The Hardest Part

Since I found out my results, friends and acquaintances have asked me, what exactly did you do? When I started thinking about it, it was hard to remember everything. So I am going to try to keep track of everything I eat, drink and do to live a healthier lifestyle.

1. I started drinking alkaline ionized water.
2. I follow some of Dr. Budwigs diet; Muesli and flax oil, with organic plain yogurt and fruit mixed in.
3. sprouted grain bread...not much, but when I'm really hungry it serves it's purpose. My favorite is a toasted tomato with freshly made avocado sauce.
4. Almond Breeze. I don't drink any milk.
5. Vegetables; I make a blender full of "greens" and drink first thing in the morning, before anything else. I eat raw vegetables most of the day. Whether its in a salad or just a veggie plate.
6. Lots of almonds, great for snacks when on the road. Sesame seeds ( for the calcium)
7. Beans; usually as hummus, or chili
8. I use stevia, honey, maple syrup (pure) for sweeteners.
9. tea...lots of it, red clover, make my own ginger tea, green, peppermint
10. For my sweet tooth, I drink hot cocoa with almond breeze,stevia, little cinnamon
and make haystacks with stevia sweetener.
11. I make rice wraps filled with any veggie chopped up to a pulp, with Budwigs dip. It's really good. I use rice in them as well. Way more veggies than rice though.
12. I eat veggie chips- they are really good, but quite expensive.
13. Lots of dried apricots!
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Things I avoid like the plague:

SUGAR!! Whether it's in the ingredient list or just plain
Meat - eat free range eggs rarely, fish, and the odd organic chicken
Preservatives- no explanation needed here
additives -
Butter
Margarine
coffee- although made with the highest level of ph, cancels out the acidity of the coffee. But still don't drink it very often, only on days where I just need something from before my changes.

I use natural soaps and creams from the health food store. I use perfume, but on my cloths not on my skin. Mineral oil is one of my favorites. The Body shop carries a really good hemp hand cream that works well!
I am now trying to switch my cleaning products over to vinegar, baking soda, and lemon juice..I am a cleaning product junky!
My kids still eat a lot of things that I don't but the choices are better choices, like natural sugar in cookies, almond chocolate milk, or rice dream chocolate milk, bread is made here, or 100% whole wheat. I try to pick the healthier version of what they like. Plus they also drink the water.

I'm sure I've missed things, but I am always searching for better choices. I thought the hard part was getting healthy, but it wasn't. The hard part is going to be STAYING HEALTHY!!