this is what I’ve done thus far, that i remember

These changes have been happening slowly since the end of last year. I’m trying to remember everything to the best of my ability. Once we get all caught up, it will be more organized. 🙂

One of the first things I did was boycott all of the food companies that are known to use gmo’s. Many of these companies were used by me since childhood. Companies such as Kellogg’s, Goya, betty Crocker and so so many more I can’t even remember. When I first saw the list, I thought like so many others, my God, what will I eat? I was not deterred from finding other things we could eat. In the future, I will look into how to post such info. Now I just want to get thru some of the things we’ve done. Hopefully this will get easier as time goes on. I’m finding this kind of frustrating at this point. Part of that is because I don’t find it easy to type on this kindle. Anyway….

Then I found a list of the top 5 gmo crops and we got rid of them. Corn, canola, cotton, soy. I can never remember the 5th one, but I’m betting I don’t eat it. Lol. Most of these are in the forms of oils. 90% of corn is gmo. Yuck. Pure poison I sucked down for years with not an inkling of what it was doing to me. Looking for these 5 top gmo crops in my food is what helped me start reading ingredients which I never ever did in my life. Some form of corn is in everything. They even put corn starch in grated cheese to keep it from sticking. Unless it’organic, u can be pretty sure it’s GMO. We do not eat corn unless it’s organic. A lot of days, this keeps me away from many unhealthy things I shouldn’t eat. Do we do it perfectly? No, but u don’t have to eat gmo’s to eat yummy sweets or other desired things. I’m still learning about this. But one of the most important things is to be prepared with things to have in place of all the former crap.

That brings me to sugar. Most sugar is made from genetically modified beets, so we only eat organic sugar. To me, it seems to be sweeter and I don’t need as much, so even though it costs more, it’s worth it. I will talk about the cost of healthy food another time.

In using the boycotted brands and top 5 gmo crops as my guides, I was able to give up the majority of gmo’s we ate in a short period of time.

As I was reading about GMO’s, I was also finding a lot of alarming things about pesticides. I used to just wash them and be done with it. We started with Apple’s. I found some that were maybe a dollar more than the standard red delicious. I always bought good quality apples, so I didn’t mind paying a little more. Then I found bananas are only 20 cents more a pound. Ok, I could do that. Then I started buying those big containers of organic baby spinach. I have found a lot of uses for that. There’s lots of little tricks I’m finding along the way. 🙂

Omg all those artificial sweeteners are gmo! Not hard at all to find information on how bad they are. I am between using organic sugar and an all natural sweetener called xylitol. It’s really good and is said to promote good oral health. I won’t deny myself sugar. Not now. Not yet. I overate since I was a kid. There’s going to be a post about why I need to be gentle with myself and not push myself too far, too fast. It’s ok, im still doing amazing compared to how I was for my entire life.

I smoked on and off since I was 16. I’m not exaggerating when I say I quit 100 times. I quit after I found out the tobacco was gmo. This time is like none other when I quit. I feel so clean inside. And I don’t want it anymore. I don’t want to talk too much about that because I messed up so many times in the past. I’d rather just do it. This time. The way and amounts I eat are miraculously different than they were. There are other things I ‘ve given up too. Coffee, nicotine gum, nitrates, fluoride, chemical deodorant, many household cleaners. All this basically at one time. Even my Dr is impressed. I struggled many many years trying to be successful in losing weight and not smoking at the same time. I still have things with the food that need ironing out, but, it’s all in the process. I’m finally starting to see a difference in how I look. I have only lost around 35 lbs since the end of last year, but I see such a difference in my face. I’m going to keep going. I’m so excited and full of ideas, plans and possibilities. I can’t think of anything else at this time to add. I’m sure I will as soon as I hit publish. There will be a few more posts and also some pics coming in the near future and then . It will slow down, once I’ve gotten caught up. 

 

my process of unprocessing myself

I need to document this journey because it has been amazing to see the results of so far. It hasn’t been that long. Sometime at the end of last year, I started reading about GMO’s and I was disgusted by them. If u ask me what’s so bad about them, I can’t tell u. I can’t retain what I read and am not good about making a case, but I can send u the info I read and u can read for yourself. Hopefully in time, by me showing what’s happening to me since I’m not eating like that anymore, it will be more evidence of how bad they are. The thing with me is that this knowledge left me with such a fear and disgust, I’ve been able to walk and stay away from the things I never could before. In my search for healthy affordable food, I’ve also discovered that I am a naturalist. I seek to have everything natural and healthy in my life. I will share some of that too. I want to focus on how I’m making these changes. I also need to give some background on me so u know where I am coming from and then u will understand why these changes are so significant to me. No, I don’t do it perfectly, but I’m in my process which has only just begun, and I have definitely have made significant progress so far as u will see. I in no way think I got this, or that I’m superior to anyone. I’m actually very open to suggestions. There is a lot of ground to cover. Thanks for reading!

I had no hobbies or interests since I was a teen. I was pretty much dead inside. No idea what I wanted to do, outside of being a mother. So I mothered which was a hard task, but one which I love more than anything. For anyone who doesn’t know, I suffer with fibromyalgia and bipolar, and I’m a single mom on top of it. Those are my challenges. Since I was a kid, I ate fast food, processed foods, foods with pesticides, and gmo’s. I never cared or read a package. I trusted that the ingredients in my food weren’t harmful. Until I learned what they’re made of and what illnesses they can cause. Somewhere in this journey, I found my passion and a path to become the person I never had hope of becoming. It takes time to reverse just about everything in your life. If you’re just seeing me for the first time today, u might think omg, she’s on a health kick?, and have a good laugh. Ah but if u saw what I was like before and how I ate. It’s embarrassing to relive. It’s also scary doing this I might add because now I have eyes upon me. I have been hiding and ashamed for so long.

The way I used to eat was deplorable. Fast food a couple times a week, huge amounts of processed food. I could eat a box,of hamburger helper in on sitting. Two 2 liter bottles of soda a day. Lots of candy, ice cream, cheese, and my big love, Jamaican beef patties. I could barely walk at one point. I was too fat to shop at lane Bryant. And to top it off, I struggled on and off with smoking 2 packs a day of cigarettes since I was in my teens. I never drank water. I was a mess, I think u get the idea.

My next entry will have to do with how it all started. I will share a lot of the changes ive made thus far. That will probably take more than one entry though. 😉 and that’s amazing I’m even saying that. I swear these gmo’s not only make us eat unbelievable amounts of food, but I never had such positive thoughts come into my head in my entire life until I stopped eating a lot of that crap. That’s a new thing and I’m sure it will continue as I continue on. I have to continue because I’m too disgusted to go back!