Wake up call

[Sam1]

Just a tip from experience, you may want to keep a food log.  Not for dietary purposes, but in case you have any more episodes, you can eliminate the possibility of it being a food sensitivity.  Like my issues occur more often when I have dark chocolate, & fast food french fries (for some reason greasy burgers don't bother it).  I would have never known those things if there was no record to look back on.

 

It's not any trouble to do either, just use the notepad on your phone for it... Issue I had was just getting into the habit of doing it.

[Slappy]

Man I hate to hear that, but glad things have calmed down.  I'm not a whole lot younger than you and have had similar instances that have been my wake up call as well.  I have always pretty much eaten whatever I wanted.  I know what is healthy for me, but consistently chose the things that were bad for me.  Sorta a bad trap to be in.  With my desk job, I have just ballooned.  I probably ate fast food 6 times per week (sometimes more sometimes less), I love steak, fish, chicken, shellfish, cheese, potatoes and anything fried.  I think the good news for us is that we are young enough and a dietary change isn't as much a necessity like it would be if we just had bypass surgery or something.  I was sitting in my desk chair during a slow day at work and it just hit me that I needed to not go on a diet, because diets are temporary, but needed to change the way I ate.  One thing led to another and I watched a documentary (fact based documentary) called Forks Over Knives, you can find it on netflix.  It will really help provide you some encouragement to eat healthier and to decrease the amount of animal products you consume.  I don't overly care about animal rights, or believe in man made global warming...I hunt, I vote for freedom but I am also becoming more and more vegetarian/vegan.  Yeah, I get made fun of a lot by my friends who know how masculine I am...:-) but all of them are fatter too.  I'm not forever committing to eliminate animal products from my diet, but have seen enough evidence that consuming veggies, fruit, seeds, and nuts on a whole foods plant based diet will give you all the nutrition (i.e. protein) you need and its been proven to halt and even reverse heart disease.  

 

I'm doing it for my own reasons, not to break stereotypes or anything.  I just needed a radical change in how I eat and have chosen this.  Its been really crazy so far in a good way.  I feel the best I have ever felt which I wasn't expecting.  My skin has completely cleared, my energy is consistent, i'm sleeping better, thinking better, i've lost 20lbs so far, and man I kid you not, I have ALWAYS had a stopped up nose in at least 1 nostril..well now I can breath through both.  I mean YEARS of only breathing through 1 nostril and now even thats cleared up. 

 

So, if I have totally weirded you out and opened myself up to chastising, I highly recommend the documentary.  Its not hippie stuff, its fact based and its amazing we don't hear more about how a whole foods, plant based diet can solve a lot of our issues.  At the very least, you will have knowledge and I'm convinced you will eat more fruit/veggies and less meat/cheese and you will be healthier.  So good luck!  

[jacob]

Man I hate to hear that, but glad things have calmed down. I'm not a whole lot younger than you and have had similar instances that have been my wake up call as well. I have always pretty much eaten whatever I wanted. I know what is healthy for me, but consistently chose the things that were bad for me. Sorta a bad trap to be in. With my desk job, I have just ballooned. I probably ate fast food 6 times per week (sometimes more sometimes less), I love steak, fish, chicken, shellfish, cheese, potatoes and anything fried. I think the good news for us is that we are young enough and a dietary change isn't as much a necessity like it would be if we just had bypass surgery or something. I was sitting in my desk chair during a slow day at work and it just hit me that I needed to not go on a diet, because diets are temporary, but needed to change the way I ate. One thing led to another and I watched a documentary (fact based documentary) called Forks Over Knives, you can find it on netflix. It will really help provide you some encouragement to eat healthier and to decrease the amount of animal products you consume. I don't overly care about animal rights, or believe in man made global warming...I hunt, I vote for freedom but I am also becoming more and more vegetarian/vegan. Yeah, I get made fun of a lot by my friends who know how masculine I am...:-) but all of them are fatter too. I'm not forever committing to eliminate animal products from my diet, but have seen enough evidence that consuming veggies, fruit, seeds, and nuts on a whole foods plant based diet will give you all the nutrition (i.e. protein) you need and its been proven to halt and even reverse heart disease.

I'm doing it for my own reasons, not to break stereotypes or anything. I just needed a radical change in how I eat and have chosen this. Its been really crazy so far in a good way. I feel the best I have ever felt which I wasn't expecting. My skin has completely cleared, my energy is consistent, i'm sleeping better, thinking better, i've lost 20lbs so far, and man I kid you not, I have ALWAYS had a stopped up nose in at least 1 nostril..well now I can breath through both. I mean YEARS of only breathing through 1 nostril and now even thats cleared up.

So, if I have totally weirded you out and opened myself up to chastising, I highly recommend the documentary. Its not hippie stuff, its fact based and its amazing we don't hear more about how a whole foods, plant based diet can solve a lot of our issues. At the very least, you will have knowledge and I'm convinced you will eat more fruit/veggies and less meat/cheese and you will be healthier. So good luck!

Awesome post, thanks man!

[A.J. Holst]

My cousin worked full time as an RSO at a poorly ventilated indoor range.

Really effed him up, physically and mentally, ended up hospitalized before any really figured out it was lead poisoning.

Got healed up, but it was a long road.

hadn't crossed my mind in years until I saw this post.

A lead warning PSA in 2015. Who woulda thunk it?