Meat free is for me!

Happy Monday everyone! Well, I’m trying to tell myself that anyway. I’m like Garfield, I hate Mondays…

I was on a bit of a hiatus over the weekend; my husband & daughter surprised us and came down for a visit on Thursday evening. They’re leaving today while I’m at work. The baby and I still get emotional when it’s time to say goodbye. I don’t think that will ever be easy for me. The weekend was great, we were out and about shopping and exploring the city. The biggest part of my weekend was yesterday because I celebrated 30 days of meat free eating! I have tried it many times in my life time and never seemed to make it past a few days. Yes folks, you read it right, I have gone 30 full days without meat! There was one day I did have shrimp fried rice but my goal is not to eliminate fish completely. How cool is that? I have also been eating organically but not 100% with that.

I have had a lot of people emailing asking what I have been eating.  LOTS of salads, LOTS of juicing with my Healthmaster by Montel,  baked potatoes, fried rice, and water out of this world! My skin looks amazing!!! I’ve never had complexion issues to begin with but I can say that my face glows; I’ve had folks tell me that an I think I can see it too. I have also noticed fewer gray hairs on my noodle too.

I’m all about keeping it real but I know people are gun shy about the subject so I’m going to touch lightly on it. The goal of bowel movements should be to have one after every major meal. I was experiencing some “issues” with clogged pipes but this way of eating has eliminated all of that; including the gassy and bloated feelings  after  eating sometimes.  I can’t tell you the last time I had a hot flash; yes… I started having them and they ain’t fun! And menstrual cramps and bloat has been at an all time low for yours truly!

I know you’ve been wondering….have I lost any weight? The answer is yes. How much specifically I don’t’ know but I can definitely tell you that all of my shirts are loose, my belly bubble has significantly been reduced to my sheer delight. Anybody looking to get rid of a belly need to give this way of eating a try! My pants are all saggy and I have moved my belt to the next notch. The only exercise I have done is my walking and a few days on the elli machine when we had rain.

So there you have it folks…I survived 30 days without meat and I plan to keep at it. If I ate any meat at this point I’m sure I’d get sick. I don’t wanna go vegan; I like my dairy and that has been 100% organic. I plan to have seafood as a treat but my goal is to eat at least 75% raw. We shall see how the next 30 days work out!