Where Her Lifestyle Diet Must Change AGAIN

"Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul."   --- 3 John 1:2

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So good ol' Debra has to tighten-up her lifestyle diet again. 

She's got an annoying (yet at least pain-free) 'lady problem' (sorry to my male readers) and after research, now knows certain foods will help. Exercise, also, but what is new about that?

Anyway, in my research I keep spying the term 'cruciferous vegetables' which I don't recall hearing before:

"In general, cruciferous vegetables are cool weather vegetables and have flowers that have four petals so that they resemble a cross."

You know, cross. Like Jesus Christ, crucified. That's not hard to remember nor easy to forget. 

The bad news? There really isn't any except, ok, sugary foods are out. Well, not my homemade morning cocoa without which, hey, life would hardly be worth living.  シ Oh, and also no (regular)bread, milk or cheese and very little red meat.

But the processed junk, yeah. Gone. Currently I'm searching for healthy desserts which actually taste like a treat--and with this blessed Internet? That's easy.

The good news? I love (no, really) the list of these-will-fix-you-right-up foods. A few are here:

Berries                       Green salad                   

Garlic                         Chicken

Cauliflower                Tuna

Turkey                       Walnuts

Tomato                      Sweet potatoes

Broccoli                     Beans

Peppermint               Apples, pears

Peanuts                     Avocado, pumpkin

And adding vitamins B12 and B6.

Truly, this getting older stuff is not for wimps. I mean, if we're going to whine about every change we must make, well, we'll experience more downer days than lovely ones--and who wants that?

What I recommend is to ask for Grace. 

She reminds us of what we have rather than what we lost. 

And what is still worth celebrating. 

And how much stronger we'll be at the end because we accepted what couldn't be fixed, then fixed the rest with God's incredible help.

All while stepping through Life trusting and singing.

More good news? After just a few days of tweaking diet and exercise, the annoying-ness of the problem is disappearing. I feel terrific, even, so color me grateful! 

Also, checking out the comments after Youtube videos I'm seeing many women were helped making these same simple changes. Many.

I bought some cruciferous extracts supplements. They're awesome.

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Books I Finished Reading in September (what a month of terrific books!)--

Put Out to Pasture by Amanda Flower

Truly, Madly, Sheeply by Heather Vogel Frederick

The Extraordinary Deaths of Mrs. Kip by Sara Brunsvold

Bodies and Bows by Elizabeth Penny

In Farm's Way by Amanda Flower

Spurgeon Gems by Charles Spurgeon

Mystery of Hurricane Castle by Joan Lowery Nixon

Crime and Cherry Pits by Amanda Flower

If Life is a Bowl of Cherries--What Am I Doing in the Pits? by Erma Bombeck

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A movie we enjoyed:

The Author, The Star and The Keeper. (But oh my, when I realized who played the (old) dad, I felt ancient. We used to watch him in the 90's when he and we were young. Sigh.) Oh, and I'll add: this movie, like other Christian ones, starts out slowly and made me wonder, "Do we truly want to watch this?" But yes. Yes, I'm thankful we did.

Around five days a week I go driving through America's small towns with Joe. Well, via Youtube. heh. His videos (he travels with wife, Nicole, but she's only sometimes shown) feel so comforting, not to mention educational, sobering and enlightening--

--plus, I'm able to see the comments on our tv and folks often tell stories of what it was like growing up in these towns. So interesting!

Here are a few to get you started (his latest ones about the state capitols are just clips of longer ones and don't include his drives through Small Town America)--

Nebraska: Forgotten Rural Towns

Wisconsin: Remote Towns

Abandoned Texas: Rural Towns

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Oh, and speaking of cocoa, lately I'm adding a tiny pinch of allspice to each cup and wow! Perfect for this autumnal time of year.

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And as I shared at Facebook:

"After 56 hours of non-stop search and rescue, he found 40 people alive under the rubble.

This is a canine hero, Husky."

--@CreasonJana

Not sure I'll ever be actually 'retired', but I love this shirt anyway!

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Please remember: My posts are always about more than they appear to be. 

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 "For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." ... Matthew 6:14,15