Hello everyone!
I'm reflecting back at my diet and I know I have not been eating too well lately. I also know that I have not been exercising as much as I'd like.
It's about time I make a positive change for myself and try to live life healthier.
Today, I was grocery shopping and I saw that there were Pomegranates! I grabbed two right away! The price of the Pomegranates were expensive! OMG!
Check out the prices:
Commericial Bread $5.19
SOS Pads $3.25
A Lemon $1.59
A Grapefruit $1.89
A Pomegranate $2.19
A Package of Baby Spinach $5. 29 (I swear to God, I purchase about 2-4 spinach a week)
Green Onions $1.29 (I swear to God these are $0.75 in Toronto's Galleria Market)
A Eggplant $5.56 (WTH?!?)
Danone Activia Yoghurt $7.45
This is actually my first time looking at the receipt. I had been advised by many local people and staff member NOT to look at the receipt when shopping for food because we all need to eat healthily. The cheap stuff are the boxed pasta, box cake, bacon, frozen hamburgers and pretty much other instant foods.
I often cannot help myself but look at what others are purchasing when standing in line waiting to get checked out. I see most of the local people are big on purchasing cheese, frozen burgers, bacon, coffee, frozen fries, ice cream, Canned Soup or Soup in a package, gravy, chips & dip, pop and I'm thinking, "The food situation up here needs to be improved!" I feel sometimes the local people look back on what I purchase and I still feel horrible they are unable to access healthy foods.
I recall the very first time I went grocery shopping here. There was a couple and they were debating on what to do because they did not have enough money for the cab to return home. I looked at what they were purchasing... chips.... pop... and other foods that aren't too healthy. The cab costs a flat rate of $5 here. Who knows, maybe the chips & pop was for a party or some other social function or maybe this was their staple diet, I didn't ask them.
I swear to God, someone needs to create a documentary on food accessibility here to increase awareness of the problems that the First Nations people face. Recently, there has been some coverage in Attawapiskat in regards to their medical and housing crisis. A child went to the closest nursing station but was sent home many times with Tylenol. Unfortunately, the kid ended up dying. CBC also revealed the housing situation it showed how one family's home was flooded was raw sewage. It was horrifying!
