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What I learned at veggie fest by Instant Crazy age 41
“The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.”
― Ann Wigmore
This was the quote given by the presenter at the Indianapolis veggie fest.
“In this fast paced world it is too frequently the case that people accept what society, family members and the authorities, whom nobody ever seems to question, believe regarding how to live their lives. And yet, the happiest people I know have been those who have accepted the primary responsibility for their own spiritual and physical well-being - those who have inner strength, courage, determination, common sense and faith in the process of creating more balanced and satisfying lives for themselves.”
― Ann Wigmore
This is a quote for me. I need to take control! I'm definitely going to start.
Tiffany Bright was the presenter I mentioned. She was wonderful to listen to and the smells coming from the food she cooked were amazing! She self published a cookbook, which I now own, yay! She is a yoga instructor, a reiki master, and she has 3 auto immune diseases, plus children with special dietary needs. She uses food to keep everything in check. She definitely looked fit and healthy. It truly is what you put in your body that makes you feel alive or dead. She told us to keep a journal of how we are feeling each day, and make notes of how the foods we eat effect us either by eliminating certain foods, or adding foods back into our diets.
She was definitely a proponent of whole foods, vegan foods, and organic foods. Also she said if we used canned foods to make sure they were bpa free cans. Of course she mentioned not to do all these changes at once, but gradually.
The food she cooked for us was wonderful! The first was a one pot dish with quinoa, onions, peppers, beans, it was so fast and easy too. I learned that you can cook the beans and the quinoa ahead of time, and freeze them. That way you just grab them from the freezer, thaw them, and in about 15 minutes you have a full meal. From googleing how to cook beans, I learned you can cook them in a rice cooker, as well as quinoa. This will make my life so much easier. I also learned that Roger Ebert wrote a book on cooking in a rice cooker, which is odd, but interesting. The other dish she made she called cookie dough. It was a sweet hummus sweetened with agave and chocolate chips. (in my best sing songy voice) WONDERFUL!
I got tons of other vegan recipes just from the booths around the fest. I can't wait to get cooking.
I'm still on a plateau with my weight. I'm hoping this vegan/whole food/healthy change will kick me off the ledge and back into weight loss land.
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