My New Food Blog

HEALTH NUT MAMA BLOG!

Because I want to cook a lot of Yummy Healthy Food this year I created a new blog just to share what I am eating through out the year! Also a place to keep me in check and make sure Im feeding my body with wholesome food not junk!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year,  To a Year of Love and Health!

**Christina and I NYE Night**

Finally 2012 well I don't really mean that , but it's been a rough month! Between starting a new job, Ella being in the hospital, trying to paint an entire house so I can move into it, and then add the Holidays on top of that! I can't even read all that without getting stressed!
I am still in Landman training and STILL painting this house my brother bought so we can move into it some time this month! I can not wait til I get settled and get to a place where I can  start to develop a productive routine.

This New Years Resolution: Mange My Time Better !
Among other things like : Read to Ella every night, Make dinner at lest 3-4 times a week and eat at the table, go to bed early so I can wake up and go for morning runs, speak only positive thoughts about others, do a couple of cleansing and soul searching detoxes, and to pray and mediate daily.

All those things I will achieve as long as I learn to make better use of my time!

We wanna go home, Doc!

My Little girl has been very sick since Saturday, almost a whole week now.  Which is a week too long! Saturday morning she woke up with a fever of 103 and was in tears most of the morning.  I took her to the Edmond ER and that is the last time I'm going there! They talked to me like I was some young mom who knew nothing.  The Doctor there told me she just had a fever that was from a virus, to give her fever reducers and that she would be over this in a couple of days.  They did no test just looked at her and "knew."  Later saturday night her fever reach over 105.  I decided to take her to Mercy.  They got us right in and actually cared about figuring out why she was so sick.  They took a chest x-ray and said is was quesionable pneumonia.  We left once here fever was under 101 with an antibiotic.  Sunday she didn't show any signs of getting better and by Monday she was miserable and hadn't ate since Friday.  I took her to see her doctor and was told it was a virus and continue with her antibiotic and she'd be better in a matter of days.  By day 5 I was over it.  My child had reach 105 fever again and was miserable.  She was crying through the night and nothing I was doing was making it better.  By wednesday I decided to go to Children's Hospital looking for a better answer.
Turns out Ella has Pneumonia and it is so bad she has only been breathing out of one lung.  Her right lung is inflamed with this sickness pretty bad.  She was admitted on wednesday and hooked up to Oxygen, an IV , and other monitoring machines.  I was heartbroken to see my baby in pain and to know to she was very sick and all other doctors sent me home feeling like a young mom who was over reacting to a little virus. I admit I broke into tears that afternoon in the ER.
 She was crying... I was crying...it was awful.
We finally got into our room wednesday night and the test began.... Today they are still running test and I am still waiting on a doctor to tell me what's going on.
But here is the good news....

Ella is eating now. She is no longer on oxygen or fluids and she is smiling! Hoping to be gone ASAP.
I am so over this! I can't wait to get back to our normal life!
It's been a very long week Ella's Mommy is drained.....

Cheers to Healthy Mornings!

After reading Kris Carr's book CRAZY SEXY DIET I have been trying to drink purified water every morning with half squeezed organic lemon and a dash of cayenne pepper.

Let me explain why:

Cayenne pepper is awesome if you didn't know! It increases metabolism, helps adjust blood pressure to normal levels, and cleans arteries.

Lemons:
Helps the body stay alkaline. After reading Crazy sexy diet I learned that cancer lives in acidic environments.  Our body's PH levels plays a major role in our health. Every food was eat has a PH level. My thinking was lemons=acidic=bad, but lemons once metabolized become alkaline!

I found this blog post this morning and thought it was helpful! I now want a lemon press! It's amazing all the little kitchen gadgets that make me happy, I don't know when I became such a kitchen nerd!

Check out this  Link Below!

5 Reasons to Drink Lemon Water in The Morning

Nothing like starting your day off on a healthy note! I try to wake up drink water first thing! Then make a glass of this lemon juice+cayenne pepper water because I need my metabolism to wake up and get a jump start! Then if I have time and need caffeine boost I'll drink some yerba mate tea ( jitter-free caffeine boost and high antioxidant content). Finally Green Juice ! This is on a good day when my day goes as planned and I'll try to eat a veggie wrap with lets of raw veggies or a salad.

I am still working on my vegan diet and trying to eat RAW as much as possible, but it is a process I help to master for a new start this is upcoming new year!

Thanksgiving 2011

Hope Everyone had a wonderful Thanks giving! 

This year my brother Josh and his wife hosted Thanksgiving and it was probably one of the best ones our family has had in a long time! This was also the first thanksgiving for me to be vegan so I really didn't much, but I feel great and my belly isn't full, however it just doesn't feel like thanksgiving without the full stomach! Maybe I can stuff my face tonight with some vegan food as I'm drinking my wine and watching movies home alone with no one to judge....

Thanks Josh for hosting Thanksgiving! 

HUNGRY?

Green Juice

Every Morning for the past couple of weeks I try hard to juice up a bunch of green veggies and drink my breakfast. This past week I fell off the wagon when Ella was sick and I was working with little sleep. Lots of things feel through the cracks! My house was a mess, I didn't stick with a vegan diet, didn't have energy to work out or clean my juicer!
I wish I could say this week I am back on track, but it's a process I guess I am slowly working back into.
PMS didn't help out last week either! I just had a flash of all the chocolate I ate.....oooops!
Oh well it's a new day I am going to try to forget about what a slob I've been and getting back to drinking Green Juice will help my state of mind!
I started drinking the Veggie Juice below after read Kris Carr's book, CRAZY SEXY DIET!

Make Juice Not War Green Drink

By Kris Carr

-2 large cucumbers (peeled if not organic)
-4-5 Kale Leaves
-4-5 Kale Leaves 
-4  stalks celery
-1 – 2 big broccoli stems
-1  green apple 
-1 inch of ginger 


......Cheers!