Do you and your spouse or significant other sometimes disagree about food choices ?
My husband was enjoying a bagel with cream cheese for breakfast the other day. I pointed out to him that the cheese he was eating was made with modified milk ingredients, and not very healthy. I invited him to smell the delicious international breakfast I was eating. It was gluten-free oatmeal with rice milk made from Argentinian brown rice, fresh blueberries, and sprinklings of cardamom from India, ginger from Thailand, and freshly grated cinnamon grown in Sri Lanka.
Yes, I know, I was being prideful, and God hates a prideful attitude. ( I Peter 5:5).
My husband responded by saying : ‘At your age, what difference does it make what you eat ? ‘
It was an obvious ageist remark, made by a fellow old person, and right at our kitchen table !
I spent my career fighting against sexism and racism, and at that point , I realized that I now have an opportunity to become an activist against another rampant form of discrimination, that of ageism.
I reminded my husband that although my heart started beating 69 years ago, all of me is not that old, since parts of the human body renew themselves. Stomach lining cells are new every 5 days or so, while the liver renews itself every 300-500 days. Thus, I will continue to carefully nourish my body, as God grants me the privilege of growing older. The Lord is pleased when we feed ourselves and others lovingly.
I also learned that I need to be respectful of the food choices my husband makes. And God reminded me of the times I have chosen to eat home-made chocolate cupcakes for breakfast.
I have a feeling it is never dull at your house 🙂
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Hahaha……We do a lot of laughing at our house 🤗
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Eat whatever you want but in reasonable quantities…
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As long as it healthy and makes you happy, because when we lose health we dont need anything anymore❤
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I try to take care also but sometimes I relent. :))
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Good one! Our Lord tells us to be good stewards of His gifts.
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Hahaha….And my husband quickly quashed my prideful attitude🤗.
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My wife would also get like that at times as she would try to improve my food choices. My doctor, too! But I’m eating pretty well these days.
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Congratulations, and keep it up ! My husband also is big fan of ketchup, I am not. I do most of the shopping, but he smuggles things in. His code phrase is : ‘I’m just going to get coffee. And he will come home with coffee and other ‘treats.’ 🤗
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RE: Treats
Yeah, now that I hit my diet goal I’m getting just a tad liberal with the treats, but not enough to gain weight.
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Your choice of food sounds delicious. Eating healthy is important regardless of age. You can live a long healthy life by making the right choices.
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Thanks, Beverley. My mom was my role model concerning nutrition. She lived a long and healthy life and passed away in her sleep at age 94.
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Amen to that. Long and healthy life is what God ways for all of us.
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