Happy Monday Ya'll!
I hope your weekend was as fun as mine. I was in Chicago, visiting my best buddy and his new fiancé. We had a lot of fun. Ate some amazing food and drank quite a few adult beverages. I will admit the fun comes at a cost though. Whenever I go on on vacation and cut loose, I always end up coming back feeling a little congested and depressed in my mind. I used to chalk up to me being depressed about the vacation being over and not wanting to go back to work. I have learned in the last few years of life, this is not the case. So what happened? Before I explain the scientific reasoning, I need to get more personal.
For most of my life, I struggled with anxiety, panic attacks and a bit of depression. As a child I accepted that is was a family thing. Reason being, the statement "it runs in the family" was repeated to me over and over again. Feeling helpless most of the time, I would drag my feet through the days and constantly have a depressed/anxious cloud over my head. Trying to make the best of life was my forte'. By the grace of God I was immensely helped by a wonderful doctor in my early 20's. He got me to see the world a little different, and helped me control the anxiety. He helped my rewired my brain. (This will be a topic for next weeks blog). This was done by certain exercises and a little prescription relief. As I coasted through my 20's, my anxiety was certainly less but there was still something missing. I still didn't love life. I didn't have a good feeling about it. Peace and happiness still alluded me. What was going on? Why don't I feel happy? Through my days I would feel tense and on edge. Even a bit aggressive in nature. Until recently, I just thought this was my life. Nothing will change. Well I am here to share the greatness I have been able to obtain these last few years. The greatness came from one major thing, diet.
The title of this blog will be explained now. My blessing/curse is having a fast metabolism. My older brother always had to be a bit more conscious about the food he consumes. Myself, could eat whatever I wanted and not stress about weight gain. Seems awesome, right? Wrong, people that share the same "fast metabolism" as I do, have to be very cautious. Because your mental wiring and mental state will be affected by the additional calories. Why? Ask yourself, where do the additional calories go? If they aren't store as fat/weight gain, how are they expressed or burned off? If you recall from my blog, last week, the three things that consume the most energy in the body is Mental Stress, Sex and Digestion. Seeing that my body would "burn it off" quickly through digestion, the energy from the calories would still need to be expressed. Here is where the anxiety/panic attacks and depression came from. Excess complex carbohydrates(bread) and sugar needed to be expressed. How my body expressed it, was through mental stress. The harder for your body to digest the item, the more stress you will find within the body. And how your body deals with it, depends on the individual. There is a lot to be said about the quote, "Let food be thy Medicine, and Medicine be thy Food." What you are feeding your body has implications. This is why having a balanced healthy diet is necessary.
In conclusion, eating too many complex carbohydrates and sugar is very poor for your overall health. I am not suggesting eliminating them entirely. I only suggest limiting them. If you would like a good diet plan, message me. And like always, before you implement any diet change, please consult a Doctor.
Thank you for tuning into my blog this week. Next week I will be going over the hardwiring of our brains that can cause mental stress. I will help you re-wire your brain. Until then, have a wonderful week!
Michael
I hope your weekend was as fun as mine. I was in Chicago, visiting my best buddy and his new fiancé. We had a lot of fun. Ate some amazing food and drank quite a few adult beverages. I will admit the fun comes at a cost though. Whenever I go on on vacation and cut loose, I always end up coming back feeling a little congested and depressed in my mind. I used to chalk up to me being depressed about the vacation being over and not wanting to go back to work. I have learned in the last few years of life, this is not the case. So what happened? Before I explain the scientific reasoning, I need to get more personal.
For most of my life, I struggled with anxiety, panic attacks and a bit of depression. As a child I accepted that is was a family thing. Reason being, the statement "it runs in the family" was repeated to me over and over again. Feeling helpless most of the time, I would drag my feet through the days and constantly have a depressed/anxious cloud over my head. Trying to make the best of life was my forte'. By the grace of God I was immensely helped by a wonderful doctor in my early 20's. He got me to see the world a little different, and helped me control the anxiety. He helped my rewired my brain. (This will be a topic for next weeks blog). This was done by certain exercises and a little prescription relief. As I coasted through my 20's, my anxiety was certainly less but there was still something missing. I still didn't love life. I didn't have a good feeling about it. Peace and happiness still alluded me. What was going on? Why don't I feel happy? Through my days I would feel tense and on edge. Even a bit aggressive in nature. Until recently, I just thought this was my life. Nothing will change. Well I am here to share the greatness I have been able to obtain these last few years. The greatness came from one major thing, diet.
The title of this blog will be explained now. My blessing/curse is having a fast metabolism. My older brother always had to be a bit more conscious about the food he consumes. Myself, could eat whatever I wanted and not stress about weight gain. Seems awesome, right? Wrong, people that share the same "fast metabolism" as I do, have to be very cautious. Because your mental wiring and mental state will be affected by the additional calories. Why? Ask yourself, where do the additional calories go? If they aren't store as fat/weight gain, how are they expressed or burned off? If you recall from my blog, last week, the three things that consume the most energy in the body is Mental Stress, Sex and Digestion. Seeing that my body would "burn it off" quickly through digestion, the energy from the calories would still need to be expressed. Here is where the anxiety/panic attacks and depression came from. Excess complex carbohydrates(bread) and sugar needed to be expressed. How my body expressed it, was through mental stress. The harder for your body to digest the item, the more stress you will find within the body. And how your body deals with it, depends on the individual. There is a lot to be said about the quote, "Let food be thy Medicine, and Medicine be thy Food." What you are feeding your body has implications. This is why having a balanced healthy diet is necessary.
In conclusion, eating too many complex carbohydrates and sugar is very poor for your overall health. I am not suggesting eliminating them entirely. I only suggest limiting them. If you would like a good diet plan, message me. And like always, before you implement any diet change, please consult a Doctor.
Thank you for tuning into my blog this week. Next week I will be going over the hardwiring of our brains that can cause mental stress. I will help you re-wire your brain. Until then, have a wonderful week!
Michael