I'm an unhealthy person. I usually feel "not well" or "sick and tired" -literally.
Extremely fatigued, always.
Headache, 90% of the time.
My joints and muscles aches, always.
My complexion, I look like a teenager.
My vision keeps getting worse.
My sinuses are swollen, always. Doesn't help with the headache.
I am ADDICTED to junk food. I eat maybe one serving of fruits/vegetables a day!
I take 3-6 ibueprophin a day!
I resort to caffine probably 4 times a week to make it through the day.
I take naps 50% of the time when my kids do! And I'm not even pregnant.
I want to wake up in the morning bright and early and have the energy to enjoy life, and get things accomplished.
I want all my aches to be GONE.
I want to have more patience with my kids. I want them to be able to let them be loud without me telling them that they're hurting my head. Addysin started asking me "does your head hurt?". Sad.
I want to be active.
Chris has type 1 diabetes. He is doing it too, and just in the past few days he uses much less insulin and his blood sugar levels are more in control. With this type of diabetes, he cannot cure it. But he can help it. He can live longer, avoid losing limbs to amputation, and help keep his eyesight. WOW!
#1 reason. My whole body and head always ache. My mother-in-law cured her arthritis by going vegan. She has more energy. I believe her, whats not to believe? Doesn't it make sense that the food that God gave us is what we should be eating in its natural form? I'm trying to steer away from processed foods as well.
#2 reason. (which should be my #1 reason) To be healthy, and to "grow" healthy children.
What am I doing with our kids? I want them to eat 100% better than they do now. I dont know how to do it. They are TERRIBLE eaters. Their favorite foods:
hot dogs
chicken nuggets
pizza
cheez whiz
cheese its
toast and butter
bagels and cream cheese
Candy, cookies, ice cream, junk food of all sorts
strawberries- thank goodness
instant oatmeal
sometimes bananas
apples with caramel dip
top ramen
yogurt
Yeah, wow, that is what I have to work with. Maybe I need to let them go hungry until they will eat brocolli. Any ideas?
If you want to be healthier and live a better life, read this. Eat To Live by Dr. Joel Fuhrman. It is so good. Maybe I'm only motivated because I am in constant pain and discomfort.
I'm so glad I have been "awakened" to the disgusting diet I, and most Americans, live. I dont want to have cancer, suffer a heart attack, develop diabetes, or arthritis. Call me crazy. And I definitly dont want to feed my kids things that are going to cause them MAJOR problems in a year from now, or 50 years. If you want the best for your children, you will be interested in reading this. Its going to be a hard change, but we need to eat more simple, whole foods. Its the way our bodies were designed, but they cant perform the way they are meant to with all the man made junk sitting inside of it. We aren't made to be diseased people. We make ourselves that way.
Just like the title of the book- Eat to live. If I have to hold back my gag reflex while I'm forcing down spinach and tomatos, so be it. Isn't it obvious? Eating makes us fat and unhealthy. Some people just get away with looking and feeling good while eating the same way I usually eat.
I'm convinced.
I'm on my third day of the "anti-headache diet" given on pg. 170 in the book. My headaches have been much much worse, which the book warns of. It is recommended that I dont take pain medication. My body is detoxifying. Its a 2 week diet. Its really hard to go through this, but everytime I think about the pain in my head it drives me to continue the diet. After I'm done with this, I will be able to eat a lot more variety. The hard part will be once my headaches are gone and the motivation to eat healthy is just to be healthy. Its hard when everyone else is eating the "normal" way. I need to remember the long term benefits.
Did I get you thinking a little?
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I am soo loving eating healthy! Once you get the hang of it, it becomes more natural. Good luck! I hope it works out for you!
Keep updating, I'd love to hear how it all goes!!! Hope it cures all your aches and pains! :)
way to go Andrea......what to feed picky kids is what holds me back so many times of changing our whole diet to better. Good luck, you can do it! Maybe I will follow your example : )
So I am curious what is in the anti-headache diet, because I constantly have headaches too!
I'm proud of you. It's hard enough to change your own diet, but to change the foods your whole family eats is really a challenge. I know you can do it and be successful. I have been eating a lot more fruits and veggies this last month and I feel "cleaner" inside and more healthy. Good luck!
I can hear your voice as I read the post. I love it. You are cleansing your body, like you cleansed Fernwood.
Remember the time you banned all letter's from our apartment? There will be no "S", there will be no "B", there will be no dang it or darn it, there will be no shucks or shoot. Time to clean house!
Oh Sweet girl, your body is going to LOVE you. I did the same thing a year before I got pregnant with Caroline & I was in the Best shape of my life! I was FULL of energy & I was happier. If people only realized how bad some food is! The majority of things we eat is artiifial (non-food), chemical & so acidic to our bodies. I could go ON-&-ON! LOL!!! I have a lot of really yummy vegan recipes if you want them. Going vegan takes a lot of work. You're always preparing food ;o) But it's worth it. To be honest, I didn't go completely vegan. I did eat fish, eggs, & only raw milk but very seldom. I've been thinking about eating this way again. I posted about it back in 2008? Seriously, if you saty consistent, you won't want any junk food. Your body won't crave it. I have some Amazing vegan dessert recipes btw ;o)
i'm so proud of you! i'm no vegan, but i have lately tried to start eating better too. I just read this book called "animal vegetable miracle" i think you would really get something out of that. it's all about eating from local, unprocessed food that is IN SEASON! check it it! miss you girl :)
definitely want to hear the update on this one...rob read a book called the china study that was starting to convince him then we realized we like being fat and tired and sad. so let us know if it's really worth it. :)
What? The farm girl goes vegan? What does your dad have to say about this?! LOL I agree. Eating better makes a difference. I'm not going vegan... but I read Master Your Metabolism which talks about the chemicals and pesticides and so forth on food and how it causes pains and problems, and I am trying to eat more whole, clean foods. Some organics, and cage free eggs and stuff like that. It does get easier with time. I am kind of use to it now. My poor kids complain a lot though... but I only cook one dinner at my house! That's the rule!! Good luck.
I think you're smart. Matt has been having some headache issues and I've had on off and on soar throat for a month so I decided that I was going to start eating more alkaline and whole foods. Such a difference. My fridge looks so different. I'm not vegan, but I have eliminated cow's milk and we drink almond milk...so good...don't know why I didn't start earlier. I use more organic stuff and I've stopped buying most of the processed junk! I have noticed a difference. My joints don't hurt as much and I have more energy! I haven't had a soar throat since. We're eating tonz of fruits and veggies. It's just about a little planning and creativity.
Wow. That sounds pretty interesting. I sure hope it works out for you. Please keep updating on how much better you are doing. Hey, if it works miracles I might consider doing it... meanwhile... I'm going to enjoy some steak. ;)
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