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I am excited to really
jump into my somewhat new diet or life style way of being. It is not entirely new, I have been experimenting with new recipes
and new ways of shopping, as well as cooking differently.
My way is not entirely
vegetarian but mostly. It is not
entirely vegan but leans that way. It is
not paleo but shares some of those characteristics. This is a different animal.
It is more plant based,
local, raw, and whole food with all those micronutrients. For me, that looks like a big leafy green
salad with kale, spinach, cilantro, avocado, strawberries and nuts. A typical dinner might be baba ganoush served
on carrot sticks with some pumpkin or squash soup. Bread has always been a weakness. I am making my own gluten free white bread
and slicing it thin for an occasional sandwich or toast. Eggs
and butter are on my plan in small and limited ways.
Most things are made from scratch at home,
but if I am out and about, there are three fast food places I will go to. Chick-fil-A has a new super salad with kale
and broccoli. It is so good and I get
a large. Wendy’s has a one dollar ice
tea and a small chili is only 250 calories with 23 grams of protein. At home my chili is vegetarian with long
simmering pinto beans, peppers, onions, tomatoes and seasonings I crave: Add a
slice of homemade gluten free cornbread and it is perfect. I will also stop at McDonald's and pull the
bread from a fish sandwich and have a side salad and apple slices just like the
kids have. It is great to have all those choices and in
time I might even upgrade to better and cleaner choices. This works for me. For sure it is a work in progress.
No matter how organic
and raw, most of us must supplement. The
minerals in our soil are very depleted.
I supplement with plant based minerals.
That means that the minerals were complete for the quick growing
vegetables that absorbed them and then were made into a liquid. Gardening is now more than a hobby and many
people have compost and feed their garden soil to produce healthier pesticide
free produce. That is the absolute
best. I have no room to even container
garden where I live but I have learned where the local farmer’s markets
are. Some people can have goats for milk
and chickens for eggs. I can only dream
of that down the road.
I watched a great
documentary on Gaia TV about all of this.
How to be sugar free is
another story and that is what makes my plan a bit different. I am still taking
medication for type 2 diabetes. Edgar Cayce suggested drinking unsweetened diluted
grape juice before each meal as an appetite suppressant. We also dilute some other juices or add a bit
of sparkling water. We don’t buy the
popular brand sodas these days. I don’t
notice a spike in blood sugar and it seems to slow down the digestion and I
feel good and my hypothalamus feels satiated. Thank you, Mr. Cayce for that piece of
advice.
I hope to start juicing
a bit more. There are beautiful stories
of detoxing and losing more weight with juicing.
Bashar, who is
channeled by Daryl Anke, mentions that we do not need to suffer with illness if
we remember the basic rules for health.
Those are: clean air, clear clean water, movement or exercise, whole
vibrant food, rest and staying stress free as much as we can. All those diseases of old age need not
happen.
Abraham Hicks says that
what we eat is not as important as what we feel. Feeling happy is paramount to health and
feeling well. That is important to know
for me, if I am ever stuck at an airport or not in my own home, Just blessing my food and water can help me
maintain my balance.
Last year Zachary and I
quit smoking. It has been a year for me,
and Zach is on his way. I smoked my last
cigarette December of 2015. I began walking more. Then two months ago, I joined a gym. This is the year we take our food into a
seriously different place. No one is
expecting perfection, least of all me, but, I couldn’t be more on board with
making a few more changes.
I must add the conceptual
truth of 1 Corinthians 13:1. If I speak in the tongues of men or of
angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
We can look good and feel great but as
a total person, love is the most important of qualities. I think being kind is
essential to health, real health anyway.
