The Offspring - Amazed

So about a month ago I made this post about going back to healthy eating, and exactly how far I'd go with my desire to eat organic foods instead of genetically modified and chemical laden foods. I ended up deciding on a halfway point. To be honest, I don't like the local natural foods store at all. The people who work there are kind of creepy, and the whole store could be mistaken for an oversized 7-11.

What I decided to do was buy as much organic as I could from Kroger, and make a monthly or so trip down to Sprouts to buy bulk items like oats, crackers, etc. I'm not sure where organic fits into it, but I feel ten times better than I did when I was on my fast food diet. It's hard to explain the benefits, because until you see what it does for you personally, they'll never sound as good as they actually are.

I've had a few people ask me what I eat in a normal day, and so today I'm going to actually update several times during the day and give you a glimpse. I'm going to preface this with two thoughts that may not click with some people. First, I don't care about carbs. There are certain carbs that you should never eat (white bread, white rice, classic table sugar, enriched flour cereals, etc), but I don't eat that shit except for in orange juice. Oats, 100% whole wheat bread, wheat flour, brown rice, fruits, and vegetables are things I eat with every meal. I don't see this changing.

The second thought is that I'm a firm believer in dividing meals up into 5 or 6 a day, and usually eat something an hour or two before bed. I have a hard time falling asleep if my stomach is busy saying "screw you" to my brain every waking second.

Now that that's out of the way, I'll give a short description of what I'm doing. I'm on a 1900-2100 calorie a day 'diet'. While hitting the exact calorie amount is nearly essential when you're cutting, it's something that I don't stress out over. If I go a little bit over or under, I figure it'll all balance out in the end so long as I'm aiming for that range. Plus, this isn't a diet for me, it's a way of life and was for quite a while. I fell off of it earlier this year when I got Link, because of the convenience of bad food. Now that Link is almost all growed up, I have the time to eat right again. No wonder people with kids gain so much weight...

Breakfast: Oatmeal

• 3/4 cup oats
  
• 1/2 tsp Splenda Brown Sugar Blend
  
• 2 tsp Splenda
  
• 1/4 cup Horizon Organic Fat Free Milk
  
• Organic raspberries
  
• Organic blueberries
  
• Tropicana Light N' Healthy OJ w/Pulp

Bring 1 1/2 cups water to a boil. Add a pinch of salt, oats, and reduce heat to medium (or slightly lower with stainless steel). Let cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Turn off the stove, but leave the pot on the heat. Allow the oats to soak up the rest of the water. Stir in Splenda and Splenda Brown Sugar Blend. Move to bowl, add milk and fruit, and enjoy.

If you would rather use apples, simply peel and dice them. When you add the oats to the boiling water, add the apple as well. I use cinnamon instead of brown sugar with apples.

Nutrition Facts
Calories: 324
  From Fat: 35
Total Fat: 4g
  Saturated Fat: 1g
Carbs: 61g
Dietary Fiber: 7g
Protein: 12g

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