Good Health Praise God

I’ve had people ask me questions and comment on how I’m doing with my life… all of which have included…

I can’t cut out gluten…. I don’t know how you do it?

Or

I’m impressed with how you’re taking care of yourself with everything that’s happened!

Let me tell you, it’s not always easy. There are days where I would rather sleep all day and rest, not workout and be lazy or eat all my favorite foods again. Unfortunately, I just can’t do it.

It’s been almost 4 months since I got discharged from the hospital. Crazy thing is, I still get hard on myself because I thought I’d be farther along than where I’m currently at. I’ve realized that at the beginning, I was trying to push myself when I shouldn’t have been, why you may ask? I was honestly so scared with how much weight I dropped, that I was anorexic. Thankfully a lot of people reassured me that I wasn’t.

Cutting out gluten was really hard at first, but now it’s easy. I actually don’t have a problem with it anymore. I feel more clean and I feel better. Even though I have to check and make sure places have gluten free foods on the menu, it still doesn’t stop me from going out and having a “cheat meal” with family and friends.

Working out has been a challenge lately. It isn’t always easy for me, it actually can get discouraging. Months ago it took me a whole month to upgrade from using a 5 lb dumbbell to a 10 lb dumbbell. With some workouts for upper body, I still have to use 5 lbs. Unfortunately I’m still doing modified squats. There was so much inflammation in my legs that I wasn’t able to bend with my legs for months, now it’s a struggle every time it’s leg day. But, I keep pushing and pushing because I want to see improvement.

I know that as time goes on things will get better. Heck, my health overall has improved so much!! Even though I feel discouraged sometimes, I know I’ve seen improvements in lots of areas and I’m not going to let the negative comments that run through my head tear me down.

Everything takes patience. Working out takes patience. Relationships take patience. A job takes patience. Life takes patience. Not everything will be “solved” or “fixed” over night. It takes time to heal from anything.

Don’t rush yourself if you’re discouraged or get upset with where you are. If you rush or overdue what you’re doing, you’ll end up hurting yourself even more because you’re not taking the necessary time it needs to take. Breath. Relax and let God work while you put in the work!