Food for Thought...

The God's honest truth is I became a personal trainer because I love to work out, not because I love to eat right. Honestly the nutrition part is tedious and hard for me. I don't like worrying or thinking about what  I will eat all of the time. I hear all of these "horror" stories of what is in our food and how is it prepared. It can create a guilt conscience when you live under a budget. At this point I can't afford to eat organic. I can not afford grass fed beef or to buy all natural chicken all of the time or organic eggs and milk. I want to be able to do these things. But the truth is when I am shopping for the week I have to consider every meal and snack and when you see a $2-3 difference in price...well it starts to add up. 

I want to work on this without becoming obsessive. While yes there are issues with the way our food is grown and processed I also believe, no matter what, if I pray over my food and put my health in God's hand, I am safe. Now with that said I do not believe in over indulging or ignoring what is unhealthy and just eating whatever you want. I am saying if I can not afford organic apples then I pray over them and know God has blessed them and then I have nothing to worry about. It is the worrying that I believes causes the indigestion, the sickness and the disease. It is not so much what we eat but what we think, what we obsess and worry over, This is eventually what eats us alive. 

One way I am thinking of working around this problem is to really start to learn and research how to start a garden. If I can grow some of my own food, one I could save some money and two I know where it is coming from and how it is grown. (I guess this is why people get their own hens, for the the fresh eggs.)  I know here in FL you can grow bananas, all types of greens, peppers, tomatoes, maybe corn, and strawberries and oranges and I am sure there are few other things! I know it is not necissarily easy so I have a lot of research to do. But I feel like God is calling me in this direction!

"Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their produce." Jeremiah 29:5

I don't want to worry about what we eat. God tells us not to worry about anything. I want to know my family is eating healthy and is safe while also maintaining our budget and our sanity! So if I take some of the control back then there is less to worry about! Get back to the basics! God provides us with everything we need  right here from the earth. If there is no middle man between God and I then He is the one blessing my food.  So now it is time to start researching and planning! Possibly start with a winter garden!