Monday, April 25, 2016

I Love Trim Healthy Mama

                                                  
I Love TRIM HEALTHY MAMA
I LOVE TRIM HEALTHY MAMA
                      
I learned about Trim Healthy Mama from Facebook, and was intrigued by the success so many ladies were having by losing weight with this method.  I ordered the book and was immediately intrigued by a plan of eating that uses whole foods, including real butter, and a thing called Skinny Chocolate.  Could it be possible to lose weight eating full-fat foods and candy??????  I had to try it!

Since starting the food plan in mid-January of this year, I've lost sixteen pounds, which is an average of about five pounds a month, an inch from my hips and waist, and I love this new way of eating. Basically, the method is not to mix fats and carbohydrates.  Doing this forces your metabolism to do a kick start by burning different fuels.  Also, you must wait at least 2 1/2 to 3 hours between meals or snacks.

The food plan has a bit of a learning curve, and I admit it was difficult at first because I was so used to eating carbs and fats together, such as grits and eggs for breakfast and sandwiches for lunch.  I hung in there, however, and now find it quite easy to separate my fuel sources.  I can still have a sandwich, but don't add fats such as mayonnaise or high-fat cheese.  I can still have coffee with cream, but not with carbs such as oatmeal.  When I eat oatmeal, I drink hot tea.

The plan includes lots of healthy protein and vegies, whole grains, fats like coconut oil and pure butter, and low glycemic fruit.  Oh, and chocolate!  I love Skinny Chocolate, and there is absolutely no guilt involved, believe me.  It's actually good for me.  Another thing I love are the Trim Healthy breads and baked goods that use alternatives to wheat. I'm a big fan of their Muffin in a Mug!  Yummy, and it tastes like cake!

I highly recommend the Trim Healthy Plan book, cookbook, and lifestyle.  You can learn more by clicking HERE.  I'm pleased to be an affiliate with the company because the owners are committed believers and write about Biblical principles in their books and  Facebook groups.  They are having a great sale right now, and any purchases you make through this LINK will give me a small benefit.  I'd really appreciate that!

In the weeks ahead, I'll be posting about my progress and sharing my menus and some recipes.  I think you'll enjoy learning about this wonderful, healthy, long-term lifestyle.  Let me know what you think, Gail-Friends!







Friday, April 22, 2016

Sabbath Music - Dayenu



Tonight at sundown begins a double blessing -- Shabbat and the beginning of Passover.  We will be celebrating our seder tomorrow afternoon.  This is a wonder-FULL time of the year, and I'm excited to be with our synagogue family to observe and remember Yeshua, our Passover lamb. You can learn more about Passover HERE, in my past posts.

We'll be singing this traditional Jewish song during the seder.  Enjoy!  I hope you have a blessed Shabbat and a Passover filled with JOY!



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Thursday, April 21, 2016

Thankful Thursday - The Beauty of Nature



 This quote came across my desk this week:


“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, 
places to play in and pray in,
 where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul,”
~ John Muir.

So true for me.  My place to pray in is my back porch, overlooking my little pond.  Hubby did some work on the stones and I think it looks so nice:


Here are some of the beauties I have to enjoy in my yard:


Purple passion flowers and ruby red amaryllis.

My peace plant, with ten brilliant blooms.




 A sweet friend gave me this cyclamen, and it has bloomed profusely for weeks.  


The Confederate jasmine is growing crazy, and the fragrance is absolutely heavenly.  


This creamy white bloom is an elephant ear flower.  They grow to six or eight inches long, and are just glorious to behold.  I'd been around these plants all my life, and never knew they had blooms.  Perhaps they love the damp atmosphere around the pond.  

I'm so thankful for all of this beauty right outside my door, and for my husband who works hard to keep it beautiful.  As the quote above says, they do heal and give strength to my body and soul.  I marvel at the creativity of ADONAI to create so many varied and different flowers.  They bring me JOY every day.  I'm also thankful to live in Florida where flowers bloom all year long.

Here's another JOY-FULL thing I found this week: 


It's a humble flour sack dish towel, but it expresses my outlook on life.  I'm going to just hang it up in my kitchen as a reminder every day.

I re-did another reminder this week:


This is a blackboard sign I made to remind me of my word for 2016.  The other one was too pale, and I think this one is more eye-catching.  I'm using it also as a button for my weekly series on WORDS.  

What are you thankful for this week, Gail-Friends?

Thankful Thursday is my day to focus on and be thankful for 
all the good things in my life.

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MOTIVATION MONDAYS – @EMBRACINGHISWILL      SHARING HIS BEAUTY – @THEBEAUTYINHISGRIP
Titus 2 Tuesday     Share Your Stuff Tuesday    TITUS TUESDAYS @CORNERSTONE CONFESSIONS     Wordless Wednesdays    Jennifer Dukes Lee Tell His Story  Teaching What Is Good Link-Up
Classical Homemaking Link-Up    Judith’s Wholehearted Wednesday     Raising Homemakers Wednesday     A Wise Woman Builds       Wake Up Wednesday     A Little R & R Wednesday     Wednesday's Prayer Girls & Link-Up Party Thought Provoking Thursdays at 3D Lessons 4Life     Thursday  Favorite Things 
STILL SATURDAYS @SANDRAHESKAKING     PLAYDATES @LAURABOGGESS  
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