Clean up on Aisle 10

I know they say you should never go the store hungry. I get this but sometimes as a mom this is hard. If I go in the morning then I go hungry. Because truth is I hate eating in the morning. It always makes me sick. Then I feel like crap all day long. If I go in the afternoon then I have the "mommy" crowd. These are the people, God bless their souls, because I was one of them once upon a time, who have to bring their little ones to the store with them. Their little hands grabbing at things on the shelves. Someone is crying, or screaming or wandering off. Mom is looking at this or getting frustrated. And I am trying my best to be a good christian and not snap off at someone else's children. So as I stand behind the herd I grab the box of crackers I had kind of thought of getting and through it in the cart. I finally make my way to the end of the aisle get the one small item I needed and head down to the next.

Grocery shopping is so hard. There are so many tasty things that I want. Candys and cookies and cakes and sweets. What is so tasty about whole Wheat? Really? It tastes like cardboard. When I stand there and look at things in the aisle and the "healthy" food cost more then the "junk" food it hurts. If I could afford it I would do Peapod or something on that order. Just so I didn't have to sit here and look at this.

But here I am. I have stressed out shopping on a Saturday. I have also opened a bag of chips and started eating them as I shopped because I was hungry and if I didn't eat them as I ate I was going to buy and eat everything else in the the store. I have shopped at every hour in the day and night. Tonight my shopping buddy and I will be shopping at 8....... p.m.

8 p.m. is a good time. Especially on a Friday. most moms are at home with their husbands and kids. Most "tween" and teens are out with their peers and not at the grocery store. There is no last minute dinner dash after (insert sport here). Most of the wheelchair cart crowd are safely at home because their drivers are out driving themselves around. The weekend has begun. I am going from Mommy mode to Tina mode. I can look at the price of what I am buying. not just swipe it off the shelf. If I ate dinner its all good. If I didn't I can have a light snack before I go and I am still all good.

Healthy food doesn't look so bad when your not stressed. I love the look of fresh fruit. I love the smell off pineapple. The bitter taste of it. Green grapes make me smile, and they are on sale this week. Bonus!!! The soft skin of kiwi and peaches. The zest of an orange. I enjoy fresh spinach as well. On a crispy bed of lettuce with fresh tomato. Why that is heaven of course. Who doesn't love corn on the cob? Personally I could add onions, red or white, to almost anything. Potatoes are hearty. Peppers add color to everything from salad to potatoes to eggs and hamburgers. Now see those are the things that I forget about. I don't need the "healthy whole wheat's" I need more of the healthy organics. I need my veggies and my fruits. My dairy and my white meats.

So here is my prayer.

Dear God, When I am at the store today please help me to keep my hand out of the cookie jar. I don't need to fill up on snacks and fats and sugars. Please help me to fill up on fruits and veggies. Help me to feed my soul and fuel my body as it needs not to over indulge my body and destroy it. I am tired of living in an over stuffed fat suit. Please God remind me that you provide me with the fruit from the tree and the plant from the ground and that is all that I truly need. Amen.

Lets Eat