It all started when I couldn't control my Blood Pressure. I had tried different pills and some worked but made me very tired and depressed and others didn't work at all. I think I became the most scared when my Dr. suggested a sleep study. I had seen my son go through it and I was terrified. I knew I needed to do something. I went to my Dr. appointment where I was prescribed another medication, as a trail, with different doses to pick from. I asked a lot of questions about blood pressure and my diet. I was thinking, "maybe I can fix this another way." My Dr. suggested I watch a documentary about food on Netflix entitled "Cooked." I went home and added it to my watchlist. This started me on a whole new journey in life.
         After adding "cooked" to my watchlist, Netflix gave me other suggestions I might want to watch. In the suggestions list was a documentary titled "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead 2." (Which I might add is out of order. The first one is called Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead) The title sounded interesting because I was feeling two out of the three of those. I decided to watch it. Now I didn't know the first one was also on Netflix or I would have watched that first, but the second one was about his journey severn years later. He was going to visit all the places he had first visited. He discussed his journey and how his life had changed. Joe Cross, the author of Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead, used juicing as a way to slim down, loose weight and become a better version of himself. He went on a 60 day juice fast and then continued to eat a plant based diet going forward. He now enjoys a plant based diet two meals a day and has chicken or fish with vegetables for dinner. I was intrigued by the idea. I thought"I think I could do this! I am going to try it the next day!" and I did.
       Now this proved harder than I thought it was going to be. This blog is a way of sharing my ups and downs of the adventure. I won't lie, it's hard doing this with a family and working. Fast food and processed foods seem to be screaming my name when I'm tired and need to feed my kids after soccer practice. Or my husband needs a dinner for work (he works nights) and I know he isn't going to want to just eat vegetables. When my family want to go out and all thats on the menu for me is salad...again. Through all of this I feel determined which I guess is half the fight. I am going to come out the other side of this victorious. I hope....