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Introduction Text I don’t want to be the “funny fat chick with the pretty face”, anymore. After losing my job that I never intended to be a career, of 17 years, I was gifted with vertigo (almost 3 years ago). Vertigo has left me homebound or at least there is a lot of consideration that goes into a simple 3 minute car ride (as I cannot drive anymore) but it also made me take stock of my real goals and what and who is important to me. Most of my findings have been very surprising and positive. It is going to be an uphill battle but I'm READY

1. Lose 100 pounds 2. Going back to a vegetarian/vegan life style 3. Recommit to healthy choices... including Quit Smoking 4. Create something EVERYDAY (a new recipe, craft, painting, essay etc.) 5. Meditate everyday

1. Sought the advice of a nutritionist and my doctor 2. vegetarian/vegan life style reboot started as follows: 60% vegetarian/vegan in October 2015 70% vegetarian/vegan in November 2015 80% vegetarian/vegan in December 2015 100% vegetarian/vegan in December 2015/January 2016 3. I stopped smoking for approx. 15 days in November and again in December. I smoked about 4 packs of cigarettes in January. Currently I am journaling my reason for each cigarette BEFORE I smoke it. This helps greatly and was one of many suggestions made in the book QUIT. It’s a process that I was successful with (for almost 4 years) and I’d very much like to QUIT again and this time, do it forever. 4. I am an artist/cook that just happened to work in the legal field for 17 years. Painting, writing and cooking are things that I control, they help me focus and bring happiness as I deal with some health constraints that leave me homebound. 5. Meditation 6. Accumulate a

My name is Lisa and I reside in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. I am an introverted, proud mother, cook, artist and all around funny person.

Dr. Sheila Kar cardiologist of Cedars Sinai Medical said that she tells her patients: “You have a choice between eating healthy and living a normal lifestyle or me giving you more poisons to counteract that poison you just had.” I do and will continue to remember this statement every time I eat!

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