Change my Hunger

Day 1

I know, I know it is totally cliché to start a new regimen on New Years, but what if I start (or started) a few days before? It would not seem to be considered a “New Years” Resolution, but maybe more of a “New Life Resolution”! That is what I am trying to create, a new me. I have made some little changes here and there, like:

 I started running a little because I signed up for the Color Run on Jan. 6^th. I have never run a 5 K, and figured “Why Not?”

I started eating a little better by taking my lunch to work every day and separating them into portions

These are all fine and dandy, but it wasn’t until my brother and his girlfriend really started making little hints to me about my weight. I know it is out of control and I have gained so much. I am really unhappy and stress so much about it. I have health issues and I am sure that if I really stuck to it they would go away. Not only that, but my relationship with my husband, attitude about work, love for my daughter and how I feel about myself would all increase exponentially.

My brother Mark saw the movie “Fat, sick and almost dead”, and whoever has not seen it, I highly recommend watching it. I saw it last year and tried the whole juicing thing, and was starving! I have tried so many “fad” diets and end up starving. Mark telling me to just juice and lose the weight was a hint that he wants me to be healthier. I don’t want to starve, I want to eat like a normal person and be healthy. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t over eat by any means, I actually eat small portions, but it’s what I eat which is the problem. I cook a lot and love it, but I need to be better about what I cook with.

So I did some research and look for some documentaries about food and the food industry, and I found an amazing movie called Hungry forChange, Directed my Jaime Oliver, the British Chef that cooks really fresh! It was amazing to see how much crap is in food and how it affects us! Everyone needs to see this movie and buy the book like I did!

So instead of going all hard core, like only juicing or only shakes, I have decided to just live healthy and use a lot of the told from the movie by juicing and eating 80% raw foods. The reason I say 80% is because things like Milk (which is important for my 1.5 year old) and some foods still have additives. I am going to drink a really healthy shake (Almased) and juice and eat fruit during the day, and eat dinner with my family. The Dinner will be lean meat with veggies and fruit.

I started a few days ago and it is going great! Lena even drinks the freshly juiced apple juice! In order not to make this the biggest blog post ever, I will divide some of all my changes over the next few posts =) that way there is something to read!