The Battle of Sugar, Fat and Salt

Colby Sibley

My Battle with Sugar Fat and Salt

            To have the knowledge of knowing what to eat and how the food you ear affects your body is one step closer to a healthier life style. I really enjoyed this book because I always considered myself knowledgeable in my dietary tendencies but I never this deep into studying how companies act towards hunger, money and getting food on the shelves that keep us hooked. Its captivating knowing that chemists are working night and day just to perfect a product that is cheap to make but can hit the bliss point to keep me coming back for more. The cereal wars which added sugar to countless boxes every year just shows how capitalism can affect our health, but as consumers we can control these companies by what we buy so it’s a give and take. Also this book has showed me how advertising really does work for companies especially when directed at children. Everyone knows the frosted flakes tiger, the old spice crazy commercials and don’t forget about that weird Cheetos’s guy. But their best marketing plan is to fill their products with the sugar our minds crave, and the salt and fat that our bodies love to have. I have always been cautious when looking the nutritional labels but with reading this book I know that sugar salt and fat are some things I really need to cut back on. I also will take into account the snacks I love to have like Oreos or cheese-it’s because these processed foods are only good because the additives they have so in that case I may have to find a healthier alternative. In all I enjoyed this book and I will take into account what I have learned when preparing my meals and feeding my children when that part my life comes around.

That Which I am Thankful For

Colby Sibley

That Which I’m Thankful for

                These Holidays are a time for reflecting on the things we are blessed and thankful to have.

I am Thankful for my new home Oxnard.

I am Thankful for my best friend and my biggest fan my beautiful Mother.

I am Thankful for my close friends who might not be close now but we always stay true.

I am Thankful for my car which is as old as me but she’s definitely a trooper.

I am Thankful for my mentor and one of my inspirations Kevin Jacobson.

I am Thankful for my relationship with God and having the faith to tackle every new day.

I am Thankful this year and every up and down it has brought me.

I am Thankful for my teachers this semester who have pushed me to grow and open up to new ideas

I am Thankful for having the opportunity to compete in baseball

I am Thankful for all the new and exciting things to come

Enjoy Family

Enjoy Family

                Family is one of the most important things we have in our lives. We may not know this when we are younger because most of us haven’t felt loss at an early age. We haven’t encountered the impending meetings with death that we all have to face sooner or later. I considered myself very close with my family, I was always in a school with my cousins, always at my hippy uncles house and visiting my grandma and grandpa every weekend and I’m not saying I took for granted but I didn’t know what I had until it was gone. A family is as tight knit as you make it; you have to contribute to the overall feeling of togetherness and strength so you have the strong foundation when you need it the most. Well when I was 12 years young I went through one of the toughest and most character building times of my life. I lost my great grandma that summer, my father the year after and also my grandparents. This shook my family to the core and I feel we have never fully recovered. I never encountered death and with such a blow and I didn’t know how to handle it. I couldn’t comprehend the idea of losing a loved one let alone most of my family and what was left of my family slowly drifted apart. Holiday family dinners faded away, visiting each other as much as we did dwindled and it soon became just my mother and I. I also moved schools which also had me struggling for air but I had to become strong for my family and mother’s sake. My mother and I started a dog walking business because my father provided for my family, I took control of advertising and I worked seven days a week to make sure we had a roof over our heads. But I never truly understood what happened until I was eighteen, that life can sneak up on you and shake your foundation and you must always get up every time you fall down. Death is a part of life and we have to love the ones who we hold to dear to us as much as we can for as long as we can because you never know what life might bring next. My small family has recently had growth in the right direction and everyone has come to the fact that all we have is each other. Thanksgiving is coming up and I am thankful for everything I have and I look forward to enjoying my family and being thankful we are all together.