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Harvard School of Public Health » The Nutrition Source » Healthy Eating Plate and Healthy Eating Pyramid

 This is a great article about how the food pyramid that we grew up with has changed. My husband and I have been following this chart for the last month and have seen huge improvement in our energy, and weight. We go to Produce Junction once a week and stock up on lots of fruits and vegetables. I make a large salad every night and incorporate nuts and raisins. If you ask anyone that knows me well they will all tell you that my favorite food is pizza and Mcdonalds. Say Goodbye to the old Liz... my new favorite food is eggplant parm and roasted vegetables. YUM! I used to smoke a pack of cigarettes a day and drank a half bottle of wine a night. I ate meat every night. I felt like crap, had depression and was taking Adderall to help me pay attention in school. Now I have two kids, eat three small meals a day with small healthy snacks in between. I start my morning cutting fruits and vegetables to make  green juice with a bowl of freshly made granola and Greek yogurt.  My skin is glowing, and my hair is shiny. I go outside and can smell the horse farm across the lake. I can taste my food. I don't use white sugar or salt and have deleted flavored drinks from my diet all together. I can walk past the cake isle in Shop Rite and I can walk right past the doughnut case in Wawa. (This was hard for me at first seeing as I was addicted to sugar). BUT NO LONGER am I a prisoner. My new food porn is colorful fresh food. Talk about a turn around. Question is, can I keep this up? We will soon see.