I don't believe in fad diets, never have, never will. A lifestyle change is what works, unless you decide to change back to what you were doing...I did that, I 'fell' off the wagon hard.
Excuses? well, I suppose being told what I should or shouldn't eat from restaurants/menus/servers, strangers, family, friends and who knows what else, it's a sort of bullying I suppose... but I don't want to term it that, as bullying is already way overused today... BUT IT'S NO BODY'S business what I put in MY MOUTH... period.
I HATE TO COOK~ so much...I cooked my whole life for everyone. It was rare anyone else took on the holidays...and I guess I just got tired of it and all the clean up that goes with it. Well time to buck up and take back my life again.
It has to be simple for me as for anyone I suppose. Today's answer for weight loss is bariatric surgery... I have considered it, even though I have taken care of recipients when I was a nurse, and some died ( not on my watch fortunately). I don't believe it's the answer and I am not sure but the statistics for success lifelong are 50%!!!
That's crazy to me. So the only answer I know that works,that is healthy is a lifestyle CHANGE. yup change.
We don't like it, we don't want it, but if you want to feel good, and not be sick, it's the only way. So time to buck up and get back to work.
What I lost and what I found;
a whole foods plant based diet heals, yes heals, it doesn't treat symptoms as do medications,but it HEALS your diseases. I had arthritis, acne rosacea, asthma, intestinal problems, reflux, awful skin, obesity, diabetes, fibromyalgia ( self diagnosed with the help of my son the doctor) ALL DIET RELATED and curable... and well that's all I can remember from before...
It all went away... well I was still 50lbs overweight maybe more, 70? I don't remember.. no matter, I was obese,I lost 62lbs or so in 4 months..then you sort of level off.. and there are ways to continue to lose, but well life jumped in my way.. and dad passed away, and all those excuses flew at me...
My asthma stuck around because I am allergic to a lot of stuff, cats, horses, molds, and I live amongst it.. but I was able to cut my medication in HALF. Dairy is awful for an asthmatic.
So my arthritis is back, if I eat a bunch of dairy and red meat, get out the ibuprofen! My asthma seems ok, but NO ENERGY for sure, skin stinks, stomach messed up again.. well anyway, so I am getting sick of feeling sick... time to do something about it!!!
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