Introducing La Santé Café

  Enchanté fellow readers! I hope your day is going splendidly this morning. I would like to welcome you to the very first post La Santé Café has ever seen and introduce you to my blog.

 It is January 28th, 2015 and I find myself in the middle of a, so far, rather successful juice fast. Throughout the last month and a half I have been learning how to listen to my body and give it what it needs instead of just what it wants. Turns out, when you do this, your body is a lot happier and treats you better in return.

 I've spent most of my teen years and now into my early twenties dealing with obesity and being overweight. Trying many times to do something about it, but to no avail. Until one day I decided that what I needed to do was not lose weight.. but become a healthy person. And so my goals changed, I no longer wanted to eat anything I desired so long as I could burn it all off on the treadmill later. Instead I wanted to give my body the things it needed to begin healing itself from years of mistreatment at my hand.

 I've learned that losing weight is about more than just losing weight. It's about being kind to yourself, loving yourself and believing in yourself before you ever even begin. These things are essential, I assure you, to living a healthy lifestyle.

  For me juice fasting is only the beginning. My plans are to reach a healthy BMI ( Body Mass Index ) and once I'm there begin introducing food back into my system one thing at a time. But not the kind of food I used to eat. Live foods instead, or at least mostly live food. Like fresh veggies and fruits, nuts, seeds, lean meat and homemade bread. Yes, I said homemade and not whole grain. ;)

 I am no dietitian or nutrition specialist, I only plan to share with you what I have learned so far and how it has worked for me. I promise to be honest and straight forward and only tell you about products and dishes that I would use myself. And I promise to write for as long as you promise to read.

 Thank you for your time and stay tuned for regular developments on my journey. As well as recipes galore, posted two to three times a weeks. :)



                                                                                                                                                                                          Yours Truly,
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Chels



** If you are a little confused about what a juice fast is, check out my page above that explains a little more.**

** If you would like to measure your own BMI search for a BMI calculator online and type in your age, height and weight to find out if yours is a healthy one.**