What is healthy and how do we get there?
Healthy is a body free of disease.
Healthy is a mind free from negative thoughts.
Healthy is being full of vibrant energy, enjoying life and being truly happy in your life.
Healthy is being at peace.
If we are missing any piece of the puzzle it keeps us from achieving true health. If we don’t eat well we all know that we can gain weight or feel ill. But what is more important is that when we don’t eat well our body is not vibrant and full of energy and our mind is not clear and positive.
Poor diet and malnutrition affect our mind. Being malnourished can lead to depression, emotional imbalance and negative thoughts and feelings.
The sad fact is, nearly all Americans are malnourished thanks to the Standard American Diet (S.A.D.) of grains, animal products, sugar and processed “foods”.
The food choices you make can have far-reaching consequences and can influence your life and your future.
Poor food 
- can lead to weight gain
- and poor complexion
- makes us weak and sad
- makes us tired
- and not willing or able to exercise
- makes us old before our time
- makes us achy and sore
- makes us sick
- makes us depressed
- causes unbalanced hormones
- and so much more…
Every cell in your body is affected by what you eat and drink. You are the sum of everything you put in and on your body. What you eat, drink and breathe feeds the cells that create you. If you feed them poorly, they will create a damaged version of yourself, both physically and mentally.
What about exercise?
We all know that exercising can boost our mood and help us lose weight.
And we know that we are supposed to exercise. But we don’t. Why? Because we are tired, our body is lacking the fuel it needs to run.
The truth is exercise should not be a chore, a healthy body vibrates with energy and is naturally drawn to move.
But with our poor diets and a food system which is calorie dense but nutrient poor, we feel fatigued just climbing off the couch.
This leads to further mental discomfort, as we blame ourselves for being too “lazy” to exercise.
But this is not the case.
It is not your fault.
We have been misled by years of advertising to think that healthy foods are unhealthy and unhealthy foods are healthy.
We have been led to believe that it is our fault if we are overweight, and we should just pop another pill to make us skinny or happy.
Have another cup of coffee to pick you up.
Have another drink to make you fun.
Meanwhile, the pills and the food and the alcohol make us fatter, sicker and more depressed.
We have been led astray from vibrant health. But we can get it back.
I have gone from a tired, overweight, sad, “lazy”, non-athletic woman, to a vibrant, happy, strong and determined woman. I have seen 50 pounds shed from my body effortlessly, not from exercise or starving myself, but from focusing on nutrition.
I am not a member of a gym, I am not running on a treadmill to burn calories. I don’t count calories or points either.
I have shed sadness and depression from my mind, and I have gained a confidence in myself which I have never possessed before.
I have gone from being exhausted and out of breath walking a mile, to hiking 16 miles and 4000ft to the top of Mount Charleston without any fatigue, ready to go further. Exercise is no longer a chore I force upon myself, but a freedom that brings me great joy.
As with any change, there have been bumps along the road. I have not been perfect, there have been weeks at a time where I go back to eating junk. But the difference now is that I can feel how bad it makes me feel.
Before, my body was so burdened by the S.A.D. diet that I didn’t know what it felt like to be happy and vibrant and full of energy.
Now I know that it is the fake food making me tired and stressed and depressed, and I love the way my body feels when I eat real food, nutritious food, so I go right back.
Gaining true happiness starts with your food. When your body is clean, your mind is filled with positive thoughts and your soul is at peace. Then you have reached true health.
If you would like to learn how to shed weight effortlessly, to have abundant energy and to free your mind of negativity then read on: