Okay, I get it already.

Things are coming together from different parts of my life, and it is not a whisper, it is a scream CHANGE!

I would like to say that I am already very conscious about nutrition and diet, processed foods, etc. Not perfect but aware.

Things in the last weeks time that have screamed:

• Play date when the subject of health, nutrition, processed foods came up. WHISPER
• Later that day Food Inc, came by mail by Netflix, had no idea what movie was coming next, and actually it somehow came in the middle of a TV series rental, ANNOUNCEMENT PLEASE
• I went to the dr today to get the results of some micro nutrient testing I had done. SCREAM

I eat pretty healthy for the habits I was raised with and being a Tennessean. I am pretty private about my health, and I am sharing this because I now feel it is important. I went to the doctor a month ago for fatigue, some skin issues, and swelling issues. I had a battery of blood tests, and decided to do this micro nutrient testing the dr recommended. All of my tests came back fine, except for some serious nutrient deficiencies. Every last one of my defiencies are related to the health issues I went to the doctor for. The many nutrients I wasn't deficient in were at great levels, and the doctor was impressed that none of my antioxidants were low. But there were 6, and two where in the carbohydrate metabolism category. One deficiency, chromium, effects insulin absorbtion, and my glucose-insulin interaction was poor. That points to future type II diabetes.

What? I watch my diet, I dont' eat donuts like tic tacs. What? Well due to the chormuim deficiency and the processed foods in my diet ( although I totally watch them) this is an issue. My blood sugar came back just fine on my other blood tests. This micronutrient testing gave me a glimpse of the future. I have already bought organic food this week, and done some research into local farms, and then I get these test results today. SCREAM!!! This is your Maker speaking, hello, I would like you to think about these things, thankyou.

My life is good, and I have been blessed in more ways than I can even figure how I deserve. I also know that although I often neglect my faith, God screams at me sometimes. Can't take this hint, well try this, and this and this. Change.

So here is the small steps we are taking for now. If I buy meat at the store I am going to buy organic. More fresh veggies, farmer's market, etc. No more sodas. We don't allow these in our house anyway, but when we are out in the world we treat ourselves. No more fast food. Now on vacation, or at birthday parties or social events, we will eat fast food. But as far as our daily life and buisiness, NO MORE.

I want to take time to respect, and be thankful for the food we eat. We will start praying before eating every meal. Not only for the religious factor, but to stop and be thankful for the food. There is food EVERYWHERE in our society, and we impulse eat because it is so easy. Food has not always been so readily available and easy. People gave thanks when they had it. In today's society, we engorge ourselves, and don't even think about our food. Yesterday I made soup. I started at 2:30, and it was done at 6. It was time consuming, healthy, and good. I had to work for my food. I appreciated it. I was thankful. Many don't give thanks for their food anymore, it is there just like air. Eating has became a function that we no longer thank about, like breathing, and our heart beating, we have almost made it like a part of our autonomic responses. It is making us fat, sick, and ignorant.

I have to start slow, so I don't fail.  The doctor wants me to journal, and see her back in 6 weeks. She thinks that if I get the nutrient levels under control I will feel like a brand new women, and I do too. If not for anything than from the whisper, and screams I have been getting.