The second week of Veganstein started on Monday. I had a cheeseburger at our Labor Day BBQ and, although it was delicious, my stomach was not a fan. It's amazing how quickly a person's body can adapt to dietary changes. I'm finding it difficult this week to stick to my experiment, I don't know if it's because I crammed last weeks NVMs into two days and then started this week off with another NVM or if it's for some other reason. Toward the end of the week last week, I was having trouble sleeping. Then, over the weekend, my husband started feeling sick and has kept me up the last few nights, so I'm feeling a bit sluggish. I know that when I'm tired and lazy feeling, I often eat more than I would normally, so that could be why Veganstein is more of a challenge this week. Either way, I've been sticking with it and have kept up with my exercises each day. It feels good to exercise and stick to a goal especially when I really don't want to, it makes me feel like I have better control over every aspect in my life. Of course it doesn't really change how much control I have in everything, it just makes me feel stronger and more capable of handling things. I think good health can do that. Have you ever overheard people talk about a mutual friend who is struggling with various things in his/her life and one of them says, "Well, at least she has her health"? That was always such a weird thing to me, but I think I'm beginning to understand that expression. As my husband has been working toward leading a healthier life, I've observed him playing with our kids more, helping around the house more, and facing challenges at work with less frustration. For myself, I feel as though I've developed more patience and energy to handle day-to-day things as I've began focusing on my own health and trying to improve it. There are a lot of things we can't control; people around us will make foolish decisions that upset us, financial problems will come, etc., but one thing we can control is how we take care of our bodies. True, we may take excellent care of our bodies and still become ill or get injured, but if our bodies are strong, so is our will, and if our will is strong, we can push through any challenge before us with both strength and grace- even if the outcome is different than we would hope. If all we have is our health, we still have hope, and some times that's all we need to carry on. Now that I'm realizing this, that good health will benefit me in every aspect of my life, I don't think I can ever go back to how I was before, not super unhealthy, but not really doing anything to be healthy. I'm glad for that.
I haven't lost or gained any weight since last week. I'm seeing more definition in my muscles though, which I like. I now understand a little better why gyms have so many mirrors in them, I love seeing my leg muscles working when I exercise.
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