Lifestyle Change Part 2

In a previous post I expressed how I changed my lifestyle. I would now like to explain specifically what I changed...

1. I overcame my addiction to sugar. I was the kind of person who ate desert after every meal, not just once per day. There was also the soft drinks, Dr Pepper being my favorite, that I drank many of each day. Now I drink only water, fruit juices, and sweet tea. I do not have dessert, except on my once per week cheat day. Sugar comes from many different sources in our diet, but I was totally addicted to it.

2. I stopped eating fatty foods. I eat fish and chicken as my meats, and cut out beef and pork. On my cheat day I eat beef or pork, but not any other day. I also cut out white bread and eat a limited amount of bread. I use whole grain or whole wheat pasta products. High fat content foods come from many other sources I had to start watching as well, such as mayonaise and salad dressings.

3. I started exercising again. Every other day I go to the gym and lifts weights and jog. I've discovered that exercising is necessary if we want to releive stress and live healthy.

4. I've learned to say NO! The people at the office where I work eat out daily, and its usually greasy spoons and places where the food is bad for you. I've started saying NO to going out to eat at places where I know I'll eat something bad, or where there isn't an option to eat healthy. I've learned to say NO when offered candy and junk food that will ruin everything I've been working for.


I've learned to make the right lifestyle choices and stay disciplined and focused on my goal. I'm not on a diet, I'm living healthy. I eat healthy 6 days a week and cheat on the 7th. The 6 days I live by strict lifestyle disciplines I never feel deprived or cheated. I eat plenty of food--just the right ones. It's much easier to just "grap" a biscuit for breakfast, a burger for lunch, and a pizza for dinner, but that's the lifestyle choices that's killing us. Living a healthy lifestyle requires making the right choices, and getting off our booties and going to exercise. We have to make our bodies our slave as Paul said to do in 1 Corinthians.

The results? I'm losing weight slowly but surely around 3 pounds per week. I can walk up a flight of stairs without needing oxygen. I have more energy than ever and don't feel the effects of carbs and sugar making me feel like I'm on a roller coaster everyday. My blood pressure is down and I'm feeling better than I have in years. Look for more to come in the near future about living a healthy lifestyle.