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What you Should Avoid: 

All sugars in any form whatsoever

All flour products ( even gluten-free)

All processed food

All gluten and dairy

All grains and starchy vegetables and fruit ( except for 1/2 cup berries a day) 

What To Include:

High-quality foods

Low-glycemic-load meals

Phytonutrient-rich foods

Slow carbs, not low carbs

Omega -3 fats and other healthy fats

High-quality protein

Herbs and healing spices

Three square meals and two snacks

Mindful eating 

Breeding the Nutrition Out Of Our Food:

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/06/11/modern-food-nutritional-content.aspx

Week One Daily Checklist

Wake up 1 hour before breakfast.   Engage in a physical activity you enjoy such as a walk, exercise video, kickboxing,  or yoga

Breakfast.  Try a protein shake, eggs or use on fo the breakfast recipes in the meal plan.   At breakfast time eat the foods you would normally eat for dinner.

Journaling.  Record what you ate and how you felt. 

Midmorning snack.  A handful of nuts and some veggies.   

Journaling.  Record what you ate and how you felt

Lunch  Try one  of the quick meals provide in your blood sugar solution book. Page 157-158. Or  look for some books that have quick meal recipes. 

Journaling  Record what you ate and how you felt

Midafternoon snack  Experiment with something different.  How about half an avocado with lemon juice, salt and pepper or hummus and veggies.  Search the net for more healthy snack options 

Journaling Record what you ate and how you felt

Dinner  Again you try one of the quick meals outlined on pages 157-158 or do a search for veggie meals

Journaling  Record what you ate and how you felt. Think about how your experience with food impacted your day. What improvements do you see in your energy, your ability to focus?  How does your body feel different?  How do theses changes make you feel?  

Salmon Salad In Steamed Collard Greens 

http://bloodsugarsolution.com/2012/07/31/salmon-salad-in-steamed-collard-wraps/

Garlic Mashed Parsnips:

http://www.lifeasaplate.com/2010/11/03/garlic-mashed-parsnips/

I rise up out of bed early in the morning, out by 7:00 am, feed the animals, take the horses and dogs up the mountain, I workout doing agility drills up the steep hill with a 10 pound pack on, once I am at the top, I do push-ups, low stances drills, front kicks, outside crescent kicks, inside crescent kicks, straight leg kicks, ab work, stretch, then I have tea, listen to the birds and then come down out of the mountains.  At that point my day is all farmer Sue, I have a couple of breaks and I do not get back inside the house until about 10:00 pm.  There have been many days where my husband and I go back out ( yes after 10:00 pm) and slug patrol.   I figure I am putting in about 12 to 15 hours a day, on the farm.  The days are super long, we are all tired, but at the same time we feel good about what we are doing.  There is something special about the energy of working the land, connecting with it and growing your own and for others.