by Jamie Holloway | Dec 26, 2012 | Inspiring Nutrition, The Magnificent Journey
“Give up being a pessimist. Give up thinking life owes you anything. Give up being lazy and wishing things were easier all the time. In short, give up wishing your life were other than the way it is and do something with the life you have.” Carolyn Myss Time for me to...
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...
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