All the health and fitness orders I was waiting for showed up yesterday. I probably shouldn't get so excited about shipments from health food and fitness stores but I do. I used some of the hemp protein powder in my pear ginger green smoothie this afternoon. So yum. And I'm staring at my new Vibram Five Fingers longingly as I type today.
Yesterday was a crazy busy day for a Saturday. We had to buy a new to us vehicle yesterday for Supportive Husband Guy. I like it and am curious when I'll get a chance to drive it because it's smaller than my Beast of a Durango. With the purchase of another SUV, and a trip to Trader Joe's with my gluten free nine year old the plans for a juice cleanse went out the window. I love the idea but the fact is juicing is not cheap.
Instead of spending most of my grocery budget for the coming two week period on fresh fruits and veggies for my husband and I to drink I made the decision that would keep all five of us healther for the whole month. Bird and I went to Trader Joe's. There was one not too far from where Supportive Husband Guy purchased his SUV. We don't have a Trader Joe's near our house. I wish we did. Bird does too. Her comment once we got in the car to come home was "Why don't we shop there all the time?!" We went in hungry which is never good when you go food shopping but for the most part we were an example of temperance. I did let her buy gluten free cupcakes to eat on the long ride home. She rarely/never has the chance to pick up pre-made grocery store food. Today she did. The broader result of shopping TJ's while hungry was a month's worth of gluten free pasta, rice and lentils among other things like a large container of organic fair trade coffee.
Fitting our purchases in the cabinets I realized that like so many other Americans we had to choose between our fitness and health goals and our financial reality. I feel like I did okay with my budget. I spent more yesterday than I normally would but I will also be spending less week to week as the month progresses. So, as the New Year's resolutions to lose weight, get healthy, be fit, look beautiful, are in your face, think about how much you can do with what you have and make the decision that your finances will allow you to make so that your whole family can benefit. That is going to look different for each family. For us it meant a stock-up trip to TJs, a fill-in trip to Aldi and sacrificing the plans for a juice cleanse. For others it means just trading in a soda for a water. Every little step toward a healthy life is a step toward excellence.
If you are the curious type, a juice fast done right is estimated to cost around $15 per person per day. The healthy dinner of quinoa rice pasta, spinach and pesto that my whole family enjoyed last night cost $5. Our family lunch of organic tomato soup and french bread cost $6. We were bad about breakfast yesterday and didn't eat one like we should have. The cost difference between eating healthy foods and juicing is drastic but juicing isn't a long term lifestyle. Healthy eating is.
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