Baby Steps to Healthy Eating Habits

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After years of health issues I have finally decided it is time to get healthy.  And the first step is to change my diet.   I have been on the pizza and beer diet for a very long time and now that I have a wedding 5 months away, I think its time to change! 

But is it that easy?

 I am addicted to pizza and tobacco and meat.  I work behind a desk 8-10 hours a day.  When I get home I want to sleep.  Really I just want to sleep all the time!  But I would really like to avoid taking my shirt off at the honeymoon and having my beautiful new wife leave me for a lifeguard!

I have been having a lot of health issues lately as well.  I have had pneumonia 3 times now and the last of which just about killed me.  6 months ago I had to have an emergency appendectomy.  Right after that they told me I had diverticulitis.  I seem to pull a muscle in my back every couple of months, its happened 4 times now (ungodly amount of pain by the way).  There is no doubt in my mind that it is all related to diet and excercise.

 Here is the scary part.  I’m only 27 years old!

 I shouldn’t have all of these problems!

How do we fix it?

I think its going to be a very slow transition but here is my plan: 

1.)    Go from carnivore to vegetarian – Cutting out meat is a very small step to me.  Although I love a meatball sub as much as the next guy, if you look at the healthiest groups of people in the world they always have one thing in common.  Not a lot of meat being eaten there.   So I am going to take a small step and cut out meat from my diet very slowly.   Right now I’m having meat only 1 time per week until I can cut it out.  I am also starting each day with a green smoothie, if you do nothing else from this post, you have got to try having green smoothies!  They are amazing!

 2.)    Go from vegetarian to vegan – There are benefits outside of the health benefits here too such as not murdering millions of defenseless animals.  But cutting all animal products from my diet seems like the next logical step once I’ve mastered vegetarianism.  

 3.)    Go from vegan to 100% raw foods diet – The benefits are incredible in going to 100% raw food.  From curing disease to tons of energy I can’t wait to get to this point.  If you want more info on the raw foods diet, check this site out, this lady really inspired me to take another look at this.  Check out her 40 day food journal as well, it’s a great read!

So that’s my plan.  I will be updating quite frequently on how this is going.  I hope someone else out there will join me on this journey to being the healthiest me I can be.  It sure would make it a lot easier and a lot more fun!!!ihb2dmevw5

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