Guiding you to making healthier choices in lifestyle, weight-loss, emotional and mental happiness, making peace with your past, eating to live; not living to eat.
Just a quick check-in here. As you might know, I’ve been backing off from bread and dairy, not totally eliminating it, for the past five days. I decided to weigh myself after breakfast this morning and I am down four, yes 4, pounds! It always amazes me how quickly our body reacts to the foods […]
I’m breaking the bread habit and I have decided to have a big salad every day…HUGE one! As long as you put healthy foods into your salad, leaving out meat, or at least limiting it to a small amount, using a variety of vegetables, seeds and nuts and use oil and vinegar and ground black […]
Earlier today I wrote about my need to stop seconds, stop bread and to reboot & renew. What I didn’t mention is that for three days this week I’ve been having a piece (or two) of bread with a small glass of low-fat milk before bed feeling that it has helped me fall asleep faster. […]
For a good part of the winter I haven’t eaten or made many potatoes aside from the potato used to top Shepherd’s Pie and even at that, I’ve used the healthier “mashed cauliflower” many times in place of potatoes. For the past two weeks I’ve used potatoes in a few dishes since I’ve been sort […]
Food is seen as so many things depending on our mood or our social activity. If we’re depressed we eat foods that comfort us whether healthy or not, when we’re happy we often eat fatty food, when angry, crunchy simple carbs will do thank you…and so on. After having a rather large lunch while out […]
I always thought that if I had an addiction I’d be able to stop whenever I wanted. The truth is I can, you can; but what holds us back is not putting willpower to use. Personally, I find myself coming up with excuses, just one more, well, I had a good day, I had a […]
I posted on my Initiate Wellness blog about bread and simple carbs and the love affair we have with them. If you’d like to check it out, click here. Share your thoughts and personal experiences. What food is the love of your life?
Many people I talk to want to know how to make a fast meal that is healthy, many of those people don’t like to cook; that is the reason I share many of my meals here. I recently made a meal that while it doesn’t look healthy, it is. My son was over for dinner […]
Dale and I went out to eat last night. We typically choose locally owned establishments and if they are chains, they are only chains to the area with up to 5 locations tops. Last night we had a few errands to run and decided on the 99 Restaurant because it was close to where we […]
Let me help you break the habit of ordering take-out or frozen dinners when you’re too tired to cook. Last night I roasted a pork tenderloin with savory and bold spices. Alongside it I baked sweet potatoes and steamed broccoli. The sweet potatoes were large! I put enough food on my plate for my dinner […]
Every New Dawn 