None Of It Matters If...

I’m running out of places to hide.

I’ve done everything else. I’ve taken steps in literally every other area of health a person can explore EXCEPT change how I eat.

Now that I’m living freer and cleaner, I can’t keep pretending the excess weight I’ve amassed over the years isn’t there and isn’t a big deal. Just because I forget what I really look like until I see my image in an unsanctioned photo my husband snaps when I’m not paying attention, doesn’t mean the problem isn’t real. I have no excuse. It’s time to take care of this body.

True change starts in the mind. In this case, it also starts with food.

I watch (and judge) others who think pills or supplements will fix their health problems when they don’t want to address what’s really wrong: they don’t change how they eat. I can see the flaw in their design. There is no magic or secret. It’s all just food. And I want to scream at them because how can they not see it?

Then I take another bite of my roast beef sandwich and remember that I must look to thine own ass first…

It doesn’t matter if I get rid of all the chemicals in my home if I don’t change how I eat. 

It doesn’t matter if I diffuse essential oils in every room and use them on my body every day if I don’t change how I eat. 

It doesn’t matter how many times I practice yoga or sweat to the oldies with Richard Simmons if I don’t change how I eat. 

It doesn’t matter what products I use on my body if I don’t change how I eat. 

It doesn’t matter how many times I meditate each week if I don’t change how I eat. 

It doesn’t matter what supplements I take if I don’t change how I eat. 

It doesn’t matter what the scale says if I don’t change how I eat. 

None of it Matters…IF I DON’T CHANGE HOW I EAT.