Going AIP

I decided last month that I (Kelli) was going to treat my Thyroid Cancer with nutrition. First I was eating a laid back Paleo plan but I was experiencing a lot of bloating and weight gain. Through doing a lot of research and wrestling with what exactly I wanted to do I decided that I needed to eat a strict Auto-Immune Protocol diet.

I'm a firm believer in Clean Eating with little to no restrictions so this strict "diet" decision has been super hard for me. However, when you have a strict Auto-Immune disease you have to factor in your food choices and treat your body with food. Everything that you eat either helps or hinders your health. For people with Auto-Immune disorders your body attacks the good and the bad alike and so you have a harder time healing. The final straw was when I had a scratch for two weeks that would not heal, two days into eating AIP and my scratch was gone!

I had planned on starting this plan on November 1st but I decided to start right away because I was just ready to feel good again. I'm starting on week two and I feel good! I'm starting to feel like I can get back to working out again soon, I'm not battling bloat after every meal, and I've actually started losing weight again! Being healthy and living life fully is so important to me so this feels right.

It is a little harder to eat out on a spur of the moment because I do have some pretty strict food restrictions but it's doable. I am doing some intense food prepping on the weekends so that I'm still able to throw meals together quickly during the week and because I don't cook differently for myself than the rest of the family, everyone is benefiting from the change in foods I'm serving.

I will be sharing my recipes, tips, and more of my journey in my group here. Members get lots of support and bonuses as well as a book for joining.

Tell me about yourself and how you eat in the comments. 

Am I Old Now?

Tomorrow is my (Kelli) birthday. A few years ago I would start counting down and harassing people about the fact that it was almost MY day. The last few years I have not done that, in fact I've kind of almost forgotten until the big day was almost here. In fact, this year I had to reschedule a few appointments because I realized that I had scheduled clients ON MY BIRTHDAY, yeah that was funny and embarrassing to explain.

A lot of people have told me that this behavior starts when I want to ignore my age. I don't think that that is the case though, I think that I am just so busy that September flew by and October is rushing in faster than September! I spent time in Utah for Young Living's Silver Retreat then I came home to head to Dallas for a funeral, from there I have been working on the launch of my 30 Days To Wellness Program and I have continued homeschooling my kids and tutoring at our co-op. If it wasn't for Lynette this poor blog would have shriveled up and died! 

So, tomorrow is my birthday. It's also the start of a new month AND it's the countdown for what I call Sugar Season...or more commonly known as the Holiday Season. This is the perfect time to start setting up your goals and planning how you are going to go through Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's without gaining unwanted weight. You might want to check out my FREE 30 Days To Health program here. We start on October 4th in my Facebook Group. I hope that you will join us. 

I've decided since writing this that I am not going to get old or forget my birthday anymore. So it's 366 days until my next birthday, just in case you were wondering. 

Birthday Celebration

The "Wonder Twins" turned six on Thursday.  Both boys are fascinated by animals so we decided to go to the Cameron Park Zoo.  I had heard that it was a good zoo and liked the idea of it being a wildlife habitat.  

It was AMAZING!

It was even "Bird Day" so they had bird crafts and discussions set up throughout the zoo so the kids got to make bird feeders, masks, feel bird bones, smell like a Vulture, and more.  These activities were perfect because we have been studying birds for Science and I am "craft challenged".  

I have a bunch of pictures that I took this weekend, however they don't want to load on here.
I'm blaming it all on a new computer, it couldn't possibly be user error!
Here is a cool tour of what all we got to see though.
I really have enjoyed our choice to give our kids experiences and trips over gifts and this was a great trip!