Who do you feed?

and how do you feel about that?

I’ve written before about how I fed my first son only homemade baby food and he wasn’t weaned until . . . for a long time. It made my heart sing to know that I could provide for him in this most basic need. I wanted to feed him food and not chemicals. I was very successful. Then baby #2 shows up and she refused to eat–not just homemade food but store bought food. So as a Mom I tried lots of things . . . but quickly became pregnant with #3. At that moment I went for connivence and

I STOPPED TRYING.

I was overwhelmed with being the “mom I wanted to be” which really wasn’t the mom I wanted to be but now looking back it was THE MOM I WISHED I HAD. I won’t bore you with the details–this is Food 101 not PSYCHE 101! The point is that I stopped fighting the fight of eating well. The second point would be–food is a complex issue in our lives.

I let my own diet slip, stopped training for my marathon, stopped making health part of my core values. That “asleep” lifestyle took hold for several years. It is sort of ironic that my kids took me out of a healthy lifestyle and then they lead me back to it. This is how my kids helped me. I needed to do an elimination diet for two of my kids, it was incredibly eye opening! I was so shocked to see how many chemicals were in the food we were eating. I knew the ingredient list was long and rumors came and went about plastic in our food–but I dismissed it ALL.

I dismissed it because I was a medical writer, often writing to seek FDA approval–I knew how many fiery hoops I had to jump through making my writing perfect in order to get approval. How could the FDA that caused me to work long hours meeting crazy standards put crap into my food. I admit it–I was so blind and stupid.

It was a true awaking figuring out the fiery hoops of the grocery store. So I’ve made this slow journey to where I am now. I came across this video by Anna Lappe–she explains it so wonderfully clear EXACTLY how it happened to her (and me). It is the perfect explanation of how I became sucked into the marketing to kids–especially when you have a picky eater!

WATCH VIDEO

It is so hard not to buy the crap–it really isn’t food, is it? I’m still guilty but I have found several products that I will give my kids. Annies cheddar bunnies, Nature’s Path version of Pop Tarts, Annies, cheddar bunnies are a few of my go-to prepackaged snacks. I also have nuts, bananas, apples available at all times. I also model making better food choices–I don’t snack anymore (and I’m losing some weight!) my actions are speaking louder than words.

I am fat. That is sort of lucky at this stage of the game–because I am very honest when I shop with my kids and say “that isn’t a good choice for me because I don’t want to be fat anymore” and my kids are so supportive (they don’t want me to be fat either–but they probably would never say that). I want them to understand that what you eat affects your weight and SO much more. Hopefully, by the time I reach my goal weight our eating habits will be much, much better.

Watch, enjoy, share and leave a comment telling me if you have EVER felt this way or not. I laughed out load several times . . . Be Blessed.

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