Last week we watched the movie "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead". And it was just the thing to set me over the edge! I've battled my weight for a few years now (okay, so I haven't really put up a fight!). Even last year, I considered going casein/gluten/processed foods free...but what else was there to eat? Vegetables and fruits?! No way! I didn't think it was possible to even think about resculpting the way I eat and live. Our lives are completely revolved around food. Its payday- lets go out to eat! Its Sunday after noon- lets go out to eat! We just ate a big meal- lets stuff our selves with ice cream now! Birthdays- food. Funerals- food. A friend is in town- food! Food and eating is something we all enjoy/do. But many of us struggle to properly nourish ourselves. We live on a diet of fast food, take out, pizza, and food we heat up from a box. Some of it has been chemically treated. Most of it has been bombarded with preservatives, artificial flavoring, and lots of added sugar and salt.
I've been reading about how the body can heal itself. I find it amazing that God was so creative and clever when He designed our bodies that if we treat it properly, we will be healthy (well, minus genetics...that's something else!). So maybe all the times we've asked God to heal us of this or that, maybe God just wants us to eat food He created, as it is, to heal ourselves! So that's what we're doing!
I have psoriasis. I've had it for as long as I can remember. But since I got married and had babies, it has spread like wild fire. What used to be just on my scalp sometimes, is all over my neck, back, and chest. Its like the heavier I got, the worse it's gotten. I've read that people have had great results when they quit eating junk and ate a plant based diet. Doctors want to throw pills at us. But could it be that getting healthy, eating a plant based diet, and exercise could be the correct answer? I don't know! But I'm hoping to find out! I'm kind of treating this like a science experiment.
Anyways. So this weekend we were so excited! We spent Saturday at Walmart and bought enough produce to get started with. We decided we would drink freshly juiced juice for breakfast and lunch. Dinner would be a completely plant based meal- cooked is okay. We ate at a friends house on Saturday night. That was our food finale! Starting tomorrow- only juice- for a month!
Written February 29
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