Eating can be a joyful life experience we have multiple times a day!
” . . . [A]ll things which come out of the earth, in the season thereof, are made for the benefit and the use of man, both to please the eye and to gladden the heart;
“Yea, for food and for raiment, for taste and for smell, to strengthen the body and to enliven the soul.” (Doctrine and Covenants 59:18-19.)
So be intentional. Eat on purpose. Of course don’t stress over every bite, rather, learn to eat those things which you truly enjoy. Refine your weekly menu to meals and snacks which really add value to your life AND to your health. Begin with a meal or snack you LOVE and, if necessary, tweak the recipe to make it more and more nutritious while keeping it delicious!
Anton Ego from Ratatouille got eating right!
For example, if you or your family loves spaghetti and meatballs and you usually use regular (enriched wheat) pasta switch over to whole wheat pasta, or if that’s too drastic a change, do half regular and half whole wheat. Or you could switch from ground beef to ground lean turkey. BAM. You just changed the trajectory of your health for that meal.
Pro Tip:
- (If you don’t already) decide to feel joy from eating and be open to the idea healthy food can taste good!
- Select a favorite meal or snack and change one thing to make it healthier (for example, switch from enriched flour to whole-grain flour, from vegetable oil to extra-virgin olive oil, from whole milk to 1%).
- Tweak recipe as necessary.
- Persist.
*Influence for this title and article comes from Chip Heath and Dan Heath’s book Switch: How to Change When Change is Hard, which I highly recommend.
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