Some people get their wake up call. Some people miss theirs. I have really been trying to figure life out over the past year. Things have progressively gotten better in our household and I am thankful to God for that. I spent most days living. I wish I could say I was in denial, but the truth is I knew I had a problem for a long time. I have wrote about my battle of the bulge several times. I am a mother of 4 children and my body shows it. After gaining weight with ever pregnancy, it became harder and harder to lose it. So I became comfortable in my skin for a little while. Then I began to have health problems. High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, Beginning stages of diabetes. It made me mad and sad all together, but I didn't really care. I didn't change anything. Once for a few weeks I went to a personal trainer and was exhausted everyday, but it was a good tired. During those few weeks I tried to eat better but was discouraged by the number on the scale.....when I should have been proud of the number of inches I had lost. Either way I gave up, I wasn't taking my medications and I didn't care.
Well a few weeks ago I had scheduled doctors appointment. While they were doing my vitals the nurse gave me and ear full about my blood pressure saying that I was at risk for a stroke with it being so high and that the doctor would not be happy with me. Well to make a long story short, I never saw the doctor that day and I haven't been back to the doctor's since that day. That was over a month ago. That day was a wake up call for me though. I started taking my medication. I tried eat things that were better for me. A friend had shared with me that celery lowers your cholesterol and so I added that into my diet. Little things that could help without trying to rearrange everyone else around me. It didn't take me long to figure out that I needed to do something else. I decided to give up fast food. I shared in my last blog that this was something I had done and now here is it 30 days later and I feel alot better. I also refuse to get on the scale. I don't want that number to discourage me. I find my clothes all fit pretty much the same so I don't think I have lost any weight. I am not going ot let that discourage me though because I know that what I am doing is good for me. I know there are still others areas to work on. I know my eating schedule could use some tweeking. I know my sleep pattern could use some help too.
My husband keeps asking "So you are never going ot eat fast food again?" Right now I can't answer that. My goal, would be to not eat out at all. Just for the simple fact that we would save so much money. I can say after 30 days with only eating out a handful of times verses the almost daily drivethru we use to do I feel a tremendous amount of pride. I also see it as helping my kids because they aren't eating it either. The sodium alone is insane! The nutritionist once told me that she wanted me to have no more than 1000 grams a day. One meal at a fast food place could kill my daily intake. It is a choice, and I had to make it for me before I could make it for my family. Although my husband has been very supportive. I know it is hard for him. He loves to see me happy and my happiness was in food. Big Meals, piled high plates, but I would like to think I am developing a new me. I am hoping a healthier, better me. I have not treated my Body as that of God's Temple so I am truly trying to do better by God.
19 "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body," (1 Cor. 6:19-20).
So as I work towards these goals, I am feeling another calling on my life. But that is for another day.
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