when you make one change, other changes come along that require your attention and if you are true to your goal you will step up to the plate and make those as well. In doing so you will find your whole world and attitude changing to come in line with the new you.
In this quest to lose weight and be healthy and strong again in my life I have had to deal with other things and put myself out there do some learning. I believe the more you know about where you are going the more control you have in the informed choices you make.
For Instance..on food..It was on this video on youtube that I learned that many other grains had gluten in them not just the ones I thought I was safe with. So I decided to take care of my gluten issues by going not just going gluten free, but grain free instead. I also have gallbladder issues and that took a few other foods out of my diet, like onions and beef, found that out at lunch the other day. Also chocolate irritates your gallbladder as well. Better to not eat them than to have another gallbladder attack.
You see the picture is becoming much clearer. When I was eating all kinds of crap, i felt crappy most of the time, for which i attributed to many things and never realized the individual food choices I was making were making me sick. Now that I have removed some of the culprits I can see much better what is happening to my body when I eat.
Then I have been learning about other foods I can put in their place that are healthier choices, like coconut oil. I use it now and my food doesn’t even taste oily like it does with other oils. Something in the change in diet has improved my skin as well.
Working out has improved my body in many ways, I am getting stronger, I feel better about myself, I am losing weight and inches, I walk better, I get up better, many of my aches and pains have gone away, it feels good.
I also enjoy the challenge in the gym of pushing myself to do better. I enjoy learning about how to make an exercise program for myself that keeps my body burning fat and building muscle. And I know how intimately connected what I eat, how I feel and working out truly are.
It wasn’t always like this, I ate whatever I wanted for a long time, enjoying food and not being aware of what it was truly doing to me. I read and saw some things along the way, but thought really, food isn’t making me sick, what are they talking about. I gained weight, became obese, and went on that way for a long time. Just figuring it was part of life to get older and feel worse. After all isn’t that what so many people do.
Then I made a choice to change, eliminate foods, get moving, and I feel younger than I have in quite a few years. I now know what all those foods , stress and being sedentary have done to me. I can see and feel the difference and I have to tell you it is truly amazing! For a long time I paid it no attention, I guess I wasn’t ready to believe that it could change me so much. After all if I believed, it meant I would have so many things to change, so many things to give up so many new things to start doing, and i wasn’t ready to give up that delicious fat food yet. Nor was I ready to face the change.
And food, lots of food, big food, bad food has become such a pervasive part of our lives and our culture, it meant I was up for a big challenge.One I wasn’t sure I wanted, not just yet. The problem with putting off major life changing choices in your life like that is that you can always find an excuse not to. We become very efficient at that. The key is to just choose to change, then the changes themselves will motivate you to keep going. It will open up new worlds to you that will inspire you to forge on ahead.
So the hardest part of the journey is getting your ass on the right road!
Now that I am on the road to that change I am finding myself happy with my changes and becoming part of a new culture.One in where I am choosing healthy food that supports my body and my health. Looking to shop and support local farmers where I know I can get good food, not commercially processed vegetables and meats. I am becoming part of a smaller but growing group of people who tend to their health thru their diet and make choices that support that new attitude. Check out FOOD FIGHT on netflix, to see more about buying food from local farmers and how its better for you and our world.’
And I have to tell you it feels good, it has given me more than just weight loss and strength and health, it has given me knowledge and courage and a happiness I haven’t felt in a long long time. It feels good way down on the inside as I feel the new me, a stronger happier truer me emerging. I am peeling away the layers of the old me a bit at a time and molding and changing myself into a more fantastic me!
I haven’t decided what I will do when I get there, but I think I would like to help other people find their way to a better them.
