Reflection

It's amazing what a little inspiration can do to ones psyche. Being on this new-found journey, I suddenly find myself much more eager and excited to go straight home and cook! Either I'm starving and can't wait to get home and fill up on healthy goods, or there was a new recipe that I came across at some point in the day and I'm racing out of the office to get home and try it! I've never been this way before. All of a sudden I want to slow down and enjoy the sun before it goes down. Usually, I do all I can to keep busy after work like spending two hours at the gym or book store. Now, I just want to whip up a batch of chia pudding, go for a walk and come back and read a book or watch a movie. Even grocery shopping has completely changed for me. Now, I look forward to my next trip because I know there's something exotic at the store that's waiting to come home with me! All of a sudden, breakfast is exciting! It's an adventure! Before, it was a chore. Sure, I'm hungry (usually) but the time and effort it takes to make something  just never appeals to me. Now, I jump out of bed because I can't wait to use my blender! Kale, frozen pineapple and strawberries, vanilla almond milk, and maple syrup, all have become, like, my new starter kit! LOL It is proof that good, wholesome food motivates the soul and stimulates the brain, in ways the gym never has. I, of course, still go to the gym but now it's not the first thing on my agenda... eating is! But I'm not gaining any weight! Hmm, I wonder why? Maybe it's because I don't have refined white sugar, butter, fried eggs, and other gunk in my system!

~Eat to live, not live to eat :)

Hey, look at the little hotdog man. .. ain't he cute? ;)