Okay so it has been a very long time since I blogged and for that I am sorry. I forgot how difficult it can be to blog when life gets soooo busy. Work and Life took over for a little while but I’m back and will do my very best not to let it happen again. I will not go into the details of the food I’ve eaten, but it has all been paleo approved. Sticking to my morning yogurt too. I’ve noticed that my evening meals are smaller and less necessary. I have had one or two nights where I didn’t feel the need to eat until later in the night when I was heading to bed. And I didn’t eat until the next morning. Apparently that was a fast and I didn’t even realize it.
The cold showers are now a part of me and I am enjoying them. The feeling of cold water waking me up in the morning is quite nice. One big thing that happened was on a day that I decided to stay home from work. Well doesn’t Mitch decide to take me on a ‘hike’ . And by hike I mean a climb down the biggest set of stairs I have ever seen. The dreaded Niagara Gorge. I have never been there and did not know what a task this was or what would become of it. We climbed down the stairs and proceeded to climb across trees, through the mud, rocks and other forestry until we came to the bottom of the gorge. As I stood there looking at the ancient whirlpool where the Niagara River flows in I was completely speechless. I had never seen this before and more importantly in the past would I even be able to make it here. Mitch asked the same question that was swirling my head like the waters…. What if you couldn’t come down here to see this? I cannot even begin to describe the moment. To the point of a tear or two. How have I let myself get to a point of self destruction that I could potentially limit my experiences. The way back was quite frustrating, especially when it came to the stairs. When I watched Mitch run up them, and I could barely get half way, it hit me how I need to be really diligent and get my body back. No offence to Mitch but he has some age on me and he’s running up these stairs like its nothing, meanwhile I get halfway and feel like I’m dying. After a few minutes of Mitch giving me a lil talk, I was able to make it up the rest of the way. The difference between this expeience and the gym: I have no choice: I can easily get of the treadmill or stairmaster or change the difficulty. With this, I have no choice, if I stop then I don’t go home and Im stuck. Quite interesting.
The last days have been very eye opening for me. There have been quite a few conversations with Mitch and I am truly understanding why I do not have any other choice but to live this way. Grains especially are quite harmful and through Mitch and readings, I am realizing how everything is connected. All my health problems, the depression, is all directly linked to the nourishment (or lack there of) that I am putting into my body. By eliminating the unnecessary foods, I am allowing my body to heal itself and in turn, my other areas will go into healing. I cannot wait to see where I will be at in 3 months or even 6 months. If after only 2 weeks I can feel the changes, what does the future bring?
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