Last night I went to a program with a youth group called BBYO (I am sure that you have or will read about this on Zoe's blog). I only go every once in a while, but this time it was a mother/daughter program...so my mom made me go. There, I realized that my mom actually looks really good. I know that sounds extremely weird so I will explain; my mom used to be overweight--not like obese, but just overweight. In June, she decided that, for her own birthday present, she would hire a nutritionist.
This nutritionist has changed my whole family's lives because if my mom is going to eat healthy, then we all are. At first, we would all tease my mom about the foods she would buy or the (what we thought as) huge amounts of fruits and vegetables she would eat a day. After a few weeks, though, we started doing the same as her. At first I would protest when my mom would buy fresh bread rather than the packaged kind at Publix, but now I appreciate how much better this bread is for us. Additionally, when we go out for dinner, it is easy to find healthy items on the menus.
You are probably wondering what the point of this blog is, so I will fix that. Along with the change in my house and some of the things I am actually learning in online PE, I have realized how terrible the foods most people eat are. The healthy foods are so expensive, so people just buy packaged, unhealthy foods. This issue really needs to be resolved; I am just not exactly sure how. For one, even though fast food restaurants are adding healthy foods to their menus, that is not going to change what people order. Most people go to fast food restaurants to order the unhealthy foods anyway. Second, most people probably don't even realize how bad the foods they eat are. Kids need to be educated, so they can grow up with healthy eating habits. Eating healthy has become a fad, but hopefully it won't go away. If we can all start eating healthier, then there will be hope that, in the future, people will do the same.
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