Healthy Eating Simplified in 2025 - Step 2

Here is part 2 - very good information - especially for those who are beginning there bread journey using freshly milled flour from whole grains. :O) 

Stay On the Path part 2

At the beginning of 2024 I joined a small group at my church. We read through the book "The 40 Day Sugar Fast." I did really well the first month at sticking with it and losing weight. I was thrilled because I really wanted to lose weight. 

Towards the end of February, I got the news that my Dad had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. This news paired with the knowledge I had already that his mother had also had Alzheimer's and my grandfather having had dementia, threw me for a loop. And yes, it knocked me off my path.

I did make it through the 40-day challenge with following the guidelines I had set for myself. This is how it works- you decided how strict you want to be. I choose to allow fruit because God created and intended that we eat fruit. There is a lot of nutrional value in fruits. But I was no longer losing weight. 

 

In life there will be many things and temptation that will come and try to know us off our path. And if we are on the path that God led us to, we should keep seeking His guidance and ask for His help to stay on course. It's the best place to be! 

Let's be like Paul and stick to the path God put us on! 

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Happy Sabbath- may you be blessed! :O) 

Taking you along with me on this journey.... Part 1

December 21st, I received a message from my stepmom informing me and my sister that the Alzheimer's was taking its toll on my Dad's health. He wasn't wanting to eat and getting too weak to walk to the bathroom nearby. Because his mother had Alzheimer's, and his father had dementia and now my Dad being in the last stages of Alzheimer's- made me know that I HAD to make changes in my life. 

No longer id I have the luxury of vacillating between being healthy and allowing my flesh to rule. It was time to follow the health principals I knew would lead to better health for myself. And best of all it would give me a better chance at avoiding Alzheimer's and dementia.  

 I had written this quote on an index card months before. I don't even remember where I heard it. But when I realized that my health really depended on my choices, I added this index card to my mirror. 

I did not set some time in the future to start making healthy choices. In the past I would have said I'll start on Monday or after I can go to store and buy healthy groceries. Thankfully I already had healthy food in my house. I had just been eating a lot of junk along with the healthy stuff. So, on December 22, I decided to make my health a priority. And I haven't looked back. 

My Dad and Grandma (and a month later I found out that 4 of my grandmothers 6 siblings) had Alzheimer's and my grandfather had dementia, but I can choose to make my health a priority. I can choose foods that give my body the nutrition it needs, and I can exercise, drink water, get fresh air and sunshine. All the things I know are good for me and leave the rest to God- trusting in Him and allow Him to guide me.  

Healthy Eating Simplified in 2025 - Step 1

If I have already shared this video, I apologize but it is very important information for us all. 

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Happy Sabbath! I hope you all are doing well and staying warm. Our highs today should be about 60 degrees, and I am hoping to get a walk in. :O) 

Guide and Direct

 My Dad used to always ask God to guide and direct him when he prayed. This was my first introduction of the idea of surrendering to God and allowing Him to direct our paths. Sadly, I just didn't get it. It took years for me to fully understand the importance of truly allowing Him to guide me along the right path. 

Years later a special couple at my church had a weekly 12 step type meetings at our church. While attending, I slowly began to understand the importance of surrender. 

It was a real slow go at learning this concept. But God is very patient. He doesn't rush a person faster than they are able to grasp and understand. It's taken a lifetime, really, but about 14 years ago I became more willing to learn this and that is an important part - being willing. God isn't going to force us. But if we are willing, He will slowly guide us. 

I am so thankful for this lesson, and I am thankful for God's patience. 

God has done some amazing things in my life and some of them have even shocked me. I plan on sharing how God has been working on me over the last 14 years or so. Can you tell I am a slow learner? 14 years.... It has been cool to look back and see how each thing was a steppingstone to where I am today. Still on a journey - but a journey in which God is the one directing my steps.  

My Dad is at the very end of his life at the moment. He is in the last stages of Alzheimer's.  It is so very sad and I pray that God will help him not have to suffer too much. And that he will have peace and comfort. I also thank God that He gave me a praying father who, in his prayers gave me an important key to what a relationship with God was all about... allowing God to direct our steps. 

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