Quick Thoughts

So I have been doing some research about healthy weight loss and why it's hard for some people to lose weight. A lot of it was stuff that I had heard before; eat healthy, drink lots of water, exercise. But I came across a few things that I hadn't really thought about that were quite interesting, and I thought I would share my findings with you.
Why are you fat? The body stores fat for a variety of reasons outside of what you are eating. So if you're eating a low fat diet and can't lose weight there is obviously something else preventing you from doing so. So what's keeping the fat on? Simple. Toxins. And not just the obvious stuff either. But basically, your body stores fat cells to trap toxins and prevent them from making you ill. It's really pretty effective. Unfortunately we live in a society where toxins are everywhere! The air is loaded with pollution, a lot of people smoke, drinking alcohol, prescription drugs, household cleansers, our water is loaded with crap, I mean pretty well everything is just bad for you. But there's still more. When your body is under a lot of stress or you're depressed you produce stress hormones. For the average person, these stress hormones would be processed and removed by your body while you sleep. But, the average American just doesn't get enough sleep to combat all the stress hormones. So what does your body do? It has all these excess stress hormones stored up inside and you're consistently producing more. the body doesn't know what is causing the stress so it generally goes one of two ways, either you start losing weight and lose your appetite, or your body takes all the excess stress hormones and stores them in fat. Which makes sense, as until the past hundred years or so famine was a huge stresser for people. Store fat, don't die in famine. Great except there's not a famine. So you're just storing up all this fat from outside toxins and stress, which will undoubtedly make you more stressed.
So what do we do to combat all of this? First, take some time to really think about what has you stressed out or depressed and why it has you strung out on hormones. Just take a deep breath and come to terms with who you are. Take time to think about all the good in your life. If weight is a huge stresser for you think  about your other traits that are awesome. Like I may be heavy, but I'm a good friend, I'm a fabulous musician, and I have great skin. Don't just stew on the need to lose weight.
And for the more external toxins, there are cleanses that one can do to help remove them. Most of these cleanses involve juicing and a lot of veggies and water. More specifically veggies that are loaded with chlorophyll. The chlorophyll will flush out those toxins super quick (and the fat that the toxins are in), and it's just good for you. Most of the veggies that are high in chlorophyll are the green leafy veggies such as collard greens and kale. Fresh parsley is also a good one to add to things as it is a super cleanser. It will even make your breath fresh and your sweat less smelly. It's that good.
After doing a little research I am pretty interested in trying one of these cleanses. Maybe for 2 weeks, not sure yet. But I am a smoker, I'm epileptic so I have been on meds since I was like 14, and I find myself stressed and/or depressed quite a lot. I would like to start this new year with a good cleanse to not only help me lose weight but to just be healthier. Start the new year fresh and clean on the inside, ya know. I will give up smoking during the cleanse which will be tremendously difficult, though I will probably start smoking after it is done. There are few things in my life that I truly truly enjoy and smoking is one of those things, so I'd probably have to lose a lung (I do mean that literally) before I would quit for real. You might think I'm crazy and stupid, but I assure you I am not. I know how bad it is for me. I know it could kill me. I just don't care. Getting in a car and going down the road has a greater likelihood of killing me, so yeah. I'm a smoker. It's a part of who I am.
But I have some more research to do on cleanses, find some recipes and what not. I'll fill you in when I have more to share on the subject. So til next time!