½ cup organic frozen blueberries

½ cup coconut mile unsweetened (add more if not using cranberry juice)

¼ cup cranberry juice organic unsweetened (optional)

1 scoop RAW protein

¼ inch organic raw ginger

2 dashes organic cinnamon ½ packet stevia (or to taste)

1 or 2 cups organic raw spinach

You can substitute this with different fruits – but delicious! Add spinach and coconut milk + cranberry juice + ginger to cusinart or blender. Blend very well. Spinach should be in very little pieces before adding additional items. Add strawberries (I usually put in microwave for about 20 seconds as they are hard to blend totally frozen), add all other additional items. Blend well. And add more liquid (water, cranberry juice or coconut milk) as needed. For me this usually comes out in 1.5 servings or 2 servings. And either I share it with Sophia or freeze the other half for the next day. Enjoy!

Day 1 research: Started getting sick yesterday – and guess what? BIG storm last night and storms all day….hmmmm…..sounds like it is related! So will keep track and go from here. Pressure at 30.18

UPDATE on TNT

Training my for my Tri has been awesome -except for a few days/weeks in there where I have been sick I have loved it! Click here to be directed to my webpage to get more updates. I have made my fund raising limit for TNT but still have about $450 for my personal goal to be reached….Garage Sale May 14th. Lets hope I make it!

Love and Light!

M cabbage 2

And did you know Qunioa was good for Migraines? WHO KNEW! Its high in magnesium which is awesome for us migraine sufferers! (It also has a high protein count).

A quick note on the people who have inspired me:

A woman I knew in Atlanta years ago, I’ll call her Hope, (since I don’t have her permission to use her name), was diagnosed with lymphoma when she was pregnant (2009) with her first child. When I first heard this I closed my office door and cried. This girl, Hope, was certainly one of the most stunningly beautiful women I had ever known – literally beautiful, and a kind woman, full of life – she is YOUNG. Having had recently been pregnant when I heard this my heart ached for her and her new baby. I think she even had to have treatments while the baby was in the uterus. I prayed for her everyday and kept up with her through her website on Caringbridge.com. She inspired me each day – amazingly – her attitude was positive. She had an attitude of gratitude and worked her rear end off to stay spiritually fit and close to other women.  This was evident through everything she said and thought on the bridge. The best part for me about her posting on caringbridge.com was I could read and reread everything she wrote when I was feeling sick. I was strengthened  by how strong she was. She helped me so much and she doesn’t even know it.  Hope was blessed enough to have a Team In Training in her  and her baby’s name after her baby was born. It seemed to help her as well. This lovely woman is now in remission and pregnant again. I think of her frequently and pray for her often, she is an amazing women.

 The next person I will write about is my cousin Ernie. He recently passed away from Leukemia in December. He fought all the way too – until they told him it was useless to fight anymore.  Ernie was an amazing father who had two great adult children and two beautiful granddaughters. He was happily married and an avid outdoorsman. He was kind and funny and had a beautiful love for God which helped inspire his girls. It is such a shame to have lost him. But he leaves behind a legacy of love and hope. My sister did a Team In Training Olympic Triathlon in his name in September.  I hope he felt the love from that work. A very important thing I learned when Ernie was sick was how easy it was and is to donate your bone marrow. No longer are the days when you just have to use the bone marrow out of your hip in a semi painful procedure to donate. There are other options! You can now take a certain drug to build up your marrow for one week and then donate your blood. It is JUST THAT EASY to help save a life! Contact Be the Match by clicking here to get your kit for donation today. All you have to do is swab your check four times. If you are a match to someone the National Marrow Organization will contact you for further testing. If you are  a positive match you go through the process and then possibly SAVE A LIFE. Totally worth time. I do wish my cousin didn’t have to die for me to learn this but I am glad to at least know it now.

 It is because of these people above that I have had the inspiration to attempt this Century Ride and why I am going to  raise $4,000 for blood cancer research and patient services. Now I just need a rode bike and some padded bike shorts! Here I go……………..

My body has been craving ginger recently. I have been putting it in everything, tea, meals, and smoothies. So I wondered what the medicinal benefits of ginger was  – I believe that if my body is craving something then I must really need it. Guess what? I have come across a study that was completed a few years back which says ginger can help prevent migraines! Then I found another study of  migraine suffers who  took fever few AND ginger regularly and it was found that 82 % of them had much fewer migraines! Amazing! No wonder I have had the best fall/winter season since my migraines began. I take 455mgs of fever twice a day and put ginger in everything. (please speak to your Dr before taking anything!)

So here is to a migraine free day! Eat your ginger!

Wanted to send a quick post about this most delicious treat I have found here in Charleston, Sinless RAW chocolate, you can check on their website where you can buy it – but I highly recommend it. It is actually healthy for you! It also has never even given me a hint of a migraine. So for all you chocolate lovers out there – go get some! If you aren’t in Charleston you can order it as well. Enjoy!

(PS: I have no affiliation with these people – just love the product!)

Quick, simple, easy and healthy lunch! This will last you at least three lunches. Enjoy!

1 can of organic black beans

1 can of organic corn

1 green onion chopped

1 green pepper chopped ( add a red one too for more color and Vitamin A)

handfull of grape tomatoes cut in half

1 tsp of chili powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp cumin if you want it

HOW TO: I always cook my beans in the micro or oven quickly before I use them. Just takes a second. Combine all the ingredients minus the spices. Mix the spices in a separate bowl and sprinkle on top of the beans and veggies while stirring. This dish is super yummy warm, the beans warm it up nicely. And in my opinion always better the day after the flavors have married a bit.  And of course it is always fun to chop up all your ingredients first then have your little people poor everything in the bowl for you and help you sprinkle the spices on the food.

All these foods are questionable on whether or not they are migraine friendly, so you will need to do your food testing before making this recipe if you are prone to food related migraines. Thankfully, I can eat all these foods! I think a good addition to this dish would be chopped up avocado, which my migraines make me avoid, sadly! 

QUOTE (Blessing)  FOR THE DAY :  May you, and all those you love, be so blessed and fortunate to be surrounded by people who will help you get untangled from the things that are binding you. And, may you always know the joy of giving and receiving gratitude. – Anonymous

I put this picture in becuase the chef at the resturant to the left of this photo was the one who turned me back on to black beans

I now feel super guilty that I ever let Sophia even try chicken nuggets. Never again. Little happy people like the one shown below do not need to eat this nasty stuff!