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I drink pop very very rarely now, and when I do it doesn't make me feel good. I stopped because I had read that pop leaches minerals and nutrients out of your bones, and your body in general too. THIS was a turning point for me. It was the motivation I needed to stop drinking pop.
NOW, after reading the post below about sugar and fat, I believe I have just found my motivator for getting off sugar and unhealthy fats. THANK YOU. I have been searching for something that would kick me into gear on this one, and while there are a million reasons to eat healthier, I kept finding myself not committed the full 100%. And that made it so difficult to cut back on sweets, on fats, on processed foods. Because I loved them!
When Amanda told me the comment a doctor had made about sugar basically being millions of tiny shards of glass ripping through your body, I thought "aha! surely this will push me to stop on the sugar highs!" Alas, it did not in the long run. But the comments about sugar/fats and "sluggish body" as well as cell damage, that has done it. Completely.
How interesting, isn't it? Motivation is such a personal and unique aspect to our selves. I knew many of the horrible effects of sugar and fat, and constantly reminded myself of them to get me to stop binge eating the stuff, but I could never quite get myself there. Now, with this new information, I find myself not just being better able to abstain, but having an actual change of heart, where I am starting to not even crave the stuff.
So once again, thank you for the information!
Stephanie
p.s. sounds a lot like our spiritual quests, and finding personal and unique motivators to change our hearts and help us abstain from temptations.
3 comments:
I think that is great Stephanie! Its funny what finally clicks in each one of us to actually make the changes. You know the saying once you know better you do better? Well I believe that to be true but more importantly when you listen to how what your body is telling you and how it feels after you eat or drink something... That speaks way louder to me anyways.
Stephanie, you are a better woman that I. I'm still not going to cut it out completely. Just, cut it out a lot more. Not sure what I'm waiting for...but, maybe one day it'll come. :)
And, yes Charity, i agree with you. It is one thing to know something because you've read it or heard it. It is quite another when you FEEL the effects it has on you...makes a big difference with me. But, I will say. When I eat poorly, I feel poorly (when I eat very poorly, not just a little treat her and there). But, sometimes I still do over-do it. I am a work in progress!
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