Monday, November 16, 2015

Continuum of Change


In the last two years I have been intentionally trying to change several aspects of my life.  One of those was making changes to positively affect my health.  I think we all reach a point in our lives where we realize that in order to have quality at the end, we need to do the best we can and make better choices before anything goes seriously wrong.
I have always been interested in health and could see pursuing a career in the medical field in a different life.  I do own many health, diet, nutrition, and medical books.  I prefer them to novels.  In a way though, it is like the many lotions and potions on my bathroom shelves, you have to actually apply them for anything to change.
Adopting new behaviors in any area is challenging.  You actually have to do the 3 step skin-care routine every night in order to achieve the elusive results.  The area of health and nutrition is the same.  The new behaviors must become routine, at least most of the time.
Therein lies my downfall.  I like novelty.  I like to try new dishes and cook with new flavors.  They say that people who's weight stays consistent eat the same basic meals daily.  Blah.  Boring.  I don't wanna!
After very recently deciding to go vegetarian, again, I am once again finding myself on a Journey to do Better.  I have read, watched, and listened  to some very persuasive ideas on the topic lately and I will delve into these more in the future.
Right now I am in a transition period.  I have meat in my freezer and cheese in my fridge.  There are cans of tuna and salmon in my pantry.  I am frugal.  I will use what I already have so I will transition to vegetarianism at a pace that will be way too slow for some and too fast for others.  I have not decided about dairy and eggs.  Today, supper consisted of homemade vegetable fried rice and store bought vegetable egg rolls.  It was a good supper.  Tomorrow, I don't know specifics yet but I know that it will be somewhere along the continuum of change.

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