Happy Saturday my Fabulous Friends

I had posted in March a excellent video of Stacey Fokas from Freshalicious teaching us how to Eat and Shop local. I wanted to also add Stacey's website link on how to Kickstart Your Local Lifestyle. Stacey has a big part of my learning about what to eat locally from the ground. She totally opened up my eyes on the subject and enligtened me so much I featured Stacey in my new book Fabulous, Fit & Fantastic Living, Get To Your Natural State of Weight. Chapter 8 is dedicated to all the great knowledge of Stacey Fokas, Freshalicious.

Here is the link to find out how to kickstart your local lifestyle. A definite must read. http://freshalicious.ca/kickstart-your-local-lifestyle

Also here is the list from her site of the foods at are in Season for April & May

APRIL • apples • beets • onions • cabbage • carrots • turnips • tomatoes • cucumbers • lettuce • mushrooms • parsnips • rhubarb • rutabaga • sprouts • sweet potatoes • peppers •

MAY • asparagus • carrots • turnips • onions • apples • spinach • cucumbers • lettuce • mushrooms • peppers • radishes • rhubarb • sprouts • sweet potatoes • tomatoes

I encourage you to find out where you locat market is and suppor them by shopping local.
Your body will thank you for it!

Luv Wendy

It's Official! It's finally here!

The new book, Fabulous, Fit & Fantastic Living, "Get to Your Natural State of Weight" is now available for your reading pleasure. If you want to learn how to feel more vibrant and alive, how eating an alkaline pH balanced lifestyle will help you fight off sickness and disease, or just want some delicious new pH recipes it is here for YOU.

Go to www.wendyladd.com - Under Products you will see cards and books. Click books, chose hardover or ebook and you check out and you are on your way to a healthier lifestyle

This book shares my journey about how I discovered, alkaline, pH eating, and it teaches you that through simple easy steps you can tweak the foods you eat for optimum health. Learn the best times to eat them and the proper balance, to keep you in a pH alkaline state. I share how I fought and won my battle with cancer through alkaline living. If I can help just one person from sickness and disease this book has been worth it.

Please share it with your friends, and enjoy the journey of healthier, pH alkaline living I am grateful for all of you for your constant inspiration and support

Luv Wendy

Spring is finally here and we can shed those layers of unwanted clothing so we can feel lighter, more alive and carefree. It's amazing how Spring naturally reconnects us with the earth and encourages us to live a healthier lifestyle. This month's video is about How to Eat and Shop Local. My featured guest is Stacey Fokas from Freshalicous. Stacey has been a great mentor in teaching me how to eat what is in season and how to connect with your local Farmer's market. Chapter 8 in my new book, Fabulous, Fit & Fantastic Living, "Get to Your Natural State of Wegiht" was Co-Authored by Stacey. You can find the list of what fruits & vegetables are in season on page 39. There is no healtheir way to eat than from the ground and you will find most of your Alkaline, pH balancing fruits & veggies at your local market.

Enjoy!

Luv Wendy

Today is International Women's Day so be sure to say thank you and celebrate the Women in your life who inspire you and make a difference. I think we should do this every day just not on this day.

Be sure not to be one of those women who sees another womans success, and feels the need to talk about them behind their back and say bad things about them to hurt their future. Be the woman who saltues other women, holds the flag for them when they cross the winners line, and who claps and applauds them for being great, for being daring enough to go out and live their dreams.

I applaud ALL women for being FABULOUS!

Luv Wendy

For all of you ladies out there and for all of you men with women in your life, please share this blog, and link. It's not too late to get tested.

As a cervical cancer survivor I know how important it is, and I am grateful that I was tested in time to still be alive. This is not to be taken lightly.

Thank you to National Cervical Cancer Coalition for their post and for their photo. Credit goes to them for both. I am grateful to be able to share their information for awareness. http://hpv-cervical-cancer-talk.com/january-is-cervical-cancer-awareness-month/

Luv Wendy

Happy New Year everyone!

As this year opens up a new door of opportunity may you step through it with strength, courage, inspiration, joy, patience, integrity, humbleness, and faith. Give yourself the gifts of grace, self love, encouragement, acceptance, and allow yourself to be the best YOU that you can be, and shine like a star. Allow yourself to flourish because you can and because you want to, not because you have to and others think you should. Be authentic and honest with yourself. Look at yourself each morning and tell yourself you are worthy; you have purpose, you are Fabulous, and give yourself a great big hug. You were created for a purpose, and you make a difference.

May 2014 bring you all that you wish and hope for, and remember to take everything that happens as a lesson as it all will happen for a reason. Make this YOUR year!

Luv Wendy

Make sure you eat your fruit & veggies for a pH balanced body.

If you are feeling a bit tired and achy today it could be because your pH level is out of balance from eating all the fatty, salty, sugary foods from the holidays. Up your intake on your fruits & veggies and alkaline foods. It's amazing how living in a pH balance state will eliminate aches and pains, and help you feel more vibrant and alive. Nothing better than eating an alkaline diet to detox your body and feel energetic.

We will be offering in the new year pH balanced alkaline recipes, videos, and tips to stay pH balanced. You can sign up if you are interested for the newsleter www.wendyladd.com

Enjoy your day

Luv Wendy

Merry Christmas

I just wanted to take a moment to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas. May this holiday be filled with joy, peace and love.

Thank you to all of you who are on this journey with us. We are grateful

If this photo I am using needs to be credited to anyone please let me know. It did not show any copyright
thank you

Luv Wendy

INSTANT GRATIFICATION - MOOD ELEVATING HEMP BALLS.
(photo credit to Superfoods Eateries)

So if you are not so sure what to bring to the company party for desert or just need a boost in the afternoon, try these :

Instant Gratification - Mood elevating Hemp Balls

They are a little chewy, a little nutty, a lot delicious. Instant Gratification can be yours with a delicious mood-elevating hemp balls. A perfect afternoon energy boost of medjool dates, cashews and hemp seeds.

INGREDIENTS.

8 Pitted medjool dates
1 heaping tablespoon of crushed raw cashews
1 heaping tablespoon hulled hemp seeds
1 heaping teaspoon coconut oil
You can add a couple drops of vanilla for extra flavour

FOR THE OUTSIDE DECORATION

1-2 tablespoons hemp seeds for rolling

DIRECTIONS

Blend all the above ingredients in a home blender, or a food processor, depends on what you own. Blend until all the mixture is starting to stick together.

All you do is now shape the mixture into 1 inch balls or whatever size you wish. 1 inch is best for bit size nibbles.

These hemp balls will be chewy and nice and soft if you eat them right away.

Super delish!!!

Recipes make about 6-8 balls.

BENEFITS OF HEMP SEEDS.

Hemp "seeds" are actually a fruit. They are round and tiny and have a a bit of a nutty flavour. They kind of taste like a pine nut with a more mild flavour.

Hemp seeds are a fabulous vegan source of easily digested protein. Hemp seeds contain all of the 10 essential amino acids and also are a healthy anti-inflammatory.

Hemp seeds are plant-based phytonutrients and rich in disease fighting nutrients.
An awesome alkaline food to help get you pH balanced.

Try sprinkling hemp seeds over a salad, as a topping on granola, puddings or other desserts. They can also be added to smoothies to give it a more nuttier flavour.

You can buy hemp sees at any natural foods store or if you prefer not to make the hemp balls, you can find them at Superfoods Eateries in Toronto, my health store of choice

Enjoy!

Luv Wendy

It was 1 year ago today that the poem There Comes A Time was launched. I want to say thank you to each and every one of you that was a part of this video and also to all the people who came to the event and continue to support this journey. So many wonderful things have come from this poem/video and the card has travelled all around the world. It just warms my heart when people from India, New Zealand, U.K. order this card and I know it is sitting on the fireplaces and bedside tables of people I have never met. My heart is full. A big thank you to the CCAA and Ellen Campbell for hosting my event. I am blessed.

Luv Wendy