I'm not quite sure how to start this post as I'm not the type of person to post things on any type of social media but I think it's important for me to participate more in this community. I've had a lot of success doing low carb in the past and have felt like it was my answer to finding food Freedom. However, the last 6 months have been hard for me. I've been having a particularly challenging year at my job as a school teacher and having some additional stress because of aging parents needing more support who live a 12-hour drive from me. I fell back into old habits and was eating my emotions and drinking a lot more alcohol than I had in the past. At the end of November, I was admitted to the hospital and found out that I have Multiple Sclerosis. Even though my symptoms are all gone and I feel back to normal, I know that I have this chronic disease which has added additional stress to my life. The last several months, I've done a pretty good job of eating real food. I have NOT been consistently eating low carb, I have at times drank more alcohol than I should have, and I have eaten things that I know are not good for my health. So I have set some goals for myself with this new challenge knowing that you will all be here doing it with ma me. 1. I am going to eat fewer than 50 total carbs a day this week and have no alcoholic drinks, 2. I am going to post in this community at least three times this week and read the post daily. 3. I am going to track my other habits. I have always found this to be helpful to get myself back on plan and to stay on plan to track my habits. When I track all of my self-care habits like walking, spending time in the Sun, journaling, meditating, strength training etc, It helps me to have something non-food related to focus on. I know it will be helpful to sere what things that I am doing so that I'm aware of what habits I have been neglecting. 1 and 3 #SpringTowardHealth

Posted by Julie Bassett at 2024-05-01 17:01:54 UTC