Trouble of Achieving Healthy Lifestyle.

Fasting

It usually sounds like deprivation. However, if you try to dig deeper it actually means suppressing your physical needs to achieve a higher level of spiritual and mental aspects of your being. Out of curiosity, I tried a seven-day fast for spiritual reasons. Jesus fasted for forty days and forty nights and still managed to refuse the devil’s temptation. I will not go that far. It will only be seven days. I always reminded myself of the reasons I am doing this so that I will not go off track. 

Reasons

The WHY question is important. As for me, undergoing an emotional turmoil, I need divine guidance. As time passed by, it was difficult. When hunger strikes, everything becomes irrelevant except my dire need for food. But I asked myself why I am doing this. It became a diversion from thoughts of hunger. Several realizations came flooding in as I submerged my thoughts to the real issues: why he left me?  what have I done wrong? what will I do? There are so many things and it was so enlightening. I realized that I have a big ego. It was the thing that destroyed us. There is this self-entitlement tattooed on my mind that I deserved something. Something I do not yet know. This is what I got from drinking just juice and water for seven days. 

Exercise 

I am so in love with this right now. It is so effective to release all the sadness, anger, frustrations and all negative thoughts. It is a form of self-love because you are doing this for yourself. No pain no gain. The body pains are so addictive. I longed for it because I do not want to cry and think of the fact that he is gone. I do not know if not thinking about it is healthy but I just have to live one day at a time. Right now, I feel a sense of relief whenever I notice improvements in my body. I become happy for me and that is all that matters. 

Eating Right

When I was starting, I became so frustrated when results are not showing themselves. I have been exercising in a week and my legs are still fat, my tummy is still bulging and my arms are still flabby. It was a wake-up call. I recall the phrase you are what you eat. So I started preparing my food. No rice but still eating so many plates of fruits and vegetables. I feel so grateful to all food bloggers, vegans, dietitians, fitness experts and other health enthusiasts in pinterest and youtube.