The Beautiful Truth

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, & Happy Valentine's Day!!! It's been so long!!! well, let me update you on my goals since November. I didnt make it to 220lbs., but I made it pretty close at 227lbs :)   I stopped working out sometime in December, but I'm back on my A-game now. I purchased a Wii and I do the Just Dance 2 game, which has a lot of different songs to dance to.I plan on buying the Zumba game, that should be interesting. Also, I didn't gain any weight during the holiday season (which was great!). Well, on to the subject at hand. I saw this amazing documentary called The Beautiful Truth and I absolutly loved it. I reccomend you all watch it. That film talked a lot  about the Gerson Therapy, which consists of several healthy habits and can even cure cancer! As far as I have been able to read and research this way of like consists of eating healthy. This means no processed food, no sugar or salt, organics, juicing, and a coffee enema. Yup, it's exactly what you read a coffee enema! It's kind of like a colonic but of coffee. Strange, I know. If I get the guts I might just do it. The Gerson Therapy has a website with more information if you are interested in learnign more. I have also been looking into natural detox methods. Probably in two weeks I will start my detox. For one day you drink ONLY mineral water. For the next 3-7 days (as long as you can keep it up) you only eat/drink natural, organic frutis and veggies. After that you can also drink green tea regularly and practice hydrotherapy ever now and then (google it). Also, it's going to be about a year since I did my seaweed body detox so I am going back for that. Detoxing helps in so many ways. You are basically cleaning out your system. I've talked about this before and all the benefits of it. Your skin will be clear and smooth, your immune system improves, you sweat easier, and loose weight and inches faster. I also saw another documentary called Obesity, Killer at large (or something like that). You should all watch that too. It's crazy how so many different things play a role in everyone's nutritional habits. You need to fix the problem, becasue no matter what anyone says being overweight is a problem. There are so many factors that contribute to a persons weight loss and gain. In many cases you just like to eat and you eat a lot right? Wrong. People will tell you that, but more than likely there's another reason behind it. maybe it's because you're stressed out or depressed so you eat more (some people eat less). Also, it can be a cultural issue because a lot of hispanic people..we are used to eating rice everyday. We also fry a lot of foods and eat a lot of paatelitos. Also, you could be anxious, you have so much to do that you're eting fast food all day, your portions are too big, you eat too many processed foods, you don't know when you're full already, etc. My point is find out what makes you over eat. Once you find that out you can work on ways to minimize the problem or fix it altogether. I know that I personally over eat if I have spent too much time without eating, if im sad, stressed, or anxious. I know all of that play a part in my weight, but it's up to me to change that. I'm working on keeping my eating scheduale, and doing something other than eat when I feel down. it's not easy, but it's not impossible. I want everyone to continue with me on this journey with me. If you have stories of your own you can comment and share. I have new goals so check those out and set some goals of your own. Remember to start small and simple and you will do great and feel a sense of achievement. Although I haven't blogged in a while I have tons of information to share. So, til next time...

Goals:
...to be completed by April 2011:


1. Weight 220 by mid April for my trip to Vegas

2. Keep working out 3-5 days a week.

3. Find other ways to control my anxiety

4. Do something constructive when I'm sad/stressed instead of eating

5. Design and Complete a detox program by the end of March

6. Cut out the sweets, fried foods, and whites completely [again]