BadAndee's Journal, 28 Apr 08

I feel so good today! Surprising for a Monday, I know! I felt so special this morning when I signed on and found several letters from my FS buddies, wondering where I was and why I was MIA! Wow, I love you all!! I did find some time to at least check on you and leave quick little jokes to keep you occupied though! LOL

We picked up my hubby's daughter from the S.F. airport on Thursday night. She and her boyfriend live in Winconsin. He had never been to Cali, so we traipsed around the countryside, showing him as much of the best sites we could in that time-frame! Long car rides are so over-rated! I have a major sore butt today to show for myself, too! LOL It feels like I've been working those butt muscles! (too bad it's the wrong kind of soreness!)

I was worried that eating on the road would be a difficult task, but it wasn't. I ate well before we left, and waited until we got home to eat anything else. That way I didn't have to worry about hidden ingredients, or side effects, etc.

I could hardly wait to post my weight today! This is the closest I've come to meeting my goal since I set one, in 7 months! Who would have known that it could be so easy, if I'd only switched to a diet more functional to my own body!

I hate to say it, but I was so trapped in the L/F hoax! I was eating things that were ridiculously man-made! I think the biggest gimmick out there is "Good" Cereals loaded with nutrients (aka processed foods). It was my main staple for breakfast!

When I think about how I eat now compared to before, I shake my head in amazement. I feel so GOOD now! That alone is an eye-opener! The one thing I keep coming back to though; How did we lose sight of wholesome naturally nutritious foods? Slowly but surely, we bought into the theory that instant, chemically altered foods, as well as shakes and bars, and packaged snack-type foods were the way to go! Our food selection is so far from the truth now that we don't even know what the truth is anymore! A quick look around at the grocery store is all it takes to confirm that there's hardly anything natural to be bought any more! Most food is now altered from its natural state to 'improve' our health!

I think it was the Atkins book that talked about how they gave rats some of our delicious, nutritious white bread. Only as a last resort would they eat it! That's how far removed from FOOD it had become!

I'm reading Good Calories Bad Calories, for the 2nd and (some parts 3rd) time! And what an eye-opener that book is! If you haven't read it yet, you're missing out! At a business dinner a couple of months ago, my hubby and I were sitting with the company's lawyers and accountants, and one of them brought up this book in the conversation. He had obviously just finished reading the book, and gave a thorough synopsis of it's contents. I was enthralled! I hadn't read it at this point, but I had read some of its reviews and had heard Sararay talking about as well...but I never put too much thought into any of it until that conversation at that dinner house that night! I'm willing to bet that all 25-30 of us ran out to buy our own copy!

Sorry to ramble on and on...as you can see, nutrition is my favorite subject right now!

From a quick look around, I can see several of my FS buddies really need some cheering up...so I'm off on a mission!
over and out!