Cut it 2014: Food

With this weeks grocery shop came the hard decision not to buy any chips, crackers or baked goods in the hopes that I would bake & make any if those types of foods that we want to eat. This way i know exactly what is going into the foods that my children are consuming. I love my chips, so oven baked chips was the first snack food that I have cooked this week. I have a few other recipes that I plan on trying so I hope that they are a success so that I can remove the processed snacks from the grocery list permanently (except for a rare special occasion).

Cut it 2014: social media

This is a hard one as my iPhone is generally permanently attached to the palm of my hand, so I need to find a permanent place to leave it. It needs to be central so that I can convince myself that I'll always hear it in case of emergency (home phones just don't cut it these days lol) and it has to be out of the reach of little hands who like to take countless selfies and attempt to unlock it to the point of disabling. I know that I could always remove all social networking from my device, delete Facebook, Instagram, google etc. but I think it's self control that I need to work on. Plus one of my favourite life motto's is "everything in moderation". So here I am about to publish this post, and check Instagram & Facebook one more time. I will use my phone to take pictures through the day as Its important to me to document this life but I won't check Facebook every two minutes just in case something interesting may have happened in the last 120 seconds.

Cut it 2014: Food

Just a quick one. Cutting out sugar in my morning coffee & replacing it with natural organic coconut sugar. I've never had milk in it. So will see how I go as I can be a bit of a sweet tooth.

Cut it 2014: Food

Today (change to yesterday as i didn't realise that it didn't publish)I did a grocery shop that included a large variety of fruit & veggies and almost none of the processed foods that generally make on to my list: chips, cakes, breads, crackers etc. I also included some chia seeds (which I've used before) and plenty of ingredients for smoothies. When I returned home I opened my cupboards only to be greeted by a very large amount of candy & sweets that have been collected or gifted to us over the last couple of months. First task remove all of it. I'm not wasteful and I'm not giving all of that up completely (at least not at this stage) so it had been placed in a container & hidden. So now when I open the pantry I am not greeted by a quick sugar fix. Next I true my fist attempt at a smoothie, we have no blender at the moment so a food processed will have to do in the meantime. I must say it wasn't terribly pleasant... So I need to find a list of good recipes for them. Lastly I cooked a lovely healthy dinner of sausages & wholemeal cous cous with baked veggies & lemon. I feel pretty good today considering I have manage to get alot done on my little boys room makeover, child wrangle & provide a day of somewhat healthy eating. Baby steps for me, and I feel as though I've taken one.

Cut it (down or out) 2014

I've decided that this is my year to "cut it down or out" and by "it" I mean a lot of things... Sugar, processed foods, bad choices, social media, tv and various other unhealthy, unproductive habits. Again I am going to try and work these things through and share a series of blog posts titled "Cut it 2014". Although it seems counterproductive sharing it in this way, it is yet another little inspired personal journey of mine that I feel the need to document. I don't plan on living a strict life that allows no acceptance of the unhealthy/unproductive things I just plan on allowing myself the opportunity to live as the most healthy and productive version of me that I can be. Also in doing this I hope to give my children the attitude and tools to live as the best possible version of themselves. I try to find inspiration in every day and in other people and I'm hoping that any readers who may stumble upon this blog are living happy fulfilled lives or are at least on the path, as I am.

So that didn't work...

My fabulous holiday journal didn't work out, I was just so busy most of the time that I didn't get a chance to get to it! But since this blog is mostly for personal purposes I am hoping that my memory will serve me well, if not then I have the 1200 photos that I shot. Anyway on that note I will pop a little collage up in this post just out of interest.