Fuad & I did a juice fast 2 weeks ago and here's my confession, I've never fasted a day in my life. We did some research, borrowed a juicer & spent a Saturday drinking our meals. I will admit, it was extremely challenging for me...the hunger pangs, the headache, the drowsiness. We lasted a day & a half and we're now figuring out how this can become a habit in our lifestyle. I haven't analyzed & thought this much about my food in awhile...which meals to juice, which ones to eat, how it works into my teaching schedule and so on...I do know that you make time & space for the things that you care the most about, and what we put into our bodies is worth caring about.
Yesterday I encountered the video below (well worth watching by the way) and I felt the timing was perfect as I'm currently in this process of food reflection. What she says is true, in the States eating a wholesome diet is exorbitantly more expensive than eating fast food. Eating fresh fruits & vegetables takes time & effort, eating at McDonald's is fast & convenient. I'm willing to put in the time after seeing how this lady went from using a wheel chair to taking 18 mile bike rides from changing her diet! Lucky for me, in Thailand it's not expensive to eat fresh, wholesome foods and to demonstrate my point...
I went to the local market today (see picture at the top), which is open 7 days a week from early morning until about 10pm. As you can see I got a variety of mostly fruits and just a few veggies. 4 carrots, a portion of watermelon & pineapple, 1 kilo of clementine oranges, the smallest bananas I've ever seen, 1 kilo of passion fruit, a large piece of ginger, greens, broccoli & small potatoes (taste like sweet potatoes.) All of this was 200 baht, which is exactly $6.28. Not bad, not bad at all!
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