Who Woulda Thunk???

I have had problems with my stomach and with my colon for years.....been to several different doctors....all saying the same thing:

"EAT MORE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES"

UGH!!!!! Those of you that know me.....I don't eat fruits and vegetables, well not many, and just a select few.

Well at the age of 54 I began to have more and more bouts with my stomach and they were getting worse. I was missing work.....hurting more....and just miserable. So once again I go to my "stomach" (can't spell his professional name). Well the first thing he wants to do is run the ever loving COLONOSCOPY....Yup on of my favorite tests!!

After have that done and several other tests I was diagnosed with having Irratible Bowel Disease....specifically Ulcerative Colitis!

And once again I was told: "EAT MORE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES". Well I was so sick and tired of having to stay close the bathroom and hurting like I was I decided to do what the doctor told me!

I STARTED EATING MORE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES!!!

That was about 10 weeks ago and it has made a huge difference in how I feel.

I sleep better, feel better, no stomach problems, no hurting and I have more energy!! I went back to the doctor about 2 weeks ago and he askd how I was doing to which I said I was doing great. I told him that I had always blown off the doctors orders of "eating more fruits and vegetables" for years but that this time I really took it to heart and have stuck with it. He asked how did that make me feel. I told him as much I hate to admit it....I felt great and that I wish I had listened to him years ago. I told him that I told me husband that I was really surprised that the doctors really knew what they were talking about....my doctor replied by saying "Yes, I only had to get 4 degrees and years of schooling to tell you to eat more fruits and vegetables".

Something so simple to change and it was one of the hardest for me to do OR should I say one change that I just didn't want to do...I liked the food that I ate....my comfort food. Having made the change now to mostly fruits and veggies with some chicken and beef I have to admit that I feel great and it wasn't as hard as I had thought it would be.

You know if you think about it, Adam and Eve lived off fruits and some veggies in the Garden of Eden. That was God's plan for us and that is the way that God made our bodies to be.....by eating things that HE created.....not processed foods or man made food!!

Thank you God for making eating right part of your plan for me!!


From my corner of the world.....I am never too old to learn something new and make changes to my life!