Food is going to break me

I gotta say, that I am damn glad that I live in North America where food is readily available. Every now and then I think about the areas of the world where staple foods (like rice) are coveted because they are scarce. So really, I have no right to bitch about this. It isn't going to stop me, but I don't really have the right.

For the last few months, I have been radically overhauling the way I eat. It's *not* a diet. (Did anyone else hear ARNOLD in their heads when they read that?) I am really changing my attitude towards food and they way I eat. But let me say that this whole eating healthy thing is really freakin' expensive!! I just got a relatively small package of brown rice lingune noodles for about $2.40. A package of plain old spaghetti or linguine would have cost about half that, and you get more than twice as much in the package. I changed the syrup that I use in the mornings for my Red River cereal from plain old Aunt Jemima, to a locally produced, organic 100% maple syrup. The price difference knocks me off my feet, but I have to admit that the taste is totatlly worth it.

I am also totally loving the cookies by Sweets from the Earth. They are vegan and full of goodness, but for 8 (albeit large) cookies, expect to shell out almost $7. Yowzas!

Fruit and veg? Don't even get me started. I am really aiming for that mythic 5-10 servings a day (I am consistently above 5, and getting better at 10), but man oh man that is a LOT of food! Not only to purchase, but to eat .... my plate overfloweth.

Good thing is that I am starting to feel healthier. My walks with the dog are getting longer (which may also have something to do with the warmer weather and sunlight - yay!) and my whole system just feels ... better.

It better be working, cause one of these days, my grocery bill is gonna give me a heart attack.