I know what you are thinking. How can a vegan diet and a carnivore diet have anything in common? They all are diets. There are some foods that either are eliminated for a time , or brought down to a minimal. Usually when someone goes on a diet they are wanting to lose a certain amount of weight quickly for an event of some sort. They are willing to give up something to achieve their goal quickly. Then what happens? They succeed and then enjoy all the foods they forbid themselves to not have. Well, we all know what happens after that. The weight comes back and usually extra. Yes the goal was accomplished but did it improve our health? The answer to that is no, it does not improve your health. It is essentially called yoyo dieting. Then when you get to be my age at 56 the consequences for sure begin to come back to haunt you. It really did a number on my health. Not only did I end up doing that often, along with my other issues, I am still trying to regain my health these last 5 years.
The lasting effects yoyo dieting can have on your life are as follows: obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, thyroid problems, insulin resistants, low self esteem, metabolic syndrome. There are more, but those are just a few, through researching, I have found.
Where do we go from here when we have gotten to this point? First thing that I had to realize is that I didn’t get this way over night. I am for sure not going to regain my health that way either. 2nd thing is, that you don’t look at the weight as much as you do your health. One of the first things you can do, is start eating fresh foods, and stop eating things that aren’t real food. Wait!!! I know what you are thinking, I had just told you earlier not to go on a diet that eliminates foods from your eating. We are not eliminating, we are just making it differently so it is healthy for your body. There are no foods completely eliminated from my diet that I don’t get to eat. It is a little bit more involved. This is how I look at it though, I can willingly take care of my health, or I will be forced to take care of my illness. I have to say, that is where I am today. I didn’t take care of my health, I am being forced to take care of my illness. It is taking much more time for me, because I am already dealing with high blood pressure and diabetes. It is one step at a time regaining my health. One day I will have it back and the weight will have come off as well for good, because I worked on my health and not just went on a diet.
I am not a medical doctor. Talk with yours before changing your way of life to make sure they can guide you to a new way of life regaining your health.
