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Working out the "why".

 I have never felt safe.  I don't have contact with my family any more because of that fact.  I have never felt accepted in my body.  I have always felt wrong.  And I am not willing to spend time with people who make me feel that way. And I want to heal and move on.

Soy Intimdated!

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I can't be the only one who is intimidated by food, right?  I mean, you hear that there is a food that's supposed to be good for you and you find room in your food budget to purchase said food, and then you are just too intimidated by the stuff to utilize it.  Please tell me it's not just me. Well, anyway, at my grocery store the other day I saw a package of tofu.  Mind, I've used tofu in smoothies, or in ways that basically make it unrecognizable, but I wanted to try to make a tofu thing that would cover other foods that I am letting go of in my diet for the most part, read: CHEESE.   Let me tell you, I am a CHEEEEEEEEESE girl.  I love the stuff.  All of the stinky, strong, mild, sweet, pungent, piquant, smooth, velvety creamy, sharp, aged milk of cows.  LOVE. Welp, for the most part, cheese is out.  Yes, there are some opportunities in the goat and sheep milk arena, and I love those as well, but I wanted to see if I could make something tru...

A Beginning: Again, for the First Time

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                                                           *An Herbed Braided Bread for attention For reasons that will likely be revealed in later posts because I over-share, I have decided to try my best to follow yet another dietary discipline in the effort to achieve better health.  My reasons are practical and maybe even a little selfish.  I'm ok with that. I'm not a doctor, nor a nutritionist, nor even a little qualified to advise anyone on their dietary choices.  EVER.  That said, I have a good working (read: practical knowledge from the School of Hard Knocks) knowledge about how foods react to my own personal body. I have tried a standard 1970s Mid-Western diet (canned soup, sandwiches, HOT DISH, pizza, and root beer float weekends), "Just Eat Less, Move More - it's Simple Math" (yeah, right), Jenny Craig (not e...