The mostly raw food and whole grain diet is working well. I can even have something sweet and not pay for it in pounds the next day! Once you retrain the brain that meat and dairy are not necessary to survive (I was raised on the meat and potato lifestyle along with fresh veggies and a salad at every dinner) it all feels good and you really won't miss it.
I still cook for my family and make sure that I am not starving while cooking by having a cup of coffee or snack on raw food while cooking. In fact I still use half & half in my coffee. I avoid all processed foods, MSG and aspartame. They cause inflammation along with hydrogenated and enriched products.
On a few occasions I have had the organic beef from my freezer and keep it at about 4 oz. per serving, lean chicken and turkey. Ground beef with taco seasoning has resulted in puffy hands the following morning. Probably MSG due to the fact that I had grabbed something at Taco Johns etc.
When I get the excess weight off I will most likely eat meat a few times a week, because I love a good steak! However, my attitude toward food is making a change for the better. I am more interested in trying whatever I can lay hands on in the produce section and find a way to prepare it. My family is also getting more adventurous with new foods.
There has been a slight re-occurrence of Arthritis so I am taking the Minocyline 3 times per week at night. The book mentions this happening, everyone is different so you just keep retreating until it stops coming back.
Overall I am so thankful that I found this book along with www.roadback.org. There is just no way to put into words how much better life is when you feel good enough to get out of bed and take on the day knowing that it is now possible to achieve goals of all kinds rather than hope to get through the day in survival mode. It's the difference between life and death, existing and living, reasonable happiness and constant depression.
Leaving the darkness of endless doctor appointments and stepping into the light of my normal life. How refreshing it is to know that I don't have a cupboard full of prescriptions that worked for awhile. Afraid to throw them away just in case...
No longer having to adapt my life and activities to the encroaching disability that is Arthritis.
Start you own journey, you won't regret it. I am here to support any way I can so feel free to email me at the contact if you like.
I still cook for my family and make sure that I am not starving while cooking by having a cup of coffee or snack on raw food while cooking. In fact I still use half & half in my coffee. I avoid all processed foods, MSG and aspartame. They cause inflammation along with hydrogenated and enriched products.
On a few occasions I have had the organic beef from my freezer and keep it at about 4 oz. per serving, lean chicken and turkey. Ground beef with taco seasoning has resulted in puffy hands the following morning. Probably MSG due to the fact that I had grabbed something at Taco Johns etc.
When I get the excess weight off I will most likely eat meat a few times a week, because I love a good steak! However, my attitude toward food is making a change for the better. I am more interested in trying whatever I can lay hands on in the produce section and find a way to prepare it. My family is also getting more adventurous with new foods.
There has been a slight re-occurrence of Arthritis so I am taking the Minocyline 3 times per week at night. The book mentions this happening, everyone is different so you just keep retreating until it stops coming back.
Overall I am so thankful that I found this book along with www.roadback.org. There is just no way to put into words how much better life is when you feel good enough to get out of bed and take on the day knowing that it is now possible to achieve goals of all kinds rather than hope to get through the day in survival mode. It's the difference between life and death, existing and living, reasonable happiness and constant depression.
Leaving the darkness of endless doctor appointments and stepping into the light of my normal life. How refreshing it is to know that I don't have a cupboard full of prescriptions that worked for awhile. Afraid to throw them away just in case...
No longer having to adapt my life and activities to the encroaching disability that is Arthritis.
Start you own journey, you won't regret it. I am here to support any way I can so feel free to email me at the contact if you like.
