My Plant-Based Family

Eating Whole Food, Plant-Based Diet recipes, On a Budget.

Getting Started With a Plant-Based Diet

I’m Looking for YOU!

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Like most of you I’m also looking ahead to 2013. I’m hoping to get healthier, be a better wife and mom, and make a difference in the world around me.

Do you want to help?

I’m looking for a few people who want to come along side me.

Who Am I Looking For?

Individuals or families who are either currently eating a Plant-Based Diet or will be transitioning to one in January 2013.

What Do You Have to Do?

Be interviewed once a month and allow me to post your response and pictures.

What Do You Get Out of It?

The chance to encourage others, individual coaching, and accountability.

If you are interested send me an email at myplantbasedfamily@gmail.com. I’m happy to answer any questions.

I think 2013 is going to be a great year!

UPDATE: I’m overwhelmed with responses! Thank you! I can’t accept any more at this time. If you have emailed me and I haven’t contacted you please let me know.

Gratituesday: Being Home

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After traveling for ten days I am thankful to be home. I thoroughly loved the time away and visiting my family but I’m glad to be back home and starting to get back in a normal routine. I am also so happy to live where I live. As we drove through several states my heart was longing for the Valley of the Sun! I was never so happy to see My Mountains! I am grateful that God chose this place for us, I grow to love it more each year.

For more stories of Gratitude visit Heavenly Homemakers!

While we traveled we were not able to eat the optimal plant based diet. If you are just beginning a Plant-Based diet I feel I must warn you. If you eat the Standard American Diet (SAD) your body is addicted to all manor junk; fast food, butter, cheese, sugar, oil, caffeine, etc. If you are serious about getting this stuff out of your system it will take time and you may not feel great for a while. 

The last two days of our trip we were on the road and having to eat fast food a lot, not to mention the road trip snacks to keep us alert. After we got home we were ILL from all of the junk we ate. Our body knew it didn’t belong. 

Now that I’ve warned you I will also encourage you that giving up the junk

IS WORTH IT!

Soon you will feel so much better. You will have more energy and clarity. People will pay big money for a pill that promises that, but I assure you no pill is necessary. 

Have you experienced the withdrawal that comes from giving up the Standard American Diet? Thankfully it didn’t last long for me but I’ve heard it takes longer for some. What is your story?