Are you truly healthy?

More so now than ever, there is that craze of getting "healthy".  Now, how about staying healthy?

Are you a Weight Watchers, high protein diet, low calorie diet, low-fat diet or any diet drop-out?  No worries, so was I; however, read on...there is is still hope!

Dictionary.com definition of HEALTHY: possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality

Now, many of us may possess these intentions of desiring good health, but are we really doing what we can to achieve it?  To a certain extent, we are all healthy because we are still living - we are doing something right to keep us alive.  The definition of healthy does not mention a "quick-fix" or a "short-term" solution.  The definition specifically uses the word "possessing", so in order to be truly healthy we must truly possess that desire to have good health.  The desire to have good health should not be a roller coaster - for a short time we are on a high doing great, then for a short time time we are on a low, doing not so great!  This roller coaster does not exemplify a desire to be healthy.  Truthfully, this roller coaster could be more detrimental to our health because we are altering our body chemistry so often and our body experiences NO CONSISTENCY.  

NEWS-FLASH:  There is nowhere in the definition of "healthy" does it say - must be super skinny, super toned or look like a skeleton.  On the flip side, there is nowhere in the definition either that states obesity or over-indulging is okay.    

If one desires good health so much, why is it that there are many in society that are always dieting or are on a "get healthy quick"/short-term weight-loss plan (ie: 30, 60 or 90 day)?  Here is a personal example - for my wedding 9 years ago, I stopped eating sweets for 1-month straight, exercised 2x/day and ate nothing but an apple for breakfast and split a bowl pasta for lunch and dinner.  Did I lose weight?  Of course, I did...in fact about 10lbs in 2-months (and I was already pretty small...dropped down to about 88lbs).  Now, here is what happened after the wedding...I was burnt out from that diet plan I put my body through, so I reverted back to my old self and have not been 88lbs since then.  I deprived my body of the proper nutrition it needed.  Through the years, I have gotten wiser and started to realize what truly works.  Yes, moderation, watching calories, low fat, low sugar, etc. still matters; however, what matters most is TRUE nutrition and being honest with yourself.  Ask yourself this - am I truly providing my body with "true nutrition in order to get those natural results"?

If one truly wants to get "healthy", it should be a long-term plan.  Why put our body through a roller-coaster?  How about a long-term maintenance plan instead?  Stop spending massive amounts of money on products and plans to lose weight, just concentrate on "TRUE NUTRITION", "GOD'S FOOD", "TRULY NATURAL".  There are no shortcuts!  You have to be willing to consume truly nutritious in order to get the truly natural results - rid of the unnatural.  Also, educating yourself on what is truly nutritious is very important.  Do not always rely on what you read on food boxes, since there is a lot out there at that says "all-natural, "healthy", "good for you", etc.  It is a marketing trap!  Do your research!  This is when being honest with yourself comes into play - read ingredients and ask yourself if something is truly nutritious/natural, if it was grown in a garden or engineered in a chemical lab. 

If you concentrate on long-term maintenance focusing on the aforementioned, you will see "natural results" that will truly stick and you will actually start to feel great.  Forget the short-term results...change for the long-run.  My journey has become "My Quest to Ultimate Wellness" - I invite you to read this blog post, too.

Thanks for reading!!  Good luck on your journey!!

Faithfully Yours,