After 9 days on the Ideal Protein weight loss protocol, I have lost 8.5 pounds. Can't complain about that! I can say this experience is changing me. I am looking at food and its purpose in a different way. The diet has forced me to eat less. My ability to comply has made me feel empowered. And I'm motivated to continue.
In the past, I think I've had a very emotional relationship with food. Eat a hot fudge sunday if I feel upset, etc... This protocol has forced me to question why I want to eat and whether it's a good reason or not. REALLY, the only reason we should eat is because we are hungry. If I had a nickel for every time I ate when I was not hungry, I'd be a millionaire!
It also begs the question, what is the purpose of non-nutritive foods. Some would argue (my old college professor specifically) that some foods are just good for your soul. BUT, if they're not good for your wasteline, your heart, your muscles, your bones, or some other part of your physical being... WHY eat them?
I'm definitely looking at food differently. I know I would enjoy a potato chip or a piece of chocolate if it were presented to me but I now look at those things and think "What have you done for ME lately?"
It's liberating.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Epiphany!
Since the last time I wrote here, a lot has happened. I basically had an emotional melt-down. I mean, I didn't go crazy or anything I just had a grande realization: I do not want to teach elementary school. I don't want to teach children how to do math, learn history, etc. I disagree with the way so many teachers take advantage of the power of the position and use it to teach only what they deem relevant. There is a lot I disagree with about the practice. I would bore you or anger you if I went on pontificating about the meaning of "being a teacher", what it should be v.s. what it really is in the year 2009. Bleh. It nauseates me to think about. So I quit.
I quit my masters program with what? maybe two classes left? I don't care. I refuse to come home from work and make my son sit in front of the tv while I grade papers. That's not quality time. So I quit.
I have wanted to go into a medical profession since my fourth semester of college. Now I am. 2 years away from a Masters in Physician's Assistant. That excites me. That ignites a passion in me that hasn't be there since I was dissecting sheep brains in anatomy while 6 months pregnant! Ha!
Toward the end of the fall semester in 2008, I had been loading myself with so much stress that I became quite ill. I had a severe flare up of ulcerative colitis (which I've had since I was 19 years old)... I was very sick over Christmas, was put on steroids and other meds (to the tune of over $500/month)... I knew something had to change. I prayed. I prayed for healing, for a new job, for guidance about my food choice, my life choices... I quit teaching. I found a replacement teacher for my HHP 314 class (even though I loved teaching it). It was a great stress relief to be free of lesson planning and paper grading. But, my stress compounded in other ways (needing money). I prayed for a door to open. I prayed for God to help me get rid of my damn prednisone chin! BLEH!
God opened a door. My chiropractor called me to come in for a meeting-offered to start me on a diet protocol designed for diabetics and individuals with high cholesterol. He's letting me be the guinea pig so he's graciously paying for my program. I've already lost over 6 pounds in 6 days and I feel better physically, mentally, and emotionally. I even think my prednisone chin has gone down! Yay!
This protocol has caused me to think more about my relationship with food and what it is vs. what I want it to be. I am now exploring that and how to change it. I am open to suggestions, advice, or links to information that might guide me on this new quest!
My blessings to you who read this~
Kim
I quit my masters program with what? maybe two classes left? I don't care. I refuse to come home from work and make my son sit in front of the tv while I grade papers. That's not quality time. So I quit.
I have wanted to go into a medical profession since my fourth semester of college. Now I am. 2 years away from a Masters in Physician's Assistant. That excites me. That ignites a passion in me that hasn't be there since I was dissecting sheep brains in anatomy while 6 months pregnant! Ha!
Toward the end of the fall semester in 2008, I had been loading myself with so much stress that I became quite ill. I had a severe flare up of ulcerative colitis (which I've had since I was 19 years old)... I was very sick over Christmas, was put on steroids and other meds (to the tune of over $500/month)... I knew something had to change. I prayed. I prayed for healing, for a new job, for guidance about my food choice, my life choices... I quit teaching. I found a replacement teacher for my HHP 314 class (even though I loved teaching it). It was a great stress relief to be free of lesson planning and paper grading. But, my stress compounded in other ways (needing money). I prayed for a door to open. I prayed for God to help me get rid of my damn prednisone chin! BLEH!
God opened a door. My chiropractor called me to come in for a meeting-offered to start me on a diet protocol designed for diabetics and individuals with high cholesterol. He's letting me be the guinea pig so he's graciously paying for my program. I've already lost over 6 pounds in 6 days and I feel better physically, mentally, and emotionally. I even think my prednisone chin has gone down! Yay!
This protocol has caused me to think more about my relationship with food and what it is vs. what I want it to be. I am now exploring that and how to change it. I am open to suggestions, advice, or links to information that might guide me on this new quest!
My blessings to you who read this~
Kim
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