Sunday, January 23, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
So..the adventure continues...Honestly
So what a year 2010 was for me. There were lots of changes.
The year began in somewhat a sad state for me and ended in much of the same tone..yet..there were so many ups and downs along the way. I have to say, by the time the ball dropped for 2011..I was cheering it on, ready to close the door on 2010 and look forward to whatever was in store for me in 2011, after all it had to be better than 2010!! Each year I pick a word for my life...this year it is...
Honesty
noun, plural -ties.
1.
the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
2.
truthfulness, sincerity, or frankness.
3.
freedom from deceit or fraud
4. Obsolete . chastity.
—Synonyms
—Antonyms
1. dishonesty.
It's not that I am a bold face liar. I do try to be honest in my every day affairs. Luckily I believe that my God is a little more forgiving than Yoda ...do or do not..there is no try. But again, there is truth to that..you are either honest..or not. You are not a little honest or a little dishonest..you are or you are not. The worst misstep is when you not only are dishonest with yourself, but with God as well. It's not like He does not know the truth, but like any parent I imagine some times He shakes His head and sits back and waits for us to come clean.
So where to start? About two years ago I lost between 80-85 lbs. I've managed to keep it off all this time. However, I remain very overweight. So much so, it is affecting my health in a negative way. As a Type 1B diabetic in fact, it's killing me. Between the diabetes, fibromyalgia (FM) and other issues...health struggles are a big part of my life. There is a time where you just hit the floor and scream..Enough is Enough!! At the end of last year I was there, enough of this foolishness! Lord, I need some direction and I know you are giving it but I am not listening!
Just like in my teen years when I recognized I had a substance abuse problem, I recognize now..I have a different, much stronger addiction - FOOD! With drugs, alcoholic or nicotine, I could move away from the issue and be done with it. Not so with food, it has been my constant companion. I'm sad, let's eat! I'm happy, let's eat! I'm bored, let's eat! I'm confused, I'm frustrated, I need comfort..food ..food..food. Instead of turning to God, I turn to something that numbs me and that fills a void temporarily..until the guilt sets in and I eat some more. This is the dishonest life I have been living. I am a Compulsive Over Eater (COE). Just like the drug addict, just like the alcoholic, I can't quit it and even though I know it could kill me...I just keep going back.
I've bought the lies and in return spun them out myself. If I am a good cook, I am a good mom. It's socially acceptable to love food but when most "normal" people say they love food, they are probably not putting the same definition on the world love as I do. Much the same way when someone says they "love a good drink", an alcoholic knows no other master than that in his glass.
Joshua 24:15 (KJV) 15And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Romans 6:16 (KJV)16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness?
So I stand at the crossroads and ready to make this choice. Do or Do Not, there is no try. Each day I will try to live with honesty. God has given me a brain to use and free will to do as I choose. I choose this day to serve my God and when I do not, He will pick me up and tomorrow will be a new day. However, there will be consequences for my failures and I need to be willing to carry them -- with help.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Broccoli Beef I Recipe - Allrecipes.com
With a little tweeking this is a great recipe.
Serve with Quinoa!
cornstarch for white flour
raw sugar for white
Bragg's liquid amino's for soy sauce
otherwise...YUM!
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
100 Things You Can Make Yourself � Blisstree
Awesome list! So many of these things I already do, but some I hadn't given any thought about. I've been making my own laundry soap for years.
Arthur Laffer: Tax Hikes and the 2011 Economic Collapse - WSJ.com
Wow.... Just one more reason that we need to be a community united and securing our local food sources!
Monday, August 9, 2010
Precocious puberty strikes more 7-year-old girls - TODAY Health - TODAYshow.com
Interesting article this morning. I am bewildered by the statement "no one really knows what is causing this"! I am not a scientist in any sense of the word but even I know it's being caused by the crap they are putting in our food..chemicals, soy, and hormones. Wake up people! There was a research done a few years ago (I'll try to find a link for it later today) that had male children growing breasts...the culprit?? Soy and Hormones!
Even more evidence that we need to change what we are eating.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Bob's Red Mill Recipes - Healthy Honey-Maple Gluten Free Granola
In a word...YUM!
I made a few changes to this recipe.
First, instead of using sliced almonds I used raw almonds that I randomly pounded in to chunks. I like the chunk texture more than the sliced.
I also used our home dried cranberries in one recipe, blueberries in another and cherries in yet another version..all were wonderful.
And I left out the dates...yuck. Let's just say I ate way too many GF bars in the beginning that contained mainly dates.
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