Today is the day we begin our journey. We are two third-year law students and a retired bookkeeper, ranging in age from 40 to (almost) 58. The three of us have decided to follow the Whole30 plan (you can find it here: http://whole9life.com/). It's not about weight loss, though hopefully that will be a side effect. It's about better health through better nutrition, and becoming attuned to your body's ques after eating certain foods.
Because losing weight is not the primary objective, we won't be posting numbers and agonizing over them. But I did get on the scale this morning so that I will have a comparison at the end. It's not pretty. I am within 7 pounds of my highest weight as an adult, which is approximately what I weighed when I gave birth to my first child. I have struggled all of my life with extra weight and typical health issues surrounding extra weight abound in my family. I know now that the problem has been the industrialization of our food supply and that the key to health is eating whole, real foods rather than processed, chemical non-food. I need to correct hypertension, avoid diabetes , balance my hormones, and remain cancer-free. I'd rather do it with delicious food than with prescription medicines.
Let's do this!
No comments:
Post a Comment