Happy Easter

Happy Easter to all. When I was growing up we always had Easter baskets filled to the brim with candy. That was all that was in the basket. And the traditional center piece of the basket was a solid, chocolate Easter bunny. I would take me a week to eat the Easter bunny alone. . .
 
Now that I have a healthier lifestyle, Easter doesn’t worry me like it used to. I don’t have to worry about having a ton of sugar around and being tempted by it. At the same time, I can have a little bit of sugar, a chocolate Easter egg and not beat myself up over it or worry about the consequences.  You see living life healthy isn’t about living so rigidly that you can’t enjoy yourself. It means enjoying yourself through nourishment and allowing yourself to have the occasional treat and truly enjoy it.
 
Actually, part of being able to process the “junk” foods that we eat is being able to enjoy them. If we beat ourselves up about the foods we’re eating we don’t digest them as well, we have a greater propensity for the foods to adversely affect our body.  In my past, when I’ve eaten “junk” foods, I ate the food (i.e. chocolate cake) with remorse, guilt and shame for being weak or “unhealthy” and the scale would never hesitate to justify my bad feelings. Now when I eat “junk” foods I savor them. No remorse, no guilt, no shame, just pure pleasure.  After all, God gave us taste buds for a reason and I believe that reason was to enjoy our food. Why else would He give us such a variety of plants and food? Why would we care what it tastes like if food was meant only as fuel for our bodies? Doesn’t it make sense that we should enjoy eating?
 
I ate a chocolate Easter egg today. It was a large one that fit perfectly my palm and I just enjoyed the taste and feel. I know the rest of my day will be spent nourishing my body, but for those 5 minutes while I savored that chocolate egg, heaven was here on Earth and I’m so glad I was able to enjoy a little bit of my childhood on this Easter day.
 
Over the course of the next couple of weeks I’ll be continuing my transition to lighter, Springtime foods. This will help support and condition my body for the Spring Cleaning cleanse that will be kicking off on April 15th. In fact, we need to cleanse our bodies twice a year to help it work optimally and to give your digestive system a break from having to process all the toxins.  The cleanse will include three 50 minute conference calls and the materials necessary to begin your cleanse with us on April 15th.  The first conference call will be on April 14th so that you are prepared for the beginning the cleanse. If you would like to join me for this 2 week cleanse, please shoot me an email at collette@saluteyourhealth.com.