- Eating
- Exercise
- Relationships
- Scripture Reading
- Prayer
- My relationship with the Savior
I'm biting off alot, but the first step is recognition (sounds like a 12 step program). I can only go up from here. Change comes slowly but I'm hoping the final result will be worth it.
I felt a need to make public my desire for change in my life in order to help me do it.
I will be working on these simultaneously but the first thing I must focus on is my health. The state of my physical health contributes greatly to my mental and spiritual health. I have suffered with various health problems especially in the last 10 years. The truth is, I am the one that has the power to halt these problems by changing my diet and exercise.
5 weeks ago I cut out all red meat, limited dairy to only cultured milk products, and severely limited my wheat intake. My new diet is soy and other grain based with lots of fruits and vegetables in their natural state. This was a drastic change for me. But I knew I couldn't keep doing the same thing and get a different result.
5 weeks later, I have lost 13 pounds, less hot flashes, my stomach and GI problems all went away. Now mind you, this was not without a lot of study and effort. Its hard changing the basic way you eat!! It still is! Especially when your husband eats completely opposite! I am amazed at how quickly I felt better and daily symptoms that troubled me were gone!
My diet is in line with the Word of Wisdom. I am following guidelines from the book " Eat For Your Type" by Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo. I started with much skepticism. Wheat and Dairy were the basis of my diet! How could I give it up?!
Foods I now love:
- Soy milk
- Multi grain homemade bread (no wheat). Thanks Lucy for the recipe.
- Green smoothies
- Juicing fruits and vegetables
- Dried fruits and nuts
People that know I have changed my diet are now giving me recipes and suggestions! I love it!!
5 comments:
Mom, you are my inspiration! I can't imagine living with dad and trying to eat healthy lol! Just goes to show that age does not matter, and it is never too late to make changes and live the life you want. I already thought you were perfect, now you are just making the rest of us look bad by improving even more!
Way to go Miriam. Not easy to change eating habits or any habits.
I agree with Kim:-) you are an inspiration Miriam, and same goes with Chad he would always tell me he'll try and quit drinking coke but he's addicted to it ;( so bad, this week i took on the challenge of going on a detox (Tayce's blog) so far so good.. not an easy task but deep down inside i know i can do this! anyway keep up the good work! :-)
You are the best! I agree with Kim; you are the most amazing person already and I just feel like an even bigger slob! I am going to try the blood type diet again because I know I will feel better and it will force me to eat the foods I know I should be! Thanks again for pumping me up!
Hey Miriam, you give me hope and encouragement to get my life back into some kind of order. What does David eat now ? I find feeding, John the hardest when I'm eating only what I know is good for me. Also, just a note on diet coke, congrats on that by the way it's the best thing you can do for yourself. When I was trying to loose weight, control my eating better, someone said that I needed to get off DC and so I finally tried it and I didn't change anything else because I was already dieting or as I like to call it "watching my diet". It wasn't till I gave up DC that I noticed the increase in my weight loss.
Thanks for reminding me of that, and yes I need to do it cold turkey, I kid myself that I cut back and that only last a few days, it's so addictive to me at least. Thanks again, love Anne
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