November 14, 2012
I'm Josie,
Mom, daughter, sister, friend, business owner, and sugar addicted stress eater..
I was 38 when I got pregnant with my daughter. The same week I got pregnant I had a skiing accident which led to a total ACL reconstruction of my left knee. The rigorous exercise program and healthy eating habits that I had followed for ten years was put on hold. In the years that followed, my fairy tale life of love, marriage, family, health and fitness, began to unravel around me. With that, I became a stress eater and sugar my culprit.

Fast forward … My daughter is 14 and I am 80 pounds over weight, I have tried every diet including the “Raw” diet without success. Today I am challenging myself to change; change my eating habits, change the way I feel about myself, CHANGE.... I will be blogging daily, starting with today, my 53rd birthday. I will share with you my challenges, some solutions I come up with, photos, recipes and each success. It is my hope and desire to make a difference in my life as well as the lives of everyone that visits me here. Thank you for supporting me. I am now publicly accountable to myself and each of my readers. Come back often to read and see how I evolve. My goal for this year is weight loss and wellness. My diet is simple, whole foods and nothing artificial! I am using experience, logic and you to keep me going.

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. – Lao Tzu

Sharing the Bounty

Sat. April 21, 2012 7:52 am

I am back on all week having had no sugar etc.. I feed the good results in every way except on the scale. I got on this morning and I gained 1 and 1/2 pounds. It happens! I have to work harder at it, thats all.

I am so excited about my how my seedling are coming along. I already have hundreds transplanted and I can’t wait to give them away and share the bounty!

Below we have Romain Lettuce, Red Leaf, Bell Pepper, String Beans, Beets and Basil.

Red Leaf Lettuce

String Beans

Yummy Beets

Sweet Italian Basil

Below we have freshly transplanted Parsley.

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Betsy - April 21, 2012 - 7:48 pm

You are a farmer!!!!ReplyCancel
maggie Griffin - April 21, 2012 - 1:38 pm

I can’t wait to visit and enjoy a fresh salad! 🙂ReplyCancel
Kathryn Donatelli - April 21, 2012 - 12:21 pm

Lovely! Are you planting any kale, broccoli or brussel sprouts?ReplyCancel
- admin - April 21, 2012 - 12:25 pm
  
  Yes, all three actually. I bought them as little plants and didn’t start them from seed though. I have them on the other side of the green house. You can see the Kale leaves in an earlier post. I still have to transplant the tomatoes. I’m also growing marigolds from seed. I love to line the garden in beautiful flowers.ReplyCancel