It amazes me sometimes that some days can go so quickly, while other drag slowly by. And yet even some others flow at a nice pace until some task or event comes up, and then you're flung into Ludicrous Speed faster than you can say Spaceballs. Sir, hadn't you better buckle up?
So today marks Day Three of my wholeness project, and I've decided to start by primarily focusing on the Physical Well-Being section of the Wholeness Wheel. In my mind, I'm figuring that I will need to first build the energy, strength, and stamina to tackle all of the wheel's sections and get it back in good stead.
Here are some of the steps I have either started taking or am planning to take in this section:
* First (and sadly, hardest), I am working to eliminate all of my food allergens from my diet. This includes wheat, yeast, eggs, and gluten. You wouldn't think this would be so hard--remove these things and feel better--but I just adore bread. I'm like that lobster lady from Dr. Doolittle, a total glutton for punishment.
* Second, to help things get started, I'm doing a cleanse (check it out here) and upping my water intake by a whole lot. I'm not giving up coffee, at least not yet. I heart coffee. My voice hearts water. My bladder hearts the bathroom.
* I want and need to add in more activity: exercise DVDs (love TaeBo), walking, hopefully even some running as I feel stronger. The best time for me to do so, given our crazy schedule, is first thing in the morning. I learned quickly that I can't just shift into getting up super early. I'm a morning person, but I'm out of practice. So, every morning I'm setting my alarm 5 minutes earlier, and pretty soon I will have built in enough time for a good body-moving.
* Our family is taking a No Fast Food Challenge for thirty days. This means we have got to plan ahead and be prepared. This. is. HARD. It shouldn't be so hard, but it is...
* In general, I want to create a more active lifestyle for our family. Our kids are high energy and need high activity, and it's just plain good for us. However, I grew up without a lot of activity options, so this does NOT come naturally to me at all.
* I'm also trying to add a weight ticker to my blog--for some reason it's not working yet. As of now, my goal is to get down about 101 pounds from my starting weight on July 5th. This is a feat I have never accomplished. I've never been at a healthy weight for my body. It's a huge project, exciting and super scary all at once.
So far I've been met with a pretty even mix of the days I described above. Day One went fairly smoothly, as most of my "day ones" tend to go. I was prepared, I knew what was coming, and even if I didn't like it (like my carb-cutting headaches), I was able to withstand. Day Two was exhausting, and poor planning on our part led to a bad decision come dinner-time...which I deeply regretted this morning. Today, I'm learning some lessons about myself (how I feel when I eat well and when I don't) and I'm feeling some good effects (joints don't hurt quite as much).
I have to really, really remind myself that this is a marathon and not a sprint. I want to dart ahead, I want to throw everything in so that I feel like I'm "giving it my all." Even though I know this course of action rarely works for me, and often leaves me stressed out, burned up, and sick as a dog. I keep plodding after it anyway, because I feel like that's what I'm supposed to do. This is a HUGE struggle for me.
Maybe I'll go take the dog for a walk...
"When the waves are taking you under,
hold on just a little bit longer.
He knows that this is going to make you
stronger, stronger..."
Stronger by Mandisa
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