A Story About Food, Health, and My New Home
I didn't move to Portugal to fix my diet, I moved because I wanted a different life. What I found wasn't what I expected, it was something so much better.
What surprised me most was how quietly my relationship with food and health started changing without me noticing it. I found the produce was full of flavor, shopping required a walk around the block and back, cooking became fun and relaxing. Not what I was used to in the U.S. with a fast food joint on every corner that served food that wasn’t satisfying or healthy.
This all changed with no real effort on my part, it just happened, one day at a time, through a different way of shopping, different meals, more walking, and actually slowing down long enough to enjoy what was in front of me. Somewhere in there I realized changing where you live can change a lot more than what's on your plate.
What’s this Mini-Book About?
I get into why food tastes different here, and it's not just fresher ingredients, it's a whole different way of shopping, cooking, and eating. I'll walk you through what I call the Generations Before Purchase rule, a simple way of buying food and how it changed my shopping habits. And I'll talk about your environment, because changing your surroundings is often a lot easier than trying to be more disciplined.
This isn't a moving to portugal diet book, and I'm not here to tell you what to eat. It's just my story about what happened when I moved halfway around the world and found out that a new environment and a different pace of life can quietly change the way you look at food, without you ever trying to force it. Some of what I learned is specific to Portugal. Some of it, I think, travels anywhere. Maybe it'll just give you something to think about.
Speaking of things that changed once I got here, the language did too. If you want a head start on that, I put together a Portuguese Phrase Pocket Guide with the everyday words and phrases I wish I'd had on day one.
You can pick up the European Portuguese Phrase Pocket Guide, it’s on my store. Link is below.
