So, I decided it was time to get healthier after gaining 30 pounds in 2008 quitting smoking and getting married which I have NOT been able to get off through diet and exercise I have begun the HCG diet.
So far not so bad except last night I wiped myself out by taking a sauna BEFORE I had dinner. I will NEVER do that again. Other than that, 500 calories per day are painless. Food choices are ample and comfortable to prepare as I steamed almost all of my food anyway. I haven't killed my husband or tried to eat my coworkers. All I need is to remove this 30 pounds which won't go away. I don't need to look like I'm 21 anymore, I am 35 and enjoy a few of my hard earned curves, however, my weight was no longer healthy, my cholesterol was not at a healthy level, and my usually naturally low blood pressure had turned to 'normal' and occasionally elevated.
I am only 5'4" and tipped the scales at 178 pounds at my heaviest. I was a little worried about my current medications, but it turns out the HCG does not interact with any, and hopefully, the weight loss will get me off one or two of them.
I have begun doing yoga on Netflix and had already been walking on a daily basis. After noticing a correlation (which the doctors never believed) between trips to the ER for GI distress and my exercise rituals, so I am starting from scratch.
I had been trained since fourth grade to ignore those subtle and not so subtle signals while pushing through the pain, so my head does not realize I am an average woman no longer an athlete, nor does it tell me when I push too hard. Due to that fact, my internal organs were getting beat up by the intense strain of my workout activities, bursting, stretching, inflammation all leading to trips to the ER and in a few cases hospital stays. Now, I walk, not fast but sometimes far, walk, preferably barefoot or when required in my Vibram five fingers, the way God made us to, naturally. On the treadmill, I read the bible and walk. The NIV version reading plan is like a juicy novella to me. I'm not super churchy, but I do have a lot of faith.
I decided to read the bible, ALL OF IT, to obtain my understanding and it is exciting stuff. I wouldn't have expected me to be so fascinated by these things. And now to my point, if you got bored and were about to click to another blog. HERE IS THE POINT, THE IMPORTANT POINT, WHY YOU SHOULD CONTINUE READING RIGHT HERE. PLEASE!!!!
Age is a fantastic teacher. We become humble, pray we don't become hardened, learn to choose and use our words as tools and weapons rather than the mouth diarrhea of our youth. Love harder, hate less or at least hide it better. And at a certain age begin learning how to accept the inevitable loss of older and sometimes younger friends and family. I will fight the aging process to stay healthy and enjoy a more productive aging process and hopefully more robust 'golden years' but the rest of IT (aging that is) I am joyfully leaning into for all it's worth. This is what life is about, living your life and becoming more and more yourself as you grow into yourself and age. I used to be afraid of getting old and now that I am out of my 20s, slowly but surely I love this new version of me, smarter, better looking (in my mind), a better person, a caring person and definitely NOT who I thought I would grow up to be which in my case is a good thing. Love yourselves. Love those who love you. As my Father spoke these words of wisdom to me years ago, I now speak them to you.
"What does a tree do? Grow.
What happens when a tree stops growing? It dies.
What are trees? Living things.
What are we? Living things.
How do we grow? Through learning.
What happens when we stop learning? We begin to die.
So what are you going to do? Never stop learning."
- Arthur Lorenzo Carnegie
Here he is having an intriguing conversation.
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