Me and Food

Growing up, my mom always tried to make me eat vegetables and fruits to maintain some semblance of a healthy, balanced diet. I suppose some of that sank in. I am young and in my mid-twenties; needles to say, my body needs to last for a lot longer. I try my best to eat healthy and make good food choices. I have always been skinny--please don't hate me--so I can eat whatever I want without consequence. Yes, I know some of you are spitefully thinking, "Ha! Wait until you are older. It won't last forever."

Anyway, I digress. Aside from my love for pasta and sweets, I thought I was doing an all right job of eating healthy--enter my fiance. Victoria showed me, against my will, a grim world filled with "healthy food that is not healthy." Since then, I have looked at food differently. I buy whole grain noodles and organic milk. I shop at farmers' markets when possible to get locally-grown, fresh fruits and vegetables. I look for meat in the grocery store that is not filled with growth hormones and other nonsense. I buy fruit snacks that don't contain red dye in them and stay away from soda. I even buy special applesauce. Yes, even applesauce can be unhealthy when you look at the nutritional information, and it is filled with a ton of corn syrup to make it sweeter. I shop with tact and vigilance. As if it were not hard enough to stay on budget already, add trying to buy better and healthier food into the mix. I stay away from fast food as much as possible. It just seems so difficult to find the time to eat healthy and exercise on top of everything else.