Day 1

So my new motto is  "Take it One Day at a Time" a wise and good friend kept repeating as I told her about my new lifestyle.
  
As I started Day 1 at first I felt overwhelmed and then excited and then a feeling of freedom came over me. The freedom from processed food, sugar and anything unhealthy.  I have been battling my weight it feels like for the past 10 years trying to always lose 10 pounds well that 10 pounds turned into 20 and now multiply that by 2  I need to lose about 40 pounds.  But note this is not why I am cutting out processed sugary fatty foods.  I am doing this to change my perspective on food, life and the benefits of natural health. Think of it as an science experiment for the past 10 years I have been extremely active taking and teaching aerobics, running, working out with different boot camps but yet I have "belly fat" that will not go away? I was always on Weight Watchers eating lots of processed wheat bread and 100 calorie packs as snacks, tortillas and lots of tortilla chips with salsa thinking it was all low in points. But never really lost any weight or inches around my midsection.

So when and where did I start?

I went to my fridge and cleaned it out, anything that had sugar, cane juice, artificial sweeteners you name it I tossed it in the garbage.

All white flour and white sugars are gone, Why have them sit in my fridge and pantry to only tempt and taunt me.

I went to the grocery store and loaded up on fresh veggies, fresh fruit, nuts, nut butters, chicken, fish and eggs.

I didn't realize how much sugar is in our food, I found sugar in peanut butter. So pay attention to those labels!

Day 1 was awesome and very successful, I felt satisfied with my food choices and never felt bloated. That was huge for me, after every meal I always felt like I was gonna burst from bloat.

Fruit is my new dessert and veggies are my new snacks!

 I am excited to share my adventures!