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Organization is Key to Health

Achieving a healthy lifestyle requires a minimal amount of organization.  To eat healthy, meals, grocery shopping, and scheduled mealtimes must be established. 

Rotating through a schedule of meals or a meal plan allows for ingredients to easily be kept on hand.  It also takes much of the stress out of food preparation, especially if you have a large family, like me.  Knowing ahead of time (for me this is weekly, for others monthly works best) what I’ll be serving for dinner and how I will make use of left-over meal items also makes grocery shopping much easier.  I can more easily shop sales if I plan my menus ahead of time, making adjustments as necessary.  I can also save money by knowing that Sunday is salsa chicken day.  That way if I find a yummy salsa on sale, I can pick up several jars, knowing that my supply will be exhausted in a month.  In this way meal planning also helps financially.

When you eat standing up (my mom calls this eating like a college student), and rushing around, you inhibit your ability to relax while eating.  This interrupts the digestion process.  Mealtime should be a time of healing, a time of reflection, and a time to share.  That’s why the traditional family meal is so important in our home.  My children love to eat out or in the car as special treats, but since I’m their mom, they’ve learned to eat “at a table as a family” on a regular basis.  This is one of our family traditions and remains despite changes in eating habits and lifestyles. 

I know that I eat healthier when I actively use these basic principles in my life.  Hopefully they will be of help to you, as well.

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