Is there anybody reading?
Well - I've been on Youtube and other places people vlog or blog and we're all trying to motivate each other to eat healthy, eat this not that, follow a doctor or a radical and get healthier.
Me too.
Why I'm doing this now?
This is my journey at the top of 56 trips around the sun and my body is changing in ways that frankly piss me off. I am 5'3" and from age 19 to mid 40's - kept a fairly slim 125 to 135 weight. I have eaten better and better every decade - following some of the best advice around. Less bad carbs, more good carbs. I've tried vegetarian and vegan and enjoy them but not enough to go for broke. I love keeping fit and have had to modify how I do that from a few injuries. I'm not a soda drinker nor a big sweets fan but I do have a few weaknesses I will talk about later. Despite my best efforts, for the last 5 years I have seen my weight go up, my LDL cholesterol go up, my D3 go down and most recently - I am now pre Diabetic.
I have been following several prominent experts in nutrition and particularly - former doctors who now stand on the platform that statins are a risk and good health can be had by eating good food, probably some supplements, exercise (of course) and management of stress levels (good luck - life isn't getting less stressful). My own doctor had little to say on the "how do I lose weight?" subject - just "eat less fat" - and "go on this statin".
The new program:
I feel a bit like a stranger to my own body and I feel bad. I wanted to change this because feeling bad and getting a new strategy are not going to work.
I have a new doctor and I like her. She knows a lot about nutrition.
I have a functional nutritionist and I think I like her. More on this later.
I have opened my mind to trying things I haven't done well at before (taking pills) but this has to change or the rest of my life will suck!
Follow or don't follow but if you're like me - probably documenting where you have been can be enlightening so here we go.
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