Are you married to a man that loves to eat candy, drink soda, and likes to indulge in a whole pan of brownies in one sitting?
So was I.
When I first met my husband, he was eating some of the most unhealthy foods and didn’t seem to care.
You should have seen his face when I asked him why he was eating so much white bread. I told him, “the whiter the bread, the sooner you’re dead”.
He looked at me like I was crazy, and all the while, I was trying to keep him healthy.
As the years went on, he developed a strong craving for candy. Sour patch kids, Twizzlers, Reese’s, and all those processed sugars.
And when he worked out of town, because he is cheap, he survived off a diet of Ramen noodles, which I told him before was possibly the worst food he could ever eat.
MSG, TBHQ, and high sodium were never meant for our bodies to consume. Eating Ramen noodles is like drinking a can of MSG, TBHQ, and sodium.
It turned my husbands gut into a blood bath. And proceeded to exit his body in that fashion.
We ended up at the doctor’s office one day because he was having bloody stools and he really thought he may have had colon cancer. Thankfully, it was just a bad case of hemorrhoids.
I continued to make comments about why he should eat healthier food and not consume any processed foods and artificial ingredients.
His usual answer was, “I’ll be okay, it’s just food! You’re making a big deal for nothing, it’s all the same.”
But over time, he ended up having to pay the piper.
It was then that he realized that it was time to make some changes.
He stopped eating processed food, drinking soda, and cut way back on the candy. He started walking, drinking lots of water, and green tea with lemon.
After much resistance, he eventually broke and became the one reading the ingredients at the store before buying anything (he used to make fun of me for looking at the ingredients).
And ever since he changed his eating habits, he hasn’t had any issues like he had before when he was eating so unhealthily.
He grew accustomed to my homemade, non-processed food, and began wanting to cook his own homemade foods as well. It created a new passion and hobby for both of us.
Now we both enjoy doing this together, and he has thanked me for never giving up on my healthy food preaching.
Since then he has learned how to make his own chicken sausage, andouille sausage (WITHOUT MSG), all the same Cajun delicacies without any extra ingredients, beef jerky, and other delicious homemade food.
This has fueled both of us to work together to become more self- sufficient, all the while saving money.
It’s been a win-win situation.
So don’t give up! If your husband is like that, don’t lose hope! Keep speaking the truth about why we need to eat healthy foods without all the artificial things in them.
You’ll save time, money, and your husband.
You are not alone in the struggle to keep your family healthy!
So have a great day and let me know in the comments about your situation!
Amanda
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