Time to Change

Lately I have been doing a lot of thinking, and the conclusion I have come to is that it is time for change. And I'm not talking about a hair cut or redecorating, I am talking about a lifestyle change. Because I want Cote to have the best life possible, I must lead by example. After all, I am the change I want to see.

To start the change, I am changing my diet. My whole life I have feasted on foods that are doing nothing to help. While I lived with Ava and Delilah, I made a better effort to eat health, so they would eat healthy. Being pregnant, I made even more of an effort. Now, I need to make the change a complete commitment.

My goal is to "go raw" which mean eating only fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. Basically it's a fun term for vegan. I am not sure I am ready to give up all meat products, but that's the plan. I have been inspired by the "liferegenerator" on YouTube. He is inspirational in so many ways!!

Anyways, for now I plan to eat raw (which also means no cooked fruits and veggies), but also to include chicken and dairy. And I started last night with a smoothie that I am calling Cherry Cream. It had two bowls of dark cherries, half a carton of yogurt, and a couple handfuls of ice. It was scrumptious!!!! I did cave though and sate chicken and mac n' cheese, but I've done better today.

This morning I woke up and had a strawberry and banana smoothie. Then Natalie, Cote, and I went to CostCo. When we got back I made a watermelon lemon juice. It was not my favorite cause I am not a huge fan of watermelon, but tomorrow I am going to see what I can add to make it better. I also had an Asian chicken wrap! Yummy yummy! But the best was my dinner!!

I made a smoothie the was scrum-diddly-umptious!! It had mango, banana, yogurt, spinach, ice, flax seed, and honey!! oh boy!!!! It was so stinking good!! Even if it was green... I also baked four chicken breasts, so I ate one of those with a handful of raw broccoli and some small yellow and red tomatoes! Quite healthy if I do say so myself!!

And I am telling you all this to keep myself accountable. I want to get healthy and broaden my pallet so that Cote will never be negatively influenced by my food choices. And if I am making smoothies then I could also serve it as baby food!! BONUS!!

Maybe I will even start making videos of my smoothie experiments. Then I will have my recipe and so will you!! Win-Win!!

Till next time... choose GOD! choose LIFE! choose RAW!!