It is pretty crazy to think that we only started this new lifestyle 11 weeks ago. I haven't blogged as much lately because I tend to think I don't have anything interesting going on. I'm just a mom and grandma dealing with day to day life just like anyone else. I forget that certain things about our lifestyle nowadays are considered "non-norm." I forget that it is not "normal" to find no meat and no dairy in the average kitchen. I forget that not every mom hears their teenagers arguing over who took all the mushrooms in the salad. "I want mushrooms too!" LOL The average home probably doesn't have 10 pints of beet/apple/carrot/ginger juice in the frig. For about a minute; until the teenagers discover it. Not every house on the block contains 3 ladies who have lost a combined total of 115 lbs in the last 3 months. Is it normal for you to spend 90% of your grocery shopping time and money in the produce section? I used to barely glance in there; maybe to grab some bananas for the grandkids or a bag of potatos. Is the average families trash made up almost entirely of juice pulp and peelings? Where are all the cans and boxes and plastic containers?
Here are the problems we have lately:
Honey, should we sell the microwave?
No! I heat up my lemon/ginger water in there in the mornings!
I am NEVER going to finish my holiday knitting if I don't find some time to sit and knit!
Mom! We're out of celery!
I can't BELIEVE I was dumb enough to consume gluten again! Gluten makes me ill! What was I thinking?!!!
So life around here is just the same old boring routine as anyone elses.... With a few twists;o) And the most beautiful part is that I am actually participating in that routine. I'm not sitting in my room watching life go on without me. Yes, I am still on the program. Yes, I am still losing weight although it isn't beating any speed records. I have broken through to the 200s again but since I hit 299 last week, I haven't lost any more. The scale likes to screw with me like that. I'm not worried. I am giving my body what it really needs and trusting it to do the rest. Meanwhile, I feel fantastic!
A few things have changed. I no longer have to mindfully create positive dialogue about my food. I don't have to say to myself, "Those foods are poison to me. I am not the sort of person that eats whatever is easiest. I nourish my body." I don't have to mindfully say those things any more than I have to mindfully say, "I am a mom. I am a wife." They are just who I am. And did I mention I feel fantastic?
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