Making Changes

Recently we decided to make some changes in our health. My husband and I have been up and down with weight and on and off with aches and pains. So we said enough is enough and decided to go Plant based whole foods. Yes thats right. No meat or dairy. "Isn't that vegan though?" Yes but no. Let me explain. Yes its basically vegan but even on a vegan diet you still can eat processed foods. We are getting away from all the processed foods in our culture. So with the help of a friend we are embarking on a whole new way of life. Frankly we are excited about it. We are on our 3rd week of this new lifestyle and let me say I may never go back. Yes my husband has lost 14 pounds and I am down 7 but its more than just losing weight. I have had some pretty bad hand pains for a while now and the doctors have no idea what it was. But their solutions were take ibuprofen. Most of my friends know that I HATE taking pills. I don't like the idea of depending on pills the rest of my life. Since being on this my pains have been lessening by the day. I can zip my kids coats without issues. I can button of shirts or pants and I don't feel like someone is pulling my hands with strings. Now being 3 weeks into it I have the desire to start doing research of my own. I want people with pains and other health issues to really adopt this lifestyle because I know it will help. The food is amazing. Most people ask me "Well what can you even eat?" I being telling them and they never realized how much food there is out there that isn't meat or cheese=) So I think I will start blogging about our journey down this path in hopes someone out there might benefit from it. I don't have all the answers but I have a friend who does have more than I do! Visit her blog at www.lifeunlabeled.com