Some Changes

Well, I still haven't found my scale, which means I still haven't weighed myself.  I can tell that I've gained weight - some of us are just blessed/cursed with the ability to gauge when our bodies change (usually for the worse, because I'm the last one to notice when I lose weight).

As we continue to settle in, I kind of feel like I'm in a perpetual state of limbo.  I don't have a schedule, I am not working yet, every day is different - things that are not conducive to eating healthy and getting into an exercise routine.  

I realize that I need to get myself into a routine ASAP...it's just been hard.  But, I think I've found new motivation to better my eating habits....

My mom, who continues to battle various ailments, recently tested her body's pH balance.  She found after a week of daily tests (consisting of peeing on some paper) that her body is highly acidic. 

I've done a little research on this, and I have to say, I was shocked to learn that diseases thrive in an acidic environment.  Cancer, viruses, bacteria...they love acid!

So, in an attempt to ward off a recurrence of cancer, as well as the various other symptoms of an acidic body that are no fun (weight gain, diabetes, depression, chronic fatigue, compromised immune system, etc.) she is drastically changing the foods that she's eating.

At her suggestion, I also decided to check my body's pH - I figured it couldn't hurt, and if I was off, I wanted to give myself a chance to fix it!

So, this morning, I peed on a little strip of paper, compared it to the chart on the test package, and found that I am also on the acidic end of the spectrum.  Ideally, we want to be at about a 7.0.  I was at a 5.5 - uh oh!  This now means that tomorrow I will be making a trip to the grocery store to stock up on some high alkaline foods, in an attempt to get myself closer to 7.0 on the pH scale.  It also means that I'll be attempting to either cut out (or limit) the acidic foods that I so love (coffee, chocolate, dairy products, beef - just to name a few).

I'll continue to check my pH over the next few days - it's possible that today was a fluke...maybe???

I'm hoping that forcing myself to be more conscious of what I'm eating (as I attempt to neutralize my body's pH) will help me, once again, jump start my attempts at weight loss.