How did this begin? Part Three

So, after drinking green smoothies and walking I felt the need to clean up the rest of my act.  I started looking into nutrition issues and happened about Dr. Andrew Weil's Anti-Inflammatory diet and food pyramid.  This information underscored everything I had read about fighting cancer.  I do not want to have cancer take over my life again.  Ever again.  I thought about the changes this would entail (no processed foods, less animal protein, more fiber, lots more vegetables, more whole grains, lots of green tea) and I thought I could do this. I started in and it was not all that hard.

After a few weeks I was surfing through Netflix one evening and came across the next game changer...the film Forks Over Knives.

Let me put a warning here - Do NOT watch this film unless you want your life upended!  Once I watched that film I was in whole hog (so to speak!)   I read all the material I could get my hand on about this and I am convinced.  Committing to a plant based diet is my best chance to live a long and happy life.  Hopefully without cancer, heart disease or diabetes.  Does that mean I am a vegan?  Yes, I guess it does.

Here are a couple of things I have learned about myself over the years - drastic change is much easier for me than incremental change.  One of doctors writing about this change likened it to a combination lock - If you have 2 of the 3 numbers right the lock won't open.  You need full commitment to it for it to be fully effective.  Can you improve your health by just giving up meat?  Certainly. But by giving up dairy and eating a low fat plant based diet you are even further ahead.

So I have been doing this for about the last 6 weeks at this point.  I have lost about 30 lbs since we moved last spring.  No counting points, no measuring food.  Just eating whole grains, lots of vegetables, no processed foods, lots of legumes.  No animal products.  No meat, no dairy, no eggs. No artificial sweetener (goodbye Diet Coke!).   It's pretty clear cut.

On this blog I hope to post photos of some of the food I make.  See what you think!