The Need For a Change....

My blogging is pretty sporadic lately which is okay by me.  I normally don't even post two times in one day, but today I've decided that I really need a change.  I really haven't felt all that well in a long time.  Bad eating habits and stress.  I'm hoping the stress factor will clear up as I go down the road of eating better.  =)

I started reading the book "The Raw Detox Diet" by Natalia Rose.  Very interesting.  I've looked at different sites and blogs.

So, now it's time to start my journey into feeling better....granted, it's going to take awhile, because I don't want to start all gungho right off the bat.  Losing a lot of weight all at once is not good for you.  It has to be gradual.  There is food that will have to be eaten up even though it is totally not good for you. 

I will still have to cook two meals.  One for him and one for me.  Not wanting to do that, but I can't force him to eat the way that I want to.  He has to have his meat.  I won't go totally vegan, but fruits and veggies will be the primary sustenance.  He is going to get so tired of eating the same thing for several days in a row.....

I jumped on the scales today.  I weigh in at 172.  Add about 5 pounds to that and you will get my true weight.  Our scale is really old so you have to add the 5 pounds.  LOL!!!

My goal is to get down to around 120-130 pounds.  I'm not obese, but overweight.  At one time I was almost 200 pounds.  I'd wake up in the middle of the night and catch myself not breathing.  Now that was scary.  Since then, I have tried to cut back on the amount that I eat in one sitting and be a little more physically active.  My job that I have is more physical than the previous two.  That helps a whole lot too.  Then there is the yard work.  Living on a hillside.  Major help.

My goals for the rest of this week are cut down on the coffee, drink more water, eat an apple a day, add more veggies to my diet, quit drinking whiskey and coke.  I've managed to cut down to one alcoholic drink per day which is very good for me.

Baby steps.....

ETA-It's going to a little rough embarking on this way of life.  Too many years of bad eating, bad living, and drinking a caffeine breakfast.

I didn't eat breakfast today, but I did drink a cup of warm water with lemon and cayenne pepper.  Waited a half hour and ate a large romaine salad with lots of baby spinach, tuna, and ranch dressing.  Not going to give up all processed foods, but the goal is to cut way, way down.  =)

Tonight it will be spaghetti squash with onions and garlic cooked in olive oil.  Going to try a little bit of feta cheese with that.  Brussel sprouts cut up and cooked with onions and garlic in olive oil.  Also, a little bit of hamburger veggie soup aka goulash to go with that. 

In regards to "the food that is not good for you".....I can't afford to waste it and throw it all out and replace it with all nutritional food.  My goal is to add lots more nutritional food with it so that I don't overload on all of the bad stuff.  Like I said, baby steps....