aside from that.....
aside from getting involved with clients that make me re-think why I am still doing design and not just straight up visual arts....
Andrew applied for a welding course. We just hope he gets approved for the course, and then for student loans. I know how it felt waiting to find out. I know it would crush his spirits if he wasn't accepted for one. So I am hoping all goes well for him. I am very proud.
I've managed to lose 30 pounds!! I cut my portions, I don't drink pop or eat chips (except for unsalted, organic tortilla chips) and no candy bars, dark chocolate only. Treat foods are just that, treat foods. I try to eat as organic and raw as I can, leaning towards a paleo diet, but not 100%. I still eat some breads.
I guess what really got me started was the realization that the food I was eating, wasn't really food! It was all manufactured and processed. There were ingredients I could not pronounce, and ingredients that did not have to be there, they were only there to prolong the shelf life-preservatives.
I'm also hypothyroid and really shouldn't have a lot of soy, but the majority of processed foods have some type of soy in them! Or canola.
I use coconut and olive oil now, and avoid canola oils. I also cut back on bread, and if I do eat it I chose spouted wheat when I can. I eat beef that is grass fed, and eggs that are free range. I also experiment with making my own almond milk, almond butter, etc. I cook a lot more, and we don't order pizza every week. We do go out to eat on saturdays that I am not working, but we are trying restaurants like calactus, which is a vegan/vegetarian restaurant, and Cafe Archibald- who are known for their crepes, and grafitti which is a greek restaurant. We don't do fast food anymore. I find I don't even want fast food.
I have cut my sugar intake down, but I will NOT use substitues, since they are chemicals. I will use honey as an alternative. I eat a lot of avocados, cucumbers and spinach now. breakfast may be a banana with peanut butter, unsweetened if I have it available. I naturally started drinking more water and tea, and where I used to drink a lot of coffee I naturally cut back. I don't crave it. Maybe because I don't need the caffeine anymore. Tonight I am late going to bed (because I am still worked up about certain things) but I tend to go to bed at about 10:30 and wake up around 7 and I feel awake!
I walk a lot more, and just got a new cruiser bike that I love to use! :)
Summer is here! I hope to drop some more pounds! yay!
Andrew applied for a welding course. We just hope he gets approved for the course, and then for student loans. I know how it felt waiting to find out. I know it would crush his spirits if he wasn't accepted for one. So I am hoping all goes well for him. I am very proud.
I've managed to lose 30 pounds!! I cut my portions, I don't drink pop or eat chips (except for unsalted, organic tortilla chips) and no candy bars, dark chocolate only. Treat foods are just that, treat foods. I try to eat as organic and raw as I can, leaning towards a paleo diet, but not 100%. I still eat some breads.
I guess what really got me started was the realization that the food I was eating, wasn't really food! It was all manufactured and processed. There were ingredients I could not pronounce, and ingredients that did not have to be there, they were only there to prolong the shelf life-preservatives.
I'm also hypothyroid and really shouldn't have a lot of soy, but the majority of processed foods have some type of soy in them! Or canola.
I use coconut and olive oil now, and avoid canola oils. I also cut back on bread, and if I do eat it I chose spouted wheat when I can. I eat beef that is grass fed, and eggs that are free range. I also experiment with making my own almond milk, almond butter, etc. I cook a lot more, and we don't order pizza every week. We do go out to eat on saturdays that I am not working, but we are trying restaurants like calactus, which is a vegan/vegetarian restaurant, and Cafe Archibald- who are known for their crepes, and grafitti which is a greek restaurant. We don't do fast food anymore. I find I don't even want fast food.
I have cut my sugar intake down, but I will NOT use substitues, since they are chemicals. I will use honey as an alternative. I eat a lot of avocados, cucumbers and spinach now. breakfast may be a banana with peanut butter, unsweetened if I have it available. I naturally started drinking more water and tea, and where I used to drink a lot of coffee I naturally cut back. I don't crave it. Maybe because I don't need the caffeine anymore. Tonight I am late going to bed (because I am still worked up about certain things) but I tend to go to bed at about 10:30 and wake up around 7 and I feel awake!
I walk a lot more, and just got a new cruiser bike that I love to use! :)
Summer is here! I hope to drop some more pounds! yay!