An Update on How things are going with me

OK - I will keep posting the series of cool information that I have been learning at the seminar, but today I wanted to take a little time to write some personal thoughts.

First of all, I think that the $ that I spent to go to this seminar was the best money I have ever spent~Already I am feeling a difference! If you are someone who would love to lose weight but it has always been SO hard - then you may really want to consider a plant based diet. It is SO filling and you are so satisfied -that you do not have those intense cravings for bad foods.

I have not had a soda since Friday and do not intend on drinking any more. They are damaging to the body and I have known this and not cared enough about me to really take care of me. But I do know. I think that I am worth taking care of. My body is the temple of God - so I need to treat it as such.

Second of all - I wish like everything - that I could just go to my bookshelf and pull 1/2 of the cookbooks that are not healthy off of it and donate them. I would love to totally say goodbye to meats. But - yeah - isn't there always a BUT?. Well my "but" involves my husband. He is not as gun hoe(sp) about this new lifestyle. He did go to the showing of the movie last night and saw a lot of the cool information that I have learned. But he is not quite there yet. And truth be told - he may never be there. I pray he is though because let me tell you - if a change of diet and improve peoples health as much as it seems like it can - then it would be the very best thing for him. I don't know if diet could totally reverse his Parkinson's but at least it would make the quality of his life SO much better. I will be praying about this.

OK - So I have started going to bed about 9:30pm. This is great since the alarm goes off at 4:41am and he gets up by 5:00am. Well now - when I get up with him - I stay up. So I don't lose any time at all by going to bed earlier - I actually gain it.

I have started drinking basically only water. I have switched to soy milk - only because I will still want cheese - unless my husband gets on board then I might be able to afford the healthier cheese. But until then - I would like a little here and there. And I would like some ice cream now and again. Oh by the way, Mc Donalds has a new Fruit Smoothie that is really good. My sister and I have a banana and strawberry one and it was quite good. Of course this is not something that I will be getting all the time but every once in a while it will be a great treat.

The Dr. gave us a list of exercises to do and then we had a few exercises that the exercise specialist told us about and so I am trying to do all of these every day. And I am going to do my best to start going to the track and walking several times a week. I live on a busy street so it is not really the type you would want to walk on but there is a little circle street that is not too far that I could walk on. And I might see if I could walk it ever so often. That would be a good choice when I don't have a lot of time.

Now for the best news of all - I am feeling good. I am already have more energy. And I am not starving to death. There is another bit of good news for me but I am not ready to share it with you all yet. If things keep going really good -then I will share it later. I think it is a good testimony for following Healthy Guidelines for your life. And also the blessings that God can bring into your life with out you even realizing it.

We all need to get back to the diet that God intended us to have. Maybe you can't go all the way to a great diet - but there are choices every day that you can make to contribute to good health! Start making some good choices for yourself every day. You ARE worth it!! :O)