Sunday, March 25, 2012

Healthy Family = Happier Family

So, It has been a bit since I blogged. Most of my blogging was our of depression or annoyance. For those of you who keep getting bad news thrown at you time and time again, blogging is the route to go!
 These last few weeks we have taken a new approach at our lifestyles. We have thought time and time again about our healthy eating habbits (Derek's worse than mine). I would try my best to eat organics when I could because of the chemicals in food that can cause harm to your immune system and overall health. Derek really didn't care what he ate, as long as it tasted good!
  In looking at all we have gone through we have realized, why don't we do something better for ourselves! We already cut out t.v. watching my canceling cable over a year ago (by the way, all families can benefit from this). There are other forms of entertainment for a family besides daytime t.v. We enjoy listening to music and playing game, reading, and actually eating dinner together. We do pop in movies some times and watch movies while eating or on the weekends, but not as often as we did when we had cable.. Not to mention saving $100 a month for the services we would pay for t.v. 
 Healthier eating is the newest agenda for us. NEWS FLASH: This is a huge milestone for Derek because he HATES healthy food. We are making sure to have fruits and veggies as part of our nightly meals so we get a little extra health to our diets. In all the eight and a half years I have been with Derek, vegetables are his number one hated foods, but now he is gradually learning to like them. Alone, he is noticing the positives of all of this. I have always known, but couldn't force him on the band wagon. We do allow ourselves to eat out once in awhile because it is okay to cheat and give our taste buds extra yummy flavors, but while eating at home, we have turned!
 During the day, we drink nutrition shakes to give us the extra nutrients that our bodies need on a daily basis. This has already made a change with my body as I have lost a few pounds. I do cheat and have snacks that are tasty, but I do try and have fruit. Our newest favorite fruit is Grapefruit (thanks to the local 4H for selling them in bulk and getting us hooked)!! 
 The biggest change is the energy that all of this is providing! We have been wanting to spend more time outdoors. I unfortunately have been too sick lately to do anything, but Derek has never had soo much energy. I have never seen him get home from work and want to walk the dogs every day, then still have a little energy at the end of the night!! This is awesome for me, as I am still in shock as I type this and smile. Those of you who have been in relationships for a long while know the amazing feeling change can bring! Wondering if I will have a jogging partner in my future.... haha!
 Some may laugh at the Chemical in foods thing, but there are reasons it scares me. I for one, have a reason to wonder a lot of health things. My main wonder is the unexplained infertility. In doing tons of research over the course of these last few years. Health and Chemicals play a major role in pregnancy and getting pregnant. As often as you here about people around you getting pregnant, believe it or not, it takes that perfect moment of egg and sperm to meet. It my case, there seems to be something with the eggs that cause it to not happen. Though the doctors won't admit what it could be, in all the surgeries I have voluntarily  put myself through, this seems to be where the issues lay. Science has only made it so far, but some day they may make a new discovery. Think of all the chemicals in food more these days and the number of infertile couples that have risen.. Coincident?!? We can't say. So you take all these factors, plus that exact moment and you have the 0% chance that the doctor gave us to conceive. This doesn't make us give up a lifetime of what if's! We will always wonder and try our best to better the situation. Whenever we have new information, we act on it. It never hurts to try as long as we are mentally okay with going forward with it. In the last few years we have tried everything from all treatments, remedies, to even suggestions.. probably suggestions that most would laugh at! lol. 
 Bottom line, we have finally hit the part in our lives where being healthy is the best option we have going for us. Not that we shouldn't have been healthy in the first place, but this makes us wonder if chemicals play a role in our "unexplained", not to mention the rise in obesity for Americans. People always say, why don't doctors recommend these nutrition meals and such... Duh, that is a no brainer. Where do doctors make their money? Answer: Sick People! Where do pharmaceutical companies make their money?  Answer: Doctors who prescribe and patients who want/ need! Think about this and laugh at me or really think about what is wrong with America! I saw a first grader the other day that was 120 pounds... that's what I weighed when I was 18!
 Anyways, enough with the complaining and on with the healthier life style. I encourage more people to be healthier, but mostly choose wise foods for your children. Don't give gummy snacks, give apples. Its just as simple to hand them :)