So I am blowing off my Dr. appointment tomorrow, I have some mixed feelings because this is a very real choice I am making.
It fly's in the face of conventional wisdom.
I think I knew before I even started the journey, back in October that I would throw off the medication. It felt freeing. But at that time I had no idea of the road ahead, and I went against my own better judgement and feelings, and started the medication anyhow, I felt helpless. I felt resentful.
My vision was the first thing to go, then I felt so sick that I couldn't eat. Then the pain started, I tried to tell the Dr. what was going on but she said "Its only your Diabetes" I tried to argue, but she would not listen. They then put me on Insulin, I learned to stab myself with the needle, and I was doing it, but the pain especially in my legs got worse and worse.
All I lived to do was lie down and go to bed, from the time I woke up, to the time I went to bed all I thought about was sleep. I dreaded nine o clock because it was shot time. I felt like death.
I went back to the Free clinic, and they gave me pain medication with side effects that were exactly what I was trying to get away from,I had another Dr with the same line, "Its only your Diabetes." I knew it was not.
Now I am not going to lie, at this point I had been sick a very long time. I knew what nerve pain felt like, I have written about some of this before. This pain was different, I felt as if my legs were made of wood, The pain in my feet felt as if glass was being shoved into them , I cried so much, I tried to have my husband rub out my feet, but it hurt so bad he could not even touch them! I still ate all of the wrong foods, I was existing, but the life was draining out of me.
I decided to cut out my medication at that point, I wanted to see what would happen. It was about at that point that I wrote my first blog, about the number 543 a number I couldn't live with. It was also at that time that found a website called "DEATH TO DIABETES" It validated my issues with medication. My sons Girlfriend also brought me a DVD about Raw foods. I just only recently watched it, and it was about sort of a Diabetes camp where for thirty days the people ate healthy raw live food and dropped their numbers down to where they did not need medication, or much less of it. More validation.
So for the past Two and a half months I have totally changes my diet, I eat no white sugar or flour. I am pretty much gluten free, I eat no White unprocessed foods. I eat no red meat, just a little chicken and fish. I stopped drinking white milk. You can go back to my shopping list blog to see what I call my "Super Food Plan"
I try to eat everyday, Spinach, an Apple, Almonds,and Berrys, And I drink unsweetened Almond milk. I use Stevia in the Raw as my sweetener. I also have cut out caffeine by at least 90%. I know that was causing nerve pain.
I am reading so much about nutrition, and I am excited about the results I am having.
I have not checked my sugar numbers as often as I should be, But I know how I feel. I have dropped my weight down to 125 pounds, I have energy again. I am excited about things I had let go because I had no energy before.
So this choice I am about to make feels right to me. Because living on the medication was not living, By making food my medication, I have changed my standard of living. I had to, because it could not be half and half. Either I was going to go 100% healthy lifestyle, or I was going to be miserable on the medication and dying anyhow. I don't feel like I am dying now. I can see clearly again, I don't just want to sleep anymore. I feel as if I have had a second chance.
And now that I have been on this plan for a while it has become very easy for me to pass up all of the GARBAGE I ate before, the food that I thought I could not live without,and the food I would never touch before, has become my lifeline. I honestly do not miss a thing.
One of the best things is that my husband is also coming on board, He is really trying to get better as well.
So I stand by my choice, I will get stronger and stronger. I will give myself a year, and I f I can't make this happen perhaps I will go back, but I don't see that happening, I don't want to see that happen.
Thanks for looking in, Mrs cook
Thursday, March 29, 2012
My own "Super size " me moment!
So as I get healthier on my new plan,I am reading and taking in a lot of information. Also conflicting opinions. What I Choose to write about is my personal experience and how my "Super Food plan" is working for me. I can say that as far as the FAST FOOD experience goes, I am choosing to agree that fast food was not a benefit to me, it was too quick, too easy to run into too, and too cheep. As far as my worst offender, Mcdonalds, Here is a true story.
Before "Supersize me" came out I tried a little experiment myself, As I had only about a half an hour between jobs, I would run into Mcdonalds, as it was on the way. I bought a Happy Meal every time, with six to ten nuggets, fry's, and a diet pop. I also ate dinner at Mcdonalds quite a lot.
I decided that I would eat the same thing everyday for two weeks straight, plus dinner, usually a cheeseburger, or a Southern fried Chicken sandwich, with fry's, I ate the nuggets everyday. I was really hoping I would get sick of it so much that I would want to break this habit. I found the opposite was true! I craved it MORE!! I never got sick of it. I did not do this as a medical experiment, so I did not keep track of sugar, and cholesterol. I wish I had, but I know how it made me feel, tired, lethargic, fuzzy thinking. At the time I also ate junk food, and I am honest to say that months might go by with out me putting a single substantial vegetable on my plate. I know that's when my sugar really got out of control, and my weight was in the 160s.
Now I would hope that most people reading this would never be so careless with their health, But every time you put your fuel in your body, your food choice, it should count. And a tiny bag of Apples to make up for the fat and salt and sugar in the rest of the fast food diet just is not much improvement
Oh and by the way, we had a bag of those little apples open, out on the counter for about a month and they never turned BROWN! Try that with a fresh Apple!
A fast food diet for children is wrong. If done as an occasional treat, do what you have to do. But "Happy meals" as a substitute for real healthy food is wrong.
It is also wrong for adults, with obesity sky rocketing, and diabetes on the rise, to forget that in their hurry to race through life, that health matters, and every time you fill yourself up with junk, you have missed the opportunity to help yourself stay healthy, So many people pass off unhealthy behavior as " You have to die sometime"! Well I was coming pretty close to that, and I decided, and I hope its not to late, that I want to LIVE! And shouldn't children be given that opportunity also! You can fool yourself that an unhealthy lifestyle isn't hurting you because you can't see it at first, but it will come back to bite you. I know, this is my personal experience.
Thanks for looking in, Mrs Cook
Before "Supersize me" came out I tried a little experiment myself, As I had only about a half an hour between jobs, I would run into Mcdonalds, as it was on the way. I bought a Happy Meal every time, with six to ten nuggets, fry's, and a diet pop. I also ate dinner at Mcdonalds quite a lot.
I decided that I would eat the same thing everyday for two weeks straight, plus dinner, usually a cheeseburger, or a Southern fried Chicken sandwich, with fry's, I ate the nuggets everyday. I was really hoping I would get sick of it so much that I would want to break this habit. I found the opposite was true! I craved it MORE!! I never got sick of it. I did not do this as a medical experiment, so I did not keep track of sugar, and cholesterol. I wish I had, but I know how it made me feel, tired, lethargic, fuzzy thinking. At the time I also ate junk food, and I am honest to say that months might go by with out me putting a single substantial vegetable on my plate. I know that's when my sugar really got out of control, and my weight was in the 160s.
Now I would hope that most people reading this would never be so careless with their health, But every time you put your fuel in your body, your food choice, it should count. And a tiny bag of Apples to make up for the fat and salt and sugar in the rest of the fast food diet just is not much improvement
Oh and by the way, we had a bag of those little apples open, out on the counter for about a month and they never turned BROWN! Try that with a fresh Apple!
A fast food diet for children is wrong. If done as an occasional treat, do what you have to do. But "Happy meals" as a substitute for real healthy food is wrong.
It is also wrong for adults, with obesity sky rocketing, and diabetes on the rise, to forget that in their hurry to race through life, that health matters, and every time you fill yourself up with junk, you have missed the opportunity to help yourself stay healthy, So many people pass off unhealthy behavior as " You have to die sometime"! Well I was coming pretty close to that, and I decided, and I hope its not to late, that I want to LIVE! And shouldn't children be given that opportunity also! You can fool yourself that an unhealthy lifestyle isn't hurting you because you can't see it at first, but it will come back to bite you. I know, this is my personal experience.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Should kids be on diets? A common sense view..
I saw on my favorite morning show , {Which I have a Hate & Love relationship with!} That a Mom has written an article in a big magazine about how she put her seven year old daughter on a diet. I am going to be honest I have not read it yet, But apparently she was heavy, and was being teased at school. the mom has received intense criticism. It seems very ironic to me that if our children "miss out" on Pizza, cupcakes, chips, Hotdogs, ice cream, and yes HAPPY MEALS, that they are being deprived of their childhoods. And yet it is the first thing we judge young woman on, their body weight, when they are no longer cute chunky children.
I think that it is wrong to starve and humiliate children who are over weight, I would never advocate that, but on the other hand it is up to the adults in the child's life to teach them about health and nutrition from the time they are babys. Can you eat pizza, but make it healthier? Can you add fresh fruit to desserts? A child who is taught nutrition should be a healthy weight, taking in account that all children grow at different rates, And instruction should be based on teaching children to be healthy, not focusing on their weight.
And if the entire family is over weight, then how can a parent expect the children to be any different? If the entire family engages in life changes, then instead of the child being made to feel self ashamed, they will feel that they are part of a team, and be more excited about getting healthier.
Of course, we live in a different time then when I was a kid in the 60s, and 70s. We did not have video and computer screens in our faces all of the time. We played outside, even in the snow. We rode bikes, we played baseball, we swam in everybodys backyard pools. I am not talking about organized sports, but the simple joy of racing out the door to play outside.
I will give a small nod to the video games that have virtual play, that is a good transitional step, at least they involve movement, and the family can play together. But really kids should have lots of outdoor time, and so should parents.
So was the mother wrong? At least at face value, I say no. In general parents are the way to childrens health, You have to say no to things that harm them, You would not let your child run into the street, you would not let them around household cleaners, but you cant say NO to junk food? If you give your kids junk just to shut them up, or give in to their crying and whining with bad food, then who is in charge? You or the kids?
If your child is raised with Good nutrition in the first place at home, then an occasional cupcake or a piece of Pizza at the birthday party won't make them obese. To be obese means that the major part of the child's diet could be poor food choices.
If your child is on a reasonably healthy diet, and begins to gain weight, Don't hesitate to take them to a Doctor, some children have conditions that can cause weight gain that have nothing to do with diet. It would be a shame for a child to face self doubt and teasing if they have a medical condition.And the little child who is chunky may one day grow into a taller slimmer teenager over night.
If you take a common sense view of nutrition when your kids are children, you could save them years of Illness, depression, and humiliation, that comes with poor food choices. Teach your children well, and be a good example to them, that is the best thing you will ever do for them!
Thanks for looking in, Mrs Cook
Kids having fun outside! The Old Fashioned Way!
I think that it is wrong to starve and humiliate children who are over weight, I would never advocate that, but on the other hand it is up to the adults in the child's life to teach them about health and nutrition from the time they are babys. Can you eat pizza, but make it healthier? Can you add fresh fruit to desserts? A child who is taught nutrition should be a healthy weight, taking in account that all children grow at different rates, And instruction should be based on teaching children to be healthy, not focusing on their weight.
And if the entire family is over weight, then how can a parent expect the children to be any different? If the entire family engages in life changes, then instead of the child being made to feel self ashamed, they will feel that they are part of a team, and be more excited about getting healthier.
Of course, we live in a different time then when I was a kid in the 60s, and 70s. We did not have video and computer screens in our faces all of the time. We played outside, even in the snow. We rode bikes, we played baseball, we swam in everybodys backyard pools. I am not talking about organized sports, but the simple joy of racing out the door to play outside.
I will give a small nod to the video games that have virtual play, that is a good transitional step, at least they involve movement, and the family can play together. But really kids should have lots of outdoor time, and so should parents.
So was the mother wrong? At least at face value, I say no. In general parents are the way to childrens health, You have to say no to things that harm them, You would not let your child run into the street, you would not let them around household cleaners, but you cant say NO to junk food? If you give your kids junk just to shut them up, or give in to their crying and whining with bad food, then who is in charge? You or the kids?
If your child is raised with Good nutrition in the first place at home, then an occasional cupcake or a piece of Pizza at the birthday party won't make them obese. To be obese means that the major part of the child's diet could be poor food choices.
If your child is on a reasonably healthy diet, and begins to gain weight, Don't hesitate to take them to a Doctor, some children have conditions that can cause weight gain that have nothing to do with diet. It would be a shame for a child to face self doubt and teasing if they have a medical condition.And the little child who is chunky may one day grow into a taller slimmer teenager over night.
If you take a common sense view of nutrition when your kids are children, you could save them years of Illness, depression, and humiliation, that comes with poor food choices. Teach your children well, and be a good example to them, that is the best thing you will ever do for them!
Thanks for looking in, Mrs Cook
Kids having fun outside! The Old Fashioned Way!
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Preparing for the Holiday meal!
I have to go confidant, and representing the lifestyle I am choosing. I used to feel so embarrassed when I went to family dinners when I was so fat, I felt so self conscious. I felt as if everyone was watching as I ate. {They probably were not, but I felt that way!}
As I have said before, I could talk about nutrition now, as much as I could talk about miniatures, or civil war reenacting.
As I deal with in my own family situation here at home, I will just represent by example, do what I need to do, and figure out what to bring that I can eat freely with out drawing attention to myself by just eating carrot sticks and broccoli spears.{ I don't just eat that way anyhow!} My husband is changing, and caring about his diet, my friends are noticing the big changes in me. Some of my friends are interested in my nutrition plans.
I just want everyone to understand that although I am taking a radical step in forgoing for now, traditional medicine, I am using food as medicine, and I am very serious about this. I want this to work out, I want to show people that faith, and perseverance, can work along with a healthy diet and mindset to if not cure my diabetes and other health issues, then at least I can keep them in check, if not reverse them.
This is MY choice, I will defend it based on the changes I feel, and based on how terrible I felt under the medications I was on.
My family is very traditional, but loving, so I am just going to enjoy the day, and prepare ahead of time for my nutritional needs. I am going to think about what to bring, and let my Hostess know ahead of time. That sounds like a good plan. DON"T LET THE HOLIDAY FOOD TRADITIONS DERAIL YOUR LIFE PLAN! Find a way to enjoy the days ahead without letting temptations get the best of you! Thanks for looking in, Mrs Cook
Friday, March 23, 2012
Getting mentally in the healthy diet game!
I think the reason so many people fail on diets is because they are still trying to have their cake, and eat it too!
All of the diet cookies and sugar free items attest to that, Cookies are cookies, candy is candy. Fat free items are often loaded with sugar. We feel that we can't survive without our treats.
I have written before about Tradition, family and friend pressures, If you think you can't have a great time without sinking your healthy diet, then you are doomed to fail in the long run. If you are not in the zone, and are not committed to a complete change, mentally, the cycle of food addiction will continue over and over again.
I am speaking from experience about this, I was a skinny child, who got fat, then obese. I went through times where I was almost ready to change, I loved to read about healthy food, but bringing it home was often short lived. Even after the diagnosis of Diabetes, I did not change, even after going to the Gym on a regular basis I was not ready, I went home and ate chips.
My food addiction was killing me. After the Doctor at the free clinic said she only gave me three years, I still was not committed. What finally got my attention was the pain. The Medicine they gave me made me sick. I lost my clear vision, I knew I had to change.
But why on earth did I have to wait until I felt like death to change? What If I had decided to do this ten years ago? What if I had lived a healthy lifestyle my entire life? What things could I have done with the time I had wasted.
First of all if you are not mentally in the game no matter what you try it will fail. Unfortunately poor food choices wreck your ability to think clearly, especially with a health issue like diabetes. I believe so much depression, And inability to concentrate is from poor food choices. Some people say you can have anything in moderation, but for people with Food issues that's not really true.
I have found some great tasting alternatives to cookies and cakes, and Chicken nuggets, I am researching exactly what is good in the food I am choosing to eat, Dead food, especially food made with processed white flour, high sugar counts, and tons of fat and salt, do nothing for you, so why would anybody want to keep that up as a part of their healthy diet? Why not treat yourself with something really good, from nature, something that will really make you feel good, and good about yourself?
I was lamented publicly that there was nothing I could eat, except lettuce and boiled chicken, how FOOLISH!!!
I have managed to find so many good things to eat, and on a modest budget, I have saved money by not eating out so much, I had to decide to spend my money on what would benefit me.
With all of the healthy food I have added there is no room for Dead food, I make sure everything I eat now benefits me, I have made healthy substitutions for the times I want sweet, or crunchy snacks.
I honestly do not miss the old food. I am so excited about trying the new foods, I look forward to shopping, and trying a new approach to cooking. Every day is a challenge that I am looking forward to, now that I am mentally in the game. Thanks for looking in, Mrs Cook
All of the diet cookies and sugar free items attest to that, Cookies are cookies, candy is candy. Fat free items are often loaded with sugar. We feel that we can't survive without our treats.
I have written before about Tradition, family and friend pressures, If you think you can't have a great time without sinking your healthy diet, then you are doomed to fail in the long run. If you are not in the zone, and are not committed to a complete change, mentally, the cycle of food addiction will continue over and over again.
I am speaking from experience about this, I was a skinny child, who got fat, then obese. I went through times where I was almost ready to change, I loved to read about healthy food, but bringing it home was often short lived. Even after the diagnosis of Diabetes, I did not change, even after going to the Gym on a regular basis I was not ready, I went home and ate chips.
My food addiction was killing me. After the Doctor at the free clinic said she only gave me three years, I still was not committed. What finally got my attention was the pain. The Medicine they gave me made me sick. I lost my clear vision, I knew I had to change.
But why on earth did I have to wait until I felt like death to change? What If I had decided to do this ten years ago? What if I had lived a healthy lifestyle my entire life? What things could I have done with the time I had wasted.
First of all if you are not mentally in the game no matter what you try it will fail. Unfortunately poor food choices wreck your ability to think clearly, especially with a health issue like diabetes. I believe so much depression, And inability to concentrate is from poor food choices. Some people say you can have anything in moderation, but for people with Food issues that's not really true.
I have found some great tasting alternatives to cookies and cakes, and Chicken nuggets, I am researching exactly what is good in the food I am choosing to eat, Dead food, especially food made with processed white flour, high sugar counts, and tons of fat and salt, do nothing for you, so why would anybody want to keep that up as a part of their healthy diet? Why not treat yourself with something really good, from nature, something that will really make you feel good, and good about yourself?
I was lamented publicly that there was nothing I could eat, except lettuce and boiled chicken, how FOOLISH!!!
I have managed to find so many good things to eat, and on a modest budget, I have saved money by not eating out so much, I had to decide to spend my money on what would benefit me.
With all of the healthy food I have added there is no room for Dead food, I make sure everything I eat now benefits me, I have made healthy substitutions for the times I want sweet, or crunchy snacks.
I honestly do not miss the old food. I am so excited about trying the new foods, I look forward to shopping, and trying a new approach to cooking. Every day is a challenge that I am looking forward to, now that I am mentally in the game. Thanks for looking in, Mrs Cook
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
I am STRESSED! But NO EXCUSES!
A lot has been going on in my life this week that is really STRESSING me out. I wont' go into all of the details because that's not what this is about. I am telling you this because it is the first time since I started my "Super Foods Plan" that I am unhappy. I also slipped and fell at work and re injured the leg that was just feeling healed. My point is that this used to be a great excuse to just go crazy and drop the diet, Grab a Happy Meal, Go get an Ice cream cone full sugar, Go grazing and eat an amazing carbo load!
I do still have that urge, It does not just go away. But I am using the tools I have been putting in place to not beat my self up with GARBAGE, Who in the long run would I be hurting? It certainly would not fix the stress I am under.
Ronald McDonald would love it, But I would hate that I gave in and I would lose some valuable self esteem points.
I am super angry about my leg. The muscle is probably pulled and feels like a knot, with my nerve damage it is probably going to take a long time to heal, just when I wanted to start some exercise. It is so STUPID! But I can't let it get me down, I will just have to be patient. I am going to keep practicing my calming techniques , Breathing and meditation.
I used to use every EXCUSE to justify blowing my diet, every up and down in life to eat, and who when stressing goes for that extra large spinach salad, or really tears into those broccoli spears! But why do we do that?
It is so not worth it. It does not make it any better, what will give power, self esteem and control over your feelings and destiny is to say NO! " What ever is getting me down is just not worth the beating I will give myself if I use this as an excuse to abuse my self with this GARBAGE FOOD!"
Yes, I know easier said then done, but It can be done.
I am going to prove that today. I am going to stick to my healthy diet despite how I am feeling, I am not going to let frustration, and pain rule me...NOT TODAY! I have worked too hard these past two months, I have made the investment in myself, through time, research, and the money I have spent to ensure that I have healthy food readily available. There are other ways to deal with your emotions. Food does not rule over us, we decide the roll food plays in our lives. I have decided to let food play a part in my healing, and the healing of my attitude. NO EXCUSES TODAY! Thanks for looking in, Mrs COOK
She always puts a smile on my face! Hope you smile when you see her too!
Saturday, March 17, 2012
I am so excited about nutrition! How come you are not?
I am so excited about the way I am feeling now that I am almost two months into this, I want to shout it from the rooftops! WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG?
Alright I have to tell myself, calm down not everyone is going to take such a dramatic change, I was not ready until two months ago, that was thirty years of garbage eating on my own accord. I had studied nutrition, I knew exactly what I should do.
It is more then calories, It is more then sugar free substitutions, It is being able to break the bondage that holds us back. Traditions, Holiday Eating, party eating, I wrote about how everyday is a temptation!
We all know that white processed food is terrible for us, we know how bad fried food is, we must know that Hotdogs and processed meats are full of fat and cancer causing nitrates. We know that salt is killing people, and thats not just adding salt from a shaker.
What I am amazed about is how I feel.
1. I am getting stronger everyday
2. My PAIN is nearly gone.
3. My loss of vision is gone.
4. My energy level is increasing everyday.
5. I no longer want to lie down every possible moment.
6. I am sleeping for longer periods over night.
7. I am excited and thinking more clearly.
8. I am reading about NUTRITION and how FOOD affects your well being.
9. I am at a weight I feel very comfortable with.
10. Other people are noticing the change in me.
The changes I have made have benefited me after only TWO MONTHS! I am looking down the line at How could my life be different if I can do this for a year? Two years? A lifetime!
I have had some friends commenting on my new will power. It is easy for me because the food I was eating made me fat, but had NO SUBSTANCE! I am substituting food with real flavor and real nutrition, so even though I "gave up" the super frosted carrot cake my husband brought to the party last night, The Mango I ate was just fantastic! Sweet and flavorful and packed with NUTRITION!
I feel the same way about my spinach salad, Apples and almonds, Broccoli, Avocados, etc. This is my replacement for the "HAPPY MEAL" and its life style.
The best part is that I am rarely hungry. I have learned to eat less food, but because it is POWER PACKED, It does not leave me hungry, and I do not miss that terrible bloated feeling you get from over eating poor food.
I think what had held me back was the tradition, and the expectation that you have to eat what is expected of you at party's, and holidays. My friends are realizing I am done with that line of thinking now, I just feel so GOOD!
I want everyone to feel this way. Instead of my aches and pains, my funeral plans, my half empty view of life, This is what I want to talk about, I am EXCITED! So please put up with me! I really feel I am onto something here! Thanks for looking in, Mrs Cook!
Alright I have to tell myself, calm down not everyone is going to take such a dramatic change, I was not ready until two months ago, that was thirty years of garbage eating on my own accord. I had studied nutrition, I knew exactly what I should do.
It is more then calories, It is more then sugar free substitutions, It is being able to break the bondage that holds us back. Traditions, Holiday Eating, party eating, I wrote about how everyday is a temptation!
We all know that white processed food is terrible for us, we know how bad fried food is, we must know that Hotdogs and processed meats are full of fat and cancer causing nitrates. We know that salt is killing people, and thats not just adding salt from a shaker.
What I am amazed about is how I feel.
1. I am getting stronger everyday
2. My PAIN is nearly gone.
3. My loss of vision is gone.
4. My energy level is increasing everyday.
5. I no longer want to lie down every possible moment.
6. I am sleeping for longer periods over night.
7. I am excited and thinking more clearly.
8. I am reading about NUTRITION and how FOOD affects your well being.
9. I am at a weight I feel very comfortable with.
10. Other people are noticing the change in me.
The changes I have made have benefited me after only TWO MONTHS! I am looking down the line at How could my life be different if I can do this for a year? Two years? A lifetime!
I have had some friends commenting on my new will power. It is easy for me because the food I was eating made me fat, but had NO SUBSTANCE! I am substituting food with real flavor and real nutrition, so even though I "gave up" the super frosted carrot cake my husband brought to the party last night, The Mango I ate was just fantastic! Sweet and flavorful and packed with NUTRITION!
I feel the same way about my spinach salad, Apples and almonds, Broccoli, Avocados, etc. This is my replacement for the "HAPPY MEAL" and its life style.
The best part is that I am rarely hungry. I have learned to eat less food, but because it is POWER PACKED, It does not leave me hungry, and I do not miss that terrible bloated feeling you get from over eating poor food.
I think what had held me back was the tradition, and the expectation that you have to eat what is expected of you at party's, and holidays. My friends are realizing I am done with that line of thinking now, I just feel so GOOD!
I want everyone to feel this way. Instead of my aches and pains, my funeral plans, my half empty view of life, This is what I want to talk about, I am EXCITED! So please put up with me! I really feel I am onto something here! Thanks for looking in, Mrs Cook!
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