Can I just say it is VERY IMPORTANT to learn some things about sprouting before you actually eat what you sprout. So on Friday afternoon I made another great smoothie. This one I put raw black beans in that I had sprouted so I would have some protien. I drank it up...it was yummy! THEN...about half an hour later I was soooooo sick! I was nauseaus beyond belief and it played out from their. Needless to say I was down the rest of the day. I thought maybe it was that I hadn't used all organic produce or maybe I didn't rinse it well enough first. Oh No...it was the beans! I discovered this on Sunday. I was about ready to mush some into a paste for some bean burritos for my kiddlets when I had the thought that maybe I should look on the internet and see if I need to do anything else with these sprouted black beans first. I couldn't believe what I was reading!!! Kidney beans and black beans and some other large beans need to be cooked even though you sprout them because they can be toxic, lethal and cause major digestive upset. So needless to say, now I know. So if you decide to start sprouting get your info straight first. Here are a few sites on sprouting:
www.living-foods.com/article/sprouting.html
www.sproutpeople.com
So I gave you the downer of my weekend first, now here is the good stuff. I found a farmers market that is open all year long and I met some great people to help me on my quest. Now I can shop local and eat healthy. There is not going to be as much grocery store shopping for me. I will hang my hat (if I wore one :) at the Farmers Market. I also found a dairy goat farmer for my spouse and kidletts and a berry farm. woohoo!
I decided that this week I need to bumb up my workouts because my body is adjusting to my nutrition stuff and I am slowing slightly on my weightloss. I plan on doing my Bob Harper workout tapes this week instead of my usual treadmill routine. I will let you know how it goes. This morning was killer.
Here is to a healthy new week!
Monday, March 26, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
Gaining Strength and Momentum
I have been keeping VERYBUSY! Besides the fact that baby won't take a nap to save his life and so there is more of me chasing him around constantly, I have been doing a lot of self studying since I can not yet attend this nutrition school that I want to. So I started out by reading articles that my favorite health coach would put online. Then a good friend recommended a book to me called Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, which I absolutely loved. What good insight she had into things I hadn't thought about before. Such things as eating locally so your food doesn't have to travel so far. I have other books waiting for me to read as well about 4 or 5 so far. I have also been watching tons of food documentaries like Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead, and Hungry for Change both very good and informative. I am coming to the realization that we are being poisoned with all the processed food and sugar in our diets. This information is really helping me to get rid of all the junk I put into my mouth and also give to my children and start really living and living healthy.
I looked into some products that are going to help me live this new and improved lifestyle. I have a juicer, dehydrator and vitamix blender on it's way. I need to get a couple recipe books as well. Oh...and did I tell you I started sprouting my own seeds!!! I DO NOT have a green thumb at all, BUT I have successfully gotten these little seedlets to sprout enough that I can eat them. WooHoo! It's about the little success's in this house!
So here is my breakfast this morning...I had a green smoothie.
Here is the ingredients:
Kale, spinach, collard greens, liquid chlorophyll, alfalfa sprouts, wheatgrass, flax seeds, chia seeds, tomato, carrots, red and yellow peppers, kiwi, banana, water and almond milk.
It was soooo good. I gave some to the boys and they LOVED it!!! They were fighting over it!! So today has been a success. Oh and by the way...since March 1st I have lost 10lbs so far. I am so excited.
I looked into some products that are going to help me live this new and improved lifestyle. I have a juicer, dehydrator and vitamix blender on it's way. I need to get a couple recipe books as well. Oh...and did I tell you I started sprouting my own seeds!!! I DO NOT have a green thumb at all, BUT I have successfully gotten these little seedlets to sprout enough that I can eat them. WooHoo! It's about the little success's in this house!
So here is my breakfast this morning...I had a green smoothie.
Here is the ingredients:
Kale, spinach, collard greens, liquid chlorophyll, alfalfa sprouts, wheatgrass, flax seeds, chia seeds, tomato, carrots, red and yellow peppers, kiwi, banana, water and almond milk.
It was soooo good. I gave some to the boys and they LOVED it!!! They were fighting over it!! So today has been a success. Oh and by the way...since March 1st I have lost 10lbs so far. I am so excited.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Week 2 ...we are half way in
Week 1 was a success. I did very well. I walked on my treadmill everyday and I ate healthy. I read the book Animal, Vegetable Miracle by Barabara Kingsolver and absolutely LOVED it!!! I prayed about this but know that I need to do more on that end of it. All of my eating is coming along very well. I have been making sure to get a good variety of foods. My husband and i had a date on Friday and we dropped the kids off and then just came back home to cook our own meal together. It was so nice and the food was good and HEALTHY! Yay! Success!
So week 2 has started out good as well. I have been worried about this week because my hubby is off work and I knew we would be going and doing fun things so I feared everything would go out the window BUT it didn't I stuck to my guns. We went to Sea World on Monday and I had prepacked some fruits and nuts for a majority of the trip. When we did eat out I had salad with NO dressing. We walked around the park all day. The next day we went to the zoo. I was not able to plan as well because we really needed groceries and I was trying to wait till our travels were over. Needless to say I went hungry part of the time because the zoo offered virtually nothing healthy. My husband chose a Mexican Restaurant for lunch. I did not have the chips and salsa that loomed in front of me taunting and teasing me with its crisp crunch I could here all around me and its shiny glimmer from the oil it had been fried in. I kept telling myself, "that is dead food that has no nutritional value that will be good for your body and figure you are trying so hard to get back. " It did make me sad though to see my family partake but this all takes time. On our way home we stopped for groceries and can I just say our fridge and counters are exploding with health!! Today we went on a bike ride as a family and it was so fun! I truly got a workout on a bike with no gears pulling a bike trailer with two kiddos in it up hills!!!
So I want to look into sprouting and having my own herb garden. I want my food to be as fresh as possible. We went to a homemade cheese store yesterday as well where we were able to talk to the man who makes the cheese. What a delightful experience that was. Did you know that the cheese on your grocery store shelves only have to contain 50% actual cheese and the rest can be fillers and preservatives????? So that does it for me! I am sick of not being in control of my food and what goes in my body!! With all I am learning the food industry is gonna kill us.I saw a billboard for Valera gas station it said something like, " come here for fresh products" EVERYTHING in the picture was in a package that could last for years and years I am sure! Another billboard said HEALTH CAMP ....burgers and shakes! Are you kidding me? I think our definition of healthy needs to be redefined.
Well I have more I could say but I have more in life to get on to so I will excuse myself and check in later. Healthy Eating!
So week 2 has started out good as well. I have been worried about this week because my hubby is off work and I knew we would be going and doing fun things so I feared everything would go out the window BUT it didn't I stuck to my guns. We went to Sea World on Monday and I had prepacked some fruits and nuts for a majority of the trip. When we did eat out I had salad with NO dressing. We walked around the park all day. The next day we went to the zoo. I was not able to plan as well because we really needed groceries and I was trying to wait till our travels were over. Needless to say I went hungry part of the time because the zoo offered virtually nothing healthy. My husband chose a Mexican Restaurant for lunch. I did not have the chips and salsa that loomed in front of me taunting and teasing me with its crisp crunch I could here all around me and its shiny glimmer from the oil it had been fried in. I kept telling myself, "that is dead food that has no nutritional value that will be good for your body and figure you are trying so hard to get back. " It did make me sad though to see my family partake but this all takes time. On our way home we stopped for groceries and can I just say our fridge and counters are exploding with health!! Today we went on a bike ride as a family and it was so fun! I truly got a workout on a bike with no gears pulling a bike trailer with two kiddos in it up hills!!!
So I want to look into sprouting and having my own herb garden. I want my food to be as fresh as possible. We went to a homemade cheese store yesterday as well where we were able to talk to the man who makes the cheese. What a delightful experience that was. Did you know that the cheese on your grocery store shelves only have to contain 50% actual cheese and the rest can be fillers and preservatives????? So that does it for me! I am sick of not being in control of my food and what goes in my body!! With all I am learning the food industry is gonna kill us.I saw a billboard for Valera gas station it said something like, " come here for fresh products" EVERYTHING in the picture was in a package that could last for years and years I am sure! Another billboard said HEALTH CAMP ....burgers and shakes! Are you kidding me? I think our definition of healthy needs to be redefined.
Well I have more I could say but I have more in life to get on to so I will excuse myself and check in later. Healthy Eating!
Monday, March 5, 2012
Monday has arrived....
So it is Monday, when I said I would start and I have. This morning has been slow and I am so tired from my fun but gluttony ridden weekend. The initial plan was to get up this morning and work out and be all showered and dressed before the kiddos woke up. THIS DID NOT HAPPEN! As I laid there I thought for a moment..."Well I guess I guess I can't do this! I must not have the will power or determination or drive or whatever." Then I said "Hey wait a minute..."I can't quit before I even start!" "I have all day to get a work out in so this is not over yet!"
Normally I have grape nuts with almond milk for breakfast which I still think is a very good start to a day BUT I decided I would have a green smoothie with whey protein powder. It was good and hit the spot. So here is to a successful start!
So I don't know if I said in my last post but I am not going to have sugar at all this year. I will probably make some other major health choices as I learn and discover them but for now this is the first step. I now this will be hard the first three weeks or so but here we go. I anticipate that this will cut out most processed foods, eating out to some extent and may even hinder dinner party invites. I also need to invite more people to this blog so that I can have more wind behind my sails as embarrassing as this is for me. Here is to a new and improved Healthy Fit Momma!
Normally I have grape nuts with almond milk for breakfast which I still think is a very good start to a day BUT I decided I would have a green smoothie with whey protein powder. It was good and hit the spot. So here is to a successful start!
So I don't know if I said in my last post but I am not going to have sugar at all this year. I will probably make some other major health choices as I learn and discover them but for now this is the first step. I now this will be hard the first three weeks or so but here we go. I anticipate that this will cut out most processed foods, eating out to some extent and may even hinder dinner party invites. I also need to invite more people to this blog so that I can have more wind behind my sails as embarrassing as this is for me. Here is to a new and improved Healthy Fit Momma!
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Starting Monday.....for real this time!
So this is a first for me, blogging. I hope this will help my accountability and I can look back at this journey and see how far I have come a year from now, two years from now and so forth.
Well before we get going I guess we need to look at where I have been...
I don't know when or how long ago but I have always had issues with my relationship to food. I love it. It however doesn't love me! You would think so the way it clings to my body, but no...it causes me more heartache then I can bare sometimes....most times.
Because of this I have about tried it all. I have been anorexic and had exercise induced bulimia all at the same time. I have several degrees in Exercise Science and Physical Therapy. Which is sooooo embarrassing to share but It is what it is and I might as well get it all out on the table. A fact I usually try an hide from people when they are standing in front of this overweight girl! I have had succsesses and many failures with trying to not just lose weight but be healthy. I know so much and am constantly reading nutrition stuff! So why do I look this way????
I have come to the conclusion that I have a food addiction. All of my knowledge is not changing me. I listened to a conference talk earlier this week where Elder Oaks said something to the point of,
Be the person you want to become.
DUH!?! But for some reason this is really making different sense to me. See I lead such a double life. During the week I eat super healthy and exercise and on the weekends I don't. Instead I binge like crazy. Also whenever some eating occasion comes up I choose the easy road of oh I eat whatever. Well not anymore!!!!
So why would starting this blog and continuing to learn be any different then the previous 1000 attempts? This time I am going to evoke the powers of Heaven! So here is my goal plan:
1) Pray and plead for help everyday
2) Always make the same healthy choices, even when with friends, on vacation, or traveling
3. Exercise, exercise, Exercise
4. Keep reading and learning about fitness and nutrition
5) Write it down on this blog once a week
So there you have it! A short, sweet and to the point first post. I will expound on things from the past and future as I get the hang of this.
Well before we get going I guess we need to look at where I have been...
I don't know when or how long ago but I have always had issues with my relationship to food. I love it. It however doesn't love me! You would think so the way it clings to my body, but no...it causes me more heartache then I can bare sometimes....most times.
Because of this I have about tried it all. I have been anorexic and had exercise induced bulimia all at the same time. I have several degrees in Exercise Science and Physical Therapy. Which is sooooo embarrassing to share but It is what it is and I might as well get it all out on the table. A fact I usually try an hide from people when they are standing in front of this overweight girl! I have had succsesses and many failures with trying to not just lose weight but be healthy. I know so much and am constantly reading nutrition stuff! So why do I look this way????
I have come to the conclusion that I have a food addiction. All of my knowledge is not changing me. I listened to a conference talk earlier this week where Elder Oaks said something to the point of,
Be the person you want to become.
DUH!?! But for some reason this is really making different sense to me. See I lead such a double life. During the week I eat super healthy and exercise and on the weekends I don't. Instead I binge like crazy. Also whenever some eating occasion comes up I choose the easy road of oh I eat whatever. Well not anymore!!!!
So why would starting this blog and continuing to learn be any different then the previous 1000 attempts? This time I am going to evoke the powers of Heaven! So here is my goal plan:
1) Pray and plead for help everyday
2) Always make the same healthy choices, even when with friends, on vacation, or traveling
3. Exercise, exercise, Exercise
4. Keep reading and learning about fitness and nutrition
5) Write it down on this blog once a week
So there you have it! A short, sweet and to the point first post. I will expound on things from the past and future as I get the hang of this.
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