Honour your wellbeing throughout the year when recovering from M.E., C.F.S. or Fibromyalgia.
Has your ‘new year, new you’ resolve dissolved? Sometimes it is all too easy to forget to keep doing the things that work! It’s similar to the situation when your GP has prescribed antibiotics and by Day 6 you are feeling so much better that you forget to take the last day’s tablets! It’s only when improvements start to fade that we recall the previous support system we had put in place.
So how do you pick up the pieces of discarded resolutions?
Nutrition is an excellent place to start. Knowing how those with chronic exhaustive conditions have delicate constitutions, healing the gut (your second brain) by eating considerately and consciously will bring definite benefits to your overall recovery. In addition it’s worth acknowledging that this is where ninety percent of the immune system is produced, along with your Serotonin (the ‘I’m happy’ neurotransmitter). So a Happy Gut makes a Happy You!
Many of the changes my clients make around nutrition involve removing the high sugar content. These foods fluctuate blood sugar levels which contribute to the hypoglycaemia symptoms of faintness, tremors, irritability and exhaustion. They also remove chemically overloaded items, such as caffeine, artificial sweetener, alcohol, prescription drugs. Wherever possible, introducing organic foods and removing more of the processed foods takes place.
“Diet is the fuel that goes in the tank” as quoted by The Chrysalis Effect
Therefore when we eat it is helpful to ask the question “Is this helping my recovery, or hindering my recovery?” What fabulous nutritious foods could you introduce to your daily intake? Which of the ‘naughty’s’ would you remove?
Sometimes it can seem as if there is a mountain to climb with all the changes that need to happen for recovery to take place, however when you make small realistic and achievable goals, before long you have achieved giant leaps forward towards the top of that mountain.
Top Tip – chew well; your mouth has teeth but your stomach does not!
Please contact me if you would like to know more about how I support recovery with those who have M.E., C.F.S., or Fibromyalgia.
New year, new you – absolutely!
Jackie Webster M.I.C.H.T.
C.E. Specialist Practitioner
I.L.M. Wellbeing Coach
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