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With my ideal weight only technically 1.2 lbs away, I'm entering very uncharted territory here, Folks. Maintenance. In a way, it now feels more daunting than losing weight, especially since my new career path depends on me maintaining a certain physical appearance to be deemed credible enough to give advice to those looking to lead healthier lives. But just like weight loss, accomplishing anything really comes down to goal setting and continuing to educate myself about ways to live an optimally healthy life.
I just have different goals now. Yes, my calories and food quantities may go up, but the rest of the game remains the same. I'm still not going to eat things that aren't nourishing and healing for my body because my goals aren't simply to "keep off weight" and those junky foods, in my opinion, are designed to keep people fat, sick and addicted and have no place in my life anymore.
Some people in maintenance may see it as a time where they can indulge a little here and there in foods which aren't best for them, but I have much more at stake here than just "a few pounds". I didn't enter into this just wanting to shed some unwanted fat. I had some serious healing to do! Packaged foods, devoid of life and nutrients, do little else other than make corporations rich and my loved ones seriously ill. I don't want any part of their deplorable shenanigans anymore. I care too much about myself to even entertain the thought of putting something in my mouth that isn't going to nourish and support my body and my goals. And shame on them for trying to derail my efforts to live a healthy life at every magazine page turn, every billboard, every TV commercial, and their attempt to lure me back into their cycle of "diet, eat junk, fail, get sick, take more pills, repeat". Shame on them.
I have been down the path of chronic illness and obesity and been overwhelmed by the darkness that accompanies it. My eyes have been opened and my life irrevocably changed for the better by educating myself. I know better now. I'm walking away from their dangerous reindeer games. I'm never turning back. Life is too short and too precious to waste it on feeling like I'm not worthy of a fantastic life filled with health, joy, love, laughter and vitality! I'm worth it. And so are you, my dear readers. In fact, we all are.
View Diet Calendar, 25 September 2014:
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1305 kcal
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Fat: 35.86g | Prot: 51.20g | Carbs: 209.15g.
Lunch: Wegmans Extra-Firm Tofu, Nutiva Organic Hemp Seed Raw Shelled, Wegmans Frozen Dark Sweet Cherries, Nutiva Organic Chia Seed, Dole Organic Bananas, Sweeet2th's Home Made Organic Raw Sauerkraut. Dinner: Avocados, Onions, Carrots, Nature's Earthly Choice Organic Quinoa, Cabbage, Napa Valley Naturals Extra Virgin Organic Olive Oil, Brown Rice Flour, Arrowroot Flour, Onions, Black Pepper, Wegmans Sliced Baby Bella Mushrooms (Crimini), Minced Garlic, Eden Foods Organic Black Eyed Peas. Snacks/Other: Woodstock Farms Black Mission Figs, Trader Joe's Organic Valencia Oranges. more...
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2576 kcal
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Exercise:
Rebounding - 25 minutes, Running - 6/mph - 1 hour and 30 minutes, Resting - 14 hours and 5 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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