I feel you, sister, I feel you. I am now working full time about an hour from home. So with the temperature drops, the work and life getting in the way--it is even harder to run, work out or stay moving.
I have dropped a pound, but I know it is my muscle mass...this saddens me as all the fat is still jiggling about! Dang! I understand how hard it is to stay moving and keep health a priority. I get it. I always have. I have fought the great fight against fat but today I am just coming to terms with the reality of my new status. I love the job, don't get me wrong, it's a fun challenge. It is just what I have needed to burn my energy. Plus my kids need me, I am teaching at an alternative high school, teaching art. I don't want to be a "debby-downer" but I really hate not having enough time in the day to get stuff done that I want to--it's not that I am tired, but I just feel "done," You know, when you get home and you just want your jammies on? I feel that more often than not, but I know I have to keep fighting the fight. This past month I want you to know that I completed a 21 day sugar fast. I was happy that I was able to accomplish this feat. I can tell you that ideas of sugar treats buzzed through my head all month long. I mean, the serious mental cravings that just about made me crazy! I mean sugar, ice cream, pies, cakes ( I had my kids drawing ornate-Harry-Potter-ornate-cakes!), cookies, you name it I thought about it. After the 21 days was up I wanted a cinnamon bun. So on my way home I bought one. I am here to tell you that I thew up....three times. I can tell you that cinnamon buns DO NOT come up easily. It was a hard, chunk of gunk. Way to sweet, way to gross. In that 21 days my body had changed significantly. I have a low tolerance for those processed fake sweets. Yes, I still love and want ice creams but I will watch it! I found some English cookies with a hard cookie on the outside and a chocolate cream in the center. Nice, not to sweet, but sweet enough. Look for sweets not made in this country--and you may like them a bit better as they won't be so sickly sweet as treats are made in this country; sweets that are saturated with 4 or more sugars, like high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, dextrose, malt syrup, invert sugar, fructose, maltose, glucose solids, sucrose, cane sugar, maltodextrin, Dextran, Barley Malt, Beet sugar, cane juice crystals, cane juice solids, corn syrup solids, brown sugar, date sugar, Diatase, Diatase malt, fruit juice, fruit juice concentrate, dehydrated fruit juice, fruit juice crystals, golden syrup, Turbinado, sorghum syrup, refiner's syrup, Ethyl maltol, maple syrup, and/or Yellow sugar. Here is some GOOD NEWS: healthy sugars----Stevia---a natural plant that is super sweet but does not affect the blood sugars in those with diabetes or who are fighting diabetes. BUT you must get it in a low processed form, not highly processed (which will be white). A great form will be green (but is should be without any added dyes. PLUS something cool--Stevia has no glycemic impact! It can be grown in your garden! Pluck it off the plan and use it fresh! Raw honey-- is our third sweetener. I like this one. As raw honey has several great properties including antibacterial, antibiotic and antimicrobial properties. Many use raw honey on topical scrapes or cuts to help fight infection. Choose your honey wisely, as There is nothing beneficial about processed honey! Molasses--its a great source of iron and calcium, but I think it taste like nasty--kaka--icky--blech! Artichoke Syrup--never even heard of it before writing to all you lovely ladies! But it's low glycemic and exceptionally sweet. I am told this one is great for those with candida concious diets, and diabetic aware diets. some research shows that this sweetener may improve gastrointestinal health and calcium absorption. With all sweeteners, USE IN MODERATION! Any overuse of sweeteners can overwhelm the liver and get turned in bad fat! ICK! TAKE CARE OF YOUR LIVER! Comments are closed.
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M. Leaym-FernandezHey, I am a wife, a mom, a teacher, a wellness activist, and connecting all my parts together--I am an artist! I worry about what women are doing to themselves. Gaining weight, not having balance in life, letting the stress destroy our bodies. This blog is going to be full of stories, ideas, and whatevers that I find to help women not end up like the women in the movie "walli" fat, unable to move, unable to work, unable to live. I want to share my struggles, my story. Archives
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