Do you ever get trapped in a cycle you can't get out of? That's how I felt with the food I was eating & the low energy I had each day. Following 'recommended' guidelines for food consumption and only make me more and more frustrated with the my lack of results and my health was getting worse.
I was in a cycle of drinking coffee to wake up, a hand full of chocolate something to get through my morning to lunch. Where I ate whatever starchy, carb loaded leftovers were in my refrigerator. Then I needed another sugar fix, something to take me right into my afternoon nap with the boys when my coffee high went crashing down. Next up, an after nap time treat, sugar loaded something & a cup of coffee to 'get me to bedtime'. And then let's not forget my bedtime sugar treat to tuck me in to bed & help me get an unrestful nights sleep. Waking up the next morning, tired & needing my caffeine fix.... the cycle continued.
What a roller coaster I was on! No wonder I was exhausted, cranky & all around not wanting to do much of anything in life. It wasn't the life I wanted to be living, but it was what I had, make the most of it and enjoy my sugar, caffeine rich treats since nothing else was enjoyable but food.
The cry of my heart was there. Somewhere in the depth of me, I was crying out for something different. Something life changing, something BETTER!
God heard my cry.
Last September, my sister in law Angie, started taking some products from a company called Plexus. She was having life changing results, and while she was losing weight, that wasn't the main goal. Her main objective was to get healthy, from the inside out, and she was!
I knew when she first started sharing about her Plexus journey that I wanted to join her, but it was hard to wrap my head around spending the money each month. I kept watching her story unfold & was telling others about Plexus, saying that they should also try Plexus, when I hadn't even tried it myself.
So about a week before Christmas 2015, we had some extra money and I took the leap and signed up to be an ambassador with Plexus. I was so excited that I was finally doing this! I KNEW that if I gave it enough time it would help change my life for the better!
My first month, I gained 5 pounds! Ugh! These were not the results I was looking for! But I kept hearing from others in Plexus, 'Be consistent. Keep taking the products, it will happen.' And after 6 weeks, I made a decision to cut all sugar & processed foods out of my diet.
It's not always about the scale; at 8 weeks I had only lost 1 pound.
I had tried this in the past & by day 3 could NOT do it anymore. My body was screaming for sugar, sugar, sugar! But this time was different. This time it wasn't an obstacle to overcome. It was just a matter of having different choices in front of me, better choices. Instead of putting the bag of candy in my cart at the store, I put the brussell sprouts and some almonds. And then, when I was hungry I wasn't ready to kill someone and therefore shoving sugar in my face. I would rationally walk to the kitchen & get a handful of nuts to last me until I could make a proper lunch. It was so calm, rational, healthy and easy. Did I just say easy? Wow! It was EASY!! It's never been that before!
3/10/2015 was my 33rd birthday, what a good birthday it was!
Just like my journey toward bad health, my journey toward good health has had it's up's & down's. Days of anxiety popping back up while my body is detoxing again. Days of low energy as my body readjusts to a different balance. However, the difference is these days keep getting fewer & fewer and farther & farther apart. Healing your body takes time and patience. I wish I could just drink my pink drink and do whatever I want. But that's not true freedom, that's my selfish desires taking over. Lack of rules doesn't equal freedom, making good choices equals freedom.
God had answered my prayer, that I would be able to walk into a healthier lifestyle & eating habits. And true to God's journey's he takes us on, it's never how we think it will look and it's always filled with mountain peaks AND valleys.
One mountain that I was very happy to be at the top of, is when my husband came 100% on board with Plexus, both personally to take the products & with the business. He takes his products, has had amazing health benefits from them, is helping to grow the business and is my #1 support with how we are changing how our family eats.
God answered my prayer, that my family would be in agreement with it.
On a hike for our anniversary last year & then again this year. We've lost a combined total of 60 pounds since last year!
God leads you to places you don't think you'll go, but he ultimately brought me here because he was answering my prayers.
'Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear' Isaiah 65:24
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