Great post. I feel pretty damn motivated. Hope you stay on coarse.

That my friend, is just pure amazing.

Well done you.

I try to keep my body in as good condition as possible, and tell myself.

"Be good to my body, because if it wasn't for it, you wouldn't be here today"

I sorta repeat that everyday, and it makes me chuckle to myself.

Congratualtions, you shall now be rewarded with a hell load of ATS points

Love&Light

jacob


EDIT - Oh and I'm very interested in the smoking thing. I mean, smoking is bad for you. But you have one every week.
I mean, personally i think cigarettes are disgusting, but things like hookah, actually taste really nice, and they're fun with friends. It's just the fact that i think they're really unhealthy, but you seem to be perfectly healthy and still do it, its extremely intreaging (sp?)

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Very inspiring. This is what I would call a true awakening. I imagine that as you bring your stress levels down that you see things more clearly, that the little things that once drove you crazy now don't affect you.

well done and well said
thank you.

just one question. if you say you had stopped growing so saw no need to eat in excess, how were you able to gain 2 inch on your bi's without the food you need to grow? it takes a lot of protien to make muscle. everything else you said though was spot on, good thread

When you are good to yourself on an everyday basis; getting exercise, nutritious whole foods and good rest, then the occasional "smoke" of whatever substance you choose, creamy desert or scrumptious pie isn't going to kill you.

Our bodies can naturally handle the occasional excess. It's the everyday excesses that do us in if not checked in time.

Think positive. Make small changes and slowly build on your successes. Pay attention to what your body tells you and enjoy the nicer feelings it gives you in return for small improvements.

At 61, I also beat the diabetis thing, and still take no meds - not to say there isn't still a lot I have to work on. A positive outlook is probably the strongest medicine.

Anyone ever try Kombucha or Reishi mushroom for health and detox? Just curious.

Originally posted by ImaginaryReality1984

Detox is a bunch of rubbish. If your body couldn't get rid of toxins then you would be dead.

Your health improvements have come along simply because you are eating right! Your body no longer has to expend as much energy breaking down things like alcohol and the damage that alcohol abuse can do is easy to see. This has absolutely nothing to do with detox, it is completely because you are eating better which means more vitamins and minerals, fibre, micro nutrients and the exercise is going to have tons of good effects.

Look sorry i don't mean to be rude but the detox stuff is absolute, complete, bunk. There is no proof for it working in peer reviewed journals, at least not double blind trials. The saunas are very good for your skin though, i've used those myself and my skin was noticeably better.

I've looked at studies of various alternative therapies and agree they rarely show the significant statistical differences. But when people make that critical first step of becoming pro-active about their lifestyle we see radical improvements.

Detoxification by the liver and other processes are built into the system. But you can demand too much of your own body's abilities.


Mike

Thanks for sharing your experience. Well written, simple, and to the point. Great post!

I'm also in the process to living a cleaner life. Eating mostly organic, no processed foods. Cutting back on alcohol to only one night a week or so. Occasional bowl, maybe 3 times a month. I average about 2 cigarettes a week.

No tv unless I'm at a friends house, ect...

I'm only 22 but I feel it is crucial to break away from the "toxic" way of life now rather than 10 years down the road.

Now I need to exercise more often. I do yard work about 4 days a week but I want to get back to hitting a heavy bag for 30 minutes everyday and doing pull ups, push ups, sit ups and going on hikes. Gyms bore me to death, so does repetitive weight lifting routines.

One thing I'd really like to do for myself is some how work around or with my ADHD without prescriptions. I'm going back to school in the fall and I really do need the scripts to survive but I'd like to take a more clean and natural approach. Any suggestions?

Good for you man!

Odwalla Superfood is probably one of the best choices you could have made. That stuff is spectacular, and it tastes great too!
I worked at starbucks a while back, when they sold odwalla, and I'd always try to find good drinks to put superfood in. They all looked terrible but they were delicious.

You should try dandelion tea, it's not the best tasting stuff but it really helps with detox.

Also, I find that you don't have to sacrifice your entire diet. I usually eat light through the day and eat quite hearty at dinner before a walk or some outside work. It's all about the quality of food you're making. Real food isn't going to hurt you much. Just get away from chemicals =)

But, I'm 20 so my metabolism hasn't slowed as much.

I'm glad to hear you got your chrons and parkinsons cleared up, that's good stuff man.

cheers to wine

Just go to some rural parts of the world and farm. Yo'll be back to optimum health in no time =D.

Originally posted by mmiichael
I've looked at studies of various alternative therapies and agree they rarely show the significant statistical differences. But when people make that critical first step of becoming pro-active about their lifestyle we see radical improvements.

Detoxification by the liver and other processes are built into the system. But you can demand too much of your own body's abilities.


Mike

Absolutely you can overload your system but all you need to do is stop taking the bad sbustances and your body will quickly sort itself out. The idea that you can detox is completely and utterly unfounded. No science to back it up at all. In fact many of the detoxes can actually slow your body down! The ones where you eat nothing and drink fruit juices and take supplements can be pretty damn bad for you.

The OP really has done a marvelous job at cleaning up their diet and increasing their exercise level. This is all anyone needs to do to see a massive improvement in their health. I really wish more people would have the will power to do this.

just wanted to say congatulations on your results...

my real turn around came with the birth of my son...if it werent for him, i have no doubt jail is where I would be...

i have tried doing the same things as you. i too have found eating less has really helped.

now, i just gotta get off that coffee. some people think it is the caffeine that is addicting, but I believe it is the sugar you put in the coffee that makes it addicting...

I believe sugar in general is addicting..it is absolutely everywhere. ill bet people would be seriously shocked (and hurting) if sugar would be taken from them..it is very very hard to "kick."

i try to replace the coffee with guyaki yerba matte sweetened with honey, but you just dont get that kick you get from espresso...

it sounds like you hit a rhythm with you exercise and lifestyle..making you feel great..getting in that rhythm is the ansolute hardest part. once you get over that preverbeal wall things become much easier....

ive been back inthe gym for the last 2 months, and havent gotten there yet. i have read somehwhere you can create a habit after 21 days in a row...

thanks for sharing

Great thread

Is there any chance that you could go into more detail about how you managed to fix the curvature of your spine because I'm having this kind of problem myself.

I think this may be due to the weight training I'm doing myself at the moment. It could be that my form/technique is wrong or I'm lifting to heavy or something.

Any insight would be appreciated.