Magda wrote:Drae,
Wonderful progress! ...
How are you feeling? Which diet and lifestyle change has made the biggest, positive difference in a way you feel today?
Thank you, Magda! I am feeling amazing a lot of the time.
How am I feeling?
My energy is the best it has been ever, probably. My hiking has gone from having to push myself to do 15 minutes on a level sidewalk to handling moderate trails with very few breaks. In January, I signed up for a tai chi class for balance and fall prevention. In April, after getting back to hiking in March, I realized I had not once thought of using my hiking poles, which I bought mostly for help with balance... 20 years ago! I still haven't used them but am thinking about carrying them as I hike increasingly strenuous trails often alone.
Which diet and lifestyle change has made the biggest, positive difference in a way you feel today?
This is tougher. I have almost totally changed my diet to all the low glycemic carbs I can eat, moderate protein and high good fats with an 18 hour intermittent fast (after supper to lunch) . But, I am doing it all very imperfectly, not counting, not worrying, just trying to eat right. Yet, I am not hungry, feel great and the numbers do seem to be improving rapidly. Two of the other biggest lifestyle changes I have made are improving my sleep, but again, imperfectly, yet it has made a huge difference in quantity and quality.
And hiking again! Oh, it is not just the exercise. It is so much better than a treadmills or machines, even with incline options! To be outdoors, among the trees and rivers and in the sun and shade. The feel, the scent, the peace. Plus, I seem to be getting stronger, more stamina and more agile fast. I tell people I am 67 and they say, I don't believe it. That did not used to happen. I believe the supplements have helped, too, especially, I think, the methyl-B supplements.
Truthfully, I am still a beginner and my brain is working better but still freezing on the hard stuff. I am so grateful for the people here paving the way and pointing the direction! I truly could not have imagined being where I am today, and can only imagine where I can be if I keep improving and getting better at the lifestyle my body and brain needs.
Thanks again, Magda, for your encouragement. Hope this fits the bill on what you were seeking.
Drae
Drae -- floundering forward, everlasting beginner.
Poco a poco. it don't work if you don't do it.
JulieG: Sticking with it slowly.
G.K. Chesterton: Practice makes progress.
A thing worth doing well is worth doing badly at first.
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