Dipping My Toes Into the Health Universe

HEALTH NUTS

THEY ARE EVERYWHERE.

YOU cannot get on any social media venue and not see them.

Everywhere you turn they are posting about how many steps they have taken, the calories they burned today, their inspiring Transformation Tuesday photos, I throughly enjoy all of these posts.

The FOOD ones are the ones that get me.

Many post their snacks, breakfast, lunch, dinner, midnight snacks, and their photos are beautiful. Not only are the photos stunning but I concur with them I bet you do feel awesome when you are eating these foods.

But If I am going to be honest there are many times I do not even recognize the food they are eating.

Anyone else feel this way? Zooming in on your phone trying to figure out exactly what it is they are eating? Come on, I know you are on your couch eating potato chips and looking at those pics. I know, because I have done it.

All those yummy hashtags you are putting on your food is not going to convince me that your plate of food filled with multi-colored veggies tastes as satisfying as a greasy, cheese filled burger with an ice cold coke on the side.

Nothing. 

Except something was going to make me change. And it was what my brother says is the most powerful motivator . . . . pain.

MY JOURNEY

In the middle of the summer, my health took a turn for the worse. Nothing horrendous, nothing life altering, but a wake up call about how taking care of my health was going to have to become a priority. Rather I wanted it to or not.

Many months before this happened I had dreams where I would see my insides, my organs, veins, blood flow and I wondered what the dreams could mean. It was an invitation to better my health. It was a warning signal that trouble was ahead. Why don’t I listen when the Lord tries to let me know what is coming? Why didn’t I accept his invitation and start making changes for my health. I wasn’t doing any thing drastic but working too many hours and too many obligations in my personal life.

Slow down,

SLOW DOWN

TAKE A BREATH was what I needed to do.

After seeing three health care professionals, I decided to listen to all their advice and think about it, ponder it, research it and begin my own journey into health.

Since I was in bed for about 22 hours a day for seven weeks. SEVEN WEEKS. Do you know what that does to your mind? Another post will have to cover all the thoughts that go through your head when you have so much time to think.

Instead, I read blogs, recipes, researched, and read nutritional books. Lots of books and books and then I would shop online for more books to read.

I tracked what I ate, I tried Whole30. Only lasted Whole11 but it made me realize what, sugar, dairy and wheat do to my body. But more than that I realized how much I eat without thinking about what it is.

Snacking on things I think are healthy and then realizing the amount of sugar that’s in them. Also packaged food is not the best for you. I thought if I was eating heathy crackers it was better for me but, after all my research I realized I need to eat raw food. Or one ingredient food. God made food.

A BEST FRIEND LOSS

The sad thing about making a life change, is the friends you lose.

I gave up one of my best friends of all time. This friend has been with me for many birthdays, Christmases, Thanksgivings, celebrations, heartbreaks, and every day in and out.

My friend was Coca-Cola.

Yep, I have not had a Coca-Cola, for over two months. Never. I mean never have I gone this long without it. It is horrible, I know. But we are going from where I am.

All of this to say. I will begin sharing on my blog about my health journey.

Am I qualified? No.

Do I know it all? No.

Do I still go get Mcdonalds breakfast sometimes? Yes.

Therefore, I am calling myself a Health SEED, not a Health NUT.

Because I am only at the beginning of the beginning of my health journey. 🙂

And yet I want to include you and encourage you.

You can do it. I drank Coke everyday for probably 20 years or more. And tried to quit so many times. And yet I finally did. Never really thought I could. But I did. And you can too. Whatever your best friend is rather it be cookies, chips, pasta, bread, just take it one day at a time, one decision at a time.

If you want join me on my health journey follow me on here and on my Instagram @JMFERREE as I’ll be posting more about my HEALTHY SEED journey and tips that can help you.

Here are some topics I want to cover.

Small changes I made.

How losing weight and getting healthy is so much more of a mental game than anything.

The numbers on the scale can’t be the only motivation even though they are so tempting.

And the recipes I have actually tried, and liked.

How Essential Oils have helped me on my health journey.

Eating more raw foods.

 

Hope this post encouraged you. And no need to worry I won’t start posting food you don’t recognize.  Keepin it super simple, at least to start with. 🙂