How I Lost 9.1 Kilos In Three Months

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Hey Sunshines,

I just wanted to be healthy, the how and what to do was frustrating, when you go to the doctor and they say you don't need to change your diet, but your looking at the scales and saying I'm at my heaviest which has put me in the obese line on the chart and I don't need to change my diet.... (it didn't really happen like this, but it's a summed up version of many events.)

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A little back story, I quess I've always struggled with weight, only about three times not including the pregnancy's in my life that would be on the heavier side for myself the rest was maybe classed at the other end of the scale to thin...

I just want to be healthy, a good healthy weight for me were I feel great and comfortable that's an easy goal right?

Leading up to losing the weight it took years of failing, broken routines, stress, yo yo of weight coming off then pulling muscles then putting on double or triple what I had lost back on.
It wasn't a wham bam lost the weight instantly without trying to do things for years before.

If you got given a numbered amount of time left would you try to change your health to live a bit longer?

If I keep going the way I would cut my life short by 20 -25 years, which I thought my diet was pretty healthy, boy did I get a wake up call and a slap in the face... (but don't change your diet it's not a factor say's the doctor....)

Confused out of my brain people were suggesting youtube videos about raw food, supplements, which lead me to researching and over loading on different diets which was basically trying and testing during the three months and taking supplements, exercising, praying. It wasn't so cut and dry I was soaking up so many different websites, youtube videos, books, the bible that I had so many different points of views that I was inducing food that didn't agree with me as one would recommend that was ok to eat.

It really comes down to how sick our body is from toxins from what we have eaten, medicine/supplements we have taken, pollutants in the air, whether we exercise and how we do it etc.
We need to heal this was the issue how do I heal?

This was a yo yo of information that I was finding but even with the yo yo of information I was still able to loss 9.1 Kilo's with my starting weight being 66.7kg, the second month 58.7kg, the third month 57.6kg. Near the start of the year my weight was 74.2kg.
I did drop below my goal maintenance weight I wanted, which is something to work on.

We can be a good healthy weight and still be sick, what we put into our body reflects on the out side and inside, the only difference we can't see the effects on the inside unless we use radiation devices.

I did end up eating some meat, fish, gluten at the start and end of the three months, and felt terribly sick after eating them, still tried and still got sick, and still have the same issue can eat them as get sick with stomach cramps.
I was mostly eating vegetables (added way more root and leafy greens), herbs either fresh,steamed, boiled or baked in salads, soups, sauteed vegetables, stirfrys, coconut yogurt, juices.

I would do so many things different so I wasn't so confused on what to eat, what to do, which leads to depression which leads to eating junk food or not eating at all, but that's all apart of the learning process that we need to go down to learn what is best for us.

To Use Supplements Or Not

This was a really hard to decide weather to use supplements or not, as I wanted to use food to heal but didn't know what to do at that time (I'm still learning about this), I ended up using supplements and I do believe this do help with the change of diet also, as being a sugar addict the cravings went, and when I ate something sweet even raw sweets I felt sick when taking the supplements. When I first started taking the supplements a nurse told me I wont see any changes for about two years if any, well I'm surer losing 9.1 kilos is a big change and feeling more energized after the detox stage which wasn't great but they are changes.
Food can also heal you, which I'm starting to find alot more information and tips about this than I could before, sometimes it just takes time for you to find the information.
You can only make the call weather you want to use supplements or food and weather you think they are healthy.

What I would of told myself at the start of the three months

Everyone is different so healing times would be different for everyone, and what we eat maybe different as our body's have had different damage done which will effect what our body's can tolerate.
You need to cleanse your body to get the toxins out of your body, you can do this via food or supplements - this is a process with different stages, each stage can take longer than three months depending on how much damage on the inside is done, everyone is different. (The stages are cleansing, healing, maintaining, lifestyle)
Do a low food maps diet to start with or a fresh food diet, but take out gluten, dairy, processed packaged foods, processed meats/meat, processed sugars, fried foods.
Eat either raw, steamed, boiled foods, if lightly sauteing use coconut oil, use organic produce when possible - eat it fresh, prepare just enough for that meal or day.
Limit fruit servings per day to maybe 1-2 pieces, one is an apple a day then either fresh grapes, berries, pawpaw, melon
Lightly exercise no more than 30 mins a day for 5-6 days a week - or what is manageable, but be consistent.
Should of got a juicer to make juicers instead of using a blender much sooner - we got a second hand one for $10 after the three months, which vege and fruit juice gives me a bit of a pick up each morning.
There is going to be a lot of trail and error with food tasting and preparing.
Have a routine, but when it comes to food change it up all the time, use different foods, if using supplements have breaks, don't continual use it for months on end.
No snacking, only three meals a day and make sure each one fulls you up to last to the next meal, and not to over eat, slowly make smaller portions.
Drink tea either green tea, dandelion root, calendula flower, wormwood - (don't have wormwood tea by it's self it will make you want to vomit, it's for getting rid of paristies, I would want to get out if that came down, put a tiny bit a tiny pinch with calendula, dandelion or a mix of them when they are loose, will need a closed tea gadget to soak the loose leaves in the water.) There are so many loose teas at organic stores, some of the stores have what each tea will help with, some have a nutritionist on site that you can chat with while you are in store for free to give recommendations on what may help you with what you want to achieve, or focus on healing.
Detox stages aren't nice but it does get better
There is so many people with information, some you may find 1 or 2 great tips you'll use or 1 recipe, there are some that have alot more information that may suit you, but it's all trail and error to what suits your body, It is a journey that may take a long time.
Eating out is really hard as many restaurants may not do foods from the diet you are on.
Find others that have gone thru what you have and healed them-self or achieved the goals you want to achieve.
Food can heal and nourish us
It's not just about food to being healthy it's other factors also like the cleaning products we use, the processes used to make products, the pollutants in our air etc etc, but you need to focus on what you can change and control in your body/home/family to make better choices for a healthy you as much as possible.

There was a lot to learn and still a lot to learn about being healthy, It will be a life long journey, if you would like something in more details feel to ask, I'll try my best to answer.