I am kind of an oxymoron when it comes to my philosophy on health. I am a very natural person. I was raised on herbs, my mom had six babies at home, she studied to be a midwife, she learned how to make her own herbal medicine from plants, we went on nature walks, she taught me reflexology, the first time I went to the doctor was when I got pregnant with my first baby. After baby number two I decided I didn't even want to go to the doctor for that anymore and I followed in my mom's footsteps and started having my babies at home. I am a strong believer in healing the body naturally without any medication. I don't vaccinate and although I think it is a personal decision, I truly believe that someday vaccinations will be proven to cause far more harm than good. I use and sell doterra essential oils. My husband calls it all my voodoo, but he is becoming a believer. My family is rarely sick and when they are it is minor and short lived. I honestly can't remember the last time I was full-on sick, I always catch it at the stuffy, scratchy throat phase and it goes away using my voodoo oils or herbs. I am currently trying to solve my five year olds complete lack of focus when it comes to school (possible ADHD) with oils and herbs and vitamins, I will let you know if it works. I have stopped using tylenol for pain. I would rather use Gods medicine than put chemicals and toxins in my body that have side effects that can be far worse than whatever they are trying to fix, like death. Almost all ailments can be cured by drinking more water (that's kind of an inside joke, but often true).
However, I love chocolate, desserts, cheese, hamburgers. I like most healthy things too like fruits and vegetables and nuts. But, if my husband offers to pick up fast-food for dinner, I am all over it! I love me some trash food, and it has gotten worse since I married my meat and potatoes, deep-fried, southern comfort food loving better half. I just got done drinking my spinach, vitamin powder, almond milk concoction that I added Nesquick to to make it taste better, yet, I feed my kids corn dogs and macaroni and cheese and not nearly enough vegetables because I would rather they eat something and not have to sit there and say eat, eat, please eat, just taste it, at least 3 bites, please, please, please!!! I make my life harder in that I make upwards of 3 different meals every night catering to my picky children and hoping they will get enough calories, even not so healthy ones, in their skinny little bodies. I start my kids all out amazingly healthy. They breast feed for at least the first year some longer, they eat veggies and fruits and whole grains, and then somewhere around 18 months to 2 years each and everyone of them have stopped liking vegetables. They all still love fruit thankfully. I can't afford to buy enough fruit they love it so much. I truly need to plant an orchard in my back yard some day. I always say I am going to make one dinner and if they are hungry enough they will eat it, but the stress of trying to get all of them to eat that dinner is far greater than its worth to me at this point in my littles littered life. Am I ruining my kids for life? Maybe. My ten year old is finally starting to like more things and will actually eat several dinners that I prepare for myself and my husband, the rest are yet to follow. I hope they will all eventually try and like healthy things again. My mother-in-law forced my husband to eat healthy. It was an eat what's on your plate or you don't leave the table kind of deal. He even agreed to wear his green beans once when his dad gave him that option instead of eating them. So, he was raised you eat what is made and he is the worst as an adult. He eats lettuce, onions, mushrooms, potatoes and the occasional carrot smothered in ranch dressing or apple slathered in caramel. That is the extent of his live foods. If you can deep fry it or smother it in special sauce that is best for him. So, that is my rational. They will eat what they eat and I will hopefully keep trying so that someday they like the healthy stuff too.
I don't think I will ever be able to be the kale eating, organic only, vegetable primarily diet kind of girl. I would rather not eat than eat something that I don't like, or to eat the same things all the time. I tried a diet once where my food options were very limited, like chicken and eggs for protein, fruits, but not bananas, and vegetables but not too many potatoes. I lived in Idaho until I was 11 so you just have potatoes with dinner. After about a week of eating chicken every night, I nearly threw up. There are only so many ways you can make chicken without a good cream or sugar based sauce on it ya know. So, I started skipping meals and I stopped losing weight. Now, I eat what I want with discretion, no more several handfuls of m&ms for lunch, I exercise, I eat fruit and veggies and I have never been healthier. No more yoyo'ing and I don't have to feel nauseous at the sight of chicken :)
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