making changes

I’ve had a lot of time to think about a lot of things since all of this new stuff began. One of the things I have given a lot of thought to is chemicals.

Chemicals in what I eat, in what I clean with and what I put on my body. It hit me that many times a day I was coming in contact with things I can’t pronounce and I know they are soaking into my skin or going into my system and I don’t know what they are, or what their real effect is on my body.

And so now, I am suddenly aware that I want to lighten what I have titled “my chemical load” so that my body isn’t working hard to weed out harmful things from my system.

So I have cut out sugar and white flour and anything I can’t pronounce from my diet. I am not eating animal fat or any meat other than chicken and turkey (which I already was doing). I have been concerned with what my meat eats..and that is very hard…nobody wants divulge the whole truth about what their livestock is eating..even “organic” fed chickens are fed a soy based diet..which is not healthy for me right now. Very often my meals look more ‘real’…real foods on my plate that are easy to recognize and haven’t strayed very far during food prep from what they were originally. I could go on and on and I’m sure I will as time goes on.

I am less militant during these times of healing because I don’t have the energy to go to the health food store and gather special ingredients right now. But I’m still trying hard not to break the rules as much as possible.

I am also working on cutting out a lot of the store bought things I use…lotion…lip balm…body wash..some cleaners…this sort of thing. I tried a recipe I found online for lotion and it was a fail. I haven’t given up on it though. I made some body wash, but I won’t use it until my wounds are healed, so more on that later.

I’ve said Yes to Cucumbers for lotion. I’ve also gotten acquainted with Burt and his Bees. It’s been interesting to see what is available now that I am looking and reading labels on evvverything.  I feel like it’s an investment in time and effort that will pay off, not just for me, but for the whole family. 

So you’ll be hearing more about the details of the changes I’m making as time goes on.

***If you have any favorite tips or web sites or recipes or products that you think would fit the bill, please leave me a note about them in the comments. Thanks, peeps!***