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Location:Savannah, GA

Change...

No one likes change but a wet baby...Why? Change is hard. However, in order to change my body, I have to change my thinking. I need to rescript my self-image. When I hit record on my self-talk and then play back the recording, what do I hear? Too often it is negative: I am old...I am fat...I am wrinkled...I am plain...I am ...I am...I am...

The list of negative descriptors goes on and on. So, my first challenge is how to rewrite the messages I send myself. Why? Because everything that follows, " I am..." Is manifested in my life. What are some positive statements? I am capable... I am organized... I am trustworthy... I am kind...I am efficient.

Hmmm...closer, but still not on target. These are more about what I do than who I am. Let's try again. I am lovable...I am smart...I am pretty. Okay...those sound better. Problem is, intellectually I believe them, but emotionally I am not there yet.

So, what is the solution? Make these statements a mantra. Repeat them until they become part of my emotional "muscle memory". Like an athlete, I will keep practicing until it becomes the norm.
Cheers!

One Month...

Health...the possibilities are so much clearer now that I have the necessary knowledge to make smart choices. Knowlege is power. I am beginning to feel more at home with my pantry and my fridge. 

I sat down today at lunch and was so pleased to see the beautiful, crisp salad in front of me. I'm learning to love finding new flavors of herbal tea. 
I get so excited when I find a new food to try on my trips to the grocery store...those trips feel a bit like a scavenger hunt...FUN!

It feels so good to feel good!

Going Gluten-Free

For months I have not been well...not sick, just not well. I finally decided to go to the doctor. Lots of tests later, I left the doctor's office feeling a bit shell-shocked. The source of my problem seemed to be food...the wrong food! So I am making the journey to health. There are days when I feel like I am climbing a mountain and other days when I seem to be careening down a slippery slope. YIKES!!!
I will try to document my journey to health. My first problem ~ now that I know what I can't eat, how do I make sense of what I can eat?
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Merry Christmas 2011

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Beautiful, not Barren!

Every time I head to New Mexico I am amazed at the landscape. I live in south Georgia where it is hot, humid, lush, green, mosquito-filled, and slow moving. New Mexico is where the rest of my family lives.  As I fly into the Albuquerque Airport I always marvel at how brown the landscape appears. However, in spite of its seemingly drab appearance, the desert is anything but boring or barren. It is dotted with some of the most amazing structures nature has ever produced.

The days are hot and dry, but at the end of the day, the sun sparkles off the desert sands and produces some of the most breath-taking sunsets I have ever seen. That sunset is sort of your reward for suffering through the heat of the day.

I love New Mexico because my family is there, but also because God's paintbrush swept across it in a most wonderful way.

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Desert Delights!

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