Life is fleeting

I am constantly recommitting myself to taking better care of myself.  I’ve been doing this now for years. And as simple as it seems it should be, it’s a struggle.  Some days are better than others and it is getting easier each day. This morning was especially challenging because I did not have much of an appetite, but I know what happens when I skip or miss a meal.  It throws me off just a little. I want to be healthy and live as long a life as possible.  As I’m typing the thoughts streaming from my head, I can’t help but feel a little silly that I have somewhat of an issue (…and I am aware “issue” IS an overly used word!) with food.  I know food is important, I know it keeps us alive, I know it can heal, therefore it should be well considered.  But I want to get to a place where I just prepare my food and get on with it!  I think that will come with making a habit of good food choices on a daily basis.  It will soon be second-hand.   That is the goal.  With the recent passing of Whitney Houston, I am especially recommitted today to sticking with choices that promote my health.  She died too soon. She was sick and the grip addiction had on her was just too tight.  It choked the life out of her.  I can’t even begin to imagine how dark and desperate a place that must have been.  Her death just reminds me that life is fleeting.  Things can not wait until tomorrow.  Life really is uncertain, so with that knowledge I am choosing to do everything in my power to live it better than I have before.  That is my goal for today and everyday moving forward.  Thanks for listening!

What a surprise!!

Last night my family and I went to the gym to get in a little workout.  It was nice because I had been away for so long.  When I got home I decided to weigh myself just to do it.  -6 lbs since last week.  And I was not juicing last week like I am this week.  That was encouraging.   So it was real easy to stay on track this morning, even while cooking up some delicious smelling oatmeal pancakes for the kids.  Again, no carrots (farmer’s market is not until later today) so I whipped up the following smoothie:

1 cup organic OJ

1/2 banana

1/2 ruby red grapefruit

5 frozen strawberries

1 cup frozen spinach

1 + 1/2 cups European Blend salad

1 cup water

1 tbsp nutritional yeast

The yield was almost 3 cups smoothie and was very delicious and held me up to my snack which was an avocado with a pinch of coarse kosher salt and paprika.  mmmmm!!

What’s so great about where I’m at now is getting past the whole “feeling grumpy” stage and that’s probably because I got rid of alot of process foods.  I am still drinking my coffee in the morning and decaf teas during the day.  I don’t want to part with the ol’ cup of joe and my skin doesn’t seem to be suffering from it and the 2 teas I am drinking lately are chamomile and a really good french verbena someone at work brought in for the office.

The biggest change in terms of what I have cut out or reduced consumption of is less meat, wheat and dairy and that has made all the difference when it comes to my skin. Even more than wearing gloves when washing dishes!

So my plan this weekend is to prepare my juicing ingredients, smoothie ingredients and recipes as well as make some soups this weekend in preparation for the following week.  My mini goal for the remainder of this week is to workout 2 more times.  I’ll keep you posted!