Do you ever think that the two are related??
Didn’t someone say once ‘let food be thy medicine’???
After reading this article in the Globe and Mail, Our Busy Life is Making You Sick, I really linked a few things together in my life. I say that, as I have been going through a major transition in my life and the stress levels are high, actually have been for about 2 years now. No wonder I have been feeling tired so much!!!
Stress……..fight or flight…….real or not, doesn’t matter.
I also have been looking at patterns in my life, especially around food. When I am stressed how do I react? Well sometimes by drinking some wine, oh that relaxing state, can I get it another way?? Yes!! Food…..well I realize that for me, food has played a big role in how I handle stress, I either sustain from food or use it as a comfort, don’t want to feel so I eat or don’t. You know, that knot or anxious feeling in the stomach??? Stress!!
Restrictive or over indulgence…….not a good picture of health. This time, realizing that stress plays a major role in the health of your body, I am approaching it quite differently and it feels oh so much better.
I am eating regularly, making sure I get lots of nutrition from my food. Eating alot of variety, through out the day, and even when I’m not hungry so to speak as I know I need the nutrition, my body is tired. Stress can be related to so many diseases.
I am juicing, adding super foods, getting out in the sunshine whenever the sun is shining, taking time to connect with nature, some deep breathing, meditating and getting back to doing yoga. It all helps. How you are living each day, each moment, eating and thinking, without judgement are huge!!
I can feel the difference. It doesn’t happen over night, but each day brings more vitality, clarity and a feeling of over all more health.
The more I give my body proper food, therefore proper nutrition, the better it is feeling. The better it is thinking. The better it is preforming.
The more I decide to have a healthy relationship with food, the better I feel. Food should be your medicine, your friend……..not something you abuse or fear. It should be real.
Have a look at your life, your way of eating and your relationship with your food and yourself. Are you eating or not eating to feel or not feel certain emotions or are you eating to be and feel healthy?
Give it some thought and remember you deserve only the best……..are you giving yourself that???
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Take the time.
Have a better than great day!!!
JB
