I know you must be wondering about that. I eat a pretty clean diet. That’s only one part of it. Lik all things there is room for necessary improvement in my diet. I have said right from the beginning, that I wanted to learn from Dr. Jack and I have. I have tried to be a good student, and pick up as much knowledge as I can. He has been an enthusiastic teacher, sharing, and answering the millions of questions I have asked.
The single most important thing among the thousands I learned is that when your cells are inflamed, your symptoms kick into gear. They get inflamed from what goes in your body and what your breathe in, or pick up on your skin. And that I have an extremely low tolerance level for such things. Bet I have the lowest tolerance of anyone I know. It’s no wonder I was so symptomatic.
When I was in my teens, I had terribly problematic skin. I had no idea that it was the beginning of my thyroid issues. Looking back I realize that there were a lot of things going on that could be attributed to thyroid symptomology. And the older I got the worse it became until I was living with nothing but symptoms and finally the diagnosis of hypothyroidism and then Hashimoto’s.
The part though, thought still baffles me to this day, is that not one single doctor ever told me that I needed to change my lifestyle to fix that. Oh they talked to me about weight….. heaven knows they did at every appointment I had. Eat less! Get more exercise! Stop over eating! You eat way too much! You lie about what you eat! I heard all of that. None of it helped, I knew I was trying. They were tackling the problem from the wrong end!
My first conversations with Dr. Jack were pretty eye opening. “You don’t eat enough. I think you are under nourished. You need to stop over exercising. You need more sleep. You have to eat differently, not less.” Wow….. you mean THOSE were the problem? And I could lose the symptomology by following those practices? How come he is the only doctor telling me that?
But like all things, there are still areas to improve. And that brings me to resolution two! Clean things up even further. I try to eat organic. I don’t do well with toxic anything. But at times I have been on the run. Needed fresh veggies for lunches the next day and the store didn’t have any organic greens so I bought what I could find. Need to watch that. I was eating those banana pepper rings and then realized they are loaded with dye. Ewwwwwwwwwwww…. found some canned organic jalapeño peppers to top my salads instead. Love the olive bar at Wegmans but as you walk down choosing, be sure to read the labels! Some of those grilled artichokes look absolutely amazing…but guess what they use in them? Cane sugar? Ughhhhhhhhh… why??
So my resolution is that if I see it, and it looks good, try to figure out a way to have it. Examples…. why can’t I can my own pepper rings without the dye! I come from a heritage of people who canned Vegetables, I can do this! I don’t care how yellow they look, I just want the taste. I can grill artichokes with just olive oil on my George Foreman! Can still have it just have to detox it.
I cleaned up my skin care. I traded the chemical filled skin care for all natural Ilike products that I get from Kelly. I got rid of the toxic makeup and traded it out for natural products containing no reactors. Need to look at my body wash though. I got rid of the overly chemical filled laundry soap and am experimenting with many natural chemical free options. Traded cleaning products for some Norwex cloths and better options.
I need to ratchet up my routine some. I know that all of that makes a difference in how I feel and if I feel this great, imagine how much better I will feel if I can take it a step further!
It’s no wonder we are all exhausted all the time. Between our crazy lifestyle and the food like stuff we put inside ourselves, we are slowly messing up the inner workings of our body, so that is my second resolution. Clean it up! My cells are sooooooo happy to hear the good news!