So we’ve been in our new place for a few weeks now & I’m loving it. We still have some things we need though such as more furniture and few small kitchen appliances. It’s been odd getting used to living without a microwave especially where leftovers are concerned. It can be daunting to know that in order to heat up last nights dinner you have to get everything back on the stove. But I also think it’s been good for us because we have discovered some great recipes and I’m really enjoying cooking again. I’m also enjoying the new diet still, being in our our own place again makes it so much easier to keep to our organic diet, I’m loving filling

So my diet change is going rather well, I’ve been at it for almost 4 weeks now and I’ve lost 10lbs. I’m really enjoying finding better ways to eat and experimenting with new things. Don’t get me wrong there have been a few folly’s though. I bought these so called chewy cereal bars, and yes they were chewy but damn they tasted like sawdust. I also tried these veggie crunchers and YUCK!! That said though I have found a ton of good stuff. I’m really enjoying having more fruits in my diet, I put strawberry’s on or in anything I can and I eat more banana’s as well as apple’s. Things are going pretty well and so far I’m very happy with my decisions, I’ll post more on this later as I progress… 🙂

So We were able to file our taxes on the 31st of January hopefully it won’t take too long to get them back. Last June when we had to leave washington due to the hubby being long term unemployed we came to Ohio and have been staying with my folks since. Since he finally found work we’re planing on using the tax’s to get out into our own place. We’re both thrilled by this. We’re hoping to find a 2 or 3 bedroom house, I personally am sick to death of apartments and all the neighbors that come with them. Since I moved out when I was 17 yrs old all I have done is live in apartments and I want to be able to not have to worry about making too much noise for just once….lol.

I went to physical therapy yesterday and he worked me hard..lol. I did 10 minutes each on two different types of recumbent trainer. The second one provided more of a rotation to get my hips stretched.

Well today I went to the dentist office but that’s not my big news my big news is that the room the doctor had me in was all the way in the back of the office and afterwards, without help, or stopping I WALKED all the way from the back room outside and across the parking lot to where my mom was waiting and got into the car with little pain. This is a big improvement for me and I’m so grateful I was able to do it!

So I never did go see an endocrinologist, the doctors office never got back to on the referral and to be honest I didn’t push it because I well I wasn’t that interested in hearing what they would have to say. I DO NOT want to have my thyroid gotten rid of.

I’m excited, I just discovered an organic store that will deliver fresh fruits and vegetables right to my front door 🙂

http://www.greenbeandelivery.com/cincinnati/

I’m definitely going to be checking them out.

So yesterday I believe I did pretty well. Here’s what I ate yesterday:

• Breakfast
• granola bar
• banana
• plain organic oatmeal with real blueberries
• Lunch
• Vanilla Yogurt with real strawberries (this was really good and satisfied my sweet tooth as well)
• Dinner
• Greek chicken salad on romaine lettuce
• baked apples with cinnamon for desert

The beauty of this new lifestyle is I can eat a lot of food if I’m that hungry & there is no guilt involved because all the food I’m eating is all natural and healthy for me. the secret to remember is that your intake of fruits and vegetables should be higher than your intake of dairy, meats and grains. But you don’t have to cut those out completely. I have however cut out adding extra salt as well as extra sugars. I of course have cut out processed foods which means no takeout (say goodbye to pizza and takeout). But that’s ok because I’m worth it and want to be healthy!

Lately I have become increasingly concerned with my own health, as such I have decided that I need to rethink the way I approach food. So, with much thanks to my husband Mark, I have begun to eat more High nutrient foods. More fruits and more vegetables, meat & dairy are not off the menu however I will be eating less of them and more of the other items. I’m also working on weaning myself from my (what I like to call) mountain dew i.v. drip.

Ever Since

Well I now have my first smart phone. It’s an LG Enlighten, the only reason I got it was because it was free with a 2yr contract renewal, and since the contract wasn’t but a few months old I said what the hell and got it. This phone has android on it and let me tell you I’m in geek heaven. I’m totally loving everything I can do with it. From reading kindle books to scanning barcodes for prices I’m seriously loving having it.

I think I’m going to have to get a better battery though the stock one that came with it doesn’t seem to last very long.This phone has completly spoiled me, so much so that I think the next time I get one, I’m going to “have” to get on of the more expensive versions….lol.

The enlighten is good for social networking and tweetdeck works great on it. The phone has a slide out qwerty keyboard, though I find the buttons kind of small, it does do the job. It also comes with a camera that’s good for taking both picturers and video. However there is no flash, I wish I would have realized that before I decided on it. But the phone itself is fast and responsive and even with all the apps I have installed so far I haven’t noticed in slow down.

Overall I would say it’s a good starter phone.