*The following health and medical claims come from years of experience and if you will, experimenting to find what works for me. I am not a doctor and I do not play one on TV.
Health and wellness is not a one size fits all. This is a lesson I have learned very intimately on my health journey of almost 2 decades. (Oof! That made me feel old! Lol) Just as every body is different, every health journey is also different. For instance, there are some people who have Lyme disease that the carnivore diet has worked wonders for! On the other hand, there are people like me who struggle to eat red meat due to alpha gal and mcas. If I were to eat pork or red meat, I would need an EpiPen ready at the go! My face and neck would blow up like a balloon. As fun as balloons are, I would prefer not to be one myself.
Even the diets that have been perfected by the medical experts, they need to be tweaked to your own personal needs. That’s where the baby steps come in. With mcas, you can eat, let’s say avocados fine one day, and the next day it sends you into anaphylaxis. Even healthy foods you may have to consider with a grain of salt. Pun intended.
We have to become our own advocates for our health. This is why self love and self care are detrimental to our health. We have to learn to listen to our body. Since our body is a temple, it will tell us what it needs if we’re listening. For some people like me, it takes baby steps because a lot of my nervous system, autonomic nervous system especially, is completely jacked. I don’t always know when I’m hungry or thirsty or when I need to use the restroom. Those signals are off for me. I could eat one bite of a baby carrot and just feel miserably full. This is why most of my diet has become liquid. Smoothies around 11 or noon, and soup around 5 or 6pm.
I like to take diet or health plans and work them into one giant puzzle. This works for me from the Mediterranean diet, so I’ll add “that” to my lifestyle. This works for me from intermittent fasting, so I’ll add that to my lifestyle. This works from the antihistamine diet, and this works from the high polyphenol diet, and so on. It makes me think of how Jesus told us that “He works all things together for our good.”
It also works in the activity aspect of lifestyle. For instance, it took me a week to clean off my dresser top. I paid attention to how much activity my body could handle. I noticed the side of my face was getting puffy and starting to droop, so I stopped for the day. I have found a few exercise programs that I’m very excited to gradually increase my activity, until I’m doing the whole routine. Right now, I do two 30 sec. segments of the workout. However, if the next day I feel like I’m going to pass out from activity, I give my body a rest that day or couple of days. Having grace and realizing that you eat an elephant, one bite at a time, brings so much peace and ease into this journey. Don’t get me wrong, it’s hard as hell! Yet it is all worth it.
So maybe you have found yourself on your own health journey that really just blindsided you. Know this. It will all be okay in the end, and if it’s not good then it’s not the end. Take it one day at a time. Remember, Jesus told us not to worry about tomorrow because tomorrow will worry about itself. Preach it Jesus! All that worry and shame do, is make things harder on you and your loved ones. It really doesn’t fix anything. So relax. Take a deep breath in and out. In and out, In and out. Don’t look at it all as a daunting task. Pick one piece of the puzzle. Example: I need to work on my digestive system, so I’m going to work on getting better rest. (Digestion also takes part while we’re sleeping, so if we’re not sleeping well that plays a role in how we’re digesting.) Try taking magnesium one hour before your desired bedtime.
Once you feel ready, pick another puzzle piece to solve. Baby step your way to victory!
There are many sections to this puzzle. I believe it is key to talk to Jesus or to check in with yourself, then place your focus what needs your focus on a daily basis. He wants to free us from illusions and the lies that are at the foundation. No matter how loud not good enough/ too much tries to scream at you. Don’t worry, it’s got a big mouth but no bite. Unless we buy into it. A new song that has become a personal favorite of mine is: The Truth by Megan Woods. Knowing the truth, intimately is what will carry you to victory.
Sometimes Jesus will heal instantly and other times, it takes a journey. Whatever the outcome, it’s important that we know this. GOD DID NOT MAKE YOU SICK. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU. HE IS NOT MAD AT YOU. I promise I’m not yelling at you. Just felt like I was supposed to all caps it! Haha
Life can be really beautiful, if we want it to be. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and the beholder is the one who is willing to fight and take hold of the life of their wildest dreams!
So let’s go put in work! We’re worth it!
Love Always,
Nanny Nicole
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