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Raw Revolution Organic food bars

Wow! they are yummy- I had one today for breakfast. They are like $19.99 for a box of 12 - a little pricy but they might be well worth it if it keeps me from diving into the candy bowl that lives at our house.

I just wish that they would come in mixed boxes - how do you decide which one to stick with. If you want to try them the website is www.rawindulgence.com 

I am doing really good here with watching what I eat.

For home ec. My oldest is doing a whole nutrition research project the jist of the project is for him to compare the way I eat and what I feel is proper for our bodies and what the government thinks- it should be interesting to see what he thinks when he is done with this report.

compromising

I understand that my family doesn't want to be veggie heads like me... but we are learning we have to compromise when it comes to meal time.

On the road it is hard - we came into problems yesterday because not many fastfood resturants cater to vegaterians. So the guys wanted to stop at Wendy's to eat. Yes they do have baked potatoes but I am sooooo sick of potatoes - it seems that the only thing I can eat at places like that are french fries or baked potatoes if they have them and then what they call salad. YUCK! I told the boys that I would rather lick the floor then eat anymore fastfood resturant salads - they thought that was funny -I did not, However daddy agreed with me. They are nasty.

So I sat there while the boys ate, then we hoped in the car and daddy made a stop at Taco Bell for me. Probably not the best food on the market but at least I got some beans and rice. I must give a round of applause to Taco Bell for they are very accomidating to veggie heads... Did you know that you can get anything on the menu and replace the meat with beans. It makes my life easier. (daddy's not big on the bell but the kids are so when it's just the 3 of us- we make a border run!)

To work out some of the details of a compromise I am working on a menu plan to where I only have to really cook one meal- and then add their meat to it. I hope to have it done here soon so I can go shopping. Hubby just went to the store and bought stuff to grill tonight- porkchops for them and mushrooms for me- So sweet.

Getting started

I know two things that I really need to do and one is exercise...

Since we are on vacation I have been walking the beach everyday and putting 2-4 miles on my legs. Today Bill and I did 3 miles - it is so wonderful to walk on the beach however, I know that walking is not what is going to get me where I want to be so I will have to add more.

I also need to dump the junk food - so I have been looking for sample menus and came upon this site today... http://www.vegcooking.com/veganMenus.asp  I think I might try this I am still looking for some more...but this includes all the recipes too. well, I am off to plan.

A moment of reflection...

The other day I was struck with a reality check and I have spent the last few days in deep thought over what, I think will be a pivital moment in my life.

Let me go back and reflect a little on to what brought me to this moment. Maybe this will help me clear this up in my own mind. Through many health problems in my family - both diverticulitus (sp?) and crohns, I started poundering things years ago...ya know the whole I don't want this to happen to me...so I need to do this or that and then it really never happened (ya know the talk the talk but forget the walk thing) Anyway- my little brother who is now 22 had his entire colon and large intestine removed last year from his bout with crohns. I really thought that is it I am changing my life and my eating habits. Since they were to watch there meat intake I decided to cut it out of my life completely...

I planned it... I didn't jump right into it...I set a date and said no more meat, and at the first of the year I stopped eating meat, and I did it, I stopped and have not had any meat since Jan. 1, so you say what's your problem... well, I may not be eating any meat but that doesn't mean I started eating healthy.

WHAT?!? How can that be, I eat tons of veggies, beans, the right fats and oils and all that I need to be a healthy veggie, so what's the problem- JUNK FOOD! I can't stay away from it and it shows...

That brings me to the other day, a friend posted this picture on a mom's board.

After I saw this picture I was sickened to see how I had let myself go. Back the beginning of the year I had lost weight only to gain it all back. I guess in my mind I saw myself as I had seen myself growing up weighing no more than 120lbs. Well, when I saw that picture it was like the mirror and my mind collided and I didn't like what I saw. In fact it has really bothered me...

So here I sit thinking about how I let myself get that way. Now others may not see what I see - but to me I see how big my thighs are - how big my arms and tummy are. This is not the me I want to protray. It's not that I am vain- but I don't think that I am setting a good example for my boys...Nor do I think that my eating, my lack of exercise, my laziness is doing the best to show my love and respect for my husband. What do I mean by this ...   are we not a representative for our families, are we not suppose to be the best wives we can for our husbands, so that he can be pleased and look at his wife with a great honor -Proverbs 31...How can I be this if I am not doing what I can to take care of myself...

OUCH!

So now I need to do something about it, God has revealed some truth to me, it's now up to me to decided what I will do with this truth and so as I ponder what to do, I know that it must be done now, not tomorrow not the day after that but now!

So I am planning this all out like I planned not to not to eat meat... As I am here on vacation it is harder to make changes but I will be home Sunday - what I need is my plan for Monday and Tuesday and Wed... get the point, I need a plan...

Junk food out... Exercise daily... Prayer above all!