The Biggest Loser

Ever been addicted to something? Years ago I had to break myself of sugar. And I used to be addicted to watching Matlock. I think now, though, I must be addicted to The Biggest Loser on Netflix after not subscribing to commercial or cable tv for decades. There are over 180 episodes (and I'm only to 66)! But the reason for loving it so much is that it's giving me the drive to lose weight and exercise the way I should and I'm very grateful. I love the success stories and I also love seeing people care about and help each other. It's so refreshing to see some of them more concerned with becoming healthy and promoting it among teammates, than the quest for winning a cash prize. There's also a website - www.biggestloserclub.com - that I've joined to help me track progress while being able to glean from them information, recipes and support while on this road to better health.

It's true that while I try to use real foods in their whole and natural state, eggs for example, I can adapt recipes and get ideas from what they have to offer and I'm having some fun besides!

It's Not Just Physical

How we see ourselves plays a huge role in what we become. It's important to rationally understand that while we are a work in progress, our worth is beyond measure.

If we truly value ourselves as we should, we must seek for the very best for ourselves and loved ones, so with no regret whatsoever, I have ditched the fat lifestyle for a happier, more fit and healthier one.

little girls photo / fat vs muscle photo

"Let Food Be Your Medicine", Hippocrates

Netflix is running several documentaries regarding eating and health, which I have watched with great interest. So much so that I am on a juice fast after seeing the results that Joe Cross had in his quest for improved health that he journals in "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead". In two days I have lost 5 1/2 pounds and I feel great.

But I just finished watching Frontline's "The Medicated Child" (also on Netflix) and I could hardly believe what I saw! Well, actually, I can believe it, but it breaks my heart and makes me angry at this "system" that most of us have been taught to trustingly and innocently follow trying to take good care of ourselves and our families.
I don't profess to be any kind of an expert but as a thinking individual who has been reading alternative health care books for decades I am so very saddened by the fact that America's children are paying such a huge price.
It is my hope that anyone who reads this little piece will consider the insight of Hippocrates who said "Let food be your medicine", and may I add that in doing this we should also consider removing the non-foods, like chemicals, the over-processed and artificial substances from our diet at the same time... or sooner! In "The Medicated Child" not one word is ever mentioned about diet or eating more fruits and veggies. Instead children are filmed eating ice cream and corn dogs and they don't know why they're sick!!
Many thanks again to you Netflix and film producers and yes, some doctors too, :) who put forth time, money and effort to educate individuals and parents on this vital issue, through programs like "Food Matters", "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead" and " Forks Over Knives". At some point we may hopefully come to realize that our medical profession is wonderful when we need help after we've been injured but most know very little about how to get and keep people truly healthy.
In my humble, albeit emphatic opinion, why not try cleaning up our diets and doing a bit of reading in order to know for ourselves how to cure what ails us. Better yet, how about preventing those ailments altogether.

FoodMatters

Right HERE you can watch a documentary entitled "FOODMATTERS". (Click on "The Film" and then "View From Online".) It's extremely informative and even life changing as it reconfirms for me the commitment I made many years ago to live healthier.
My own food choices are a challenge but not so much when I'm out there researching the reasons for eating right. Those reasons are compelling.
From time to time I have been asked to share the things I've learned about health and what part food plays in it, hence my little "Happy Eating! ~ From My Kitchen" blog. As it turns out, I'm finding that I want to do this for myself as much as for others because the huge side effect is that I am thrown back into reminding myself of where and why it all began for me and what makes it so very important.
Over the years, as I've put many of these changes away from the Standard American Diet into place here at home I've become my own living proof of some things that work to prevent sickness and promote wellness. So I'm grateful for what's happening. It is my hope that perhaps others might benefit in the sharing as well.
Food really does matter. (Where the apple comes from)