BLOG DAY # 84. EATING HEALTHY-"STAYING ALIVE!"

     In our fast paced world of today- we have so many choices of the food that we eat. It is really hard to find anyplace, other than home, to try to eat healthy. Fast food has become an addiction. It smells so good- tastes good and is full of sodium.

Well, you ask, what answer do you have? Where do you eat when on a trip? How do you find good healthy food to eat on the interstate?

THE ANSWER TO THAT SADLY-IS I CAN'T FIND IT! I DON'T HAVE A MAGIC WAND TO MAKE IT APPEAR! I CRINGE WHEN WE HAVE TO PULL IN TO GET GAS & WE ARE HUNGRY! WE TRY TO MAKE HEALTHY SNACKS-BUT THAT FOOD SMELLS SO GOOD FROM ACROSS THE LOT! WHAT TO DO?

We really try to pack as much healthy food when we travel- we tend to eat cut up apples, some humus wraps with lettuce, black beans and tomato's. We have grapes and bananas. But really, when you are hungry, your defense breaks down, and then its find a Chipolatas or Chick-fillet. When that is not available- then it is Bob Evans or Cracker Barrel. More expensive but at least you have choices of soup and salad.

IT IS SO HARD TO EAT HEALTHY IN THIS ENVIROMENT- THE GET BACK ON THE HIGHWAY-MAKE UP THE TIME-GET TO WHERE WE ARE GOING!


So with that being said, we force ourselves, to do as much as we can, at home to get that good food and make choices that we can control in our own daily enviroment.




We have taken the step to the next level in daily-healthy living. We know that we can not eat 7 to 13 servings of fruits and vegetables each day that is now becoming the standard to fight Cancer , Diabetes, and Heart diease.




The tower garden above is from Colorado. Ours right now is twice as big(both of them). I just have not taken a picture in a month! LOL  But the point here , is that we have started last year to grow our own fruits and veggies right out side our back patio door!

BUT IS THIS ENOUGH?  We eat off of our two every day. But we need more than what is there. We can not grow beets, pineapple, cherries, potato's to name a few. We are growing Lettuce-kale-spinach-cukes-strawberries and tomato's! As we progress into this, we will plan more different types of fruits and veggies, but the cool thing is, 3 to 4 weeks after transplanting the seedlings, we were eating salads!



  CHANGE IS SO HARD!


We have made major changes in our lives almost 7 years ago. We had to! Our medications were multiplying! Each time we went back to the doctors, the medication was made stronger.


WE WERE NOT STOPPING OUR PROGRESSION OF ILLNESS , IT WAS GETTING WORSE! WE WERE IN A MAINTANCE MODE-NOT A PREVENTION MODE!


Sherry found a whole food , in a capsule form, that gave you the essence of nutrients of 17 fruits and veggetables and grains for fiber every day! All you had to do, was swallow them with a glass of water everyday! How much of a change was that!




WE FOUND THIS MOTTO-AND WE DID IT! CHANGE BECAME A BATTLE CRY IN OUR LIFE! SO WE STARTED SLOWLY TO CHANGE THE ONES WE LOVED THE MOST-OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN-OUR FAMILIES AND OUR CLOSEST FRIENDS.

IT WAS A STRUGGLE-NO ONE BELIEVED-BUT WE HAD TWO IMPORTANT THINGS DRIVING US. THE RESEARCH AND OUR TRUST IN GOD THAT THIS IS WHAT WE ARE MEANT TO DO.



The research is key-now 24 published in medical journals-proving that it does what it claims to do.

That is what started this whole thing for us. It actually does do what it claims! If you know this, why not give it a chance? The cost - less than a $1.35 a day! Am I worth that? Will I save money on prescriptions and doctors visits- will I be insurable in the future? These are all questions we had.


WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING! WE WERE HEADED DOWN THE WRONG ROAD! SO WE DID IT!





WE  WENT THRU THE RESEARCH-WE WERE AMAZED AT WHAT WE FOUND-WE STARTED TO ATTEND HEALTH SEMINARS-WE LEARNED-WE SHARED- AND WE IMPROVED OUR HEALTH- so much so that niether one of us take medications! WE ARE ON THE ROAD TO IMPROVED HEALTH!




We have made the change-it was not easy-but we knew we had to to survive into retirement. At 63 years old-living life- enjoying our children and grandchildren-we have stepped into the PREVENTION MODE.


Now we grow what we can-take Juice Plus and Vineyard (9 berries) and live life to its fullest. Our next chapter will begin soon. One in which we will try to help as many people as we can- to do as we did! I hope this brings you to the understanding that CHANGE IS HARD-BUT OH SO WORTH IT!


THE PEOPLE WE LOVE THE MOST THAT HAVE CHANGED WITH US-CARRYING IT ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION-WHO WILL LOOK BACK SOMEDAY-AND SAY THANK YOU FOR HELPING US!  LET US GO FORTH AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE WE CAN BELIEVE IN!