Kris posted a very inspirational video to my facebook page this morning and I really want to share it. Unfortunately I don't know how, so I am sharing the link. Inspirational Transformation Video And it really is inspirational. I was touched by it and it gave me hope that yes, I can do it. In class today I tried to give it a little extra push. I didn't want to go so much that I fell down, because getting up for me is a huge challenge and I am not quite ready for that yet, but I did push to balance without holding onto the ledge a little bit, and I found that I can balance for a few seconds. I was thrilled!! Improvement already. And I don't even care whether the improvement is in my actual muscle tone and balance or if it is an improvement in my feelings of fear. It is still an improvement.
My goal for this week is to do the two yoga sessions with Kris and two yoga sessions at home.
The other thing I wanted to mention today was about eating. Over the course of my life I have tried many different eating plans. When I went vegan, I became very anemic and my doctor told me I need meat. So I went back to meat. I also found out I am allergic to soy, so I went back to dairy. It is true that every individual is different and what is good for one person's body may not be good for another. Over time I have discovered I do better without wheat. It's not the gluten that seems to bother me, its specifically wheat. If I stay away from wheat, the water retention is less and my knees hurt less and so I am able to move more. I still have some once in a while, but I save it as a treat. The other thing I need to save for a treat is anything with sugar in it. Being insulin resistant, eating low glycemic foods keeps me from crossing over that thin line to diabetes. So when I am being good and on the ball, I tend to eat low glycemic foods with a few medium glycemic foods, and the occasional "treat" that is higher in sugar content. I stay away from anything with wheat in it, I drink lots and lots of water, and I eat whole foods, not convenience foods or processed foods. I find many processed foods have wheat, sugar, and salt in them, none of which do my body much good. Recently we began getting fruits and vegetables (and breads for my son and husband) through the Bountiful Baskets co-op. This came into being when we were looking for ways to cut back our grocery bill. We are blessed with Jesse, our 16 year old son, who has a voracious appetite and who does not gain weight no matter what we do to him. (If only that was contagious). So we need to let him eat but the cost of food is outrageous anymore. I want to start my own garden but unfortunately the last few summers I have not been healthy enough to get out and tend it, so what we have tried to start never reached fruition. Bountiful Baskets was recommended to us by Kevin's business partner and close friend. For 15 dollars a month, a contributor to the co-op receives 50% fruits and 50% vegetables, all good quality and valued at approximately 50 dollars. For an additional $10 we can make our basket an organic one. Then they have addons-- not always organice, but some of them are-- Its an amazing deal. We love it. It is a volunteer organization and is quite popular in many states. The link is Bountiful Baskets. I will add it to my recommended links on the side bar as well. With this help we have gone from sometimes organic fruits and veggies when I can get them to almost always organic. We also purchase our meat from a local farmer that we know for sure allows the animals to graze in wide open fields, who isn't certified organic, but does his best to use the bare minimum required antibiotics etc. and no growth hormones. It is the best meat as far as taste and fat content that we have every had. It is worth it to go looking for someone such as this from which to get your meat.
Anyway, when we started with Bountiful Baskets, the organic produce really put our bodies into a detox mode. Over Christmas we had a few weeks where we did not get the baskets and the difference at that time was incredible. Where I had become regular and my body was definitely removing a lot of garbage from my system, over the holidays and until we could get our baskets again my irritable bowel started acting up, and other health issues which were lessening increased again. I never would have believed that the one switch to organic produce would do that much for a body, but it did. Here is a tip I heard somewhere... if you can only afford some organic, choose to foods that do not have peels to buy as organic. Oranges and bananas can be washed and peeled and that alone can reduce a lot of the toxins that you find in non-organic varieties. Things like lettuce and tomatoes, apples, pears, etc. are harder to remove the toxins from. it made sense to me. :)
So there we have it. Be inspired to make some changes. I am every day. And the more I can find to inspire me to keep making the changes, the more successful this journey is going to be.
Namaste
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