Green is Such a Pretty Color

So it's a gorgeous sunny day here in Denver. One that started off for me with eggs benedict at McCoy's (shh not a peep!) and a trip to the restaurant supply store. There was a major amount of drooling involved over the commercial ranges. My mission was to find a bread pan. Yeah because as you might have noticed, I'm becoming a cooking machine - or at least a hypothetical cooking machine. Today is my first foray into the world of French bread. And this weeks muffin du jour is whole wheat pumpkin cranberry walnut. Say that ten times fast! I'm also cooking a veggie lasagna and some kale and turkey sausage soup. No excuse to bail on good eating when it is all ready to go! And to touch on the green theme of this blog, while I'm not so sure that baking your own bread is cheaper in either energy use or ingredients, I think that knowing what goes into your food is also being green -- taking care of your body by not eating foods with crazy amounts of preservatives or salt or ingredients you can't pronounce is green to. At least in my book! And let's face it, homemade bread just plain old tastes better too!

This week has been much better than last in the old eating department. I kind of feel as if I'm going through another metamorphosis so to speak when it comes to my eating habits. There's eating your points any which way you choose, which I think was my modus operandi prior to now and then there's thoughtfully eating your points with food that is both good for you nutritious and points friendly. I'm slowly moving into this second phase. I bought flax today...and Fage Greek yogurt! I'm working on putting better quality food into me.

I finally seem to have gotten back on the wagon (couple of slips this week -- can you say SALT consumption!). This is my own journey though. And I no longer feel as if I need to lose all of the weight by tomorrow. This is a slow process -- who would have thought! And I'm okay with it being slow. Because I'm learning -- about me, about my body, about being healthy and having balance. I don't have to have anyone count out six tomatoes. I can eat what I want. It's my choice. I'm in control. And if I want that dang cake, I'm going to eat it. With ice cream. I'm the boss of me.

I'm just glad that these days the only sweet I usually crave is yummy dark chocolate in moderation....

So this girl, and her reusable shopping bags, are slowly going green. I'm buying in bulk, reducing my waste, eating healthier responsibly grown and produced foods, growing my own food and contemplating ways I can drive less. Next step -- recycling.

Off to soak up some of the lovely Denver sunshine!!! Got to love spring in the Rocky's! Almost 80 degrees and not a cloud in the sky...........

Keep it realz,
FGS