I am the only healthy female in my family. My mom and sister both have asthma, chronic bronchitis, allergies and fibromyalgia. My sister, who isn’t even 30 yet, also has rheumatoid arthritis, low blood pressure problems, vertigo, is borderline diabetic and has a whole host of other disorders commonly occurring with rheumatoid arthritis.
I want to stay healthy.
We’ve been told that whole grains are healthy for you, and I’m sure they are for a lot of people. Maybe even for me. But there are a lot of people out there allergic to wheat or gluten. Depending on the researcher, the number varies from 1 in 200 people to 1 in 3 having Celiac Disease! Megan recently did an interview with someone whose entire family except her husband has Celiac disease, which is actually what reminded me that I’ve been putting off this experiment for a long time because it’s just so much work! Celiac Disease has also been linked to both autism and miscarriage.
I’m a mom. I’m tired. All the time.
That’s normal, right?
But what if it isn’t? I already know that my body does much better with protein than it does with carbs. Carbs make me crave more carbs, while protein satisfies me.
So that’s why I’m conducting an experiment. Obviously artificial colors and high fructose corn syrup are bad for you, and I hope to continue avoiding those even after this month. But going gluten free is just a test for me to see how my energy level and mental clarity fare on a different diet.
And all I have to lose by doing it is weight, right? And I have plenty extra to spare!
I’m going to go gluten free, and cut out artificial food coloring and high fructose corn syrup. Starting Monday until the end of March. To see if it makes a difference in our health.
I’m going to be strict with myself, and try to be strict with the rest of the family, but Easter is coming. I’ll let the kids keep whatever they get from family in Easter baskets, but at home I think we’ll experiment with making some of our own treats.
They’ll probably get more excited over that than they would a bag of jellybeans, anyway!
Jen is thinking about committing to drinking green smoothies for a month (I’d love to see the recipe, I’m curious about what they are!), and my friend Angela (not a blogger yet…hint…hint) said that if I do this, then she’d do a candida cleanse (which sounds really, really strict) with me. Anyone else want to make a change for one month to see if it improves your health?
I’ll post my progress (and my failures, since I have very little will power) and you can blog about your progress or just share your progress in my comments. If you do join me and blog it, then make sure you leave a comment so I can come visit you! I’m sure there won’t be enough of us for a Mr Linky, but I’ll post links to anyone who wants to make a change for one month for our health on Monday, as well as my plan and some of the resources I’m using.
After I find the resources I’m using.
Maybe I’ll do an official post each Monday to check in. Ooh…I think I’ll go make a button for it right now…
That was fun. Buttons make me happy.
And can I just add-I can’t really believe I’m going to do this, and I’m nervous that I’m going to be a big fat failure at this. But hey, that’s why I’m sharing it with ya’ll! To give me a little more accountability. I can’t quit completely after three days if I think all two of you who are joining me will be checking up on me, now can I?
I got interested in healthier foods when I was pregnant with Chloe. For the first time in my life I was really struggling with my weight, although as a teenager I was convinced I needed to lose 10 pounds.
If only I knew then how fit I was…
Two of the changes that I have made, but not been very strict about are cutting high fructose corn syrup and artificial dyes from our diet.
Ok, I guess it’s more like they’re changes I’d like to think I’ve made, but all I’ve really done is become aware of the fact that they are in practically every food I give my children.
Another change I’d really like to make is to try a gluten-free diet. None of us are allergic to it, that I know of, but I have read that gluten is linked to a number of health problems.
Of course, I’ve been thinking about going gluten free for about a year now, and not done anything about it except subscribe to one gluten-free blogger.
So I’m thinking about giving myself a one-month test. Maybe if I commit to it, and blog about it, for one month then I’ll actually do it. Because if one of my children were allergic, I could make the change overnight.
But just to see if it makes a difference in the way we feel? Well, I just don’t have all that much will power.
What about ya’ll? Are there dietary changes you’ve been wanting to make but haven’t quite gotten around to yet?
I’m thinking about going to a Creating Keepsakes University in August.
In Utah.
Other than the scrapbooking, I’m thinking August in Utah doesn’t sound very pleasant.
But we only have 9-10 months between deployments, and I’d like to get away and do something that’s just for me before Isaac leaves again, and hopefully this would be not only fun and relaxing, but also productive. I’m hoping it will recharge my creativity, which seems to have died sometime last year around the time we moved.
Because I realized this weekend when I went to print out some of my 30 tiny moments pictures on my printer, that it has been at least a year since I’ve printed any pictures on it.
Also, my printer no longer prints high quality pictures, and I’m going to need to buy a new one soon.
Have any of you ever been to something like this? Are they as fun as they sound?
Ξ February 22nd, 2008 | → 9 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |
Bethany at A Picturesque Life has been posting about her daughter Shiloh lately. Shiloh is trying to understand human sin and selfishness.
Over here, Chloe is pondering, too. Only her thoughts are a little different. They go like this:
Mommy, if all our houses were full of chocolate then we could eat all the chocolate we wanted and it would never run out. If it started to run out then the ceiling fans would just fill it right back up and we would all learn how to swim so we could swim in our chocolate houses and babies would drink their mommies’ chocolate milk and we could just eat chocolate ALL. THE. TIME.
It’s deep stuff, ya’ll.
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