Processed food often hides salt, sugar, MSG and a host of other nasties. I want to know how much salt I am eating. I want control over the kind of salt it is. The same goes for sugar. Less is better. And the rest of the chemical pool? I want to stay as far away as possible.
And it is possible. Without having to dress in crinkly clothes like a sixties hippie. Without boring people to tears about the changes I’m making. Just making them in a way that is sustainable. I owe it to myself to fuel my body the best way I can.
Of course, some weeks that’s easier said than done. But it’s worth remembering that if Rome wasn’t built in a day, it probably wasn’t unbuilt in a day either. Lasting changes can take time. It can sometimes be a two-steps-forward-one-step-back process. That’s not excusitis. It’s simply a realistic acceptance that sometimes life gets in the way of our best intentions. (Well, of our good intentions, anyway.) The trick is to keep heading in the right direction—sans hippie clothing and sans fuss.