Mission: Change your diet again, again and again

I love it when I come across something that inspires me to write….right now!

So here’s the statement that was an “AHA moment”, as Oprah would call it.

The way of eating that works for you today may not work for you six months or six years down the road. It’s important to change your diet as often as necessary… to match your body, lifestyle, and taste buds.

I mean really, let’s think about this…how many times have you said – “I’m going to have to go back to the weekly meeting place where I counted points because that’s how I lost weight the last time”.  OR “I’m going back to low-carb because it made me feel better.”  OR “Ten years ago when I felt good I only ate fruit.”

Whatever your “thing” was then, probably isn’t what your “thing” is now.  I KNOW mine is not and I think I’ve felt bad for a while that I couldn’t just repeat steps I did before to feel healthy and then magically everything would be back the way it should be…or maybe it just shouldn’t be that way now.

Seriously, do I think that after having two children in two years, turning 35, going through traumatic events and keeping up with my work-at-home Mom activities that I need to eat the same way as when I was single or newly married or working on my feet for 10 hours?  NOPE.  It’s time for a reality check.

Our diets need to change to meet our needs and our body changes, but WAIT, isn’t this a blog about kids. YEP, this statement got me thinking…why do we expect our kids to eat the same way they did 6 months ago?  They are growing too!  Their tastebuds are changing!  Their activities are changing!  Their awareness around them is changing!

So now I’m even more motivated to switch it up in our house, not only for me, but for my kids.  Time to get some new cookbooks, make some new grocery lists, take time to learn a few new recipes and really dig into some new flavor for a great summer of eating and fun!