And then what did you do? That is my question to you today. You want something, you work for something, you give your blood, sweat and tears towards something, and then what did you do? I ask it of you because recently I have asked it of myself over and over again. You see I want to be healthy, and I dont want cancer, but wanting isnt good enough. Wanting is what my boys do during Christmas when they see something on TV that catches their eye. What am I willing to do to make sure that I get healthy and stay healthy. I have said it multiple times that I have lived an amazing life. I have loved, I have enjoyed, I have eaten and drank my full. There are times when I have said that I treated my body like a circus about to pull of the tent poles because I just pushed and pushed and I had fun with it. However, now what am I willing to do to make sure that that life continues. When I was younger my life was spent forever chasing the thrill and the fun. Now my life is enjoyed in separate ways and those ways look up at me with green eyes. Four of them look up with a face that resembles my own, and two of them look up at me to love her back and provide a life for her an our sons. So what am I willing to do to spend as much time with them as possible? Well the first thing I need to do is change up my diet. I am told that cancer loves sugar. In fact if you ever get a PET scan and I hope that you never have to, you will find out that all they do is shoot you up with irradiated sugar and that sugar is just drawn to those cancer cells. Cutting out candy is really no big deal to me because if you really now me you know that I dont like candy. However, there is sugar in so much more, and there are things that convert to sugar in your system. I may not like candy, but I looooove me some bread, tortillas, and pasta. My favorite thing to drink is milk and I there were some days when knocking back a gallon of it was not problem. However, carbs=sugar, and the lactose in milk turns to sugar in your body. So recently I have given up on most carbs and dairy products. My diet is protein, vegetables (which in the past I have hated) and nuts. You have no idea how hard it is for me to make food for my family and not eat it. The other day I made bacon and cheese quesadillas for dinner and I didnt even eat a bit of them. I switched from eating peanut butter which makes your system acidic to eating almond butter. I am drinking green tea that I have hated in the past because it is an antioxidant. My favorite drink now is coconut water because it feels refreshing on my pallet and when you are missing some salivary glands like I am being thirsty is just part of the game. Most of all I am overweight. If you have been following me for a while you know that I have one of the slowest metabolisms there is, which has been a great help to me while trying to to keep weight on during radiation and so on. However, there are studies that show that being overweight can tax your system and actually cause some cancers. They dont know what causes or triggers my type of cancer, so losing weight is now on my to do list. We all have things that we want to do, but what do you need to do. How much are you willing to give to hit your goals. After you have done everything, then what are you willing to do. I have said in the past that I needed to lose weight, but I have snacked and I have yoyod in my weight. Now I know that in order to spend time with my family and in order to do the things that we all take for granted like watch them graduate from high school and college, to watch them get married and have families, I need to change my life. So that is what I am willing to do. I am willing to eat things and drink things I used to hate and learn to love them. I am willing to give up all the things I used to say that I loved like milk, pasta, and bread, because when I really thought about it, I liked those things. I love my family. I love spending time with friends. I love life. So now I am going to figure out what it is that I need to do to make sure that I get healthy and stay that way and I am going to do all of those things. That is what I am willing to do, because although I have been knocked down, I am getting back up and it is time to get into fighting shape.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:32:36 +0000
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