Day 37...

Grilled Mahi from last night+ veggies

+ my favorite fruit salad w/ cottage cheese and a drizzle of raw honey!

Yesterday was a good day. I made a hearty egg scramble loaded w/ veggies and tried some of the organic apple and cheddar chicken sausage I got from Whole Foods last week. I wasn't the biggest fan but it might be because I haven't really liked a ton of meat lately. When I started this new healthy life plan, I wanted to change a few things in my daily diet to help me just feel better.

1. Cut sugar from my diet for a couple months

2. Cut off my eating after 8pm

3. Portion control and eat until I am no longer hungry

4. Eat less meat and more fruit and veggies

5. Get more sleep (should really be #1)

6. Exercise (should be #2)

It has now been a month and a full week and I feel fantastic! I can't even tell you how much better I feel. I feel healthier and stronger every day! For the last 5 years while trying to figure out my hyperthyroidism and then grave's disease, I have felt power less and very much a victim. I know we all have our trials and I just felt like " well, there's nothing I can do so what's the point in even trying?" For the first time in a long time, I feel like me again. I took my power back from my disease and it feels great! I was so tired of all the "adjusting" and "readjusting" of my medication every time I went to the Dr. Every time they'd change it, it would make me very dizzy and it was difficult to function (Not so great when you have 5 kiddos). It would take several weeks for my body to adjust to the dosage and then they'd take my labs again and then tweak the dosage again! It never seemed to level out!

So, I had it! When 2010 rolled around I was done! I no longer wanted to hand over my life to some know it all in a white coat! I read an amazing book by Michael Pollan called Food Rules: An Eater's Manual. In it, he talks about where our food comes from and made a great point that really struck me. He said in today's world, people spend less money on food (the cheaper, the better) and consequently spend more money in health care (Dr's trips, over the counter meds, etc.). Where as our grandmother's generation spent more money on food and very little on health care. This was sooooo what was happening in my household! We have been sick so much this past year! I have gotten one thing after another! It totally made sense to me and that was enough for me. I thought to myself was that double cheeseburger worth all the agony I've dealt with? Not even close. Sure, I got momentary satisfaction but it definitely wasn't worth all those trips back and forth to the Dr. and all those fainting spells and the every day migraines! The very next day I went on this plan and I have really felt amazing.

I think you have to listen to your body and really find what works for you. I can tell you that at the end of last year when I turned 33, I felt more like my body was 43 and my heart and soul 23! I hated that my inside and outside didn't match and not only that but they we're so far apart! That's a 20 year difference! I really feel like I'm on my way back now. My goals are not really about a number anymore. Although I have lost a lot (14lbs!), feeling better has made all the sacrifice so worth it!

OK, whew! LONG post sorry!

Day 37..

the Goods:

B- Veggie Scramble + chicken sausage

L-Banana and PB smoothie w/ chia seeds and flax

OK, I'm not usually a huge smoothie fan but I wanted to make little man a healthy snack after he got home from school and wanted to see if he'd notice the chia and flax...He didn't! He loved the smoothie and so did my other monkeys when they got home! The kids have been amazing!

D-Supper Club- Stuffed Shells and Caesar (sorry forgot my camera!)

Today we have a busy day full of soccer, rugby games, moving my sis in, family time and I'm even squeezing in a date w/ the hubbs! Happy Saturday!