Quit this. Quit that. Quit it all.
Why, for me, it’s a lifestyle change or no change.
Anti-dandruff shampoo wasn’t working. That weird stuff with the “hair thickening” formula made my hair itch. The supplement I saw online only killed my libido. There were products everywhere, but nothing seemed to work.
I was looking for a product. One thing that would actually work.
And I finally found it.
Victory, b*tch.
A product-driven culture means we’re trying to fix problems as easy as possible. In a lot of ways, this works incredibly well. Society wants quick and easy fixes for every day problems. Microwavable meals, $10/month gym memberships, free internet pornography.
Quick substitutes. Band-aides. Easy passes. I’ve learned that most of the time, my problems haven’t been solved by anything fast and easy. That in reality, to get results on some of the most challenging things in my life, I’ve actually had to completely change my lifestyle.
My thyroid was messed up for potentially years without me knowing.
No Doctor found it because all they did was weigh me. They’d tell me I was in the normal range, so clearly I was fine. I wasn’t. My temperature was below normal every day, I was always tired and I’m pretty sure my cheeks looked sunken in.
I could’ve taken a pill and ate whatever I wanted, I guess, but for me that was just a band-aid. What’s the point of living your life with a band-aid on?
It would’ve kept me eating pizza whenever I wanted. Instead of treating my body well, I’d float by. Not really improving, just relying on that daily dose to keep functioning properly.
Repairing my thyroid is a complicated process. It means committing to getting foods out of my body that were attacking me. It took sitting at bars and restaurants and ordering something completely different than everyone else. It meant getting better sleep, supplementing properly and paying more for foods that nourished me.
Not to mention the ridiculous inverted yoga poses I do at work.
It took a lifestyle change. Dr. Axe recently talked about this at a local wellness event I went to and I was so happy to hear him say this. Because it’s true, nothing in life changes by only doing one thing.
Sure, small things really do help. Just cutting back on sugar or caffeine or processed carbs are great, but it’s only one piece of a giant complicated pie.
I guess I learned there is not product to turn everything around. Everyone’s selling quick-fixes, but nothing really seems to get fixed. Just covered up and hidden away for a few years before whatever it is comes back 10x stronger.
So I guess I made changes.
But, even better, I f*cking transformed.
