January Reset Week 1: ONE ITEM WHY? #newme23 Of all the reasons for why I’m doing this, the one reason I decided to share is: my youngest son who has special needs. He’s now 13 and will be with me for the long haul. I need to ensure that I’ll be there for HIM for as long as I can. And so longevity, better range of motion, balance, flexibility, strength conditioning, less inflammation, etc. have just all become so important to me. And I realized that reworking my entire relationship with food was central to it all. So, that’s my reason: given the huge deck that is stacked against my son and his significant dependence upon me (now and in the long-run), I can no longer let food be an escape from the (real) pain of special-needs parenting, but rather I must learn to USE food as a TOOL to help me succeed in one of the things I care about most—loving and serving my son throughout this life he’s been given.

Posted by SCA at 2023-01-08 14:56:10 UTC