I'm on a journey of sorts, a journey to find a better me. I mean a better, healthier, more energetic, curious, creative, happy me. I'm 55 and I am a firm believer that no matter what stage in life you are, a better you is just one decision away!
Tonight I am only talking about health and wellbeing but I feel that way about every aspect in your life. I have been reading and watching and listening to so many random podcasts and they are ALL giving me the same information! It's amazing to me that I just happened to pick this podcast or read an Instagram post or turn the daily devotional page on my desk and they ALL, on the SAME DAY, give me the SAME information! I gotta pay attention to that, someone is trying to get my attention! The message is, "You can have anything you want in life, all you have to do is decide that you deserve it, are worth it, and are willing to work for it." (that is a paraphrase of all of them together but you get the idea) The law of attraction....I'll probably get into more detail on this in another post.
Tonight, however, I am zeroing in on my health because I just took some "me" time and am feeling like a wonderful, warm, relaxed, noodle. LOL!
Something I've read recently is that so many of us are magnesium deficient and it is what is causing so many of our ailments.
"The difficulty is that the symptoms of low magnesium can be general enough that they do not always point to magnesium as the initial problem. If left untreated, low magnesium levels can lead to chronic illnesses such as diabetes, celiac disease, epilepsy, migraines, and more." healthyinfodaily.com
I recently borrowed a book from a friend all about this issue. In one of our conversations after that she said her and her daughters take baths in epsom salts daily! They buy it by the pound! (I think she said 30 pounds at a time!)
Since hubby bought me a gym membership for Christmas I have been going twice a week and as I've said in a couple of fb posts, the young guy who first took my measurements I think has taken me on as a project and he raises my weights on the machines just about every time I'm there. Well on Tuesday night he pushed me a lot farther than normal and I had such muscle fatigue I was quivering and restless for the rest of the night, no pain, just extreme fatigue. I was so tired I didn't feel like running a hot bath with epsom salts in it, even though I KNEW it would help. So...I decided to do it tonight and just chillax for awhile. I floated in there with zero gravity, just breathing in the scented salts and trying to stop my brain from running 90 to nothing for quite some time. I also did some really deep hip flexor stretches and was amazed at how much I could stretch and man oh man did it feel good!
Immediately after I got out I warmed up some water and took a magnesium supplement I bought from a health food company, just to give me a double-shot.
I am currently sipping a tea that I have found that is awesome for your belly and gut health, it is a loose blend of cumin, coriander and fennel an additional green tea bag and a 1/2 tsp of honey. This I have been doing mostly during the day but it and some ayurvedic supplements have regulated me, I've lost so much of the bloat I always struggle with and am noticing my clothes are fitting more loosely. I actually have to wear a belt now with some pants and jeans! The scale isn't moving and I'm trying like hell to ignore that and focus on the results that I AM seeing and feeling.
I wear a Garmin fitness band for a program at work and we are in the middle of a fitness challenge that we are in FIRST PLACE in right now! The name of our team is..."Beer Gutz and Coconutz"! What a riot! Doing this challenge has made me increase my daily step goals and I've been exceeding them ALMOST on a daily basis.
All this is for me...I had quit paying attention to what I ate, stopped moving around and was gaining weight and feeling depressed. I needed a change and the first thing was the gym membership. I can't thank you enough honey!
I am still in the beginning of my journey but today I started planning our 30th wedding anniversary trip in July and we are going to Colorado and will be doing a lot of walking so I consider myself..."conditioning" for it. LOL! Sounds silly but guess what, it's my life and I can call it whatever I want. :)
I'll be posting more info as I learn and my progress along the way, again, this is cathartic for me, the writing and the changes I'm making in my life, but if it helps someone else to make a decision to change, then I get a two-fer!
Musings of a modern day mamaw.
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