Hi buddies. It's been close to 8 months since my last update! Insanity. There hasn't been any major changes in my life outside of the fact that I am now eating a heavily plant based diet. I was going to therapy for food related issues until January and made some pretty significant changes and discovery's while I was there. I believe wholeheartedly that where I am today is a result of those small realizations. There were no major breakthroughs no dramatic plot twists in my life.
I can't say 100% what pushed me over the edge to just jump in and give up meat and dairy. It was just a ton of small things. It's been almost 2 months and I've lost close to 20 pounds already. I will say I lost 15 lbs in 2 weeks, so it's been frustrating to see immediate loss than barely making that scale budge. I've also started to go to the gym (3x this week! WHAT) brought on by not losing weight of course. I should be happy with that loss and just leave it, but then I wouldn't be me now would I?
I know there are still areas of my diet that could be improved. I probably still have too much white flour, salt, oil and a plethora of other things I've read will kill me, but ugh one day at a time, am I right?
I was weighing myself every morning for a good week before I remembered why I avoided weighing myself for the majority of my adult life. I could cry a bucket of tears over those stupid numbers. The stress induced anxiety from not losing 5 pounds a day cannot be healthy. Those number define who we are and whether we are worthy of so much. I just couldn't do it. I know numbers are great to use to show progress like "Hey JT, yeah man I lost 45 pounds!" "Woah! 45 pounds! That's a small child" Or maybe a big child? I have no idea what children weigh. There are other ways too. Like how you fit in your clothes! Except for the fact that none of my clothes have really fit in the last 3 years anyways, I've just stretched them out enough to a fake it until ya make it, kind of thing. I'm sure I'll hop on that stupid scale once again in the future but for a while I need a break.
You know what the scale doesn't show? Cleaner arteries and cleaner/lighter looking insides with a reduced chance of heart attack and/or diabetes! So take that scale! I should go the doctor and see if my blood test shows improvement. Seems like a waste of a doctor visit though.
Anyways! This is just a quick little catch-up for now. I hope to be back to blogging more on the regular in the future, but I make no promises. I still kind of suck at maintaining this.
Till then- peace & chia seeds homes.
