People may think Dave and I are weird, crazy, extreme or too religious. And maybe we are all of those things to you. But to us we are getting our lives, health and energy back. We are only in our 20's and already we have 3 children, a very full time career(Dave's a youth pastor and I'm a stay at home mom..if you don't think that's a job we will chat later), a social life and aside from youth ministry we are very active with other activities within the church.
As most of you have read we just moved to Presque Isle in July and since then its just been a constant motion of change in our house. Before we moved I can without a doubt say, I had an addiction to food in regards to making me feel better. Having 3 kids back to back can really do a number on your body and I struggled with post pardon depression since my 2nd son was born in October of 2008. When I was feeling lonely I would call on Ben and Jerry...I think you get it. And all social events with friends and family always revolved around food. When I or one of my girlfriends had a bad day we would meet at Panera and stuff ourselves or if it was someones birthday we would go to a restaurant and eat! Now I'm not saying going out to eat with friends is bad or family gatherings with food is terrible but what I am saying is it got to be the focus of every gathering we went to. Can you think of a party you went to and not had food? Baby shower, birthday, anniversary, super bowl......and what kinds of food were there? Chicken fingers, salad, pizza, pasta, fish etc etc I have come to a place in life where I will not let myself be dictated by food. Notice I didn't say "I wouldn't let food dictate me," Food can not dictate anything. It has no will, power or emotions...YOU DO, WE DO! We choose what to put in our body's and what to feed our souls. I started to make Judah's baby food for him because I wanted him to get the best parts of food before chemicals got injected in. Why don't we feel the same way about ourselves? Why don't we want that for us just like we do for our kids. Do we not see the value in us like we do in our children?
So Dave and I have adapted a new way of eating for our family. And so far its been wonderful. We watched a documentary called Forks Over Knives on Netflix and it changed our view of what goes into our bodies and how it can affect us in the long run. I can tell you first hand I feel different, I sleep different, I parent different. It had changed my life for the better. We have eliminated anything animal based from our diets. No meat or dairy. I don't miss a thing. Me the meat loving, cheese eating,cooking and baking machine herself has none in her daily diet. And I'm still alive! You think I could never do that!!!! YES YOU COULD if you got the point of being so fed up with feeling tired, moody, achy, having a foggy mind and not to mention an increasing waist line, then yes you could do it.
I'm not gonna lie and tell you I don't have days where I crave that burger from McDonald's or Pizza but instead of giving in I make something like it just vegetarian/vegan style. I am thinking about blogging some of the recipes I have used and whether I liked them or not. What do you think? Would you even come back to check them out? :)
In closing, I don't want anyone reading this to think, I think the world should adapt this way of eating, some places already do but I am saying that its time we take a look at what we are made up of. In the Bible it says, "We are the temples of the Holy Spirit." What do you put in a temple? The very best of things right? Well why aren't we putting the very best in our walking and talking temples? Just something for you to think about....
I would love to check out some of your recipes!
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