Today I am getting a little personal. This post is long so either grab some coffee and
stay a while or maybe move onto your next blog readingJ.
Maybe this post will be a little too deep for a Wednesday,
but nonetheless I’m sharing because, I need to.
This blog is serving as a lot of accountability for me and thus I need
to share the things I need to be held accountable for. Also, I just need to share some struggles I’ve
been having lately. So I guess this is a
twofold post.
The First Fold…
As I’ve shared before I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism
about a year and half ago. I’ve been on
medication since December of 2011 and it’s helped a little, but not much…regardless
of how many times I’ve had my blood taken and medication dosage upped. So, I started doing a ton of research on the
condition, joined a few support groups, and have been learning ever since.
I learned my diet is
key.
The way I understood
it when I was diagnosed was that if I took this pill, my body would function
fine, and that would be that…WRONG! I
mean I was eating pretty healthy and excercising before I was diagnosed so all
of the weight gain didn’t really add up.
I figured the pill and my condition was the missing link to me losing
weight. WRONG AGAIN!
I learned in my research a lot of family doctors don’t
necessarily know all about the diet and healing process for thyroid
patients.
I decided a few months ago that I wanted to figure out how
to nourish my body so that it could begin to heal naturally. As my husband says, “a lot of people know
they need to eat right and exercise to lose weight, but not many people really
know about/understand nutrition.” That was
me! Because I have hypothyroidism eating
right and exercising doesn’t always work like a charm.
I found we can’t have
certain veggies and fruits unless cooked, we need an hour of exercise as day instead of just
30 minutes, Soy is the worst kind of protein for us, and many other little bits
of knowledge I wouldn’t have known if I had just listened to my Dr., because
she didn’t know you couldn’t have soy.
Please, understand I’m not blaming her. I LOVE my Dr. She’s wonderful and sweet and
took time to really listen to my needs and made sure we found out what was
going on w/ me. She’s humble and really
loves and helps her patients to the best of her ability, as I stated before not
many family Dr.’s know about this condition and even some endocrinologists aren’t
that specialized in this condition either.
Moving on…
As I was saying, I decided to take charge and figure out how
to nourish my body in order for it to heal itself and function properly and I
feel better than I have in a long while.
I have TONS of energy, I don’t struggle w/ depression, and while I haven’t
lost weight yet, I’ve lost bloat and swollenness in my stomach and face. I’m still wading through all the research,
but these two websites are my favorite so far…
Healthful Elements and Mind, Body, Green
The second fold...
Along w/ this condition come some real struggles.
1. Sometimes people think you're full of it. Not everyone, but most of them. They think you're lazy and just don't want to be healthy. I think this way of thinking is derived from people using the thyroid as an excuse for being heavy/unhealthy! However, since there's no real visible to the naked eye signs going on outside your body, people think there's nothing going on inside your body. I think that's why a lot of us keep what's going on inside and just quietly carry on w/ life the best we can. People don't know it's a struggle to just wake up sometimes because you're body is so exhausted for no reason that just getting out of bed takes up all of your energy! They don't know that you've starved yourself for a week praying to lose one lb, only to gain 2!
2. I struggle almost daily w/ my insecurities. I know that's not just because of my coniditon, but it is a large contributing factor. I struggle w/ how I look and feel. I'm insecure that people are judging me and thinking bad thoughts about how I look. I've been eating
Paleo and Yeast Free and it's helping A LOT! I've felt better since starting this type of clean eating and it's exactly what I need to properly nourish my body.
3. I struggle w/ excercise. I do pretty well w/ what I eat, but excercise I do struggle w/ because I have gotten so out of shape over the years. I played volleyball in HS and ran track for a year, and ran on my own, and stayed pretty active over the years, but the last 5 years have been terrible for me. I need to get back on the saddle SO, I have a new motto. I saw this pic on a
blog I read and immediately knew this is how I must live my life.
As hard as it will be to get back in shape,
I can no longer afford to stay out of shape.
This will help w/ all of my struggles and with my condition. I'm an athlete at heart and I miss my old body. I miss running for miles, excercising until my body screams at me to stop because I've literally given it everything I've got. I miss going home and just collapsing, because I'm so sore I can't move.
I will get back to that place! I will be healthy again!
I will not stop until I'm the best me!
I owe it to my husband! I owe it to my future children!
I owe it to myself!
I know the Lord has created me for more than what I am now!
I know HE has bigger plans for me than I have for myself!
I know I wll be everything He has made me to be
because, He is greater in me than I am in the world!
I know this post was lengthy! But, I just needed to get these things out in order to have a lot of accountability to start pushing myself even further for a healthier me.
Thanks for reading and I hope this post shed even a little light on the subject and maybe helped a few people out!
Blessings,
Amy
