Monday, April 2, 2012

Day 1 with Cookie Cutter Family

On the outside we look like a cookie cutter family I guess :) I mean 2 parents, 2 kids and a dog....we had a goldfish, but my 4 year old claims the fish commited suicide by jumping out of the fish tank........We can be quite normal (ha!) but we go through struggles and triumphs with everyone!! I'm hoping this blog sheds light on what we do...and WHY we do what we do...also, if our healthy lifestyle change, and our struggles help someone else......Woot Woot!!!

Well, I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl 8 and a half months ago and have just now relinquished my maternity pants. I mean really.....I LOVE those things. my husband kept making fun of me and really he should I mean they were giving me saggy butt syndrome. :) SO they are still in my closet but I prefer to call them..."The pants who must not be named." I mean we all have them right? The pants that look horrible but are the most comfortable pants in the world. I'm guessing this is the case otherwise why would people wear mom jeans? I mean if they looked bad AND were uncomfortable there is no way anyone in their right mind would have wore those God-Awful things! :) Any-who getting off topic....I have been loosing weight and a pretty good amount of weight too. I have lost over 40 lbs since I had the baby using Weight Watchers, so I'm starting to look pretty awesome....or at least my husband says that because he has too and because love is blind, but that is why I love him right?.....So with me and all my awesomeness my husband decides he is going to eat better as well - only he can't just do weightwatchers with me?? NO he is going to go Raw-Vegan. Which I have done this before. It is AWESOME, you feel GREAT, but its so hard to stick with it...But I'm going to help. And hopefully this blog will help you understand what all we are doing to make my family healthier!!!

SO...first things first, my husband must to a full body detox so he gets his body "ready"....I guess.....this is his reasoning, I think its b/c he wants to eat those chicken wings :) But, moving along....So we go buy this one.....He started it Sat night and so far no ill-effects...And he lost 4 lbs(really why can men loose weight so quick?). This one we picked up at Earthfare(LOVE THAT STORE) and its supposedly - raw, vegan friendly. We will see. I'll keep you posted on this one.




Now you may ask...what exactly does a raw vegan eat?? well Lots of veggies, fruits, and nuts....Not get all blah on me, the food can be delicious you just have to prepare it correctly AND it is awesome for your body. This is how food is supposed to be eaten and how your body is made to digest it.

SO we went ahead and eased into this lifestyle by doing a few smoothie breakfasts...These are an AWESOME way to get loads of fruit all at once. I love them for breakfast too b/c what a better way to start your day than with something Healthy! So last night we threw our smoothie together b/c who else is dead at 6 am??? ME! My husband loved his yesterday! And I mean this is HUGE b/c his idea of eating something green is a green bean...thats it. SO here is the smoothie.





Ingredients for 2 smoothies - 2 Bananas, Pint of strawberries(greens removed), 1/2 pint of blackberries, 2 servings of dried goji berries(soaked in water for an hour before hand), 4-5 kale leaves, 2 cups of water, splash of green juice to help get the desired consistency. Really all we have to do is blend this stuff up and Voila! Done :)

I'll hopefully post more tomorrow on how we did and how we are feeling and his overall weightloss so far!

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