Thursday, May 31, 2012

Eathing Healthy Again!

Somewhere along the way (probably vacation) we fell off the eating healthy train, we are now back on with a vengeance.  I had not gone grocery shopping for quite while (which might explain the not eating healthy thing) and instead were doing with whatever was still in the house.  I don't think I ever realize how much food we really have here until we eat for over a month without really doing any shopping.  We had picked up some milk, bread and eggs but basically that was it.

We have are now trying to eliminate high fructose corn syrup and let me tell you, it is in so very much food from the dairy free creamer to the peanut butter we enjoyed.  It's probably in the ketchup and goodness only knows how many other things we still have in the house.  One thing I have discovered is that this is not going to be an inexpensive endeavor.  The powdered creamer is gone now replaced with brand name reduced fat half and half (2.99 a container) and thepeanut butter most of us have enjoyed from childhood has been replaced with a much healthier and far tastier one although substantially more expensive.

On a savings note though I signed up today for Earth Fare's website where you can get recipes and the like, I was pleasantly surprised to get a coupon for a free chicken and pint of blueberries!  They required a $10 purchase which I was doing anyway since that is the only place I could find something Michael was looking for.  So I bought the things we needed and got almost $14.00 worth of free food, not a bad deal in my book.  I don't normally shop there as it is pricey but may take a look at the coupons they are going to send every Wednesday for free stuff.  You never know!

Is there anything you are working on eliminating from your diet?  Any tips and hints?



7 comments:

  1. High Fructose is everywhere its almost as hard to eliminate as foods made in China. I've been finding vegetables in the freezer case of my local grocery store with made in china labels. So , that's two things were trying to eliminate. What great tomatoes! ours don't look that good in august, some years.

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    1. I was amazed when I started to look how many foods had HF in them! As for the China labels I think I am best off just starting off with one and heading in the other direction next. Thanks for the compliment on the maters! This is the first year ever that I have been this successful!

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  2. I'm just impressed that you are able to read the labels and SEE what's in there. My eyes are getting so bad these days!

    The only thing I've been able to eliminate from my food world is diet soda. I just don't drink soda anymore. I feel better for it!

    I'm anxious to hear how much better you feel!

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    1. I'm that lady in the grocery store with her reading glasses on! The only way I can do it...

      Will let you know how it goes!

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  3. Well, one benefit of doing some shopping at EarthFare is that I think they've banned HFCS from the store. You'd have to check the site, though.

    Hmmm.... I'm not so much trying to get rid of stuff from my diet, but keep stuff in it. It's pretty easy to just stick to the tourist places, but they don't offer a whole lot of veggies. Going up into town, I can get plates of beans and rice and mystery veggies. And there are a couple other places I can get them, too. It's just tougher to find than nachos with cheese, or w/e.

    Did you ever think your veggie-hating (older) daughter would be hunting for *moar* veggies?

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    1. I may have to devote a blog to you my veggie/vegan at one time non vegetable eating daughter!

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  4. Yes, HFCS is in sooo much stuff. We basically eliminated processed food in general--we get organic veggies from a CSA (I'm vegetarian, so my husband is too at home) and try to get "natural" stuff from Trader Joe's and Sprouts (like peanut butter, cheese, etc.). I bake most of our desserts and a lot of the bread we eat.

    I envy JuJu--my one terrible "food" vice is Diet Coke. I've cut way down, but sometimes those fizzy chemicals just taste so darn good! Oh, and I adore British digestive biscuits--totally processed food, but they are perfect with a cup of tea once in a while.

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