I have been on almost every diet out there. I have been dieting since I was in the 3rd grade. I am 45 now (as of February 3, 2018) so that tells you it's been a long time of yo-yo dieting. When I could afford it I tried pills, drops, and shakes. I did Weight Watchers and ate way to many carbs until I actually started getting a horrible rash from it. Yes I am almost 90% sure that is what it was from because as soon as I cut back down it went away. My DR checked me for Celiac Disease and it was all negative. So then I moved on to eating Low Carb. That worked great for a few months until my gout acted up and I had a case of gout in my foot for just about 4 weeks straight and after basically in pain for 4 days and easing for about 2-3 days and it would all come back again,,,for 6 months! I couldn't stand it and I literally couldn't walk. I was in pain and completely miserable. I stopped drinking my morning coffee with liquid splenda and stopped eating high fat low carb meals (even though this is not bad for you if you follow a LCHF-lowcarb/high fat diet). With my history of gout it was just not working for me. Within a week of stopping my LCHF eating plan, AND finally giving in a taking a medication my DR has been urging me to take for years, my gout was gone! I tried LCHF one other time after my gout was gone and it didn't bring back my gout (Pretty sure the daily med I take for it helped prevent it) but I couldn't stand eating that way. It surprised me but I was tired of the fat and eggs, and more fat I had to add to my food to keep up the high fat intake I needed. So I called it quits. Ever since I would start a diet and a few days later give up. I am tired of being told I can eat "this" but not "that" THEN being told I can eat "that" but not "this". We have to eat to live so it is not something we can avoid. Food is in our faces every day and there is no getting around it. I just want to eat healthy and cut out the sugar, soda, chips, fast food, and as much processed crap as I can. I will never be perfect and 100% spot on. I will make many mistakes and cheat quite a bit, BUT I am not going to throw in the towel when I do. I will keep moving forward on my journey. There IS a light at the end of the tunnel. Don't know how far it is but it IS there!
Before I end this here I just want to say that I am not a writer nor do I write well. I'm not starting this just to get a 1000+ followers blog (even though I would love the followers). I just want to make friends on this journey and talk about my progress and life happenings here. I'm not looking to impress anyone, since I just informed you I'm not a writer and sometimes I don't feel smart enough to even attempt to write stuff. I'm just your average Joe Schmoe looking to get healthy and blogging about it along the way
PS, You will find that I tend to ramble and jump around on subjects a lot in my entries. Sorry in advance LOL
The Phat Filipina
