Healthy Witness | Jackie

On January 22nd, I had surgery done on my right foot. This surgery was a long time coming. When I was a child, I had mild bunions. It is genetic and also due to wearing improper shoes. Then through middle school, high school, and college, I was in sports which required my feet to always be taped a certain way for little pain relief. After college I wore heels to my professional job and again cause more pain and discomfort. Then in my thirties I had really let my body go and I was obese in addition to being blessed with having four successful pregnancies where again I was very large and heavy which also increased my foot pain as well as I walked with horrible posture. My journey continues in 2013 when I had completed losing 101 pounds with eating changes alone. My next goal was lifelong maintenance. This means I never want to gain all of it or even most of it back. I did give myself a 10 pound window meaning I was only allowed to backslide 10 pounds. I had my sights set on doing fitnes...

Suggestion for breakfast or snack.  This is the basic recipe. http://allrecipes.com/personal-recipe/63188014/healthy-minute-muffin-in-a-mug Additional notes: Use a larger than normal mug for best results or you can experience mug overflow. Microwave for 1 minute, if you still see it looking wet or dry, then add 20 seconds at a time until you think it's well cooked. I forgot to add that you can eat it in the mug as is or  pop it out of the mug onto a plate and slice it.  You can top it with coconut oil or Nutiva shortening which is a  delicious butter. If you are not there yet then you can top it with a sugar free jelly or marmalade. Or you could top it with honey if your body can handle sugar. Other items to try would be to top it with a nut butter like almond butter or macadamia butter or cashew butter. As you can tell, you can get real creative process and never make it boring.

Our culture seems to always be in a hurry. Mainly for results. But in order to get to the results that we desire, it takes a lot of work and patience. Of course, we all want desires now, but realistically it takes time and patience is a virtue as they say. Recovering from surgery is definitely goi ng to take time even though I would like to have full mobility now. No one wants to be laid up and restricted on physical activity. But I know that this time is necessary in order for me to have a longer lasting healthy physical life. It's the reason why I chose to fix something that has been not 100% my whole life. I am so glad I was blessed with the ability to have the surgery and now going through the recovery. Writing down my desires and goals and dreams help me stay on focus of what will honestly dictate what I do daily. It helps me from eating the wrong thing s doing and saying the wrong things. I like to live my life more pleasant and be a blessing and help others as much ...

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