Sunday, May 25, 2014

Time to Get Started

This is gonna seem crazy practically in the middle of the year, but I'm beginning MY challenge. I have spent the last year buying, trying, tasting all manner of things - vegan, organic and otherwise - calling myself "vegan". I've taken note on what broke my face out, what made me itch, what still upset my stomach - nauseous, vomit, diarrhea, etc - and I think it's time to get serious and focused about my vegan and organic lifestyle. Now, I will admit that as far as clothing, here in my city there's not much in the way of affordable, organic and MY style so I'll make due, but I have been to enough places, seen enough on the web and talked to enough people to know what direction I want to continue on.
I've cut my hair, for what I'd like to say "the last time" for a year, today was my last non-organic, non-GMO dessert (at the church dinner - it's hard to say 'no' to a church dinner) and meal at the Parents' (spaghetti is my fav) and I have a book I'm doing focused reading (Clean by Dr.Alejandro Junger www.cleanprogram.com), I now have a blog (no one is reading) to use for my "accountability". I intend to write something out, because I can't blog everyday as I don't have Internet at home so I will make a point to blog my week on the weekend. I will also be including whatever fitness challenge I would be working on that week. No one would include me in their fitness challenge because I only weigh 126 lbs at 5'3", but I could use some firming up, y'know
Some people do well challenging themselves to complete certain projects, but it's all to a specific end. None of this is to any particular END except my life. If I don't get this together and stay focused on taking better care of myself I'm risking my one transplanted kidney in a very serious way. I'm risking any good feeling I've had during this last year collecting this info, trying these foods and eating the organic I can afford; and if anyone has EVER had a morning of getting up without pain, have a clear mind/thinking and just lovin the day when they normally have pain and fogginess then they know how good it is to feel good...medication can't maintain that.
Let's begin: I weigh 126 lbs (for some, that's not heavy for me that 4 lbs of what I should NOT have been eating in the last few months), I haven't worked out consistently in months (thus the 4 lbs), my labs look pretty good because my PTH was high (I don't like that). I'm 5' 3" and 42 yrs old. I became vegan because I paid attention to the food that upset my system and ended up with a vegan diet. I've got a couple of vegan/vegetarian cookbooks, raw vegans I follow on YT and a family who supports me - they are not trying to be vegan, but they support me :-)
I love where I am in my life - maybe along the way i'll post some past things that have made me, me - and I'm very interesting in going where ever God wants me to go, how ever, when ever. So, we can have a discussion about things, or not; you can go with me, or not...lemme know :-)

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