I know we have had similar threads before but with the holiday food fest in progress I thought this might be a good time to remind ourselves of what we have gained (and prevent what we might...).
I've had 2 unexpected positive outcomes of changing my lifestyle (at least 2 that come come to mind immediately) -
1 - My skin is perfectly clear. I've always been prone to those annoying little ingrown hair rashes. I also had a persistent side of the forehead breakout. I never gave a lot of thought to either until a few days ago when I realized that I don't have either problem anymore.
2 - The major benefit for me has been the decrease in my inflammation level. When I started on this path 14 months ago I knew I had to do something to put off knee replacement surgery. I have some type of hard to define joint deterioration and all that extra weight really exacerbated things. I also have 2 seriously damaged discs - one in my neck and one between my shoulders. Neither is caused by excess weight. I'd learned to live with chronic pain caused by the shoulder level disc. When I first started working out regularly I could go about 15 minutes before the pain started. I had to learn to push those boundaries a little just so I could increase my endurance. Fast forward to today. I walk an hour a day, almost every day; I do yoga; I use 5 lb hand weights, I bike when the weather allows and I rarely have pain that knocks me down anymore. My med prescription actually expired I haven't refilled it in so long. I also rarely wake up groaning when I get out of bed. that's not to say it's all perfect, but it's far better than I ever expected it to be.Turns out wheat, and maybe other things, was really ramping up my inflammation level and I never would have discovered that without SBD.
Sorry that got so long, guess I got carried away
So what's your unexpected bonus?
Unexpected bonuses
