Forums: January 2011 Kickstart Forum: Making Peace with Yourself
Created on: 01/20/11 12:36 AM Views: 1067 Replies: 4
marge Joined: 09/08/10 Location: Seattle Posts: 211	Making Peace with Yourself Posted Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 12:36 AM I struggled with posting this. I come from a large East Coast family, almost everyone is blase about their health. We have cancer, diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, obesity in our family. Yet no one is bothered by it.(hey, just take your meds) Except me.I was like,oh no,that ain't happening to me, not gonna happen.Moved to the West Coast. Really read, really cared about my health. Got a bicycle rode to work,joined the gym,joined the food co-op. Became a vegetarian, became a vegan. Became fit. Now, My doc and I are trying to tweak my high blood pressure meds, because you can't escape your genes. want to scream, want to cry, want to have a pity party. She (Doc)asks me "why can't you make peace with yourself?"
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kiwi Joined: 01/03/11 Location: New Zealand Posts: 405	RE: Making Peace with Yourself Posted Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 1:25 AM Hi Marge, Thanks for sharing. I think it is possible to make peace with ourselves in that we can learn to like and love ourselves as we are, warts and all. But that takes time and can be a difficult process when we often believe we are not enough for whatever reason.... not pretty enough, not light enough, not tall enough, not rich enough, not cleaver enough etc. I also believe that making peace with ourselves does not mean that we just give up and accept something we would like to change about ourselves, such as your health issues. It means that we understand change is hard, takes time and we dont beat ourselves up if we fall off the horse. We just go out the next day and get back on. We keep trying and congratulate ourselves for the small day by day changes we make in our lives. While we can't change our genetics, congratulate yourself for what you have accomplished to date with exercise and diet. We don't know but perhaps your health would be a lot worse now if you hadn't of taken those measures. We are all works in progress. Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food - Hippocrates.
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cch22 Joined: 09/08/10 Location: New York State Posts: 999	RE: Making Peace with Yourself Posted Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 6:59 AM Hi Marge. Great question. Perhaps you haven't looked in the mirror lately? What do you say to yourself? Try for 21 days to openly speak and say good things to you. I see a woman who makes her own decisions, even if they are not popular with her family. I see a woman who wants information, not afraid to go get it, read it, and use it. That takes time and dedication. I see a woman who not only read all the material, but had the disapline to use it and get fit. I see a woman who has made a commitment to be kind to animals, eat healthy, share her journey with others and who cares about others. I see a woman who has come a long way physically. She probably won't need a heart operation, or get diabetes, and now doesn't need ibuprofen before and after a bike ride. BTW the bike rides are more than most people can probably do. I see a woman who is strong, healthy ... i just can't figure out why she is not proud of her accomplishments. Maybe you are focusing on the wrong parts. We do the best we can. Yes we do all this great stuff as a vegan. We try to give our bodies everything they need to thrive. Sometimes we get colds, some still need meds. I bet it's less meds and we recup faster! Additionally we live a full life and thrive. Accept the joy.. find the good.
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Oceandog Joined: 01/10/10 Location: California, USA Posts: 642	RE: Making Peace with Yourself Posted Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 8:49 AM Cynthia! Wow! That is beautiful! I wish you had been near when I grew up. I have never had great self confidence but over the years have learned that often when I find myself feeling low, it is because I am comparing myself to what I see around me or someone else's standards. I lose sight of where my life is headed and where it ends. I am never going to be perfect, I wasn't created that way. I can, however, offer love and help to those along the way and therein find the beauty I have hidden inside. Always offer kindness and a soft word to the beings around you; You do not know their journey. Your words can be the hug they need or the shove that breaks them.
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veggies4me Joined: 01/05/11 Posts: 172	RE: Making Peace with Yourself Posted Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 8:55 AM Marge, I think you got some good food for thought on this post. You certainly could be worse off and I am sure genes play a role in all our lives. I would like to offer you one more bit of advice. Find a new doctor! The Physicians Committee Responsible Medicine has a listing in their site that lists doctors that believe in their patients! I know of doctors (and I'm on the East Coast) that are not drug promotors, but work with patients to develope their health by eating like this and keeping meds to a minimum.
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