Since radically changing what I eat and my food choices since January 4, I have seen some interesting RE-actions to what I choose to eat. My fervent hope is that what I am choosing, and the changes that are manifesting in my body and mind make people think about what they are choosing to eat.
Initially, it was seen as a “diet”… you know – one of those things you do for a period and then return to eating like “normal people”. In truth, that was an option. But after 30 days, the changes in how I look and how I feel, as well as how I think; the sheer undeniable changes in being and how my body and mind function, demonstrated to me clearly the benefits of adopting a clean, organic nutritional lifestyle coupled with regularly short exercise sessions.
“It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear!” ~Anthony de Mello
Someone I love dearly after watching me drink one of my “green” smoothies asked me if what I was choosing to do was sustainable in the long term. I pointed to my skin which has a clarity and a glow I have not seen in YEARS as well as the complete lack of muddiness and rosacea that I have been plagued with the last 6 years, and pointed out that noone can argue with the RESULTS.
I am my own experiment. Since January 4 I have seen the following:
- Dramatic weight loss; not JUST pounds and water, but sculpting.
- I have a defined and visible waist ( and I thought and was told by others I should JUST accept what was happening because it was inevitable. Well – that was wrong!!)
- I have the beginnings of abs!!! Visible.
- My skin is clear and lacks botching and spots and marring
- My hair behaves
- My joints don’t fail me unexpectedly as I walk or race up and down stairs ( as they did for 6 years!!!)
- I developed a limp which is entirely and utterly gone.
- I race excitedly into my each and every day.
- My mental focus is acute and has a clarity I have not experienced in years.
- I look and present as a “young” person.
“Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It’s completely impossible. 2- It’s possible, but it’s not worth doing. 3- I said it was a good idea all along.” ~ Arthur C Clarke.
I am eating clean, organic and where possible, locally grown food. I am supplementing my diet with magnesium and zinc, daily. I am drinking heaps of water and have eliminated anything processed, boxed, packaged and looking unlike what it would in the wild.
In short, I feel fantastic. I sleep well. I wake refreshed. I bounce with energy.
“There are always two choices. Two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it’s easy.” ~ ANON
I did not choose and continue NOT to choose the easy path, but look at the rewards. I am HAPPY!!!! I am helthy and on my way to improved life and living.
I started with 30 Day Elimination Diet which I obtained for free as a download. To be honest, the first 4 days I felt like I was dying as I gave up sugar, coffee, sodas, and anything packaged and processed, and began in earnest to exercise. But within a week I bounced back and my entire life has changed.