Epiphany

While strolling down memory lane and roaming the archives of my blog I had an epiphany. I was reading a kind of amusing post written a year ago about how much pain I was in and how much body must hate me to treat me that way and I realized that I don't feel like that anymore.

I am not in constant pain. My knees only bother me if I do something beyond the normal and normal includes going to the gym. My stomach still has a few issues but it is sooo much better that I rarely even give it a thought. I always thought that weight was not a major contributor to my health issues but it obviously was.

Do you ever stop to notice those days you feel good? I think it truly takes feeling really bad to be truly appreciative of good health. I remember when I was a kid, I developed hives for an entire summer. I had red itchy bumps and it drove me crazy. I remember thinking what kind of heaven it would be to just not feel itchy. Now before I had hives, I didn't think the simple act of being not itchy would be considered heaven. After the hives were gone, I could really understand how good that simple luxury could be.

It is the same now, in the past, I would never have known how good it feels to be able to sleep a full night without waking up with back pain. I would never have known what it was like to spend the day shopping and not come home with swollen knees. I would never have known what it was like to go for days without serious issues with my stomach. Now I do.

Now I just need to keep remembering how good it feels to just feel good.

Food for Tuesday

• 4 points--ff frankfurters
• 0 points--salsa
• 1 points--fat free sugar free yogurt
• 1 points--fruit cup
• 0 points--coffee
• 1 points--ww bread
• 2 points--peanut butter
• 1 points--jelly
• 5 points--chicken breast
• 0 points--steamed veggies
• 5 points--brown rice
• 2 points--apple and orange
• 1 points--fruit bar
• 0 points--coffee
• 1 points--yogurt
• 24 points--total for Wednesday