EXCITED~

  Almost every day now I receive a note, letter, email or phone call from someone who has experimented with this plant based diet plan. 
They are always positive and surprised and amazed at how they feel and how easy it is to  change a diet lifestyle...


It makes me so happy and I feel so  fulfilled in my life to be able to share what has worked for me and my family, with  you...With so many "miracles"  happening all around me just due to diet, it is something I can't hold back talking about.


Keep up the good work everyone,  your body will love you for it, and you will age oh so gracefully! 

THIS DOES WORK~ for everyone

I keep hearing " glad you found something that works for you" well having been designed to be a starch eater,  what else would "work" for me?


  It isn't about  amounts or calories, or giving up something it is about what your body is crying out to you to feed it. Crying out? yes,   any diseases  you may have that are  diet related  (  diabetes type 2, arthritis,bowel problems,cholesterol, blood pressure etc) are  your body crying out to you to STOP WHAT YOU ARE PUTTING INTO IT.  I apologize if   my ranting offends anyone, but having watched my family be "healed" by plants is enough for me to carry on a blog to discuss and chatter about it. 


My brother is a "star mcdougaller" read his story
http://www.drmcdougall.com/stars/050514jeffarmstrong.html

 and then I personally have experienced a complete turn around in my health, energy,skin,weight etc...I can't say enough, I admit I am a zealot :)  ( is that a good thing?)


good luck to anyone brave enough to make a lifestyle change away from an unhealthy diet to a healthy full lifestyle of  energetic living... 

PHIL MICKELSON~ professional golfer wish I could share this with him!

I heard on the news this morning that Phil Mickelson ( a professional golfer) was diagnosed with psoratic arthritis. I wish so much I could share  this  plant based diet information with him  so he could get better. His wife is also battling breast cancer ( as I read on facebook?) if they only knew! 


 My father was cured of his rheumatoid arthritis 30 yrs ago, just by staying away from ANIMAL products... I watched it with my own eyes... and  as for me, I have no pain at all anymore in my body since I did away with animal products...it's such an easy fix...


That is the only BAD THING about this lifestyle, it's hard to talk to people because they  don't want to change what they believe is right and healthy ( or not)... all we  can be is examples to them. It's hard not to  be a zealot for something that works miracles and is so simple as diet change...it sometimes makes you feel so dumb that you weren't paying attention to your body screaming out for help...

YIPPEEEEEEE ~ doc apt today... results are in!

 Ok, I lost 32 lbs, my cholesterol went from 188, to 150, my A1C was 6.5 and is now  5.2, that is the blood test that tells what your blood sugar was over the past 3 months, so  it shows I am no longer diabetic.


the PA (physician's assistant) seemed impressed and asked what I did, so I was able to share my  plant based diet experience with her.  She was however not interested enough to find out  who or how or books or dvd's on it, and said she was glad I found something that worked for me. 


This works for hundreds of thousands of people, and  Dr. McDougall hasn't found anyone yet that it doesn't work for, unless they just aren't interested in pursuing it.


anyway.. I am happy! 
  

dinner out

  We went to dinner last night at the university for a Mystery Dinner fund raiser. What did you  eat? you asked...well they had an enormous salad, with some italian dressing,  pasta with cheese ( no thanks) and bread sticks ( buttered yes) so I had 3 bowls of salad, then since everyone kept going back up, I had a plate of salad, and  4 breadsticks.. LOL.. My tummy was a bit sluggish after eating the buttered sticks, but sometimes you just can't control things...and once in a while, it just doesn't matter! 


today I got right back to my regular eating, I feel great even so! 


BS this morning 109... not bad for a bread dinner and somewhat oily salad at  8pm! 

What's really cool is~

I  sort of put my back out yesterday helping my poor old dog up as she had  fallen in the snow, and couldn't get up.  It's all good, it's an old injury from when I was a nurse...


Well normally when my back is "out" I am pretty much out of commission because I hurt all over anyway.. well I don't hurt anywhere anymore, so the back thing seemed  pretty easy this time! 


amazing what plants can do for ya ! 

DAIRY~remember, this is liquid meat...so is yogurt, cottage cheese and butter

so stay away from it! 


Meat, animal protein, casein, whey, and a myriad of other names for it is NOT good for you...so stay away from it.  It causes your body to be more acidic the place where cancer LOVES to grow and other diseases thrive.  Don't take that chance with yourself...let your body be the happy body it can be by eating plant protein.


 The more you dabble with keeping just a little bit here and there in  your diet, the harder time you will have getting away from any  cravings you  will have from it...the salt and fat will cause you to fall off the starch wagon! 


  Ok enough ranting for now.. eat healthy stay healthy!! have a great day ! 
http://www.drmcdougall.com/med_hot_calcium.html




robin

It seemed a while since I had actually lost weight via the scale measurement BUT;

I still felt great, thin and fit well into my less fat fatty pants...  last night we  went to cheddar's for dinner, dad and I had the veggie platter, baked potato, corn, broccoli,carrots, salad, it was so delishhhh...I was a bit annoyed that my pants fit a bit tight...THEN checked the label, I had grabbed my skinny pants  I had a bit of trouble with just a week ago!! yay!!! 


This morning found two more pounds gone.. so don't get discouraged...remember a lifestyle change is for life..    your body will adjust as it needs to...  


If you are a bit frustrated, just  cut out breads,  and refined flours. Eat pasta maybe once a week...that will help a lot.. and do away with wheat as much as you can. 


My brother told me he lost 10 lbs almost immediately when  he completely gave up wheat...


GOOD LUCK, keep on vegging out! 

I may have hit my first plateau?

I  hadn't felt like I lost any weight this week, so I  weighed myself, and NOPE. Don't get me wrong, that is still not my focus, but I do want to get   to the size my body prefers  to function at. 


 I have eaten out several times this past two weeks,   some lunches with dad, and some dinners with hubby for anniversaries etc...oil oil oil.. it must be the oil... I don't eat oil normally at home... and eating out you are sure to consume it. 


So this week I will focus on eating in in in ... and getting back to the weight loss part of this fabulous lifestyle...


 no, I have not gone back on anything, I have NOT fallen off the starch  wagon,  just consumed oil in my diet the past  couple of weeks, see, gotta stay away from that if you are trying to LOSE...also stay away from breads, and pastas.. we had pasta tonight!  


eat potatoes!  

Changing your lifestyle in such a drastic way , has to be fun, and easy or

no one would stick with it. I figure unless there is real motivation to change what you put into your mouth,    it won't last and it will be just another one of those diets people  try then get bored, tired or frustrated with and give up.


When  I started this, if  the enormous energy burst hadn't come so quickly , I may have failed as well, and be right back where I was accepting the medical field's answer to diabetes, pills! and STAYING WAY FROM STARCH!! perfectly wrong advice.


My recommendation, the one that worked for me, and still is, is to NEVER GET HUNGRY. That 15 mins in the morning  spent making up a great pot of veggie soup or chili will  go a long way to keeping you eating healthy.


Eating out can be a downfall for many, but  just look at it as a "feast" time and  don't make a habit of it. When dad and I end up at a restaurant, we normally find out what veggies they have  available, and they almost always have baked potatoes... so we get a nice big salad, and cut up our potato right into it... and we do get the honey mustard dressing, which is not low fat or fat free, but with all the other foods having no oil, we are ok with that. 


 I think it is important to make sure you read the labels or ask questions. I had no idea lomein was an egg noodle, now I know,  so I stick with the sticky rice.  We found out the other day,   most chinese restaurants use a chicken stock as the base for their sauces. That is not acceptable to us, we do not want to add animal fat to our diet, so  we just use soy sauce.  


Lately I have been making up  a  big rice cooker of rice, and baking a whole bunch of potatoes, so they are ready when we want th em. YOu can freeze the rice  and  take it out as you need it... it 's just as good.. 


Just a few tips I have learned, and am learning...   have a great meal!