By Adrienne Amos
This is the lifestyle change that my husband and I implemented last year when he had a diabetic scare. By following it, he was able to stop all diabetes medicine and control his sugar by food alone.
 
The whole process is outlined in a wonderful book called Sugar Busters. We went through our pantry […]

Since I was about eleven-years-old I’ve tried dozens of ways to lose weight, almost always with a certain measure of success. There were pills, powders, potions, shakes, pre-packaged foods, juice regimens, fasting regimens, even little chocolate candies that were supposed to take away hunger! I’ve done low-fat, low-carb, starve-yourself-until-you-eat-a-
whole-box-of-low-fat-cookies… you get the picture. Have you […]

I can’t believe how mindless I was last night. Making the salad that consists of baby mixed greens, pears, cranberries, roasted pecans, blue cheese, chicken, and raspberry vinaigrette for my family and 3 other invites, I fully intended to make mine without the chicken. It wasn’t till I was ready to go to sleep that […]

Yesterday, I had planned to have a salad for dinner but that did not happen.  A bag of organic yellow potatoes told me that it was time to cook them before they went bad.  So, instead of salad we had mash potatoes, organic tomato soup, and broccoli.  This is a vegetarian meal that my children […]

Journal entry 1
Oh the wonderful smell of coffee in the morning.  My husband makes the coffee. I won’t make it because I don’t want to be tempted to drink it. The smell of it stirs sweet memories of being together and sharing good conversation.  I had planned to start my day with spinach and […]

Here I am, 51 years old and still I struggle to make what I know to be the healthiest lifestyle choices. I want to find solutions to maintaining the healthy way because ultimately I want to feel good and have a clear and happy mind. Being a mother of teenage girls, […]