update

I am starting to slack off a little and I have been feeling it in my feet. I wake up with super sore feet especially my right foot. This is the foot that has been giving me trouble for years. I would say that I have not been working out as much these past two weeks. A lot of it has to do with my work. I am finishing up a job and have been busy for a few hours during the day and then every night for a few more hours. I just have not had the time to work out. I also think I need to cut out the chocolate I have been eating. I am sure its not helping so I will try it and see. Brian wondered where in heck the dark chocolate covered berries were and I told him I had to hide them on myself. He thought I was so weird but If they are in the pantry right where I expect them I will always grab a handful when i go in there. Hope giving up my chocolate helps my poor achy feet!

Fathers Day on the lake

feeling awesome

I am finally feeling 100% with my health, no swollen joints or pain at all. I have cut out pop for six months now. I still cant believe it. Also the past few months I have been really strict with my diet. It has been helping tremendously! I am working out a lot, running and doing yoga. They all seem to be helping. I try not to eat any sugar, white products, meat or processed foods. It has been tough but such a good thing for my body and for my family too!

4th Birthday Party

Leah has a great birthday this year. She got two parties! Her neighbor friends came over Friday night. They ate popsicles played on the bounce house and then had cake and ice cream. She got some great gifts too!

Saturday night was her family party. She got to play on the bounce house again with her sister and cousins. She got another cake and more awesome gifts.

Salad

I made a wonderful cold salad today after one I tried at Whole Foods Market last week and it turned out great. I used;
Quinoa, sweet potatoes, spinach, cilantro, roasted almond slices, fresh ground ginger and balsamic vinaigrette dressing.

update

I am finally starting to feel better. The better I eat the better I feel. And I am starting to rule out certain foods like tomatoes for instance. I ate spaghetti with a tomato sauce the other day and felt horrible the next day. Hopefully now since I am eating so well I can start introducing one food at time and see how it affects me.

Sadie has been doing awesome in softball, well at least better than we expected. She has had two games and got on base and scored in both games. I think she likes it a lot especially when she get to cheer from the bench with her friends.

two weeks

Well it has been two long and stressful weeks of eating right but I am about 95% pain free. Eating right to me is a lot of fruit, veggies, wheat and a little bit of dark chocolate and ginger cookies for sweets. I have been off medication for over a year now and I started feeling some swelling in my hands over the past month. I decided to give it a try and really see if avoiding these foods would improve my pain and it has. Along with upping my fish oil and adding in Zyflammend for inflammation I am starting to feel better. I keep wondering how long I can do this. Its tough everyday to eat the same things so I am trying some new recipes and adding in some anti inflammatory spices to my food.
After a while I will slowly start to introduce foods back into my diet and see how i feel. Right now the things I have been avoiding are: dairy, corn, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, red meat and of course white bread, white pasta and my favorite, pizza.