Ok, I do know I look goofy again, but had a blast. This was from the day we made the Kale/Avo Salad!
From Spark People for January 17th
“Write about your motivation in your journal. There are so many reasons you chose your goals; better health, self esteem or happiness. Put all those reasons on paper and read them when you need motivation.”
My why for deciding to get healthy instead of going on a diet was simply to stay alive. I realized I was at a very high risk for a stroke and or a heart attack and I did not want to die – period. Coming to the realization inspired me to view losing weight with a whole different perspective. Not a short term fix to a long term problem, but a lifelong solution.
An example of how important it can be to list ALL of your reasons is how I explain being vegetarian. Initially I read a book which caused me to eliminate chicken my meals due to factory farming. A different book helped me eliminate beef and finally Diet for A New America by John Robbins was the final tip.
When asked why I am veg here are the reasons I give:
1. I love animals and it hurts to see them mistreated.
2. My health is better when I am not eating the saturated fats in animal products.
3. A vegetarian diet helps sustain the earth.
Now these are my reasons and let me state very clearly, you may not agree with my statements and that is ok. I am not telling anyone else to be vegetarian, just that these are my reasons. So if I am in a bad mood, and don’t care in the moment about the planet, instead of eating a cheeseburger, I remember my other two reasons and vice versa.
When we write down ALL the reasons a healthy weight is important to us; different reasons on different days may be just the motivation we need to stay on track.
Milk, butter, ice cream and cheese are a great source of nutrition — if you want to pack on weight, feed allergies and autoimmune diseases, and grow fatal tumors according to Dr. John McDougall Here is his FULL 1 hour-plus presentation from the 2005 Healthy Lifestyle Expo.
In it he shares why dairy products are probably the most unhealthy aspect of the standard Western diet.
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