Within/Without

This is kind of pissing me off. Why can't I cut and paste from Word to here? There goes an hour I can't get back. Anyway.... I did it. I have begun the excercise portion of my healthy makeover. And I'm hurt all over. It's been 11 days since I began to truly eat better. (I sould like a recovering crackhead don't I?) I recognize that a good diet is just not enough. I plan to be a look looking old woman. And I don't want to be on any long term medications. Hell I don't want to be on ANY meds. I already eat a pretty healthy diet, yet I have some issues. So I suppose I have to move something. I don't work on Fridays, and I don't go to church on Sunday's. I've chosen those days to walk at least 3 miles in the park. This park is cool. It has walking and hiking trails. There is a lot to see and be entertained while you walk. I want to be active at least 3 times a week; so Tuesday and Wednesdays are days earmarked to do something additi

I'm only human, I'm just a woman. Help me believe in what I could be And all that I am. Show me the stairway, I have to climb. Lord for my sake, teach me to take One day at a time. I started this weekend to get back on the healthy bandwagon. I wanted to do a 3-day cleanse. It was not easy. The goal is to cut junk food down to a bare minimum and eat only healthy foods. Not so much for weight loss, as that would be nice, but I recognize that all folks aren’t meant to be thin. (I’ve decided to be the chic chubby chick) But we are meant to be healthy and longevity without chronic health problems is the ultimate goal. I hate the thought and action of having to give up something I cherish. I cherish junk food. I love junk food as much as I loved smoking and drinking. But just as I put those nasty habits away, I am struggling to put away the junk food habit. And it ain’t easy. Damn it ain’t easy! I have been a vegetarian, raw foodist, sometimes vegan and at times a pescatarian fo

All right, all right….. I know I’m prolly setting myself up for failure. Especially since I’m about to go to Show & Prove; and y’all know how it’s done on vacation… But… I think…. I am going to get back on the “raw food” bandwagon. Two reasons. 1st reason: I feel guilty every time I put non-raw food in my mouth. And I try to rationalize it all out by eating a salad with it. Imagine how it all looks, BK (just an example. I don’t do fast food on the reg) veggie burger with cheese and all the fixins, onion rings (cause I only eat McDonald’s fries) a vanilla shake and a side salad. I rationalized that the fixins and the salad are raw and therefore count toward my goal of ‘high raw’. NOT. 2nd reason: And most importantly…. This morning I put on a dress that I couldn’t wear last summer. The dress was so tight I felt like a sausage in it. I almost gave it to Goodwill. But I wanted to wear a sweater today that I rigged last night and this dress was a good fit. I expected to have to wear al