The time I focus on being healthy...Lifestyle drags me down, such as driving to work in the dark, coming home in the dark....
I've been feeling soooo rundown lately. I've started taking 5000 iu of vitamin D3 daily and giving myself injections of B12.
For my body, the more food(healthy food) that I eat the better my body works and feels. In fact for me, I lose weight when I eat regularly rather than skipping meals or eating something sub-par on the nutrient scale.
I'm a snacker. It's really bad in fact. Sometimes when I come home from work, I just don't feel like cooking...so I grab easy food to snack on. Very bad! But if I plan better then this doesn't happen.
So maybe you want to feel better but don't even know where to start. Many folks will say what you should be cutting out of eating but if you're like me and hate feeling restricted, then don't do that!
I say start small.
1. Green Smoothies-Throw in any kinds of greens, fruits, nuts anything that might taste good or be healthy such as chia seeds, pumpkin seeds or protein powder.
I use my Nutri-bullet, but any blender will do.
2. Eggs- My favorite protein! I like them boiled, omeletted, once over, poached...anyway they are full of nutrients!
3. Nuts-this one is hard for me to do, I know how healthy nuts are but they bother my teeth...except for cashews. I try to keep some cashews at my desk to kill my snack craving.
4. B-vitamins and D3-ok so you don't have to go crazy like I do. No injections needed, but try to get a healthy dose of D and B in a liquid supplement.
But the best way is to eat vitamin rich foods,
Oily fish-salmon, herring, cod all have lots of D in them, fortified milk and mushrooms also have good amounts of D and B vitamins.
My relationship to food has changed over the years, I used to eat to feel good emotionally. Now I have tried to eat to feel good physically. It's a very strange thing. I used to struggle so much with body image, worrying about losing weight, looking good in a bathing suit. I've learned that feeling good, looking good only comes from a place deep inside.
I beat myself up for so many years, hating my own flaws and trying to change my appearance. I've starved myself, worked out till I was in pain, tried juice fasts, makers cleanse, vegan, atkins, Jenny Craig, low-carb,no-carb, spanx...just to try to get my body to a place I found acceptable.
Well folks, I have never found that "acceptable" place. This year I've learned a lot such as I am the only one who can love myself. That once I learn to love myself, all that other stuff just doesn't matter. That it is more important to be healthy than it is to look like a supermodel.
That we all will get old, wrinkly, smelly then we die so really who cares!
I watch my little Beatrix and I just hope that no matter what she looks like as she grows she will never think that her worth as a person comes from her appearance. I hope that she can have a good relationship to food and her body.
Even though it has taken me almost thirty-four years to get to this point, I'm glad to say that I am so excited to be on this inner journey of discovery, health and hopefully a better overall life experience.
Happy almost New Year!!
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