I just came across a shortvideo by Dr. Tel-Oren that I think you’ll find very interesting. Check it out!

I first encountered Dr. T on the Raw Divas website. He has a free teleconference on The Truth About Your Food.

Thank you it has and continues to feel so good!

I love the changes you have made in the last 6 months too and I am so happy that your health has indeed benefited in so many ways from it! I know that is a huge motivator to keep going!

And yes it is pretty amazing how quickly the body responds – we are so fortunate as human beings that it takes a long time to break the body and a short time to fix things (relatively speaking). Although I know that the world health would be sooooo much better if there was not such a big lag time between what people put in their mouth today and the disease it brings out in a bunch of years.

As for Dr. Fuhrman, yes he is one pretty amazing doctor that believes in natural, plant based diet and how it can help one not only restore their health but also get rid of excess weight. And the best part is there are no pills and no magic formulas, simply cut out the processed and animal products and fill your life with whole, plant based nutrition – it really couldn’t be easier or healthier for that matter :)

As you’ve been following my lifestyle overhaul these last six months, you know that I am a firm believer and a living testament of “how much one’s diet is directly linked to their state of health.” The most amazing thing? How quickly the body responds!

Second time in two days I’ve heard mention of Dr. Fuhrman – yesterday was Alanis Morissette (another Canadian!) talking about her amazing health/body reform since following his “Eat to Live” plan. Think I better check out his book and have a look.

I am so glad you found my personal recap helpful and motivating!

It is so wonderful that you have had such success with your own and pretty quickly too I might add. It takes some people months if not years to wean themselves off of animal products, so you can consider your progress tremendous!!!!

So here’s to a super healthy new year! As I always say, once someone makes up their mind and gets serious about their health, there may be slips along the way, but there is no turning back. It just feels too good this way :)

Thank you and although I can never talk for others, I can tell you that if you continue to immerse yourself in health topics, etc, you too will find that you will start making changes that perhaps a while ago may have seemed impossible or unrealistic.

As for the water idea thank you so much – that is indeed a great idea and I have to tell you when I am at home it works great. At work since I travel around hallways (in a school setting) I do not carry a water bottle with me out sheer inconvenience of having too many things with me at once. Poor, poor excuse I know – but that will all be changing in the next half year anyway, as I embark on a major career change.

On the water front one thing I find is to always have a full bottle of the stuff on your desk or somewhere nearby. I find at work if my bottle is full I just tend to drink it because it’s not there even if I’m not overly thirsty. Maybe it’s just me but I find this works well.

I needed the extra pizazz of relating to a nearly empty freezer since working toward complete vegetarianism; it feels kind of freaky whenever I open it! LOL Especially motivating for me was your bit about not being redundant with the all-veggie meals. Sometimes, it’s really hard to look at my ‘fridge and know what to put together; it’s usually when I’m especially tired.

By the way, overall I’m doing well with the veggie diet. A few times, my husband made a meat meal, and the first one bothered me terribly (my digestion suffered and so did my sleep); the next one I just ate half my portion (and was completely happy giving him the rest) and the last time I just didn’t eat it. However, he cooked me breakfast the other day and it included bacon (that I’d purchased for guests who became no-shows)…and I ate my bacon. He prepared it as a form of love and I loved every minute of it. I focused on the intention and ate it with that in mind. All in all, I’m doing quite well (holidays excepting). THANK you for all your support in this effort!

This message is one I’ve “starred” in Google reader so I can easily keep referring to it for my personal little pep talk! Thanks, Evita!

Thank you so much for sharing your experiences along your own journey. Although you say you have some “blow out periods” since I have had the pleasure of virtually meeting you – wow almost a year ago now – you have made a decision to be serious about your health and even though small bumps came along the way here or there, I could tell all along that you have made up your mind and that Hanlie is going to pay off more than you know – well you do know as you have already been seeing great results.

Thank you so much too for recommending the book – I am always a taker when it comes to new material on natural health and so cannot wait to read this one. Will let you know when I do and talk about it here too. Some of the best material in fact came to me through word of mouth from others and I am sure this one will be no exception.

Finally you are so welcome Hanlie and if there is any other support I can offer, please do not hesitate to let me know. I know this will be a wonderful year for you and I look forward to sharing in your path along this health journey for us both!

You did me a great favor last year when you recommended Dr. Fuhrman’s “Eat to Live” plan. I want to return the favor this year and recommend that you read Mary-Ann Shearer’s book “Perfect Health: The Natural Way”. She covers so much of the natural lifestyle, including skin care and advice about entertaining and getting your kids to eat healthy. I’m sure that the information wouldn’t necessarily be new to you, but it’s rare that you get that much information in one book so this would be a good book to recommend to people who want to make lifestyle changes and don’t know where to start.

I have a whole bag full of zucchini in my fridge (fresh from the farm) and since it’s not Craig’s favorite vegetable, I’ve been wondering what to do with it. Now that you mention soup, that sounds perfect.

All the best for 2009, Evita! Thank you for always inspiring me, educating me and encouraging me!