A friend and I have made a long term commitment to eat a healthy diet, monitor our carbs, and slowly “release” the excess weight. We don’t want to “lose” it. Subliminally speaking, when you “lose” something, you are always looking for it, wanting it back. Not so in this case!
Now that Dr. Gabhart has my hormones in balance, it’s a doable thing. I have found from personal experience if your hormones are out of balance, the pounds won’t come off. It’s s a slow process, but the victory is so sweet. The following Chinese proverb pretty much sums it up:
“Be not afraid of changing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.”
My friend shared this wonderful analogy with me. Maybe it will be helpful to some of you:
“I am down another 2 pounds . . .and that alone, dear woman, prevents me from a frozen margarita drunken binge!!!” (Can you tell I am always talking about my Friday night margarita? Incidentally, I find I can still indulge in this one weekly toxin adventure, as long as I don’t consume the entire restaurant along with it.)
She continues: “I am on the path of weight loss. This morning makes 12 pounds . . . my next tiny goal is 5 lbs from where I am. I do the mental thing like this . . . think of it like hiking. It is uphill. It is a trail. I have a backpack. Every so often I sit down for a couple of minutes. Those are my tiny goals. Next I have my larger goals, and that is where I open up my tent and rest overnight. Then I do the small goals again where I just sit a couple of minutes and so on . . .
It helps me to break it down for the whole goal which is to reach the destination point where I will have a permanent cabin, with resort accommodations. My goal is to live there!!!! At least at my first plateau, I can pitch my tent for a while and rest!!!!”
One meal at a time, one day at a time, and darn if the scale doesn’t eventually change. It takes courage to step on the scale every morning and write that number on the calendar. BUT, what sweet joy when you get to write down a number that’s a little lower than the day or week before.
It is a S-L-O-W process, but oh, how your body will love you for the extra care and attention you are giving it. . .
Your heart thanks you…it doesn’t have to pump as hard to get blood circulated to all those extra pounds!
Your lungs thank you…oh, how much easier it is to breathe!
Your hormones thank you…oh, to get back in balance again feels so good!
Your joints, legs, veins, and feet thank you…the load to carry is so much lighter!
An eye opening experience for me during this ride has been the incredible carb overload facing us each day, no matter where we turn. Stay tuned in tomorrow when I share some of those experiences! : )
Eating carbs increases your metabolism 4%. Eating protein raises your metabolism 40%. Hmmm. Which do I eat? Yes, Protein. brianpeskin.com has such wonderful, Scientific information on the body’s workings; just what it really needs to grow, repair….be. Science, not opinion. Easy reading, but lots of it. One of the best books one could read to really understand the needs of our structures is: The Textbook of Medical Physiology. Well, ya don’t have to read it if you visit Brian’s website. He has read it and reads about 600 journal articles weekly. He is passionate about telling the truth, the Science of our bodies and has been researching research for 20+ years.
Darlene, interesting info. I am currently listening to Dr. Joel Fuhrman’s audiobooks. There is so much information out there – and conflicting information. No wonder we the public are confused as to what is the right thing to do. Rosie