by Jamie Holloway | Dec 22, 2012 | Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
Lentil Soup Day Jamie’s Ever Changing Lentil Soup: 1 Cup of Lentils 3 to 4 carrots chopped 1 red onion chopped (or any type of onion you desire) 1 whole zucchini chopped 1 cup frozen peas 1 cup of mushrooms chopped 2 whole tomatoes chopped 1 package of Pacific Pride...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 21, 2012 | Auto-immune, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
“You cannot change anything in your life with intention alone, which can become a watered down, occasional hope that you’ll get to tomorrow. I intend to start exercising. I intend to get my desk in order; I intend to change my eating habits. Intention without...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 2, 2012 | Auto-immune, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
Anyone who knows me realizes that I read and research nutrition. That is one of my passions, though I have to admit that I rarely put any of the good information to use. The reason being I am overwhelmed with the amount of hard work, dedication, and commitment it...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 26, 2012 | Books/Music, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
Four Amazing cookbooks that I found for free from Amazon for Kindle, it solved my dilemma of what to make for my crockpot and what herbs to use. I love Dobbins book, because I am passionate and fascinated with spices and herbs. My dream is to one day have a giant herb...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 24, 2012 | Auto-immune, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
Last night I went to bed early, around 8 PM only to wake up by 10 PM with the pit of my stomach hurting. I have gone through this similar thing before. Every so often, my stomach stops digesting food and I end up with a pain in the pit of my stomach until I throw up....
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 10, 2012 | Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
I woke up this morning grumpy. Friday night I took my first Trazodone, I finally got over my fear and decided to face the beast. I was ready. I woke several times during the night needing suction. I hate, no I loathe suctioning. Especially now, because it seems I am...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 7, 2012 | Auto-immune, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
“The Fabulous Life Of A Vegan Girl” by Daphne Appleton I love cookbooks. I love reading about nutrition, now following through on such an idea is another matter altogether. Something I know about myself is I want to have a wide variety of food and deleting a food...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 5, 2012 | Books/Music, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
“The ABC’s of Super Foods” Calie Shackleford Super foods seems to be one of the themes of my life since I have an auto-immune disorder, chronic illness, and having good nutrition is a foundation that will aide me in living a healthy life. I found “The ABC’s Of Super...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 11, 2012 | Books/Music, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
“Shades Of Hope” by Tennie McCarty I bought this book seven months ago. It’s a program to stop dieting and start living it says on the front cover. Tennie runs an outreach program for those of us who suffer from food addiction. I am sad to admit this but I am one of...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 9, 2012 | Auto-immune, Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
Cooking is a passion of mine. Since getting sick I have not been able to explore this passion. Not being able to breathe limits what I can do and I have to pace myself throughout the day or I can exhaust myself. I woke up Saturday morning feeling great, which is...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 20, 2012 | Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
When I went to my doctor appointment on Friday I found out from my blood work that I am low on Iron again. Since I was younger I have always been anemic and I either had to get an IV, take a horse pill, or eat extra foods that had a power house of iron in them. Right...
by Jamie Holloway | Jul 30, 2012 | Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
Last night I spent two in half hours on the phone with my sister Carri. I came out of this conversation realizing three things about myself. One, I have to commit to an eating plan. Two, everyone’s is different with regards to how their body process’ food, maintains...
by Jamie Holloway | Jun 6, 2012 | Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
Finally I am taking on the challenge of nutrition. I have been putting of this subject simply because of all the conflicting information out there. I have no idea what the right answer is. All I know for sure is that drinking soda, eating chips, pizza, and all that...
by Jamie Holloway | May 20, 2012 | Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
The other day my big sister Vickie and I were discussing recipes in how to make meatloaf. She was looking through her cookbooks. I have to confess that even though I enjoy cooking a lot, I do not own a lot of recipe/cook books. I hope to change that. Suddenly I...
by Jamie Holloway | May 10, 2012 | Inspiring Nutrition
I know, I know today I was supposed to be writing about the fifth installment of my Values/Goals list. I have decided to take a break on that post and write about something else that’s been on my mind. Yesterday I went to see Dr. Ferdow’s my GI doctor to get the...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 19, 2012 | Inspiring Nutrition
Sometimes in life synchronicity happens. A few months ago I watched a program called “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead” on Hulu. Joe, the main character on the program talked about being on a juice fast for 60’s days in order to aide him in reaching remission for his auto...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 3, 2012 | Inspiring Nutrition
Physical activity, what images play in your mind when you think of those two words? Physical activity consist of moving, it can be a work out such as weights, walking, swimming, and even doing house hold chores. Can you tell that I have been thinking a lot about this?...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 26, 2011 | Inspiring Nutrition
The list I received from my nutritionist Robin with the inflammation fighting foods on it. I love having this list and I am hoping to get back to eating this way and using the ingredients that I bought soon. Recently, I have strayed because it takes a lot of hard work...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 3, 2011 | Inspiring Nutrition
Yesterday my sister Carri and I went to Gateway Produce here in Vancouver Washington after we went to pick up my CT Scan pictures so that I can take it to the surgeon on Monday at the University of Washington. If you guess that I...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 2, 2011 | Inspiring Nutrition
Who would have thought that a tiny fruit could hold so much power in it? A few weeks ago when I went to visit my nutritionist Robin she gave me a list of immune and cancer fighting foods that are beneficial for individuals such as myself who are battling...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 10, 2011 | Inspiring Nutrition
I got some new tools to help aide me on my journey to recovering my health. Tuesday morning I got a new blood sugar monitor in pink, my favorite color. The other tool is a planner where I can start keeping track efficiently of my sugar levels, what I am...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 22, 2011 | Inspiring Nutrition
My amazing big sister, Carri, bought me a set of three saute pans from Telafon. I have large, medium, and small, so awesome. Thank you, Carri! Saturday, I seasoned the pans by rubbing olive oil in them and warming them on the burner for 3 minutes and then letting them...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 22, 2011 | Inspiring Nutrition
I found a recipe for kale and lentil soup on a fellow bloggers website, so I decided to try it. The only difference I made was I made it in a crock pot. It is scrumptious, so thank you Italian Food Forever. I have never eaten kale before. The funny thing is this week...
by Jamie Chases Butterflies | Oct 20, 2011 | Inspiring Nutrition
I found this book and it is now on my wish list to get. Has anyone tried a gluten free diet? What do you like about it, what don’t you like? Has it been beneficial to your goals? At the site for this book I was excited to hear that I would learn the...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 19, 2011 | Inspiring Nutrition
I don’t do reviews, but since I am going on this journey of health in all manners of my life I am exploring many ideas and concepts. One of them is doing some form of exercise that does not leave me gasping for air or causing me more pain than what a healthy...
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