Some of you may read this and completely relate, others may read it and think I’m completely off my rocker. There was a point in my health care journey where I would cry myself to sleep, wishing I was in the hospital, rather than at home. I didn’t really understand why I’d do this, but …
I’ve been on a anti-GMO kick lately… and for good reason! According to our government, there is nothing wrong with genetically modified foods, but there are SO many studies that show that’s ABSOLUTELY NOT the case at all. Here are 5 reasons why you shouldn’t eat GMOs (ESPECIALLY if you have an autoimmune or chronic …
Throughout my life I always could be caught saying “Oh I have bad knees!” “Doctors say I’ll probably have a knee replacement before I’m 30!” “I have the worst immune system. . . “ “I definitely could lose some weight. Look how fat my face is!” “My arms are fat, I hate my arms.” I …
OMGGGGGGGGGG OMG OMG OMG This stuff is seriously the bomb.com I’m obsessed! I’ve already made it several times since finding the recipe about a month ago. I’ve even sautéed some green veggies and mixed it in with the ‘pasta’ to make it more nutritious. Either way, it’s delicious. If you have kids and need to …
I’ve been steering clear of grains and legumes since October. During the holidays I did eat some gluten free grains (pumpkin bread is the shit, ok?), but since the holidays ended I’ve gone back to being strict about removing them. I’ve wavered between paleo and autoimmune paleo. The reason is because doing an elimination diet last …
I’ve found one of the things that has been the hardest to accept is the fact of where I am in life. That the future I HAD envisioned is going to be nothing like the one that I will experience. Not that it will be any less amazing, but just that my life has changed …
Hey Everybody! I’m working on a new project that will help share the wealth of knowledge our health journeys generate with other spoonies! From now until the end of January, I’ll be collecting responses to a spoonie survey that I’ve created. Don’t worry, if you don’t want your information shared – IT WON’T BE! If …
If you asked me if I was a positive or negative person, I would respond by saying that I’ve always been positive. And I truly believe that. BUT, once you start looking at my daily life, you’ll see that so many times I blocked positivity with negativity! For instance, – I think about where I …
A topic that always comes up in my house is grass fed, organic meat vs. conventional meat. I can say honestly that I used to not pay attention to the difference. It wasn’t until I started on my elimination diet and started reading more and more about grass fed meat that I really started to …
Happy Day After Christmas!!!!!! I hope Santa brought you everything you wanted … and more 🙂 During Christmas activities, Christmas movies came up a lot. Since Halloween my tv had been permanently set to hallmark and lifetime (with Up and LMN thrown in the mix every so often), watching cheese Christmas movies. The more cheesy …