I did really well for a couple of weeks and I was feeling better. Then I lost my job. I know, that shouldn't matter, I should have persevered. Well I didn't, boo hoo, whatever. The important part is that I'm ready to get back on track.
The one thing that I didn't fall back on was coffee (mostly because I put the coffee pot away). I have however been drinking soda like I was before which in turn made me crave all the shitty food I was eating before as well. Psychological or not? Probably not, but honestly it doesn't really matter. The fact is that when I drink Diet Coke, which is horrible for me, I crave more foods that are horrible for me. That's pretty much a no brainer, don't drink the fuckin' Diet Coke. Done. I haven't had any today and I'm perfectly content to stay that way.
Juicer!
I'm going to go buy a juicer today. I'm watching Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead again as I type this just to gear me up a little. This film is by far my favorite and the one that really made me want to change. I'm not going to go all nuts and go on a juice fast or anything, but I am going to make myself juice every day and go back to eating good food. Fuck the processed shit. Once I started eating shit again, I started feeling like shit again. I suppose you are what you eat, right? Just like the Diet Coke, no brainer, right?
It drives me crazy and pisses me off. I know full well that I should eat good food, stay away from processed shit. I mean who doesn't? Everybody knows that, but then we go through the drive thru. For fuck's sake, why?! I did it, all the damn time. I know it makes me feel like shit, it doesn't even taste all that great.
I've got a busy day and won't be getting the juicer until this evening, so I'll probably do it the first time tomorrow morning. I'll let you know how it goes.
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Mall Watch
I had to go to the mall on Thursday. As I walked around I was looking at everyone. Really looked. Yeah, I'm a creeper, what can I say? There are so many people who are unhealthy. I know I'm starting to sound like a nut, but it was sad. About half of them were walking around eating even more junk. Pretzels with "cheese", coffee with all kinds of syrups and who knows what in it, many had cookies since a new cookie place opened up there. You can't make someone change their life, you can't force feed someone health food. Or can you? We've been force fed fast food, convenience foods, junk, sugar through TV ads, magazine ads, etc. There's no point in hoping they would change and start telling the truth now.
I've been watching TV today and once you start paying attention it's amazing how many ads there are saying how "healthy" some things are. They at least imply it. Egg Beaters are "made from eggs only better". Fortified milk. Juice with added vitamins. What the hell is wrong with a real egg, or fresh juice, or plain old milk? The only way to get food in it's natural state any more is to seek out Whole Foods Co-ops or Farmer's Markets. Society makes it difficult to eat right, and fucking expensive.
Now I realize, I could grow my own food and that would be considerably less expensive. Grow veggies in the summer, grow my own herbs and shit. There's one serious problem with this. I can't grow fucking mold! I've tried having plants and even a garden. I simply don't have time for that shit and I suck at it. I'm very good at a lot of things, trust me. Growing things is not one of them. I guess I'm stuck trying to find it where I can. It'll be better in the summer with the Farmer's Market up and running, but up here in the frozen tundra we're sadly limited on our growing season.
So if anyone has any bright ideas, I'm all for hearing them. I really don't mind terribly paying a little more to have good healthy food without all the chemicals and added shit. It's worth it to me. If however there's an alternative, I'm all for hearing it.
I've been watching TV today and once you start paying attention it's amazing how many ads there are saying how "healthy" some things are. They at least imply it. Egg Beaters are "made from eggs only better". Fortified milk. Juice with added vitamins. What the hell is wrong with a real egg, or fresh juice, or plain old milk? The only way to get food in it's natural state any more is to seek out Whole Foods Co-ops or Farmer's Markets. Society makes it difficult to eat right, and fucking expensive.
Now I realize, I could grow my own food and that would be considerably less expensive. Grow veggies in the summer, grow my own herbs and shit. There's one serious problem with this. I can't grow fucking mold! I've tried having plants and even a garden. I simply don't have time for that shit and I suck at it. I'm very good at a lot of things, trust me. Growing things is not one of them. I guess I'm stuck trying to find it where I can. It'll be better in the summer with the Farmer's Market up and running, but up here in the frozen tundra we're sadly limited on our growing season.
So if anyone has any bright ideas, I'm all for hearing them. I really don't mind terribly paying a little more to have good healthy food without all the chemicals and added shit. It's worth it to me. If however there's an alternative, I'm all for hearing it.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Changing What Goes Into My Mind
Today is day 4 of my voyage. Some of the things I've noticed right away is that I'm more alert, my leg hasn't been bothering me quite as much the last couple of days, and my posture has improved for some reason. Psychological? Maybe....probably. Do I give a shit? Absolutely not. The headaches only lasted two days, so that's good. My head felt better yesterday and today so far so good. Considering I would go through at least a 6 pack of soda and 3 or 4 giant cups of coffee a day, I was consuming approximately 600mg of caffeine on a good day. There were many days it was more. Now add on the fact that the soda has aspartame and all sorts of other crazy chemicals and who-the-hell-knows-what-else. At this point in time, I don't even want soda, junk food, fast food, or any of the things I ate before. It could certainly be the fact that it's the beginning and it's easy to be determined in the beginning. I'm glad for it and hope it lasts, but the thought of eating any of that shit isn't the least bit attractive to me.
Another probable reason for my new attitude towards what I shove in my mouth is that I've been watching a lot of documentaries. They're interesting to me and I've learned a lot. It's something that keeps me on track and gives me motivation. That's what this blog is for as well. I tend to forget things, especially things that are good for me. Keeping a log of the changes will keep me on track. When I was a teenager one of my teachers told us a quote from whom I don't remember, but it was, "You are who you are by what goes into your mind, you change who you are by changing what goes into your mind". I'm paraphrasing a tad I'm sure. Have I mentioned my shitty memory? You get the gist though. The documentaries shovel the right things into my mind, to help change my thinking. When I think about eating something shitty for me, I really think about what it tastes like, what I feel like after I eat it and suddenly don't want it anymore. I was addicted to eating it, it wasn't really what I wanted to eat, it was what I was craving. How many times have you said that? "I'm craving a McDouble," or "I'm craving chocolate."
Now for a little story. When I was 17 I was working in a warehouse and I slipped a disc in my lower back. I couldn't move, it was horrible. I'm 41 now so 17 was quite a long time ago. So of course my workman's comp sent me to the doctor, not the chiropractor. I was out for 6 or 8 weeks and on the couch flat on my back for the vast majority of that time. The doctor of course pumped me full of muscle relaxers and pain meds the whole time. The second time I slipped the same damn disc I lived in the middle of nowhere and had to fight to go to the chiropractor. Finally they conceded. My chiropractor was awesome. I needed help to get down the hall to the examining room and walked out on my own accord. Something she said always stuck with me. "Your body is a self-repairing machine. All you have to do is treat it the way it's supposed to be treated and it will heal itself." Well shit! What the fuck are we taking all these drugs for then? I started learning more about natural medicine and my hatred of modern medicine began. Then life happened and I got lazy. The knowledge was there, but I had small children and a husband who all ate the shit we always ate and I fell right back into the stupid shit I always did. The knowledge remained as did the hatred of modern medicine. Break a bone or get sliced open then fine, go get repaired. Beyond that, they're worthless. They treat symptoms, not disease. YOUR BODY WILL HEAL ITSELF! All I have to do is fuel it the right way. The machine isn't going to run on sludge.
I'll end today on a somewhat gross note so if you're queasy, you can stop reading now. I have switched the Diet Coke with water which means I am drinking a ton of it. I am pissing like nobody's business. So here's the kinda gross part. Before when I took my morning piss it was dark, I mean like almost translucent brown and stunk! Now, even my morning piss is near clear and has little to no smell. Ready for more gross? I used to have digestive issues. They're not normal yet really, but they're better. My wife (yes wife, get over it), used to tease me that I shit like an old man. You know that smell, the nasty, "Oh my god what the fuck did you eat?!" smell. It was also rarely solid. This morning I took the most normal shit I've taken in a very long time, and it didn't stink! Weird. Cool, but weird.
With that, I wish you a good day.
Kristy
Another probable reason for my new attitude towards what I shove in my mouth is that I've been watching a lot of documentaries. They're interesting to me and I've learned a lot. It's something that keeps me on track and gives me motivation. That's what this blog is for as well. I tend to forget things, especially things that are good for me. Keeping a log of the changes will keep me on track. When I was a teenager one of my teachers told us a quote from whom I don't remember, but it was, "You are who you are by what goes into your mind, you change who you are by changing what goes into your mind". I'm paraphrasing a tad I'm sure. Have I mentioned my shitty memory? You get the gist though. The documentaries shovel the right things into my mind, to help change my thinking. When I think about eating something shitty for me, I really think about what it tastes like, what I feel like after I eat it and suddenly don't want it anymore. I was addicted to eating it, it wasn't really what I wanted to eat, it was what I was craving. How many times have you said that? "I'm craving a McDouble," or "I'm craving chocolate."
Now for a little story. When I was 17 I was working in a warehouse and I slipped a disc in my lower back. I couldn't move, it was horrible. I'm 41 now so 17 was quite a long time ago. So of course my workman's comp sent me to the doctor, not the chiropractor. I was out for 6 or 8 weeks and on the couch flat on my back for the vast majority of that time. The doctor of course pumped me full of muscle relaxers and pain meds the whole time. The second time I slipped the same damn disc I lived in the middle of nowhere and had to fight to go to the chiropractor. Finally they conceded. My chiropractor was awesome. I needed help to get down the hall to the examining room and walked out on my own accord. Something she said always stuck with me. "Your body is a self-repairing machine. All you have to do is treat it the way it's supposed to be treated and it will heal itself." Well shit! What the fuck are we taking all these drugs for then? I started learning more about natural medicine and my hatred of modern medicine began. Then life happened and I got lazy. The knowledge was there, but I had small children and a husband who all ate the shit we always ate and I fell right back into the stupid shit I always did. The knowledge remained as did the hatred of modern medicine. Break a bone or get sliced open then fine, go get repaired. Beyond that, they're worthless. They treat symptoms, not disease. YOUR BODY WILL HEAL ITSELF! All I have to do is fuel it the right way. The machine isn't going to run on sludge.
I'll end today on a somewhat gross note so if you're queasy, you can stop reading now. I have switched the Diet Coke with water which means I am drinking a ton of it. I am pissing like nobody's business. So here's the kinda gross part. Before when I took my morning piss it was dark, I mean like almost translucent brown and stunk! Now, even my morning piss is near clear and has little to no smell. Ready for more gross? I used to have digestive issues. They're not normal yet really, but they're better. My wife (yes wife, get over it), used to tease me that I shit like an old man. You know that smell, the nasty, "Oh my god what the fuck did you eat?!" smell. It was also rarely solid. This morning I took the most normal shit I've taken in a very long time, and it didn't stink! Weird. Cool, but weird.
With that, I wish you a good day.
Kristy
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