Happy New Year

Can you believe it....its 2010!! I can't, I remember being excited it was 1990, then 2000. Where has time gone for me. Although so much has happened in the last 10 years, time sure goes by quickly. I have been away for the Christmas holidays. My family and I had a great retreat in Heidelberg at a friends house. A wonderful Christmas together, and I am so happy to see how my family is loving our new home and country! I have been doing a lot of reflecting...and I have come to some very important conclusions. The holiday season is a very difficult time for me to start with, then to add a huge life change like my raw diet, makes it all the more difficult. Over the past two months I have made some bad food choices, and suffered the outcome of those choices. I am not mad at myself because I have learned so much about my body. I am one who definitely learns from my mistakes. When I ate some food that wasn't on the raw diet my body reacted to it so quickly and painfully that I noticed immediately. Little things that was added to my raw food also made a difference in how I felt. How much green juices I have in a day also made a big difference. After being on the raw food for almost a month, with no mistakes, my breast tumor shrank about a inch and a half and stopped hurt altogether, pretty amazing to me. But when I gave in to the call of'Taco Bell'....it started to hurt and grow again, now when I eat something that is not good for me it hurts and grows more. now it is bigger that before. Several other thing are hurting also.

So it is a new year and a new beginning for me with food and my family with me. My husband Mike, as of today, is joining me on the diet, and I am so excited about that! He has even given up his coffee, for those of you that know him that is a miracle in itself. ( I know that he will most likely have some here and there but it is better than his six cups s a DAY!) My kids love the green juices and always ask for more, the vegetables are another issue, But we are working on that. I do not expect the kids to go 100% raw at this time for several reasons...but for now we on the right track with them.

This year is going to be a good year, A year of new Health, new choices and new beginnings! I am very excited with some new paths I am headed down. With food, my marriage, the way we are raising our children, my relationships with friends, and with my Lord! So much has happened over the last 10 years for the better in my life. I am looking forward to this year because I am in a special place with Jesus...and so many other places in my life. The issue of food is a big one also but not the most important one. Of course my new diet is going to keep me alive so I can do all the things that the Lord has called me to do. Most of all it will teach me more and more about self- control and discipline. When you conquer discipline in one area of your life it is much easier to have discipline in other areas as well. So I am excited!

Have a Happy New Year and make some positive new resolutions about what you put in your mouth. It will make all the difference in how you feel, so I have learned!!!!

Love Amberlea

P.S. I made that pumpkin pie recipe just into a soup and it was amazing and the best soup I have made yet, Just go slow on how much agave you add because it came out a little sweet. Make sure you eat it with 2 days.