A year plant based no added oils

Well it's been a year being plant based  with no added oils.  I must say I feel so much better and have so much more energy and the plus to all of it is I lost 78lbs this last year.  For a total of 150lbs lost.  I still have about 129lbs to lose but I am loving the improvements.   By this time next year I plan to be a lot closer to my goal weight. 
I can do a lot more physically do to the pain being gone most of the time.  Every once in a while it acts up if I slip up and eat bread so I know I need to leave that a lone.  I still have the bloating hoping that goes away as my body gets healthier.  My hip will probably always bug me since it has bone spurs in it but only time will tell.  It's not near as bad since I've lost weight though.

April already

Hard to believe it’s already April 2012.  I started my Plant based no oil added lifestyle April 10, 2011 so it’s been almost a year.  Must say it’s been one very fantastic year.  I’m used to being sick many times through out the year and getting pneumonia at least 2 times each year and this year I didn’t get it at all.  the most I had was a runny nose.  I can handle that.  As long as I leave gluten alone I don’t have my fibromyalgia issues and no mucus without it too.  If I let it slip back in so does the pain and the mucus so that is a definite stay away from from now on.  I plan on being down well into my 100′s by this time next year.  After how much I have already lost I know I can do it.

My week and rambling.

Hubby's grandma Frankie passed on 3/26/12 so it's been a bit of an emotional week for him and his family. 

At 253lbs and size 18/20 1X and 2X pants and XL to 2X shirts.  I love that.  It’s nice to be down this low now time to work on getting even smaller.  It will be a year on April 10th that I’ve been plant based with no added oils and I’m feeling so much better.  If I had known how much better I could feel just by changing to Plant based I would of been back on it sooner.  First time I did plant based with no oils was only due to weight I was young and the weight I am right now and just wanted the weight off.  I let others tell me I needed to get back on the meats and I have lived to learn that I don’t want that.  I have put my body through years of torture for nothing and because of it I have a few issues I still need to work on and of course even though the pain is mainly gone I can’t repair all the damage but I’m going to do my best to repair what can be and to not create more.

Today finds me...

At 253lbs and size 18/20 pants and XL to 2X shirts.  I love that.  It's nice to be down this low now time to work on getting even smaller.  It will be a year on April 10th that I've been plant based with no added oils and I'm feeling so much better.  If I had known how much better I could feel just by changing to Plant based I would of been back on it sooner.  First time I did plant based with no oils was only due to weight I was young and the weight I am right now and just wanted the weight off.  I let others tell me I needed to get back on the meats and I have lived to learn that I don't want that.  I have put my body through years of tortured for nothing and because of it I have a few issues I still need to work on and of course even though the pain is mainly gone I can't repair all the damage but I'm going to do my best to repair what can be and to not create more.

Bloating.

Don't know what is causing it still but I'm still bloating wondering if it's my ovaries causing it because doctor said I would still get some of my monthly issues since he was leaving my ovaries and that was definitely one of my issues before I had my hysterectomy.  Hopefully that will change as I get healthier as well.  Only time will tell. 

Loving losing weight I'm now 253lbs when I'm not bloated. 

Little boy I babysit is such a joy. 

Babysitting

Babysitting again.  Is a lot of fun doing activite things with him.  Walks, running, and playgrounds.  So much better then tv.

Barefooting.

For the last few months I've been working on barefoot walking outdoors.  I have gotten so I can do up to 3 miles now.  I'm loving it.  I've never liked shoes so now I go barefoot or minimalist shoes so my feet are more comfortable.