Small Comparisons

Back on the 21st of February, I did this two week raw food detox to kinda get myself going in the healthier direction.  It was a tough two weeks, but I did it and am down right glad I did!  I felt really great when I was done and even had extra perks...like my skin was in better condition and my hair grew in quicker.  (I was still getting over the whole having a baby hairloss.)  It was at the end of this that my husband and I started the Atkins diet together.  Together...what a lovely word.  I'm thinking that that is why it's been so easy to stick to it!  We're on the same page!  Anyways, back to the whole Raw food thing.  Looking back on my older posts I noticed that I had revealed what I thought to be my starting weight...whelp, I was wrong.  When Chris and I started Atkins together we decided to buy a new scale (yuck!).  Well, lets just say the one I had used was off a tad.  By about 6 lbs...and not in the good way!  So, my original starting weight was actually....roughly....about....174ish.  I'm ok now, I accepted it at the time and moved on knowing without a doubt that I had to get my rear in gear.

It's now almost 10 weeks into my entire weight loss, get myself healthier, journey.  And I must say, I'm proud of my hubbie for sticking to it and helping me stick to it.  There have been other benefits too!  Our kids have become healthier while we're at it!  My goal of portion control amongst our ranks has happened!  Not to mention, being on this whole low carb thing, we've tried a whole variety of vegetables that we never thought to touch before...like kale, swiss chard and a variety of different cabbages like bok choy, nappa and savoy...yum! We're slowly adding certain grain carbs back to the table like thick cut oatmeal, barley and whole grain wild rice (chewy stuff),  but in small amounts.  I've even made these yummy apple scones from oats and whole grain that are wonderful.  Everything in moderation!  The biggest change is the lack of sugar, I don't miss it and I don't think I'll be adding that back to our diet.  Nope, no sugar.  I'm also going to start making our own bread (try my best to do it regularly), to try to get more preservatives out of my kiddos diets...bad stuff, preservatives and sugar, imo.

I've posted a photo comprised of different times the past year.  I don't get my pic taken often, so I could only find ones that I have others in with me (good stuff).  You can see the difference in my hubbie and in my Celsi, and how well they've done since February.  I won't tell you their starting and current weights, that's their story.  But I will tell you that they are both feeling great and have more energy.  Yay!  So far I've lost about 26lbs, Praise the Lord!  Hopefully through all of this He's been strengthening my ticker and improving other aspects of internal health.  My family has a history of bad tickers, diabetes and cancers.  I feel it's my major responsibility to do what I can to try my best to take care of this body He's given me...not just for me, but for my kids.  What children see us do, they do.  What they hear us say, they say.  They are like little sponges, so I'll do my best to give them good things to "absorb" that will help them over their lifetimes.  And one of those are eating habits!

Mission: Two week detox

This weekend, I was able to chit chat a bit with a good friend of mine about a "diet" he had started.  His meals for the past 11 days consisted of only raw fruits, veggies and almonds.  I know, I know...where's the meat!?  Or more importantly...Where's the chocolate!!??  


When I first heard of this diet a couple weeks back, I was convinced that there was no way I could do it.  For one, I love meat.  Seriously.  Secondly, I'm not all that crazy about eating fruit unless it's a raspberry.  So, I logged it into the deep recesses of my mind and pretty much forgot about it.  My recesses must not be very deep because when I saw him it was the first thing that pop'd into my head.  I asked him how it was going (as I ate chips with this amazing buffalo dip that was super cheesy, rich and a tad spicy).  It's his answer that convinced me that I needed to give this a try.  He went on to tell me of how he had more energy, he felt better overall and how he could think more clearly.  More than all that he told me that his emotional responses to the ones he loved most was drastically improved.  Things didn't immediately cause irritation or anger, his blood pressure wouldn't spike up during things that before would be stressful.  He was able to calmly talk through things and handle them much better than he had before emotional and health wise.  To me, that was what made it worth it!  


I'll be the first to admit, sometimes I can become easily irritated with those closest to me.  I tend to raise my voice (drives me crazy when I do that!  It's like I've become some kind of beast.)  So, I'm gonna give it a try.  It's going to take lots of self-control on my part, mostly because I'll still be preparing meals for my family.  So all the yummy things will be right there.  I'm hoping to have time to blog about this as I go through these next two weeks, almost like being accountable to whoever reads this.  But mainly i'll be depending on God's grace being renewed every morning and the strength that only He can give me.  


The tangerine pear smoothie I had for lunch today was really yummy!  I'm looking forward to exploring all the smoothie possibilities.