An Introduction

Hello!  I guess a bit of an introduction is in order....

My name is Annette and I live on a farm on the Great Dividing Range in NSW.    I am married to my favourite man in the world who, depending on which hat he puts on (literally) is either The Farmer (his day job) or The Aviator (his sport and his favourite pastime!)   We have three children - the Firstborn who is a teenager, and Twin 1 and Twin 2 who are still preteens.   

Life down on the farm can be peaceful or stressful.  It depends what is happening that day and often what the weather is doing.   We live in a passive solar home which works well and we're looking at going more 'green' in the energy department with wind and/or solar energy.   Our farm is located on the Great Dividing Range and we are half an hour drive from the nearest shop or just over an hour's drive from the nearest supermarket of decent size.  This is making my leap to nutritarian eating a little more challenging!

I fill my days as a mum, farm assistant, bookkeeper and jewellery designer (the latter is definitely fun!)   Whilst being a mum entails a lot of dashing about it seems and farm assistant can be time consuming, doing bookwork and designing jewellery aren’t the most active of pastimes!   Over a decade of this lifestyle added over 15kg of added baggage on my body which was starting to get annoying, depressing and just not good for my health.

After trying quite a number of dietary changes over the years I have finally found one that works for me – the Eat to Live program by Dr.Joel Fuhrman .  It is one of those books whose information just made sense!   (If you buy a copy ensure its the latest version as they're constantly being updated!) 

It revolves around eating highly nutritional foods which will improve your health and help you lose weight.   People following this way of eating refer to themselves as nutritarians.  

So armed with the book I embarked on the 6 week aggressive weight loss plan.   The first couple of days were difficult, just because it was such a different way of eating – no processed foods and basically vegan (something that The Farmer is very doubtful about!)   But since then it’s been fairly easy – and the weight just fell off.  

At the end of the 6 weeks I’d lost around 7 ½ kilos which is amazing in itself!   But adding in the bonus of feeling so much better all day long and the facts that I can now see my face without it being hidden behind the double chin helps too! 

I’m not being quite as strict with myself post 6 weeks, but am still eating mostly according to the plan with the hope that another 7-8 kilos will decide to detach itself as well in the near future.

So welcome to my nutrarian journey, let’s hope it’s a serene ride!