to eat or not to eat

i wouldn't say i was overweight before i got married.
that is, i wouldn't say it then. but i was.

when i got married, for example, i had to feed this whole other person AND myself. i knew that LML came from a home where is mother made huge, delicious meals, and that i wasn't up to par because...

let's face it, i was brand new :)

but what we had been eating, and what we *were* eating when we got married was

entirely.

bad.

for.

us.

thankfully though, people grow up.

thankfully, we always enjoyed eating fruits and vegetables...

but we ate too much meat, and not enough everything else.

i don't remember *how* our eating habits changed...

we didn't have a lot (barely any even though i was working, too)

of money when we just got married, so once it started to improve-

we

went to

the

fruit market.

i love the fruit market. when we went for the first time, we filled up the house with fresh food.

we learned how to sautee things. we ate more vegetables, and over-all clean things

to the point where people thought we were dieting to the extreme. we ate more garlic.

consumed more e.v.o.o. even drank more wine :) introduced fiber to our diets...and...

then i didn't have digestive problems anymore...

and i discovered i was lactose intolerant.

*i used to eat cheese like it was my JOB! many people would attest :)*

really, food is a beautiful thing.

i wish i could be a vegan, but when i shop...

i lose all control and don't see that one thing is made of leather...

and the other thing was tested on animals.

i don't like buying things that have been tested on animals...

so any recipes or product ideas or tips you can pass along

would be much appreciated :)

what habits have you changed in the last five years?

love,

mg