Real food healthy eating takes time and money

The real food eating plan has been stalled because of a lack of food in our house. Overall we're still doing o.k., but not as well as I would like. Over the weekend we had chicken fajita's one night and they were tasty. My husband cooks on the weekends so it was his meal. Yesterday though we didn't do as well, with a lack of food we ended up eating canned chili for dinner.

The plan is for me to go grocery shopping this Friday. I am going to work on some healthy real food dinner ideas, and lunch ideas for my girls. They are picky so they'll give me some grief until they (hopefully) get into the habit of eating better non-processed foods.

I can't change my family overnight. It's going to take time, a lot of planning on my part, and I'm hoping not too much money. I am ready for a change.

Tonight's dinner was a success. I got two new recipes off of Pintrest. The first was for something called Perfect Chicken, which it was. My chicken was perfectly seasoned, and it tasted juicy and flavorful. My girls kept asking me what smelled so good while it was cooking in the oven. It was a hit! I also roasted some asparagus and unlike my failed roasted Kale recipe, my asparagus came out just right. I added a small cup of fresh fruit to the plate and dinner was complete.

This was a great start to our healthy eating lifestyle. I can't wait to see what tomorrow brings.

The Reason

I have decided to adopt a healthier eating lifestyle for me and my family. My eyes are open to how little real food we eat, and how much processed crap we put into our mouths and our stomachs on a weekly basis. I was like most average Americans just trying to get by, and raise a family. I didn't spend much time thinking about what we ate other than will my kids eat this dor dinner? Then our family got a wake-up call of the worst kind.

My father-in-law was diagnosed with Kidney Cancer. I immediately began researching cancer, and the causes of it etc. All my research kept leading me back to what we eat and the chemicals we put into our bodies within those things we eat.

I started reading labels only to realize that half of the things on the label I didn't know what they were and couldn't even pronounce them. What happened to the basics, a few wholesome ingredients that taste good? It is time to make a change I thought, for myself, and my family.

The first step was going to my doctor and getting a full physical. Everything came back normal except for a low vitamin D count. However I can fix that by take a supplement, and even better. by eating food with vitamin D in them.

I'm new to this process of "real food." I've read Michael Pollan's book and I feel like I understand what he was saying, now I need to live it in my own life. My kids are not going to be happy to be without their Kraft Mac & cheese, and their frozen waffles, but I hope that instead of junk food I'll give them the tools for a healthy lifestyle and parents who will be around a long, long time to watch them grow and turn into healthy, active adults.