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Over the last few years my life has seemed so out of control. I went through a divorce, got remarried, found my faith, lost way too many loved ones, lost and mostly gained a ton of weight, quit smoking, bought a house...oh my goodness, it's just really crazy. Somewhere in all of that I feel like I lost myself...the real me. Looking back I realize that I have tried so hard to change myself for other people, just a little here and a little there, but eventually almost all of me is gone. No more! I need to get back to who I really am, and that starts today. One example is my health and how I eat. For so many years I was a vegetarian and a vegan, I was healthy worked out and ate right. Then I met my husband. Don't get me wrong, it's not his fault, it's mine, but I changed who I was to suit him. I started eating meat because he did and I I wanted to be able to share food experiences together, I stopped going to the gym because he is not exactly a gym goer and I didn't want to spend time apart from him, I even started smoking because he was a smoker. But that is not me. I am going back to eating a healthy plant-based diet because that is what works for me. We both quit smoking, thank goodness, and we have decided to start getting out in nature more. He doesn't like gyms, but he is an outdoorsman. I have decided that I need to take control of my health once and for all. I won't be logging calories too often on here because honestly, when eating a whole foods plant-based diet it isn't really neccesary, but in the beginning and every now an then I might, just to see where I am at. I am also only going to weigh in like once a month. Here is to a great new year! God Bless.
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Am fat free vegan baby. Come back. You know it works. Am skinny and fit and well. What worked before will work again. Please read my bio. I love not eating animals and not contributing to pain and suffering. Hang in there. Dianne
02 Jan 16 by member: DianneGardner
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Marriage can be destiny. I married a fit man who is an avid gym goer and runner and now vegan. Might live to see 80s now. Now I can walk 10 miles any day, always wear a size 4 and look much younger than my vast age of 68. :). Just completed half marathon on 12-20-15. We know it works. Recommit.
02 Jan 16 by member: DianneGardner
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I live on potatoes, greens, air popped popcorn, salads, etc. No joint pain.cholesterol is 150 without meds. I follow President Bill Clinton's diet. Check out Drs Esselstyn and McDougall on you tube. Esselstyn is Bill's doctor. It was an epiphany for me when I read Dr. Esselstyn's book Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease. I will never wind up on a Cath table or find myself on a heart lung machine getting a 4 way bypass...not that most people on this site would ever think outside Dr Atkins discredited killer food plan....but just in case someone wanted to take a walk on the wild side, try listening to an Esselstyn or McDougall you tube lecture. Veganism is the wave of the future.
02 Jan 16 by member: DianneGardner
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Dianne, I agree! I actually have read a lot of Esselstyn's stuff, and I saw a lecture by McDougall, very smart men. I also read the entire China Study by T. Collin Campbell years ago which is what prompted me to go Vegan in the first place. I was Vegan for about 3 years and A Vegetarian for a couple before that. I just fell off the wagon for the last two years and now I am paying for it! Good for you that you have such a healthy lifestyle now! You look great! I am back at it for sure. Went vegan about three weeks ago, and plan on staying this time :) Thanks for the encouragement.
02 Jan 16 by member: michaelsgirl515
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Welcome back Grrlll! I agree with you that you need to reclaim yourself, as it seems like your lifestyle has morphed into your husbands (look at your login name!). I'm vegan now, too, and the moment that I switched to it I dropped 7 pounds. Be you again - after all, that's who you were when your husband fell in love with you, right?
02 Jan 16 by member: soonsoonsoon
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Good Girl..Skinny Bitch is a great little book..I have it...for me fat free vegan is the way...I know lots of folks just cannot do it and I get that..for years I was certain I would die with a can of tuna in my hand...had given up all pigs, cows, chickens, for decades etc...but just could not let go of the fish..then my mom got sick with the angina, I read Esselstyn's book and frankly it scared the hell out of me...those hideous procedures they wanted to do to my mom...knew that was my future too if I continued..SO...put down that can of tuna and was never tempted by any animal product again...so glad you are back..besides being the healthiest way to eat it is the only moral way to eat. What we do to animals in this country that are used for food is barbaric...and I am glad I am no longer a party to that outrage..I wish these meat eaters would have the courage to look at any of PETAs videos...but most do not want to know..or cannot bear to watch the truth about how gentle animals are treated..suffering and agony..and most Americans are animal lovers....anyway.. glad you are back..
XXOO
Dianne Gardner
05 Jan 16 by member: DianneGardner
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I think it is wonderful that you guys are making healthy choices together. It works in my household. Welcome back!!!
05 Jan 16 by member: John10251
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Each of us decides--sometimes through trial and error--what works best. You've put some thought into this and you know what your body needs. Good for you! You're on the way.
05 Jan 16 by member: Elizabeth_V
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Good for you for realizing your value as an individual. We can't change to suit others because that puts us at the bottom of the list. Lesson learned. If you are respecting/taking care of yourself then you will be a better wife, sister, mother, friend, etc.. Good Luck to you!
05 Jan 16 by member: kndouglas
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Thank you to everyone for the support :) I am feeling so much better already!
07 Jan 16 by member: michaelsgirl515
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