Eating Right as a Family

Well, my quest to eat healthy is now a family effort "hooray" for not having to do it alone! But "boo" for the reasons why). My husband has Barrett's Esophagus. It ain't pretty. Basically, his food comes back up into his esophagus after eating. He takes medicine but it doesn't always work. He also has some other digestive issues so his doctor suggested we start cutting the fat from our diet as well as Cokes and coffee (he said he's NOT cutting coffee but will cut down on sodas). So, this means we need to eat more fruits and veggies for the fiber and very lean cuts of meat, such as fish and chicken and the leanest beef we can find. This is exactly what I've been wanting to do, but sadly, our Walmart's produce is bunk. And for the price we have to pay for fresh produce, I better get some mad fresh stuff. So, I think we're going to have to go out of town to Kroger for our groceries from now on. They have a great selection of produce and it's WAY fresher than Walmart's.

Anyway, I'm interested in what Erin plans on blogging about on Monday--cost-friendly ways to eat healthy. If anyone else has any suggestions, I'm all ears. We live in a pretty rural area so we don't have convenient access to farmer's markets. There's a guy who sells produce out of the back of his truck on the town square, but I never know when he's going to be there. I'd love to get some fresh squash, cucumbers, zuccini, tomatoes, etc. We do have a place called Uncle Henry's that sells some produce (along with BBQ and hams, yum!) so I need to check them out. If they aren't too expensive, I'll start getting our stuff from there.

Hopefully, all this eating right will teach my son good habits. We grew up in the candybar and Coke generation and I just can't stand the thought of him sitting around, watching TV, eating junk food. My parents were good about not keeping sodas around and we had no candy in the house; we did have Little Debbie snacks for our school lunches and my mom baked a lot of cakes and cookies, but we never had to have dessert with dinner. If he can enjoy fruits, that will be a great "dessert."