The Battle Ground

EATING HEALTHY is a major battle today.

I woke up today eyes wide open, my mind at the start line of the drag strip of life, ready to turn and burn, my coffee cup in my left hand, my right hand flying across the key board of my laptop…my “melon” is filled with my life experiences…so ready to share!!

I loved junk food! The breads, cereals, salty snacks and chips, ho-ho’s, pizza, beer, whoppers, meals in a box, Coke, Root Beer and M. Dew and of course deep fried anything, plus anything I did not mention, LOL!!

Guess what…everyone else around me was about the same, loving the junk food for what it was…FOOD for us. Life was good, right!!

YEARS later, my waistline was out to 46/47 inches and pushing,  I broke a sweat if I walked to fast, my heart rate rose 20 beats and I was at my “fighting” best at 260 pounds. I thought I was a mean machine! Ain’t that some “shit” now!

TODAY, things are much different. Waistline is 34 inches, heart beat is 60, I got energy, I sleep well, my fitness level is good and I attack “The Battle ground” with renewed vigor every day.

Why does eating healthy have to be a battle ground? A new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study has found that a full 61% of our food and beverage purchases are highly processed foods–most of which are refined.

TODAY…I still truly underestimate the impact these NEW foods can have on my health and how the “Food Industry” often markets these foods to be even more nutritious than they are.

My Battle Ground is my local grocery store. I go in with a mindset of how I like my health and I buy food that way. Do I slip up, you bet, junk still tastes good, but I pay the price for it too…in the way my body reacts to the junk I may have bought and of course ATE.

The grocery store I shop at is making changes, getting organic foods, non GMO and so forth. I see many people shop and making the change also to more organic, non GMO. Eating healthy is the new “trend” The Battle Ground is getting easier!!

Make a great day for yourself.  Most of all think about your mindset, your body, and how to actually like Eating Healthy. Thanks!!