Time to GET healthy...

Several weeks ago I mentioned my desire to run a 5K.

I stayed motivated for 4 weeks

until I got sick!

I don't want to completely put everything out on the internet...

but I didn't just get sick...

I had PAIN...and lots of it!

After taking ibuprofren everyday...

several times a day...

for six weeks

I decided I had

ENOUGH! 

I've listened to my sister for the last few years as she got healthy and even though it sounded good logically...

I wasn't READY.

I began by watching the documentary Forks over Knives,

Fat Sick and Nearly Dead,

Vegucated, Hungry for Change

and the Engine 2 Diet.

(all on Netflix)

I have to admit I wasn't one of those that as soon as I watched...

I instantly changed

or felt motivated to throw away 

EVERYTHING

in my pantry,

or that I would NEVER eat meat again.

Instead I began slowly.

I read and watched everything I could so I could educate myself on what to fix, how to fix and how I would replace

what I was used to eating.

So just to clarify,

I still eat meat...just a lot less!

I eat MORE fruit and MORE veggies!

I eat A LOT of spinach...I call myself a female version of Popeye!

I don't have ANY dairy products!

(My mom is rolling her eyes right now on this revelation!)

And I ONLY drink WATER.

The water part was easy...

I stopped drinking soda last July and I replaced it with

Vitamin Water Zero.

But the more you stop drinking soda...

the more you want just the good old-fashioned water!

I don't even drink bottled water...

just right out of my faucet and that is saying something since I live in Arizona!

Lastly I have added seeds, nuts, beans and whole grains to most things I eat!

I also take a few vitamin supplements including 

Protandim, Vitamin D, Probiotics, Fish Oil and a Digestive Enzyme!

I still need to think about SUGAR but I haven't quite been able to do that one yet! 

I know food is a "touchy" subject and I'm not saying that this is  right for everyone...

just that it feels right for me!

 I'm sharing this too

in the  hopes I can stay motivated

knowing that what I put in my body as a lot to do with what I get out of it!