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Some Positive Changes

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By Rebecca Duerrwaechter
It's been about a month since my last post and I thought I'd give an update as to my health with all my new changes.

So far I have now only been getting migraines about once every two weeks. They last less than a day and I can still do pretty much everything throughout my day besides heavy exercise. Yay! I feel like this is a huge improvement. Plus with me taking all the animal products out of my diet, supplements, yoga, and foam rolling, I notice the only time I get migraines now is if I don't drink enough water.

Lately Jake (my husband) has been saying how good my meals look and has been stealing a bit of food off my plate lol.  Plus with all the positive changes he's been seeing he has been requesting more of "my" meals now. My green smoothies have been a big hit.

My favorite green smoothie:
3 cups of water
4-6 giant kale leaves
2.5-3 cups of strawberries
1-2 bananas

It makes about 7 cups (56 ounces) and we usually have it as a meal. Sometimes I add in a different type of fruit instead of strawberries. It all depends on my mood and what they have at the store.

Lately I have also been running outside more. There is a beautiful running route near where I live and I have been loving running there especially since it has been so nice out here in Tennessee.

Now I will leave you with some pictures of my running route and my meals:
It's is so beautiful there.







This really is my favorite route.

A green smoothie.

Some vegan chinese food.

A small grocery haul. Look at all that kale and spinach!

Some vegan pizza. No cheese and every vegetable they have.

I have finally mastered the art of scrambled tofu. Jake even mentioned how good it smells. I'll have to do a blog post on how to make it later.

Fresh squeezed orange juice.

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