Saturday, July 14, 2012

Lifetime of Changing Needed

So in the past 6 weeks I have been trying to unlearn habits that I have grown accustomed to.  Now my parents did try to instill some healthy habits in my life; eating only until satisfied, eating a full range of food and to be somewhat active.  Honestly these habits went down the tube when we became caregivers to my grandmother.  As we have not been caregivers for over 10 years we still have what is called "Caregiver Syndrome."  Basically it is when a person still does not care for him or herself because they are in a habit of caring for someone else.  I would not trade the opportunity for caring for my grandmother but I really don't know how to take care of myself, health-wise.   This is where meeting and marrying Chris has been so good foe me because he reminds me when I need to stop and take care of myself.  I somehow got in the habit of cleaning my plate; I think because I didn't want the food to go to waste.  Learning to eat until I am satisfied, drinking more water and making healthier decisions in what I put in my mouth are things we are trying to practice.  I know I am told not to deprive myself of any food but I have not yet learned self control.  You know only having a couple of potato chips and not hand fulls; 5 M&Ms and not the full bag (even the individual size is too much to eat).  We are trying to eat organic foods; hoping to incorporate organic meats into this too.  As I am doing research on healthy eating it really scares me with the things that are being added to meats, fruits and veggies.  These things cause a lot health problems and could be the cause of a lot of intestinal problems. Here are just a couple of articles I have read recently:

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/05/29/genetically-modified-crops-insects-emerged.aspx 



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/12/chicken-bladder-infection-superbug-uti_n_1668255.html


Here is a company in Charlotte, NC that sells the organic meat; on their site they include the benefits:

http://www.salemhillsfarm.com/healthbenefits.html


So our family has extended our training sessions and we are going from 2 times a week to 3 times a week.  I have still not shown any progress according to the scale but am still noticing a difference.  I look forward to the scale showing a difference; mainly because I need weight off in order for my knee to heal.  I am told I still need to be patient and now that I am going to go 3 times a week and am figuring out things I can do at home; I should be making more progress.  I am hoping to buy a cork board sometime soon to post my goals and some pics of me in High School.  Of course my overall goal is to be healthier than I was in High School. 

I also plan to start writing letters to corporations voicing the need for Plus size workout gear in their stores.  I hope my one voice can change many corporations.  I wish I have a talent in fashion design then I can send some ideas.  I have to work with what I have and that is a passion to get healthier and help others get healthier.   Seeing those who are overweight and obese starting to make a step forward to getting healthy is such a great sight!

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