First off, I’m not advocating eating fast food all the time. It is best left as an occasional thing, but Taco Bell has tons of vegetarian and vegan options when you know what to order. It is also a really kid-friendly place and great for those days where you’ve just had it and don’t feel like making another meal at home for the kids. Here are my tips and info on what and how to order at Taco Bell.
This is the first in a series where I will give you steps, hints, and tips on moving to a vegetarian diet. Continue reading
After going through the Garden Of Life Raw Cleanse for all 7 days, here are the details and my thoughts on everything. For the overview, my first post about the cleanse is here. Continue reading
I recently bought a cleanse kit from Garden of Life called the Raw Cleanse. It is a 7 day cleaning and detoxification kit. I’m planning on starting it tomorrow and trying it out. I’ll post my progress and results. The kit consists of three parts:
I’ll explain each component as I go through them. I got my kit from our local Sprouts store for a little over $30 plus tax, but you can get it online from Amazon (RAW Cleanse – 7 day – Kit
3 Components of the Garden of Life RAW Cleanse
While the NeilMed packets of salt are really convenient – especially for kids – the cost adds up quickly. I personally use a ziploc disposable container full of sea salt and a spoon for my neti pot and this is about as cheap as you can get. I buy the sea salt bulk from Whole Foods or a similar grocery store. I covered my neti pot routine in a previous post. I tried using my sea salt for my kids in their kid-sized NeilMed bottles, but they seemed bothered by the sea salt and complained. It seems harsher than the more balanced mix you get in the NeilMed packets. I continued to buy the replacement pediatric packets for a while, but then one time my People’s Pharmacy was out of the refil packets. I found a small canister of balanced salt specially packaged for nasal cleansing and tried that. This was a very successful switch for me. It is much cheaper than the equivalent NeilMed packets, it lasts longer, has no waste from the package material, and really has worked out well. It comes with a little plastic scooper so it is easy to measure out the right amount of salt and easily scoop and pour it into the bottles. Finally, when I ran out of salt in the container I intended to buy another one, but didn’t get around to it for a while. In the meantime, I refilled their canister with some of my sea salt stash intending to still buy them a replacement. Well, they haven’t complained and it doesn’t seem like they have noticed, so for now I’m just going to reuse the canister and refill it with my bulk super cheap sea salt!
Are you a quitter instead of a finisher? Do you have trouble finishing many things that you start? I know I have had issues with this and have often found myself with a ton of projects, ideas, books, etc. all in half-complete stages or just simply left behind. Well for today’s post I present my 5 top tips for helping you to be a finisher and stop being a quitter. Continue reading