Weight vs. Wait

Many Americans are battling weight issues and let's just say I am part of the many. This weight vs. wait journey is a bit different than the many attempts I've made before in trying to live a healthier lifestyle.

Inconsistency has been my biggest downfall, from starting the H.A.T.E Movement in 2019 to making it happen in 2020, waiting to go to college years after high school, or simply procrastinating filming new blog topics. I soon learned that the wait was turning into weight aka "Dead Weight." I walked around carrying things on my to-do list that just became things to do but nothing was being accomplished or acted upon.

I can recall thinking I could go cold turkey and give up meat I did for a good 5 days. I would eat beans, pasta, and vegetables and drink whatever I wanted. The minute someone would mention a barbeque or seafood the diet would end. I was looking for support from those around me when in fact they struggled with the same food addictions that I struggled with. I gathered that eating habits are taught like any other behavior, My parents did not teach me the importance of healthy living until I was an adult who then had already started struggling with bad eating habits. I had no one to hold me accountable for when I skipped out on working out or went to the nearest burger joint to grab the most greasy dish they served.

These habits of course were passed down from one generation to the next and being a mother to four children and being a young mother without knowledge of the importance of a vegetable, drinking water, or exercise then left my children with no choice but to be a victim to bad eating habits. However, I am not choosing to wait until my children are grown to make sure they know these things. When I realized how these habits were not only attacking myself but my children and grandchildren (in the future) I took a stand. This was bigger than just me.

"Beauty flaws are God's finishing touches of perfection in a beautiful painting." -Ife Mensah

I later apologized to my children for the lack of knowledge on my behalf. But no longer will I allow wait to turn into weight. I started detox and now have the best trainer in the world to help and hold me accountable for my choices and actions on this health journey. This journey is to help change mindsets, behaviors, and habits.

The H.A.T.E Movement surrounds mental health, trauma, and relationships. I recently mentioned in my interview with The Moondog38732 Show how physical health co-depends on mental health and vice versa. I have suffered from mental conditions and never thought it could be correlated to unhealthy living and eating until one day I was riding and listening to an ad about increasing blood flow in the body and to the brain.

The spokesman talked about his struggle with mental issues and how he was tired of the different medications and wanted to seek other ways in which he could be medicine free but maintain healthy mental. He stated, that he began to research to improve his mind, body, and soul. He found that increasing his blood flow helped him with his mental conditions, exercising, and healthier.

Now, this is not to say this is the cure but what harm could it do in at least trying? When listening to this it was like we were in a health class and he had a megaphone to my ear. I let the words he was saying settle into my psyche. By the next morning, I made a conscious decision to let go of fast foods, overeating, not exercising, and the excuses.

Today I choose me! I choose water, exercise, and vegetables. I choose fruits ( I hate them by the way) I choose to hold myself accountable! I choose to rid of the wait and the weight!