That Pork Chop Tried to Killed Me

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I don't think I'm going to be eating much pork from now on.  After coming off of the (mostly) fruit and vegetable fast for 21 days, I eased back into eating meat.  Turkey and chicken gave me no problems but when I ate that pork chop for dinner, my whole body went H.AM.  You guys should have seen me sitting at the dinner table looking all crazy and feeling even crazier.  I mean I was feeling like Fred Sandford telling Elizabeth he was coming to join her.

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My dad told me that my head was going to start spinning and sure enough it did.  I tried to play it off but as soon as it started, I put that piggy down.  My little sister had cooked dinner and I had to explain to her about the fast so she wouldn't think something was wrong with the food.  I told her I probably wouldn't be eating any meat for the rest of the week.

Not even ten minutes after dinner, I felt like I was going to have to visit the bathroom in one capacity or another.  That feeling passed after a while but the body ache got worse.  Dad keeps pain medication so I was looking through all of his dresser drawers for something to take the awful feeling away.  I finally found them in the den on the table by his chair.

The pills were for back and body pain. "My head and body hurts so this should work right?"  My little sister and son looked at me like, "Really?"

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I took two of the pills and went and sat down, trying to keep my mind off of the war going on inside me.  Within an hour I was pretty good but as I write this post it feels like I won't be completely right until I get this piggy out of me.  Since it takes meat 12 hours to digest, I should be good by my morning bathroom business meeting.

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My number one goal for this year is an oldie but goodie ~ weightloss.  I've been on this journey for a couple of years (off and on) but I set a timeframe for myself a year ago. I want to be between 150-175 pounds by the time I'm 40 years old. I'm around 287 now so yeah, I have a lot of work to do.

At my largest, I was 320 pounds, so I am making progress slowly but surely.  In order for me to lose over a hundred pounds by February 2016, I'm going to have to take this journey a lot more seriously.

For the first 20 days of January, I am attempting to eat nothing but raw fruits and veggies. Sometimes I eat salads other times I drink smoothies. Lord is this hard since I am a major pasta lover. I could do without the meat for a while but a sister is in need of a trip to Olive Garden.  But I'm going to stay strong.

If you didn't know, eating nothing but fruits and vegetables makes you go to the pot a lot. Yeah, I know, TMI but I'm just saying. I'm also drinking a lot of water and taking Dherbs Cleansing Formula. The number of pills I have to take makes me feel like a junky but everything seems to be getting cleaned so I'll deal with it for the next 18 days.

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Being a hot natured person, I don't mind walking or attempting to jog in 30-40 degree weather.  Couch to 5K (C25K) is the nine week program I'm using to build up my endurance enough to run at least one 5K this summer.  When it rains, I wipe my tears and hop on my elliptical.  It's not the same as being outside but at least I work up a sweat, which is always a good thing.  We have a gym at work so I go in there to hit the weight machines a couple times per week.

Even if I don't hit my goal by my 40th birthday, I'm sure I'll be fit and 40 by the summer of 2016.

What are some of your goals or resolutions for the new year? What are you going to do to make things happen?