paleo fail

the paleo journey lasted one whole day.  and I even cheated by having my regular oatmeal breakfast.  maybe I'm not strong enough or dedicated enough, but whatever it is, I just couldn't hack it.  I'm not the paleo diet type.  so on to the next thing.  or maybe just back to trying to eat healthy and manage the best I can.  hats off to all you radical diet types!  respect.

in other news, I started by internship with a local hospice agency.  one week in and I am already loving it.  I admire my supervisor and her offbeat ways.  she's pretty quirky and definitely disorganized, but her care for her clients and her respect for each of them in their particular situation is something to respect.  and that's what it's all about, right?  reaching people.  she reaches people.

I know this internship is going to stretch me in ways I'm not prepared for.  I know I'm going to learn some really important things about being a social worker.  my prayer is that God will start equipping me even now for the responsibilities I will be given and the things I will be asked to do.  I want to reach people too.

I'll leave with the verse of the day from by Bible app.  such sweet, astounding, life-shaping truth for the day, for always:
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness.  By his wounds you have been healed. || I Peter 2:24

blueberries

my favorite thing on the list of top 10 anti-inflammatory foods

let the games begin.

after being told that even my skin is being effected by my RA, I've been thinking a lot about the medications I'm on, their pros, their cons, and what my future holds as far as treatment goes.  at the same time, my sister started experiencing inflammation, stiffness, and pain in her joints.  she hasn't been diagnosed with anything, but when your body starts betraying you, the first thing on your mind is how to make it stop.  and so, my sister and I have started thinking about the paleo diet.  yikes!  it's definitely not the most extreme diet out there, but it does involve cutting out things that I really enjoy (bread!).

I've never been very good at limiting myself or putting restrictions on myself.  except for the dedication I put into training for a 25k race a year ago, I've really just let myself go with the flow as far as diet and exercise goes.  everything in moderation; some days better than others.  but then RA happened and I started gaining weight, looking poofy, struggling to get in and out of a car, not lasting more than 20 minutes on the elliptical..... and I've come to the realization that this body of mine is going to start taking some work.  no more going with the flow, but instead I need to be proactive, thinking about what I put in my body, and getting committed to managing this disease without medication.

oh yeah, did I mention I'd like to go med free?  a big goal, but one that is obtainable with a lot of hard work.  can I do it?  let the games begin.