Inside Out
Along with emotional and mental health, I need to dive deep into my physical health, exercise and eating the proper foods for me to be at my healthiest is a must. I will be totally honest and say since Nov, neither have been fully on my radar. Oh, they're little tiny blips on the screen but I need to zoom in and focus on what I put I to my body as much as humanly possible.
I'm reading a book called "The Joy Plan. How I took 30 days to stop worrying, quit complaining and find ridiculous happiness". In this book she talks about eating healthy, how vegetables in the cruciferous family are high in tryptophan, an essential amino acid that turns into serotonin.....happiness hormone. Now, having been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes two and a half years ago, I know that when I don't eat properly, I dont sleep and I feel worn out and when I become tired, I become irritable. I know when I don't eat healthy, my mood changes and I become down and blue. I KNOW this yet, when I am stressed, I am an emotional eater so my diet sucks, which makes my emotions even more crazy. I am at the age where menopause is kicking my ass which is exacerbating the situation.
If I eat healthy, exercise on a regular basis, start sleeping again,then my body will feel better. A better body from the inside out will help my emotional and mental state. I've known this but I've found excuses to not be my best. Why? I don't know, that, is something I'm working on figuring out. I'm scared of change, this much I know. I'm scared of failure, I think I'm even scared of succeeding. Haha, how stupid and backwards is that?!?!
I'm done being unhappy, I'm done making others feel less than, I'm done not being my best.
I'm reading a book called "The Joy Plan. How I took 30 days to stop worrying, quit complaining and find ridiculous happiness". In this book she talks about eating healthy, how vegetables in the cruciferous family are high in tryptophan, an essential amino acid that turns into serotonin.....happiness hormone. Now, having been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes two and a half years ago, I know that when I don't eat properly, I dont sleep and I feel worn out and when I become tired, I become irritable. I know when I don't eat healthy, my mood changes and I become down and blue. I KNOW this yet, when I am stressed, I am an emotional eater so my diet sucks, which makes my emotions even more crazy. I am at the age where menopause is kicking my ass which is exacerbating the situation.
If I eat healthy, exercise on a regular basis, start sleeping again,then my body will feel better. A better body from the inside out will help my emotional and mental state. I've known this but I've found excuses to not be my best. Why? I don't know, that, is something I'm working on figuring out. I'm scared of change, this much I know. I'm scared of failure, I think I'm even scared of succeeding. Haha, how stupid and backwards is that?!?!
I'm done being unhappy, I'm done making others feel less than, I'm done not being my best.
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