Saturday, September 29, 2012

Square Foot Gardening

I'm. Really hoping to get a bunch of new beds pit in this year along with a cold frame and hopefully some chickens. I've been putting off major gardening expansions because we had hoped to move to a place with more yard but alas that goal is just not to be for now :/ these are of course not my actual beds I got the pictures from square foot gardenings facenook page I think? Not sure but I'm hoping mine look similiar Update from my last post I've lost 14 pounds to date. So things are moving right along in that department :) I have had some cheese a few times this month eating piazza and it takes me a few days to get back on track afterwards. I must be sensitive or something because I do blow op the next day and my nose gets all ginky :/ so I try my best to stay away bit sometimes living with omnivores. It gets the best of me. I am very proud to report I have finally beaten the evil monsters of sugar n caffeine addiction. Now if I have dip of tea or coke zero its just that and not something I need. I can go for weeks without having anything and am drinking so much water these days! I haven't been able to master the habit of exercising everyday yet because of my soreness a lot of evenings but. That is going away too and so I hope to be up to a marathon by next year ;0) haha. We shall see! But for now Live Love And Laugh!
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Monday, September 10, 2012

gosh its been so long...

Ive not been here in quite awhile :/ ive come so far in my journey to getting healthier but alas I don't have much weight loss to report. Its been really hard trying to figure out the combination that's going to work for me. I think ive finally got it though! I lost 10 pounds in about 2 weeks! Thanks to doing ALOT of research into plant based eating recommended by Rip Esselstyne Dr Caldwell Esselstyne, Jeff Novick, and Dr Mcdougall. Ive mainly cut out almost all fats almost!, and no more cheese or dairy of any kind. I feel much better and my arthritis feels better. I have better range of motion in my knees now. Its been a long road to get to this point and I keep back sliding. But I'm determined this time if I have say some icecream I'm not going to beat myself up over it. I'm just moving on and the next meal make it good. Knee of my daughters and my husband are doing a version. Of the military diet and having quite good success. Since that diet isn't plant based. And they do not want to give up meat anytime soon I make plant based meals for the most part for us all on the 4 days they are off the diet. For example we have spaghetti with no meat in the sauce or piazza no cheese for me of course. Tacks but I cant get them to eat the beans yet. I'm slowly working on everyone :) like ive said many times its a journey and of course we wont get there in a day. Disclaimer we went to a local ribfest this weekend big mistake as a vegetarian it was gross but I did have a strawberry shortcake I shared it with my husband but I still ate some of the icecream in it :/ so I fasted the rest of the day and am trying to get back on track today :) I'm not going to weigh myself today because I don't want to get upset if I gained any weight back I will check later in the week when things have leveled back out. I tend to wallow in my misery if I mess up and I don't want to trigger that kind of reaction. Ive been gardening a lot more lately. Ive got lots of peas n lettuce coming in and I'm still getting tomatoes n cucumber and peppers out of my garden :) I love to garden and I hope to have my own land one day to do lots of that! Well goodbye for now. Live simply laugh often and love generously...