10 THINGS I LEARNED FROM EATING HEALTHY FOR 21 DAYS...

Beginning on January 1st, my husband and I decided to eat a pretty strict healthy diet and to feed our children the same.  We wanted to do a healing / detox diet, so we turned to the Hallelujia Diet (hacres.com) for ideas, as I have done this before.  We cut out sugar, white/refined flour, caffeine, animal products except to cook with butter, and all processed foods.  The 21 days are almost over, and here's the top ten things we learned....

1.  Kids will eat healthy AND LIKE IT if junk is not an option

2. Greg's heartburn, acid reflux, and backaches are strictly diet related as they ceased immediately - we think particularly sugar related

3.  Computer use, tv watching, and general sitting around decreased in EVERYONE - the need to "veg out" is just not needed as there are no sugar/carb/caffeine crashes

4.  All siblings are getting along better and want to be in the same room together...and even THEY recognize it!  They are not so irritable and a lot more tolerable about little things that used to bug them

5.  I have not had any headaches, except during the first week of detoxing

6.  Our clothes aren't squeezing anymore - DUH!

7.  I used egg-plant instead of fish, seasoned it and fried it in olive oil, and they all liked it -- weird!

8.  After the addiction for sugar dissipates, carrots really DO taste great!!

9.  The kids like brown rice BETTER than white rice (never bought it before because I didn't think they'd like it)

10. I can be a creative cook if I want to be!!!!!!  Miracles CAN happen, praise God!!