raw food????

Currently watching a documentary that Jerad got for me. It talks all about how nutrition is the reason for illness and how if you detox and change your nutritional intake you can reverse most illnesses. They say that organic, and raw foods are best (vegan). That 51% of all of your meals should be raw. They even talked about fibromyalgia! They say that medicines are just more poison and mask the problem but don't fix it. They claim that if someone with heart disease eats raw organic food for one year they will make it go away without medication. They are saying that food attacks chronic diseases greatly. *sigh* should I try it? Apparently when you cook food you loose most of it's nutrients.

pissed...

I'm not going to lie, I'm a bit pissed. Maybe upset, I dunno. I haven't been feeling good lately. I do need to get back to the acupuncturist and the chiro but I have a feeling that it is partially because of all of the processed foods I've been eating lately. Which, UGH, means that all of the delicious foods that I have recently found I need to save for a special occasion or no occasion at all :(. It's really annoying to finally find things but know that it is making me sick. Time to go back to just veggies, fruits, soy products, turkey, chicken, and my good old tapioca bread. UGH!

K Toos are EVIL!!!

I I I found these cookies called K Toos that meet all of my diet restrictions. I rarely buy them but they were on sale this week at the grocery store...instead of $5.99 they were $3.99 a package. So, of course I bought the chocolate ones AND the vanilla ones. Well, it's been 3 days and both packages are gone. They aren't even that fantastic (compared to say oreos) but boy are they addicting!!!! Goodbye my dear friend K Toos for a very very long time!

My New Year's Resolutions

I am sure I've made resolutions in the past and just haven't kept to them but well, this year is going to be different. Here goes nothing.....

1. To finish remodeling Grandmom and Grandpop's armoire.
2. To do some form of mind/body/soul relaxation each day (i.e., swimming, meditation, tai chi, yoga).
3. To declutter the house even more.
4. To only shop on the weekends and only for things we really need (that's going to be a tough one).
5. To save save save $!!!
6. To treat myself kindly.

Hello Old Friend

Sorry I've been gone so long my dear blog and anyone out there in the internet world! The holidays have taken up a lot of my time! I'll start coming back regularly..I have some tasty new foods to tell you about and some other things. Here is my good quote though for the day if you get a chance-TAKE IT if it changes your LIFE-LET IT nobody said LIFE would be easy!

do cameras lie?

Just took this picture of myself. I have to admit, when I am bored I tend to attempt to do my makeup. I don't know if I have always done this growing up but being a girl that typically wears non each day, when I am alone I like to attempt some makeup looks. Sometimes, I end up shaking and the mascara goes all over but well others, I am successful. I just need to remind myself to take it off before I hit the hay! Anyways, I keep staring at this picture and then staring at myself in the mirror. Is this really how I look anymore? For so long I have not had a body shot. I hide and only show my face because of the way my body looks but for quite some time, even my face bothered me. It looked like I was in a fat suit. The thing is, I don't see myself I suppose how others are beginning to. I know my stomach has gone down by the way clothes fit but I don't know if I see it all. I keep worrying about all of the skin hanging on my arms with major stretch marks, but well I just figure for the time being, I will keep wearing longer sleeved shirts. Anyways, I wonder, is this what you all see when I actually do my makeup? I don't think cameras lie, or do they?

2 exciting things!

#1- I have been knitting lately and it isn't KILLING my body. #2 - I drove 4 hours all by myself to Chicago and I have minimal pains right now!!!!!