WOW, the days sure go by fast even when you are not able to workout.

I’m concentrating on my nutrition, and enjoying getting back into the swing of lots and lots of fruits and vegetables.

Yesterday was Shrove Tuesday, so our tradition is to eat pancakes. My girls love to flip them over, and our dogs wait in anticipation for the inevitable escaped pancake, this year there was only 1 ! LOL

When I was child we always ate them with a squirt of lemon and a sprinkle of sugar.  For my girls I’ve added a fruit plate into the mix as the 2 go together so well. I’m amazed each year at how much fruit they eat just because its going on pancakes. I’m thinking that I need to add pancakes in more often.

How did you all eat yours?

I cannot get over how much we have to pay for fresh fruit here, I’ts not something that I ever check the price on as we have to eat it, but yesterday I didn’t have many fresh berries in so I went to the store and all I picked up was 1lb strawberries, 1 pint of blackberries and raspberries and 2 lemons, this cost me over $20.

I’m not concerned as it was all eaten that night, but no wonder my grocery bill is so expensive.

It got me thinking that a few weeks ago there was a news story on Global news that talked about just this ..

Comparing Apples to Apples News Report

So it proved that in Calgary we pay over $5 for 5 apples, while our neighbours in Edmonton only paid $1.71 for the same type of apple.

So when I tell you that I have spent about $100 for 1 weeks worth of fruit and vegetables you can understand why!  I live in an expensive city.  What baffles me is the fact that Edmonton is further North than us, and most of the fruit and veg comes from the States, which means it travels further to Edmonton than to Calgary, so why would our produce be more expensive?

I hate being penalized for eating healthy, but it is something that I cannot compromise so I suck it up. Our health means so much to us, everyday I see the consequences of eating the other way.