Ok what?!! Just to clarify things I would like to share that yes, I am overweight. In fact I am very overweight. However, my views on dieting are just that. I DON'T DIET. I found out that the more I dieted, the more I yo-yoed and after I quit "dieting" I would gain it all back and then some. So I vowed to never diet again. I have a major severe mental block about dieting because of my past struggles surrounding food and body image. I realized that I needed a more healthy way to approach this problem.
Recently I decided I was sick of not being able to move well. Not being able to be very active, and a lack of general ability to stretch and also keep up my stamina. Around the same time I realized that what I was eating, was not the best of foods. Please keep in mind I am not a hard core fast food eater, I am simply talking about pesticides, perservatives, processed foods, red meats, and things of this matter. Things that you think may be healthy, but really are not. This started with sugar. In particular "fake sugar". Things like sweet and low, equal, aspartame, high fructose corn syrupe, and splenda. I understand that many people would bulk at the "splenda" in there. But to be frank, splenda is altered and changed by humans. Splenda is not of this earth. Nor did God make it like this for us to eat. We made it. Simple as that. I believed that 5 years down the road we will probably change our minds and say, "Splenda is not healthy for you after all - Millions get cancer because of splenda". Or some weird medical condition will be linked to splenda, "the healthy alternative".
So my first choice was to go back to the Earth. I started with sugar. I returned to cane sugar (real sugar). I also adopted honey, and agave nectar. All of which are delicious, and real. God made all of these things. Although the sugar has to be harvested to make granuales. It is still real. Sugar in the raw is even better, but more expensive. Please keep in mind this is my own opinion. Then I moved on to meat. I really don't even like meat. I find that I make it, and then choke it down. I enjoy fish, and dark meat chicken. I really don't care for beef or pork. So, I decided to cut down on what my body was telling me not to eat. Not because some doctor on T.V. told me it was bad for me, but because my BODY told me it didn't want much of that stuff. So I try to stick with chicken, and small portions of red meat and pork. I really try to avoid them. On top of the sugar and meat, when I do have money, I now try to by organic things. I don't always. But thats the whole point. I don't HAVE TO. But I WANT TO! I can't always afford the more expensive bananas, but I try to. I try to by the organic carrots, but I don't have to. I am not breaking any rules if I can't afford it, or don't get it that particular time.
A few months after that I decided I wanted to be more active. I wanted to have a goal to work towards. I kept saying I would move, and kept putting it off. So I thought to myself, "I'll make a goal.". When I thought about how I should make my goal. I thought about the complete opposite of what I wanted to accomplish. The first thing that came to me was Thanksgiving day! I can tell you each and every one of my family members eat far too much. It came to me that instead of sitting around munching on food, while our feast is being made, I could instead, "Walk to feed the hungry". So I began my journey. I started to walk, climb bleachers, and ride the bike around town with my husband. I feel better, I feel like I can move better. I enjoy feeling the adrenalin rush. The problem is I have trouble with the diligence and discipline. That is something I have to work on.
I knew that my body was going to have a hard time. So I first went to the doctor and talked to her about my exercised induced asthma that I was diagnosed with when I was a teenager. She gave me tips and an inhaler to use prior to working out. That helps me a tremendous amount. It opens up my airway, and it doesn't take forever to recover like it used to. I can actually walk, and talk. It's nice!
Right now I am working on getting the right pair of shoes for my feet. I know that I am going to run up against pain and injuries and things of this sort on my feet, calves, and knees. So I want to give myself a head start. The shoes I have are either bad, or better, but not great. The shoes I want are expensive, but also Great! They are Solomon Trail-Runners. What I like about them the most is that they keep my ankles from rolling outward, because they are made to stabilize your feet for uneven surfaces. Even though I am walking on even surface, I need support like that!
My story was supposed to tell you about how this person offered me a sucker, but said she didn't want to be a bad influence on me. I thought to myself why would you be a bad influence on me? It hit me that because she thought I was "watching my weight", which I am so not watching anything, I just want to feel better, and it's even more funny that she didn't even know any of this about me. So she thought that eating a sucker in my "condition" would be bad, very very bad.
No I'm not watching my weight, I am just fat!
P.S. Please support my cause Run To Feed The Hungry
I think that's a very healthy outlook! Love you*
ReplyDeleteI think so too.
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