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Kefir….no thanks

Hannah Lucio

I have been curious about how I would feel after trying a few foods. We have been getting sick left and right after we started letting our boy go to Sunday School. We are a family that never gets sick. Ok, maybe once a year and it last’s about 3 days total. Now, since he has been going to Sunday school every week we have been sick all the time. He loves Sunday school so that is not really an option to not have him go. So I researched things to “boost” our immune system. One thing it said was that you literally cannot boost your immune system. So I looked for ways to get more “healthy” foods into our diet. Every day I make our smoothies and that has seemed to help a little. I read to add a probiotic into our diet. Kefir is one of the most mentioned probiotic that I saw on the websites. So I got it and tried it out. I have to mention that we are not a family that drinks milk or has a high dairy diet. I do top our meals with cheese but not more that a 1/4 cup at a time. When we need a milk like product we use Almond Milk. We are not allergic to dairy, but it is a choice we make to not have a lot of it. I actually watched a few documentaries this last week and it said that cow milk is actually not made for human consumption. Very interesting.Anyway,  I started adding Kefir to our smoothies and after two days pulled the plug on adding it.

What happened?

I felt fat, bloated, sluggish and worse off. Oh and I gained two pounds in two days. Yikes!  Our oldest son started getting hiccups after drinking it. And since I am breastfeeding Ill add that he was fussier than normal. It is very interesting to see how our bodies react to certain foods. I did not know that our body would react that quickly and make us feel worse.

Today is the first day back to our regular smoothies and we are all good to go. I have my regular boost of energy with the smoothies, our  oldest son did not have hiccups and our little guy has not been fussy.

That just means no milk products. Besides cheese , ha! Also, we are just going to have to deal with getting sick if it means our boy is happy at church. If you are feeling bloated all the time or sluggish check your diet. When I eat a certain way I have tons of energy and lose weight.

I also cannot eat a lot of protein because I will actually gain weight. Even if it is just plain chicken or protein shakes. No matter what the meat of protein alternative, I gain weight. Now, that is quite opposite of what healthy sites or magazines tell you. I think we should listen to what our bodies are telling us. Because we are all different. In this day in age we can learn so much! We should be taking advantage of all the information that is out there. I literally watch a documentary every day on Netflix about foods. Take advantage of it, I really enjoy learning!

 

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Critics, marriage, babies-let them be your biggest motivators 

Hannah Lucio


The only place to take a full picture of myself is at church. So I took one. Finally. It feels weird to whip out my phone and take a picture. Of myself. At church. But I’ve thought about it week after week and finally did it. I feel SO darn proud of myself in taking control of my weight. 

See. I’m not “into myself”, I don’t think I’m “hot”, I really don’t think I’m pretty if you want to know. But I do know this. I have grown up struggling with my weight. My whole life!  I’ve been on so many different diets, weight lose pills and also tried to be bulimic. Yuck! I lose weight, gain a s*** ton, kinda lose it again, it’s all just vicious cycle. Until I got married…..that’s when I took control of my weight.

People typically say that when you get married you gain the marriage weight. People also told me when I got pregnant that I would never lose my weight. I  was literally laughed at. A lot. By more than one person. I told them that I wanted to be a fit mom and lose all the weight I gained. Good luck, they told me. I was told different stories about how they never lost their weight after pregnancy. What a let down. I was also told it was really hard because I would be SO tired and not motivated. Well crap, I thought. Just one more thing I didn’t need, negativity. I was thinking I really hope I am not like that. It got me down, a lot. It made me feel, well, horrible. And then I thought……CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! 

Here I am two babies later and 20 lbs less than when I got married. 20 lbs!!! I beat all odds apparently. I am that “fit mom” I wanted to be. I have a lot of energy. I like to play with my boys in ways that I would be able to if I had not lost weight. I can run around the playground, go on walks and show my boys what healthy living is. We are far from perfect about what we put in our bodies but we try to lead by example. I try to feed our family good foods but we also treat ourselves to regular junk foods. Remember your kids don’t buy their own foods, we do. Also, what we don’t have at home we won’t eat. I really believe that my consistent working out and watching what I eat has helped me. I drink my Smoothies every morning. Up your fiber content, drink plain black coffee instead of adding junk, drink water and stay positive. My body cannot process high protein amounts so I tend to eat more fiber foods. I do eat ground turkey, brown rice and black beans for dinner a lot! Omg it taste so good. 

Now that I have gotten to my first weight goal I can start to get to my ultimate weight goal. I would also like to be a motivator for others. If I could even just help one person get motivated to eat better and workout I’d be SO happy! I know it’s a new year and people are looking for ways to get their New Years resolution going. 

My advice would be to 

1. Start somewhere. 

2. Start small and work up

3. If someone is not helping you get to your goal but instead getting in the way, fix it. Distance yourself from that person. I had to do that because some people really do not want to see you succeed. I have many examples, if you want to just ask 🙂 I’ve actually stopped hanging out with a lot of people because they were not healthy for me. It might sound hard but it’s not. 

4. Stop making excuses. I’ve heard so many from people about how they cannot lose weight, eat healthy or go workout. Walking outside is free. A few dumbells are really cheap. YouTube exercise videos are free. Eating healthy isn’t that expensive. When I lived in California I used to shop at Sprouts, mega cheap and we had a ton of veggies and fruit. Over here in Virginia…..it’s a little more expensive. But we still buy it! Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s and Harris teeter are our go to for foods. No-GMO’s!!!

5. Start somewhere. Yes, I repeated number one because it is SO important to just start!!

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