When contemplating my first post, I couldn't help but take a look back at the past year of my life & how much its changed in such a short span of time. A few months ago i woke up almost everyday after yet another long, restless night of so called sleep, utterly exhausted. I would drag myself out of bed in the morning & drag myself through the day. It was all i could do not to pass out standing up.
My joints ached, had i raced my 81 year old oma (aka grandmother) up the steps she'd have won (but she does have 2 new knees & a new hip, which gives her an edge...). I was plagued by headaches & constantly sank into, increasingly severe, bouts of depression (which of course i tried very hard to hide from my loved 1s).
I tried taking supplements & while some of them did help (namely chewable C), i was inconsistent & often forgot to take them - its not like they tasted very good, some of them (B-Complex!) smelled worse than i could ever describe, & some even made me sick every time i took them.
I tried eating better & getting more exercise. Have you ever tried to convince yourself to exercise when you were so tired you couldn't make it to the kitchen to heat up a frozen dinner? When your tired, sore, & depressed its kind of hard to convince yourself that anything is worth doing at all let alone putting in the effort needed to eat healthy & exercise too!
I was become so sick i left all of my friends behind & moved back in with my family. I didn't know what was wrong with me, i hated how i felt, hated how i saw myself; i watched the days pass by, watched my life like you might watch a movie. I knew i had to do something but just didn't know what, or where to start.
They say its not healthy to spend all of your time online or to have friends you've never seen face to face. While i can't really argue with that as nothing truly compares to being outside in the "real" world, i do have to say that in the end it was "that computer" & 1 of "those" friends that i have still never met face to face, who turned my life around.
She was constantly posting articles about health & fitness. She would post workouts that she'd completed & not only was i shocked, i was in AWE. I could not understand how it was even physically possible to do the amount of squats, push ups, etc, that this woman was doing daily! Then she mentioned her "secret" in a post on FB.
Shakeology.
My first thought was something like, "What the heck is that? Do you eat it, drink it, wear it, use it??" Well it turns out Shakeology is chocolate flavored powder that you mix up into, the taste bud equivalent, of a Friendly's milkshake! And get this, you have this chocolately delight for breakfast instead of the traditional sugar laced crack (aka cereal) we're all accustomed to!! Chocolate MILKSHAKE for breakfast.... my mind said, yeah right like more chocolate is going to help me get healthy. But i couldn't ignore how good my friend looked or how happy she was, ALL the time.
So i sucked it up, thinking to myself "GOD i hope this doesn't taste like that protein shake i tried a few months ago cause OMG was that gross! & told my friend that i wanted to try it out (she had offered to mail me a sample for free, so i thought well why the heck not?).
The day i got my sample i had no idea what to expect. I didn't have a blender (well i THOUGHT i had 1 until i poured some water into it & it all proceeded to pour right back out...), so i grabbed 1 of my sporty looking, reusable water bottles & poured in the various ingredients of my highly complicated concoction (water, shakeology powder, & some pb as suggested by my friend). I even tossed in a few ice cubes to aid in the mixing & proceeded to shake dance around my house, hoping that i would manage to mix it properly enough through my assorted antics.
I would love to tell you that my first sip was earth shattering & that i was sold instantly... however... you remember those ice cubes in mentioned, well they didn't mix up & disappear as they would have in a blender (apparently my shake dance wasn't that good), & so on my first sip, i tasted; nothing... nothing but the ice cube that lodged itself in the opening that is... oops.
And so it was that on my second sip i was sold! I can honestly say that never in my wildest dreams had i thought a meal replacement drink that started out as powder could taste SO Freaking GOOD! i think that perhaps i may have inhaled the 1st half... its a good thing i came up for air though because only half way through i was too full to finish the rest & had to put it in the fridge for later!!
I finished up the 2nd half around lunch time when i was finally hungry enough to polish it off. For me that's huge. i generally would either not eat at all or i would snack on things all day long (& snacking is not so great for the grocery bill let me tell you!).
I have not felt this good in a long time. it would appear that my depression was linked to a lack of nutrients & my yummy chocolate "milkshake" breakfasts have changed my life. i am now living & enjoying everyday!
The moral of this story, there is always hope & the answer to many health questions & concerns is simple - nutrition!
If your curious about the shakeology that i mentioned feel free to ask me any questions. you can also learn a lot from this website.
Always remember, "It can't rain everyday."
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