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My name is Rachel McKinney, I want to thank you for taking the time to come and listen to my story and how living by Faith has continued to lead me in a contented and abundant life! At the age of seven I gave my heart to the Lord and now it is 2012 and I am in my 76th year. The information you will read is hopefully informative and exciting. This blog was started a few years ago just to talk about losing weight and being healthy and it's true I have been working on my health and my body for many years. But now as I grow older I find that my spiritual life even more than I ever realized before is entangled (and has always been) with the physical. This Blog now contains my daily thoughts about how it is for me right now. You can comment on what it was like for you and either how it is now or how you would like it to be.

Saturday, June 23, 2007

To Choose or Not to Choose

As I continue to lose weight and inches, it is still sometimes a struggle. Chocolate with nuts candy with 0 sugar (but not 0 calories) are something I have to remember not to choose. Deep fried zucchini covered with a rice batter (I'm gluten free) is another rationaliztion. Mostly I eat chopped veggies with chicken or turkey and blueberries for the carb. The other day I cooked eggplant, zucchini, onions, canned tomatoes and ground turkey to make a great ratatouville with meat. But even if I'm doing great with my food, the need to "cheat" is not far away.

Since I am gluten free all of the grain products are not a part of my food. This has turned out to be good for me because I was a huge sandwich fan. I always choose to keep gluten free. But other choices are not so clear. Do I take that walk this morning? Do I watch portion controls? Do I stay away from the scale?

I do, though, always choose to enjoy life and to stay well. I take my glyconutrient products without fail and work out with a trainer three times a week. Because of this, the flow of energy I feel never fails me and mostly my food supports this wellness.

I talked with my friend the other day. She has alot of weight to lose and she told me that she was once again reminded that she has to choose to eat or not to eat this or that. Life is a choice. I reminded her that as she cuts down on sugar and other carbs, she can up the glyconutrients so that her energy will not go down.

Please post a comment and let us know how you choose life.

1 comments:

Sherrie said...

Hi Rachel, just wanted you to know what happened this weekend. I took two teenagers and a preteen to Sea World for two days. I was worried about back pain and energy so I took lots of Ambertose and Plus with me. Saturday morning I realized I had brought the wrong container of Ambertose and only had enough for both mornings. I rented an electric scooter and between that, the Ambertose and Plus I made it through both days with very little trouble. I know for sure if I had not been taking the Ambertose and Plus for the past nine months there is no way I would have had the stamina to go two days with the kids even with the cart. In this situation I would have doubled up on the Ambertose but I didn't even need to. I never thought I would be able to go somewhere like that again. I couldn't do the rides but the shows were so much fun and the Ambertose and Plus allowed me to do it. Hope to talk soon, Sherrie