cleansing.

I have been doing a lot of thinking, researching, reading, etc. lately on healthy living. I have always been fairly health-aware and have generally put my best effort into living a health-conscious life. However, the more I read and think and research, the less healthy I realize that I am being. I think that the common person has a HUGE misunderstanding of what "healthy" really is. People think that drinking slimfast, eating special K and drinking plenty of milk and juice is a "healthy" way to live. In all actuality, none of these things are really fulfilling to the body (unless it is fresh juice without all the crap and sugar added to it).

On a daily basis, I eat a breakfast of greek yogurt and a glass of either juice and/or hot tea (generally caffeinated). My lunch is genearlly a bocca burger on a multi-grain bun with either a salad or some kind of carbohydrate (depending on what I have available: chips, cracker, fruit, etc.). So far, this is a fairly healthy daily intake. However, in my mind, I generally justify an extremely unhealthy dinner because the rest of the day I have eaten well. This isn't the way it should be.

Starting today, I am going to make an extreme effort to eat a healthy, well-balanced, meat-free diet full of LOTS of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts, and GOOD proteins (not meat proteins). I am going to do my best to give up my obsession with diet mt. dew and diet coke and drink only tea and water (and occasionally some coffee perhaps.)

If you are reading this and thinking, "Wow, what DO I put into my body everyday?", maybe you should try this! Or at least do some reading and research. You would be so very surprised at the disgusting things we consume that we don't even realize. Give up the greasy fast food and coca colas and eat some fresh fruits, vegies, whole grains and fresh juice!