Resolution vs. Way of Life

I must say this year has been a pretty healthy year for me. That is, if you take a little word called LUPUS out of the equation! In January 2012, my family began the Prism program that has been offered as a class through our church. I talked a bit about that program here and throughout the year my family and I have maintained this lifestyle at home. I say at home because it is very easy to control what we eat by what I bring into our home. It's a different story when we go to others homes for dinner.

Around July is when I really stopped counting calories, watching my carb intack, etc. To be quite honest, I was mad about what was happening to me and I let my emotions take control. Even though it was all water weight I was gaining, it was as if I had gained back all that fat I had lost. Frustrating.

When I stated the Prism program last year, I learned just how eating the way God intended us to can heal the body. My flare ended when I began putting healing foods into my body and riding it of the toxic foods I was putting in.
 

  

"Let thy food be thy medicine and they medicine be thy food"

 -Hippocrates

I have been learning so many things this year about nutrition and diseases. It excites me and I get so passionate about healing myself through the things GOD has made and put on this earth! 
 
This past weekend I got hit with a cold and on top of that the stomach flu! I spend most of the weekend on the couch. Jared took Elin out Saturday morning (he is so great) and my mom picked her up Sunday morning and took her to church (she is the best).

I decided to make the most of my time, so I thought this would be a great opportunity to watch some food documentaries I have been wanting to watch on Netflix. I probably watched about 5 documentaries about our nations food system, farming, dieting, etc. The two that I found extraordinary were these two:

 http://www.hungryforchange.tv/

http://www.hungryforchange.tv/

I HIGHLY recommend watching these! I promise, you will learn so much! 

My friend Rachel and I have been preparing for a healthy eating plan this year and we are so excited to get started next week! I am so blessed by her and how she shares this passion for health with me!

 

I cannot wait to see the changes in me and the rest of my family as we begin this new way of life. I believe God is leading me to this form of "lupus management" and it excites me to think of how wonderful it is going to be! I am studying, praying, and asking God to give me the strength to continue even when things get tough. Because, it's not going to be easy. And yes, I'm going to be the odd girl who eats like a goat and refuses everything "good" at the party. But, I NEED to do this for me, my girl and the rest of my family. I want to live that lupus free life that I believe I can have!