organic, but not in a psychotic-kind of way. She also has great recipes for fresh creams of your choice. No more buying expensive, small bottles of "cream" with "natural & artificial flavors". Just visit her at deliciouslyorganic.net.
Another great reason to switch to healthier, more organic living is our daughter. We want her to be as healthy as she possibly can. And I am a firm believer that fast food restaurants are just one of this nation's demises. Going to fast food drive-thrus will be something completely foreign to her, for as long as we have control over her eating habits. We want her to eat fresh, natural foods and learn to love them for what they are, and to not be fooled into enjoying the tastes of synthetic food items.
I hope I have inspired you to choose healthier foods and maybe you will do some research of your own on organic living.
-Bon Voyages.
I am pleased to tell you that eliminating sodas and fast food has changed me forever. It's crazy how 1} you save a bum load of money, 2} you feel so much lighter, and 3} you are healthier.
All that to say, we are taking the step to go organic. - "What is organic food? Organic food is produced by farmers who emphasize the use of renewable resources and the conservation of soil and water to enhance environmental quality for future generations. Organic meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products come from animals that are given no antibiotics or growth hormones. Organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides; fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge; bioengineering; or ionizing radiation." - USDA
We haven't taken the drastic leap to go to "organic only" stores..but we have started off right, I believe.
First, we are growing our own vegetables. In the spring/summer we grew squash, green beans, sugar snap peas, and we are still waiting on our tomatoes to fully mature {due to the drought and heat}. For the fall crop we will have said tomatoes, carrots, lettuce, and basil. Are these the only vegetables we eat? No. But for now we are okay with buying onions and garlic at the store of our choice.
Second, no soda is allowed in our house. Is this considered organic? It is in my book. Have you ever read the ingredients in a typical can/bottle of soda? Can you pronounce those words? Exactly. And notice almost every soda's first ingredients are high fructose syrup. Supposedly it isn't that bad for you, because your body just registers it as a sugar. But is it a natural sugar? Ehh, not so much. But I won't go off on that soap box now. So we do juices without those syrups, water, hormone-free milk, and coffee. We even make our own creamer. {more on that in next paragraph}
Finally, we have subscribed to a great chef's organic menu. Carrie Vitt is the creator of the blog Deliciously Organic, and thank God we found it. We signed up for her "What's For Dinner" organic dinner menus, at a reasonable price! I recommend you check it out. We did away with our Netflix account to make up for the cost of this great menu. It's going organic, but not in a psychotic-kind of way. She also has great recipes for fresh creams of your choice. No more buying expensive, small bottles of "cream" with "natural & artificial flavors". Just visit her at deliciouslyorganic.net.
Another great reason to switch to healthier, more organic living is our daughter. We want her to be as healthy as she possibly can. And I am a firm believer that fast food restaurants are just one of this nation's demises. Going to fast food drive-thrus will be something completely foreign to her, for as long as we have control over her eating habits. We want her to eat fresh, natural foods and learn to love them for what they are, and to not be fooled into enjoying the tastes of synthetic food items.
I hope I have inspired you to choose healthier foods and maybe you will do some research of your own on organic living.
-Bon Voyages.
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