Accountability

So since I started this blog 1 1/2 yr ago, I lost nearly 20 lbs. I put back on 10. Then I lost some more. Then I gained some more. Very frustrating! Basically for the past year, my life has been a little hectic, and I have gotten away from the strict nutrition I was following that had led me to such success. I also didn't make exercise such a priority.
So here I am again, deciding to hold myself accountable to my blog. Maybe someday I'll even have a few readers! Who knows. But one thing I've learned in this insane past year is; no matter how stressed and distracted you may be with life's curveballs, never neglect your own health. Ever. Stress can do some pretty off the wall things if you don't do anything about it. I have gotten pretty sick in the past 6 months or so, and I chalk that up to stress. Never did I consider that exercise might help to ease the tension. Well, now I am learning that. I am starting to train for a 5k, running/walking every day, and strength training 2-3 days a week. I must be dedicated, because I'm pretty sure I've got the flu, and yet, there I was, at the gym this morning. First song on my playlist? "My Body" by Young the Giant. When the words, "My body tells me no, but I won't stop, cause I want more", played in my ears, I literally laughed out loud, I ached so bad, but I'm not letting anything stop me now. I have too much at stake.
I have recently entered the world of raw/whole foods. I watched a documentary a few months ago called "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead". It moved me so much that I went and bought a juicer the next day. I have been dabbling with all kinds of fresh juices/raw foods, and the more I learn, I realize how little I have really known about nutrition. What, may you ask, is my reason for doing this? 2 main reasons: 1st, weight loss. 2nd, to fight cancer.
That's right, cancer.

I may not have anything, or I may have something. All I know is, when a nurse is yelling at me on the phone that if I don't get taken care of the cells that were found, and get further testing and biopsies, I would have cancer. Really? Nice phone skills, lady. One of the risks of having this more serious biopsy is increasing chances of miscarriages/infertility. So that's scary. On the other side, if I have the biopsy done and something is found, I would have to more than likely have to have a hysterectomy, and not be able to have kids at all. So I say, to heck with them all, I'm doing what I can to fix myself first. And Raw nutrition is the number one way to go. Thomas Edison stated, “The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.” ...Smart man.

So from now on, I will be doing what I can to get better, look better, feel better. I will be posting recipes, tips, results, information, and whatever else I can to share my ever expanding knowledge.

My tip for the day: Don't constantly subject yourself to a stressful situation. If you can remove the unnecessary and unwelcome stress and unhappiness, by all means, do it. Do it to save your life. Stress can be as toxic as a disease. It's time to detox. :)