My grandmother , the one the only Mary Mahalski mumbled this a lot. In adulthood, I rarely make my bed an I rarely sleep, so maybe some truth in this.
But the context for this today readers is about care both for yourselves and others. In this world there is a lot of unrest and its hard not to get sucked in overwhelmed and let our fear make us ignorant, angry and bigoted. It is hard to rest when there is pain and our monsters no longer live under our beds or our dreams.
There are so many ways to go with this but in this world the great equalizer is every human must eat, hydrate, relieve themselves and sleep. Any time without any or a combination of these things ends badly. So today I talk about food, but really I talk about nutrients and how we rest for ourselves and others.
I grew up with two grandmothers that loved to feed people . Even now as an adult cooking for 3 or when my college age son is working crazy hours 2, feels impossible. For my grandmothers Mary and Marion, even when there was not a lot there was enough and enough to share. For a child of MTV and Band Aid and Farm Aide to know people were allowed to be hungry blew my mind. When I stopped my nutritional journey, my rest and peace were shattered and like so many I became a member of the diet cult. It was hard to care for others because metabolically I was broken.
I know, I know, folks love Jenny and Weight Watchers and hey Oprah gives us permission to have bread EVERY DAY!!!!!! Great except I know I am not alone out there, bread every day makes me want carbs in high volumes which awakens a sugar demon. If these programs worked for you , that is a good thing. But for the rest of us who questioned being in meetings watching the same 14 woman who had been there for 7 years not eat or drink until weigh in , or be happy today was a pig out day, our fight over a chemical 1 point candy bar, or wonder why the "special measuring cups were magic", you get my disillusion. I have met women who eat snacks that are chemicals , low fat dairy with splenda or measure pasta down to the last strand to get their magic points . This seems like a never ending story and the women I met at 5 or 10 pounds overweight call themselves cows or pigs. how is that healthy? And they don't rest , they are always anxious with themselves, how they or their family is perceived.
Real food is healthy. For me the way I feel best is trying to stay in the 80/20 of paleo and ancestral diets. And I have had major push back. From women who paid 300 dollars to eat a 400 calorie liquid/quasi diet or who have created some ingrained deep food rituals that won't let them have a great high quality piece of dark chocolate but will let them have 2 diet cokes.They say all the research that proves real food does not work? Whose research ? Real Food takes your bed from a college vomit stained Doritos laden futon and transforms it into a down comfy bed with massage and heat and unicorns tucking you in at night . Real food fills your body and your soul, rest comes as a benefit. The message you get from the cult if diet is eating real food is hard, too expensive and cannot be maintained. My grandparents lived and thrived before Soda, Chips and Pizza Rolls. Many times they had to make /kill their food, we can now find those same foods without the same labor, which is the opposite of hard. Eat well and love the size you are while eating well, even if your plans are to reduce that size. Celebrate giving yourself nourishment not just filling your gut and your journey becomes about health not skinny. And that folks is the rest . You make yourself worth a priority you choose, taking away fake food, fake people, fake beliefs. And you come back to you. Even if like me the you are a crunchy weird duck. I can sleep well at night with that
So my challenge to you is toss that weight loss meal replacement canned chemical shake and have an indulgent healthy smoothy . Enjoy the sensation
of goodness instead of slight tin. And rise up from your rest to space where real food feeds the real you!
Love Morning Smoothie
1 cup coconut or almond milk
1 tsp of cacao powder
1tsp maca ( good for the adrenals and ladies your sex drive, LEAVE OUT IF PREGNANT OR NURSING)
1/2 cup sweet frozen cherries drizzle of honey
1/4 cup of strong brewed and cooled green tea
Blend well, add ice if your prefer a more frozen type drink !
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