Hello again!
Welcome
to the first of three posts wherein I detail what I’ve been doing differently
that has me feeling better than I have in years. As promised last time, today’s
installment: supplements.
I call
myself a nutritionist. So why am I starting off talking about pills, and not food? Well,
things started getting a little better when I cleaned up my diet, but what has really made a difference—a huge one—is my new supplement regimen.
(And yes, the word we want for this is regimen.
Not regiment,
which is a military unit, and not regime, which
is a political entity [usually a dictatorship], as in, “the Pinochet regime.” [Okay, actually, that last
one can be used in the same context,
but it’s weird. Don’t do it.] Regimen. Regimen.
But none of my intelligent readers is saying “regiment” or “regime” in comments and on forums like the great
grammatically unwashed, right? Right. The same way you never talk about how “your” not “loosing” weight.)
I am
eating a bit differently than I was back when I posted about 80/20 being a step up from where I was, but in my somewhat educated opinion, I think the
supplements are having the biggest impact. Well, no, not exactly. I think the changes to my diet and movement are having a big impact
on my body, while the supplements are working their magic in my head.
So
back to the pills: Sure, real, whole, unprocessed foods are generally the way we
want to go, but when you’re already
doing pretty well in that area and you feel like things are still a little off, it’s entirely possible that your healthy diet is falling short
somewhere. This is especially true in 2014 America, where we’re chronically
stressed, chronically worried, chronically sleep-deficient, and chronically joy-deficient.
Sometimes our bodies—and even more so, our minds—need
a little somethin’-somethin’ that even the best diet either isn’t providing at
all, or isn’t providing enough of.
When
this is the case, there is no shame in supplementation. No shame. Better to admit that you need a little help than to
resign yourself to feeling less-than-optimal because you think your sauerkraut,
bone broth, and cod liver oil “should”
be getting you all the way there. News flash: sometimes they don’t.
Being
that the way I’ve been feeling for a few weeks now is like night and day from
where I was a while back, clearly my body—and mind!—are now getting something—probably multiple somethings—that they were desperate for.
