Blog Day # 143 in a day of my life. Health & Nutrition: THE WHY!

     Years ago, I had a why. Why I went to the doctor every six months to have my blood tested and my Meds. adjusted. Now, I think back and ask myself, WHY did all they do was just make my MEDS. stronger? What was going on to make this happen?

    I never got an answer for that. All I did was get the comfort feeling that I was doing the right thing- I WAS MAINTAINING! But I was not getting better. I was not lowering those numbers except by using MEDS. The minute I stopped, they would go high again. So it crossed my mind- and I am not all that educated on MEDS. That just maybe, this was not the approach that I should be taking.


    That is when Sherry came home with this novel idea to put fresh fruits and veggies in a capsule and take them every day. Well, you go ahead, I do not see how that will solve my problem. A typical male response!  It took me 3 1/2 months to see , actually see something happening. I started noticing small things. A "look" had appeared. Her hair was shinny, her fingernails were growing faster.

    She was more active-more energy. Now maybe, just maybe, she had something here. So I said, OKAY, I WILL TRY IT.  That was 6 1/2 years ago. In fact, other than my check ups, I do not go to the doctor. I do not take cold meds nor antibiotics. In fact, I take no meds.

NOW I HAD ANSWERED MY WHY- AND EVER SINCE THEN- I SEE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE DO THE SAME.  IN FACT IT IS MOVING MORE AND MORE INTO THE MAIN STREAM. WHO DOES THIS YOU MAY ASK?  HERE ARE A FEW FAMOUS ONES. SOME I DID NOT EVEN KNOW.

    THERE ARE MANY MORE.  WHY?


THE ANSWER JUST MAY BE HERE- AND IT SCARES ME READING THIS.

   I HAVE A SWEET TOOTH!

THE WHY MAY BE IN WHAT YOU KNOW YOU EAT- BUT NOT  KNOWING WHAT IS HIDDEN IN WHAT YOU EAT. I CERTAINLY DIDN'T KNOW, NOR I GUESS DID I REALLY CARE. UNTIL I STARTED ASKING MYSELF, "WHY" AM I NOT GETTING HEALTHIER AND WHY AM I PUTTING ON THE WEIGHT?

NOW , I WAS A GREAT MILK DRINKER- I LOVED MILK- AFTER ALL- THE TV AND ALL THOSE SIGNS AND COMMERCIALS SAID SO. MILK FOR HEALTH. YOU HAD TO HAVE IT FOR YOUR BONES! HOW ELSE WERE YOU TO GET THAT CALCIUM?

IN OUR JOURNEY TO BETTER HEALTH- COMES EDUCATION. THEY GO HAND IN HAND. YOU LEARN WHAT IS RIGHT AND HOW WE ARE MISLEAD BY CORP. AMERICA INTO BELIEVING CERTAIN THINGS. IN ORDER TO GET CALCIUM, YOU HAVE TO TAKE A PILL OR DRINK LOTS OF MILK. READ THE STUDIES COMING OUT NOW ON THE PILL AND HOW IT MIGHT DAMAGE RATHER THEN HELP YOU. MILK- NO OTHER WAY TO GET CALCIUM?   SEE BELOW!



ITS ALL IN HOW WE AS A NATION ARE LED DOWN THE PATH WITH INFORMATION AND COMMERCIALS. MILK FOR HEALTH? WHY NOT PLANTS? WHY NOT VEGETABLES?

WHAT IS TOXIC TO OUR BODIES? WHAT SHOULD WE AVOID? HOW FAR DO YOU CARRY THIS PRESERVATIVE FOOD IDEA? WHAT ARE HGH-STEROIDS?




WHAT DO YOU PUT ON THE OUTSIDE AS WELL AS INGEST ON THE INSIDE?

NOW, A LONG TIME AGO- BEFORE FAST FOOD- BEFORE PRESERVATIVES-HGH-STEROIDS- PESTICIDE'S- THERE WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS?  THE ANSWER MIGHT BE AS SIMPLE AS A PICTURE!




YES, WE HAVE IT, YES IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN HERE, WE JUST HAVE GOTTEN AWAY FROM IT FOR THE CONNIVANCE OF TIME, THE EASE OF PREPARATION, AND THE COST!


YOU SEE IT COSTS LESS TO EAT UNHEALTHY AS COMPARED TO EATING HEALTHY! JUST GO AND CHECK IT OUT!




SO IT ALL COMES BACK TO MY WHY. NOW I HAVE THAT WHY. I FOUND OUT, THAT AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS OF MEDS. THAT MY WHY WAS NOT BEING ANSWERED. DOCTORS FOR THE MOST PART ARE NOT TRAINED ON NUTRITION.


So I choose the research, the one product that had 16 yrs of research behind it. The product known as JUICE PLUS. All natural-fresh picked fruits and veggies. juiced, water,sugar and salt extracted. What was Left was a dry powder, full of nutrients, full of the essence of 17 fruit's and veggies and two grains for fiber. THIS WAS THE ANSWER I FOUND TO MY WHY!




every one of the above happened to me!

NO MORE OF THE BELOW-JUST LOOK AT WHAT IT DID TO ME!



YES, MY WHY- IT WAS ALL MINE TO OWN-IT WAS MINE TO FIND OUT HOW TO OVERCOME. IT WAS MINE TO FIND AN ANSWER- IT WAS MINE-I OWNED IT!


               

THE ANSWER IS HERE IN THIS LITTLE CAPTION- AND IT IS SO TRUE. THE ANSWER TO MY WHY!

NOW OUR GRANDCHILDREN HAVE A HEALTHY START ON LIFE. THEY MAKE CHOICES. THEY KNOW WHAT IS GOOD AND WHAT IS BAD. AS SOON AS THEY EAT SOMETHING NOT GOOD FOR THEM, THEY GET ILL! YOUR BODY TELLING YOU!




I HOPE THIS HELPS YOU IN YOUR WHY AS IT HELPED ME IN MINE. WE ALL HAVE WHYS, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME WE FIND THEM BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.



HAVE FUN-EAT HEALTHY-STAY FIT- AND ANSWER YOUR WHY!  HGD


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Blog Day # 142 in a day of my life. FAMILY.

     Today is Sunday- Church-rest-watch Olympics-and FAMILY. I do not know yet who we will see today- but they always are in our thoughts. You see, we are a close knit family. Sharing many thoughts, adventures, telephone calls and this new invention which I do not have on my phone, called "HEY TELL!"  Seems to be really popular!

SO TOADY YOU ARE IN MY THOUGHTS THIS MORNING, DEBBY, MIKE, MADDY, ELLA AND SARAH! HAVE NOT SEEN YOU GUYS I GUESS SINCE VACATION?  WELL, THEY SPENT LAST WEEK UP IN THE ADIRONDACK'S AND HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME.



THE TRADITION GAS BEEN FOR EVER SINCE THEY WERE BORN, TO HAVE DADDY HOLD THEM. FIRST IT WAS MADDY AND THEN ELLA CAME ALONG. NOW THERE IS SARAH AND ME THINKS THIS JUST MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME DADDY CAN DO THIS! LOL LOL THEY ARE GETTING WAY TO BIG!

BUT IT SHOWS HOW CLOSE AND LOVING THEY ARE. SHERRY DESERVES ALL THE CREDIT FOR THIS, AS THIS IS THE WAY SHE BELIEVES AND HOW SHE TAUGHT BOTH GIRLS.


MIKE HAS A TWIN SISTER, AND THIS IS HER LITTLE SON TO THE LEFT-CHASE, ALONG WITH DEBBY AND SARAH.

AND THEN WE HAVE TINY, HER NICK NAME FROM BIRTH. OUR LITTLE ELLA "B", BILLIE IS HER MIDDLE NAME IN HONOR OF SHERRY'S FATHER BILL. SHE IS A LITTLE DOLL, AND THIS PICTURES IS OF HER AND DEBBY CELEBRATING HER 9TH BIRTHDAY! OH MY LORD, HOW THE TIME HAS GONE BY!




MIKES TWIN SISTER KRISTEN, HER SON CHASE AND OUR YOUNGEST SIBLING, SARAH, WHO IS SUCH A DIVA! LOL LOL



THEY SPENT THE ENTIRE WEEK BY RAQUET LAKE, AND HIKING THE MOUNTAINS.
MIKE SPENT ALL HIS EARLY GROWING UP HERE WITH HIS PARENTS AND FAMILY AND THE TRADITION HAS FOLLOWED INTO MIKE AND DEBBY'S FAMILY.

EVERY YEAR THEY AS A FAMILY HIKE TO THE SUMMIT SO THEY CAN OVER LOOK THE LAKE AND THE MOUNTAINS OF UPSTATE NEW YOUR IN THE AREA CALLED THE ADIRONDACK'S.

MIKE ALSO HAS A SET OF TWIN BROTHERS, ONE OF WHICH IS PICTURED HERE. BRET AND BRIAN. BRIAN JUST GOT MARRIED AND IS ON HIS HONEYMOON OR HE WOULD OF BEEN IN THE PICTURE ALSO. BUT THE VIEW IS AWESOME! JUST LOOK AROUND AND SEE THE MARVEL OF THE MOUNTAINS.



THEY CARRY THEIR OWN SNACKS (NOTE THE VEGGIE SNACKS!) THEY EAT MORE HEALTHY THEN ANYONE I KNOW, AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE KIDS!

MADISON IS SITTING AT THE RIGHT, BROWN SHIRT AND HAT.

WITH ELLA JUST TO THE RIGHT OF HER.

                                        THE VIEW FROM THE TOP!



 THE SPLENDOR OF THE AREA, THEY WANT US TO JOIN THEM NEXT YEAR, AM SEARCHING THE WEB NOW TO SEE WHAT IS AVAILABLE, I DON'T KNOW, I LOVE THE AREA, WE SPENT A WEEK UP THERE A LONG TIME AGO AND TOOK TAMMY WITH US, BUT I ALSO LOVE THE OCEAN. MAYBE WE CAN DO BOTH!!!! NOW THAT IS A NOVEL IDEA! LOL LOL


I MUST ADMIT- IT IS INVITING- AND AT THIS TIME OF YEAR-WARM-WATER REFRESHING!


DEBBY AND MIKE- TRUE OUTDOORS PEOPLE AND VERY ACTIVE , BOTH IN WORKING OUT AND ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE, DEBBY HAS BECOME A LEADER IN OUR SEARCH TO MAKE PEOPLE AND CHILDREN  HEALTHY!




HERE THEY ARE ON THE LONG TRIP NORTH- MADDY WITH HER TUNES-SARAH WITH HER "LOOK" AND LITTLE ELLA SOUND ASLEEP! MY THREE LITTLE DARLINGS!

SARAH-TO THE RIGHT-OUR LITTLE FASHION MODEL-HAS A MIND OF HER OWN. IS FUNNY AND HER LAUGH SENDS WARM FEELINGS THROUGH OUT THE ROOM. SHE IS A DIVA, SHE SELECTS HER OWN CLOTHES- LOVES TO SHOP AND IS ONLY FIVE YEARS OLD! JUST LOOK AT THE POSE, THAT IS VINTAGE SARAH!  SHE HAS THE LOOK!

NOW WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE, I WOULD PICK HER UP FROM THE BABY SITTERS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK. WE WOULD SING, SHE WITH A MUCH BETTER VOICE THAN ME! OLD MCDONALD HAD A FARM. SHE WOULD DO THE CHORUS, JUST HER AND ME. SHE WAS AROUND TWO. AND SHE WOULD CALL ME "PACHA!"

I MISS THOSE DAYS- BUT MY MEMORIES WILL ALWAYS BE WITH ME. SHE WAS AND IS MY LITTLE MADDY. WE HAVE A ROOM FOR HER IN THE HOUSE. FROM EACH RESIDENCE WE HAVE MOVED FROM AND TO, AND IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN CALLED "MADDY'S" ROOM. IT WILL BE THERE FOR HER WHENEVER SHE WANTS TO COME.

HERE IS OUR VERY FIRST GRANDCHILD FROM MIKE AND DEBBY. SO PROUD OF HER. SHE IS A HONOR ROLL STUDENT-PRESIDENT OF STUDENT COUNCIL- AND NOW IS ON THE TRAVEL SQUAD FOR 12 YR. OLD IN SOCCER. SHE IS SUCH A GOOD LITTLE GIRL. SHE WILL HAVE TO GROW UP, AND THERE IS NO WAY TO PUT IT OFF, BUT SHE WILL ALWAYS BE MADDY!



SO TODAY IS FAMILY DAY FOR ME- ONE HALF OF IT YOU SEE. NEXT TIME I WILL WRITE ABOUT THE OTHER HALF. THE ONES THAT MELT MY HEART WHENEVER I SEE THEM. SO TO DEBBY AND MIKE, MADDY, ELLA AND SARAH, GOD GO WITH YOU, PEACE BE WITH YOU AND WE LOVE YOU ALL!

Blog Day # 141 in a day of my life. Olympics- opening-one word-AWESOME!

    Last night, as I settled in at 7:30, I thought , OKAY- I will watch this for a hour or so and then head up to bed. Sherry was tired after a busy day and I had been up since 3am. SO GUESS WHAT!

I LASTED THE ENTIRE OPENING AND I WAS AMAZED AT WHAT I SAW! THE PARADE OF NATIONS- HOW MANY WERE A FORMER BRITISH COLONY!

I CAN NOT EVEN IMAGINE HOW YOU COME UP WITH WHAT THEY DID. AND IF YOU LISTENED TO THE SCRIPT BY THE COM MENTORS- IT MADE PERFECT SENSE. I FELT PROUD- NOT ONLY WAS I STAYING UP, BUT I WAS ENTHRALLED!





AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE PLAYING ALL THESE PARTS, VOLUNTEERS, HOW DO YOU PULL THIS TOGETHER, HOW DO YOU PULL THIS OFF?






THE MAKEUP- THE COSTUMES- THE ACTING WAS JUST PERFECT- MY HAT IS OFF TO THE BRITISH- THEY PULLED OFF A STUNNING TRIBUTE TO THERE CULTURE AND TO THE MEN , WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHO MADE THIS COUNTRY ONE OF THE GREATEST ON EARTH DURING THIS TIME FRAME- AFTER ALL, THIS IS WERE WE CAME FROM!



THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION- AND BERT THE CHIMNEY SWEEP! lol lol lol

AND IF YOU ARE A HISTORY NUT OR A SYFY GEEK, YOU WOULD IMMEDIATELY RECOGNISE THE MEANING BEHIND THE HILL! AFTER ALL, THIS IS WHERE THE EARLY RELIGIONS, BE IT WHATEVER THEY BELIEVED IN, STARTED THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO.




I WATCHED IN WONDER AS THE RIVER OF IRON FLOWED DOWN AND THE PEOPLE BEGAN SWINGING THERE SLEDGES!

THEY GOT IT RIGHT- IN THE COSTUMES AND THE PRESENTATION'S!





OH YEAH - AND AS CHER SINGS IT "THE BEAT GOES ON!" AND ON, AND ON!




I DO NOT ABOUT YOU- BUT I WAS MESMERIZED- SITTING THERE, KNOWING I WAS TIRED, BUT TOO ENGROSSED TO HEAD UPSTAIRS AND JOIN SHERRY AFTER SHE BAILED AT 9:35 PM!



WE LIVE IN A WORLD THAT HAS SO MANY THINGS BRITISH- STAUNCH COMES TO MIND- FORMAL AND DIGNITY- UPPER CHIN- I GUESS ARE A FEW. I FEEL PRIDE AS I KNOW MY ANCESTORS CAME FROM THE ISLES OF BRITAIN- I ALSO FEEL PROUD THAT AS A AMERICAN NOW, WE SHARE A LOT IN COMMON. THEY TRULY SETTLED THE WORLD, AND AFTER WATCHING THE PARADE, I HAD A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SUN NEVER SETS ON THE BRITISH EMPIRE.



YES , THE DIFFERENT SETS WERE GREAT, AND HOW THEY CHANGED THEM, WELL IT WAS JUST ME WATCHING AND I DON'T KNOW, JUST WONDER!



FROM THE GREEN TO THE ABOVE- YOU JUST HAVE TO BE IMPRESSED!

AND THE BOND PART- A TOUCH OF ROYAL CLASS- IT WAS UNEXPECTED- BUT WORTH THE WAIT AND IT WAS THAT BRITISH HUMOR COMING THROUGH!





THE PEOPLE OF THE NATION , ALL VOLUNTEERS, DOCTORS NURSES FROM REAL LIFE, AND THE CHILDREN. IF YOU DID NOT SEE IT- YOU MISSED SOMETHING THAT AT LEAST I WILL REMEMBER FOR A VERY LONG TIME!



THE LIGHT SHOW WAS VERY WELL DONE-THE WHOLE STADIUM AT THE FLICK OF A SWITCH!


READY FOR THE PARADE TO BEGIN- I WILL ADMIT- AT THIS POINT- THE EYELIDS WERE DROOPING! lol lol lol



                                                      PRIDE OF A COUNTRY!



                                                     A REMARKABLE LADY AND QUEEN!



AND THEN IT BEGAN-WHERE IT ALL STARTED THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO- GREECE!



THEY CONTINUED TO COME- ALL 204 COUNTRY'S- ALL DRESSED UP-ALL PROUD!







NO MATER HOW BIG OR SMALL THEY MARCHED IN AND AROUND! PROUDLY!




THE TEAM FROM JAPAN-WAVING THE UNION JACK- IN HONOR OF THE HOST COUNTRY! WHAT A TRIBUTE!




                AND FINALLY , IN WE CAME-WAVING OLD GLORY!



AND THEN THEY CAME! THE PAPER CAME DOWN-THE CROWD ROARED-AND THE COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE ALREADY ASSEMBLED- CLAPPED AND SHOUTED.
THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER UNDER ONE FLAG- THE OLYMPIC FLAG. THE BRITS HAD MADE AN ENTRANCE!


YES- THE FLAG WAS PRESENTED-ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS-WE ARE ONE IN THE WORLD-IF ONLY IT COULD BE THIS WAY FOREVER!



A GREAT CHAMPION-RAVAGED BY DISEASE-BUT HE WAS THERE-WITH THE HELP OF HIS WIFE. MUHAMMAD ALI!


YES- IT WAS ALMOST OVER AND I HAD MADE IT THIS FAR- AND I WAS GONNA TAKE IT TO THE END-TAKE ONE FOR THE FAMILY SO TO SPEAK! lol lol lol









THE YOUTH OF TOMORROW CARRYING THE TORCH TO THE FINAL LIGHTING- AS IT SHOULD BE- A GENERATION THROUGH THE AGES- TO LAY THE ROAD FOR THE NEXT OLYMPICS!





QUITE A SIGHT- NO IDEA THESE WOULD RAISE AND FORM THE TORCH!







YES- THE FIREWORKS BEGAN AND WENT ON AND ON AND ON! WHAT A DISPLAY!



AND THEN IT WAS ALMOST OVER- A PERFORMER FROM MY TIME ERA CAME ON.
SIR PAUL- OLDER BUT STILL ABLE TO BELT OUT "HEY JUDE!"

AND THE WHOLE STADIUM- YOUNG AND OLD- SINGING- ARMS LOCKED-SWAYING-THE ATHLETE'S DOING THE SAME- IT TOOK AN OLD BEATLE TO BRING THE HOUSE DOWN! I FELT PRIDE AS THIS WAS THE MUSIC I GREW UP WITH- THE SONG THAT EVERYONE CAN SING AND TRANSGRESSES OVER GENERATIONS OF TIME. HEY JUDE - HEY JUDE- HEY JUDE! LET IT RUN THROUGH YOUR MIND TODAY.

WELL, THAT IS MY LITTLE CONTRIBUTION TO WHAT WENT ON FOR FOUR HOURS LAST NIGHT- AND I AM PROUD OF MY SELF TO HAVE MADE IT THROUGH!

SO TODAY, LET THE GAMES BEGIN-MINE BEGAN AT 7:30 PM LAST NIGHT! LOL  LOL!