February 5, 2018

So I have decided that I will start to write in here about how I am changing my life.  Last week I went to the doctors and got told some scary news for me.  She told me that my weight was too much (which I knew) and that my blood work was not good.  I had known that I had some issues because I go to her regularly for my Thyroid and for pre-diabetes and she had told me that my cholesterol was high a few visits before.  This visit though she told me that my Triglycerides were EXTREMELY high and that she thinks that I am starting with pancreatitis based on the blood work and a trip to the ER I had a few weeks before.  She is a very nice doctor who is very thorough.  She asked me to really look at my food and lifestyle and try to bring as much plant-based whole foods into it.

After learning more about both the health issues and the food choices I decided I don’t want to go through the pain and future issues my life choices were taking me.  So now I am trying to eat a healthier way.  I went food shopping the next day and then spent the day prepping the food for the week ahead.  It was actually fun to put on music and just be left alone in the kitchen to wash veggies and cut up them up for the week.  It felt good to look in my fridge and see healthy snack all ready to just take out and eat not need to do anything.  As my week continued I have had some struggles, but I decided that I wasn’t just going to throw out all the food I had just because it wasn’t healthy (It was still money that had been spent).  I decided that we were going to eat it like we normally would, but start to incorporate the health food in.  Next time I go grocery shopping I just won’t buy them.  This way I don’t feel like I have wasted money by throwing out the food and it makes it so that as a family we move slowly into a healthier lifestyle.

I have to say that I generally am beginning to feel better.  It has been almost a week and today I actually have more energy then I have had and I am more alert.

Here is to seeing what the future holds.  I hope that they are positive things.