Convenience Foods

Why is it as soon as you start getting in the mindset to eat healthy your thoughts start wandering to the worst things possible for your body? I decided to have one last fast food meal before I start my soy and dairy free challenge. My poison of choice....Taco Bueno. Don't judge me. It's icy in Wichita Falls and Bueno is the closest thing to my boyfriend. I don't want to put his life in danger, I mean he did get "most reckless driver" in high school. I feel pretty guilty eating stuff that's bad for me, especially after watching Forks over Knives on Netflix. If you are trying to eat healthy and need some motivation I highly recommend watching it. The last couple years have really opened my eyes to how uneducated most of us are about what we put into our body and what actually is healthy for us. What you eat can cause disease, but it can also heal you for the better. Growing up I never even realized that what I was eating was bad for me because everyone around me was eating the same things. Changing my lifestyle has been a very difficult process. It's sad that so many people view eating healthy as "dieting". I would be looked at strangely when ordering a salad followed by comments like, "You're so skinny why are you ordering a salad?" or "Ew, you don't need to lose weight, order a burger." Now that my eating habits could possibly make or break my health when controlling my endometriosis people take me seriously, but it still bothers me how many negative reactions I received when I was simply trying to be healthy. In a dream world, I would hope there would be as many quick and healthy options as there are McDonald's and Taco Bells. I want to see all natural smoothie and juice bars on every corner and have "fast food" locations with a drive through that has a menu filled with nothing but delicious, healthy options. I'm not just talking about chicken and veggies or a kale salad but, those mouth watering recipes you see on Pinterest that look amazing and are still really great for you, for example: Cauliflower pizza, spaghetti squash lasagna, gluten free cookies and pies, vegan mac n cheese... You get my point. It seems the world is slowly changing in the right direction. I'm seeing more whole foods grocery stores built and better options available in regular stores, but I hope to one day see as many healthy fast food places like I explained above as there are unhealthy ones. Until then, I'll make sure and stock up at the grocery store, prepare my snacks, cook my meals, and have them available for my own convenience!