It’s been so long, I’m not quite sure where to begin. Should I start with the funeral I attended today or with the stroke my mother had one month ago? Or, should I share my ongoing concern for my son with Crohn’s, who has been suffering from a flare for over a week now? Perhaps […]
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From Health to Holiness: A Shift in Focus
“Continually restate to yourself what the purpose of your life is. The destined end of man is not happiness, nor health, but holiness.” Oswald Chambers For the past two weeks, I have been on a journey to sugar-free, plant-based eating. In yesterday’s post, I said that today I would share some of the books I’ve […]
The Highs and Lows of Sugar-Free, Plant-Based Eating . . . With Kids
Today, it has been exactly two weeks since I began my sugar detox. I guess I can’t really call it a detox anymore, though. It is now slowly becoming a way of life for me. No one is more surprised than I am that I have made it this long without more than 20 grams […]
How to Survive a Sugar Detox, Day 5- Just the Beginning
I read somewhere that day five of a sugar detox is the magic day when it all starts to click. Today, I found out that’s true! Last Day of Summer Vacation My first meal of the day was a bowl of Grape Nuts with unsweetened almond milk, which both tasted good and satisfied me. Since […]
How to Survive a Sugar Detox, Day 4- How Much Sugar Can I Have?
I started this detox on a whim, with no specific strategy, other than the determination to be free of sugar’s addictive hold on my body. Four days in and several Google searches later, I am beginning to see that there are countless ways to approach a sugar detox. Today, I began researching just which route […]
How to Survive a Sugar Detox, Day 3- The Church Picnic!
Today, I took on “The Church Picnic” and won! Preparing for the Picnic To begin, I prepared myself for the picnic by eating ahead of time. Before church at 8 a.m. I had my customary bowl of Grape Nuts with almond milk and banana slices (that was a nice addition). At church, instead of my […]
How to Survive a Sugar Detox, Day 2
If you are just joining me, you can read about my first day and why I am doing a sugar detox here. I started my day at 5 a.m. and drank a big glass of water while I read my Bible, before heading out to fulfill some mandatory volunteer hours from 6-8:00 a.m. with my […]
How to Survive a Sugar Detox, Day 1
I’ve never smoked cigarettes, and I have spent my life avoiding alcohol after growing up with an alcoholic parent. However, there is one addiction that I have held onto tightly since childhood: sugar. I love sugar in pretty much all of its forms: cereals, baked goods, candy, chocolate, etc., and I regularly consume it with […]
10 lbs Won’t Keep Me from Enjoying Summer
Summer weather has finally graced the northern tundra! A couple of weeks ago, I eagerly pulled out my small bin of summer clothes, ready to pull on a pair of shorts for the first time this season. I have a relatively limited wardrobe, so I was thankful to have inherited a few, timeless golf skorts […]
Dear Mr. Knightley: A Book (and Life) Review
Yesterday, I finished the book Dear Mr. Knightley. It left me dismayed and inexplicably nostalgic for the life I didn’t live. I have been thinking a lot about that lost life lately, wanting to escape to it in my mind, while being constantly redirected to reality by the people and pressures which are part of […]