Wow!
It’s been 3 months since my last blog post! My weekly weigh-in this
morning deemed today a FABULOUS day to update everyone on my progress. 257 days
ago I began nutritional cleansing. We weren’t even sure what we were getting
ourselves into. But now we know we are into something GOOD. I reached my goal
and have said a permanent farewell to 75 pounds!
Of
course I absolutely love being at my healthiest and the fact that I am now
wearing clothes smaller than when I was married 12 years ago. But hands down,
the most important victory is that eating healthy is our new normal. The best
part is our four young children’s long term health has been positively
impacted.
So
for those of you who don’t know me as well as others, I LOVE food and I LOVE to
eat. It took a few months for healthy eating to become my family’s new normal. Since
then, I’ve been enjoying our new lifestyle, and I am still getting results. It
is a tremendous blessing to continue to enjoy food with it no longer being more
important to me than it should be. I also no longer struggle with portion
control or daily cravings for sweets. The shakes that I once saw as something I
HAD to do to lose weight, I now see as a vital part of my nutrition. I am
grateful to have them as part of my day and look forward to them. They are
delicious and I value them because they give my body ALL of the 90 essential
nutrients it needs but doesn’t produce on its own. I confidently boast that
this shake is the best nutrition on the planet, and it stands head and
shoulders above all the rest. It has been eye opening to hear stories from
people whose health has dramatically improved with nutritional cleansing. God
gave us AMAZING bodies that are able to heal and protect themselves when we
take the best care of them.
Nutritional
cleansing is not about weight loss but about getting poisons out of our bodies
and then filling them with super nutrition. Losing visceral fat (the most
dangerous kind!) is just a marvelous BONUS!!! So for me, it started as a weight
loss journey but is now all about health and nutrition. I love that I am free
to eat what I want and that I still can treat myself occasionally. But I truly
desire to give myself food that will help me to feel and look my best.
At
the end of September, Jason and I went to the movies to see The War Room.
Afterwards we had a late dinner out at Chilis. I remember telling Jason that I
had absolutely NO desire to order pop. I also said that if the NEW me told the
OLD me that one day I would be out at a restaurant and not even want pop, then
the OLD me would have warned me and said, “NO!! Don’t do it!! You know how much
you love pop!! Who cares that it’s not good for you!!” Sorry OLD me, the NEW me
is here to stay!
Now
that I’ve met my goal, I’ve set a new goal. I’m completely thrilled and happy
with weighing 159.8 pounds. However I took a look at the chart that came with
my digital scale. According to my height, (5 ft 7), I am still considered
overweight. So my new goal is to get down to 153 pounds. I also want to be more
consistent with exercise. My main exercise since March has been using the
treadmill. I do a fat burning treadmill workout up to 3 times a week. The key
word is “up to.” I want to be more consistent in not skipping out on one of the
three days.
I
will leave you with some photo updates. I finally took some new pictures!
