Today is going to mark the first day I am going to make a change in my life. I've been feeling very annoyed and frustrated with the way things have been going. I've tried to make changes before, but I've failed. I am mostly frustrated with the unfinished projects around the house, my health, and all the clutter.
I am the kind of person who likes to see immediate results, which is why I have so many unfinished projects. I start something and if I don't see results soon enough.... I put it down and start something new. I've been collecting my unfinished projects and put them in a nice pile. My plan is each weekend to work on one project and maybe finish it.
This leads to the second thing that has me pulling my hair out! The clutter! I am convinced that we have a hoarding problem, but my husband disagrees! There is so much stuff everywhere! I either want to throw it all away or give it away, but my husband thinks we should keep it so we can sell it and make money.... at a yard sale.... which will probably never happen! I have been scanning Pintrest finding new ideas of how to organize my home. I started in the bathroom, and now I am on to other parts of the house.
This may be why I have high blood pressure. For over a year I have been working out 2 - 5 times a week (depending on what is going on. I usually get to the gym 4 times a week). My diet wasn't horrible. We ate, what I felt was, a balanced diet and I cut back on the salt. I figured that working out would help my blood pressure situation. The last thing I want to do is go on medicine to control it. I don't believe that this is the answer to my problem, others maybe, but it's not for me. I truly believe that if I change my diet completely that I will be able to lower my blood pressure. The doctors tell me that it's genetic (my mom has high blood pressure and takes medicine to control it)... but I don't believe that. MAYBE genetics put me at risk to have it, but that does not mean I'm going to get it or that there is no answer.
Mostly I am going to focus on my adventures of becoming a better eater. I am going to venture in juicing, detoxing, working out, and staying motivated. Keeping this blog will help me to remain motivated! To kick off my change I watched a great documentary, "Hungry for Change" on Netflix. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to make a change in their lifestyle.
I am not on a diet, I am on a lifestyle changing mission.
Today's Goal: Stay hydrated. I learned from reading an article from the website:
http://pascovet.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/food-matters-part-2-to-do-and-not-to-do-that-is-the-choice/
(tip number 10)
"10. Drink 1/2 your body weight in ounces of good quality water. For example, if you weigh 100#, drink 50oz. Don’t drink more than 100oz regardless of what you weigh."
So I weigh 140lbs, that means I will be drinking 70 oz. of water. If my glass is 16oz. I should be drinking about 4 1/2 glasses of water.. should be filtered through a good hydration system.... That sounds easy, well the drinking part anyway!
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