Saturday, March 7, 2015

Well This Is New

Next week (as in, day after tomorrow) I am going to be starting something totally new for me. It probably doesn't seem like a big deal to most people but for me it feels really huge and it will be a total change for my life.

I am going on a diet.

LOL.

Okay there is more to it than that. I have dieted before. Sometimes with luck (lost 25 pounds in like 2 months one time) but most of the time with very little luck (gained it all back just as quick). But this time it is not really about losing weight. Well...okay,  at least not ALL about losing weight. Any of you that follow my blog or know me personally know how many health issues I have, so I am not going to go into them yet again; but they pretty much inform most of my life. I am tired of that. I am tired of feeling like crap all the time. There is no way I can totally change that, but I am ready to do as much as I can to help control it.

Since I was diagnosed with IC back in college (lets not talk about how many years ago that was) I have known that what I eat plays a huge role in how I feel and I did cut certain things out of my diet to that end, but honestly I have never really taken it very seriously. For instance, I gave up caffeine back then, but now I drink several diet Dr. peppers a day. Not sure when I decided it was okay to start again, just did. Since I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, on the other hand, (about 8 years ago now)  I have gained 60 pounds! Now...to be honest I have also grown older, had 2 surgeries and faced several other challenges BUT I think the Fibro has had A LOT to do with my weight. So...for the first time I am approaching it from that stand point.

My doctor wants me to cut processed foods out of my diet.

Hahahahha.

If you know me you will understand how funny that is. Processed foods ARE my diet. I live off of microwavable, or boxed dinners. I rarely cook unless someone is coming over and I am pretty sure there are only 2 vegetables - corn and green beans (both from cans right?)....okay the vegetable bit has gotten better over the past several years but...you get the picture.

This is going to be a HUGE change for me. I have spent HOURS (no exaggeration) on Pinterest and the Internet reading about eating 'clean' and looking up foods I can make that don't look disgusting to me and trying to figure out how to buy enough fruits and veggies to last but not too  much that they won't go bad before I can eat them by myself.


I found an organic green tea that gives you energy and has just enough caffeine in it to keep me from getting headaches (I already tried it) so I am sitting here savoring my last Diet Dr. Pepper for a while. I am all in. I am officially starting on Monday b/c I cannot shop until Sunday. Part of me wants to go nuts between now and then and eat every bad thing for me I can think of but I am not even doing that. I have actually started somewhat this week by choosing a large bag of raw veggies as my snack food and increasing my water intake. I feel ready to do this.

I am blogging about this for the world to see so that maybe I will be embarrassed to give up after 2 days. Hopefully that will help :) I am not doing this with a weight loss number goal in sight. I hope to lose weight, don't get me wrong. I am not doing this because I think it will cure me, I hope to feel better, don't get me wrong again. I am simply ready to see if I can be more pro-active in feeling better and being more healthy. I am trying to live more simply this year, so here is to simple, clean eating!




Wish me luck!

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