This week I decided to get rid of everything I felt was of no nutritional value.  I thought about the decision for a while. The same day I made that decision I ended up changing my mind. I can’t afford to throw anything in my kitchen away. Hard earned money was spent on making sure there was food to eat.

When I was growing up, I would usually eat the breakfast and lunch that was provided by the school. I qualified for the free school lunch program. I don’t know how healthy the meals were, or even if they would have been considered balanced but I will admit that I didn’t get hungry again until after school, sometimes a little earlier. The point is that I was never really taught about what exactly makes a meal a balanced one because I was just eating whatever was there as long as it tasted good.

Luckily, I was taught about junk food and to avoid them especially since I struggled with my weight in my early teen years. Anything with excess amounts of sugar or sodium are bad for you. I’m going try and buy mostly things I can add my own sugar and salt to. I haven’t completely given up all my bad habits but I’m cleaning up my diet little by little.

I managed to do some slight work. I cleaned out my freezer of almost all of the junk food that was in it. I had the following plus more: Ice cream, hot pockets, microwaveable corndogs. When I say I cleaned it out, I really mean I ate it. I decided that I was going to finish what I had and not buy any more junk. Now, I have mostly meats that require me to actually cook.

Hopefully I make some good, healthy meals this week or, at the very least, one. I don’t consider myself a beginner in the kitchen because my mother and my girlfriend have taught me a lot of the basic stuff, but I won’t say I’m a great cook either because I make mistakes. I’m going to try to be creative with recipes that I find on Google. I hope I have enough time to make something fancy. If you have any ideas, leave them in the comments section.