If you turn on the news, you might see something about our growing obesity trend. Fat filled bodies bulging over and out of tight fabric grace the screen. Bright red ketchup dribbling onto shirts out of giant hamburgers and greasy, salty fingers cleaning themselves on jeans: common sights in America.
Do I believe this is a choice? To some extent, yes, it is a choice. Though when these companies can afford commercials, billboards, and other advertisements to tempt you- When they offer cheap, convenient food at anytime, how can people say no? There's no drive-thru certified organic veggie burger chain.
When you've just got off work from an 8 hour shift on your feet, are you going to find a grocery store, or better yet, a farmer's market when there's that shining beautiful M beckoning you? You don't even have to get up! It's unfair to call it laziness with how much we work as a nation.
Maybe you've finally decided to start eating at subway or other healthier options. Maybe when you go through that drive-thru you decide to only get the egg mcmuffin instead of the steak bagel. But did you know that egg mcmuffin has over half of your day's sodium intake? The steak bagel has 200 mg more than your daily recommendation of sodium. They advertise readily the lower calorie options, but are they actually healthier?
What are we eating?
I'm on a journey to start eating better and healthier. I have high blood pressure, tachycardia, and polycystic ovary syndrome. Over 50% of women with PCOS are obese. We can only have better, healthy options for food if we start making active choices against the unhealthy. Eating right and exercising are no easy task. I'm here to share what I learn as I explore what it means to live healthier.
I'm not someone who can afford much. I make under 20k a year before taxes. My husband makes a little over 7k a year before taxes part-time because he's still in school. Still, I'm going to attempt to make better choices for myself.
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