DAY 24 - It can't be this easy? Actually, it CAN. from Sunday, Sep 15, 2013

Two things in the last couple of days have been staying in my mind. First, I read an article from here on Sparkpeople, well linked here anyway, about writing a different story and creating a different persona for ourselves in order to achieve different outcomes. I think it was from Psychology Today. Then, I was reading in Alejandro Junger's book, "Clean," where I got the quote on the following picture. (I made the meme on Picmonkey which I LOVE.) 
 

I've been talking to people about this way of life and people are both impressed and skeptical. Understandable. We are so conditioned by Conventional Wisdom World to believe that it CAN'T BE THIS EASY. We must surely have to combine certain foods or at least macronutrients in just the right balance or at least count calories and so on. After all these years, can it really just be this simple and this easy? And yes, after 3 weeks, this is EASY. 99% of the time at least;o) Of course, I'm not battling other people in the same home who insist on eating differently. God bless those who do! They are warriors!! But since I can create a safe haven here in my home and only have to face the temptations when I go places, I can put on my armor for those encounters and then come home and relax and enjoy it:) 
 
So I am writing a different story for myself. I am taking a different road so that I can come out in a different place. I am the kind of person who eats super healthy stuff and truly enjoys finding cool new recipes for yummy raw, plant-based foods. And as a result I am the kind of person who is getting thinner and healthier and more vigorous by the day! And I will keep doing that because I am constantly seeking out foods that we can enjoy that will keep us healthy instead of waiting for the day when I can go back to McDonalds or Hamburger Helper. I am THAT kind of person. True story.