Bipolar Lesson from strange thing
Published: Thu, 08/28/08
Hi ,
How's it going? Hope you are doing
really well and have a great day today.
I wanted to tell you about this important lesson
I learned.
You may not remember but I actually body build
NON competitively. That means I don't do
contents, get on stage, and I do it as a hobby.
I do most of all the stuff people who compete
do except get on stage and take steroids.
I don't take any steroids and everything
I do is natural.
Anyway, I hang out with a number of people
who do the same thing.
For me, since I am really busy, I have not
learned how to cook well. I don't use spices
-- only pepper and maybe some stuff that
has a lot of things in it that are spicy with no
salt. I forget what it's called and I want to get
this daily email done without any further
delay.
I met a lady in the gym who suggested to
spice up my meatloaf (which is basically
glorified ground turkey in a pan LOL)
I should add onions and it would taste better,
she said. She also suggested I add an onion to
the gigantic amount of green beans that I eat
every week. Or two onions.
(NOTE-I am truly the WORST cook. Period)
Other than it making me cry a lot when I was
cutting it, I thought no big deal.
However one friend of mine warned, "Dude,
onions will mess you up."
So after a few weeks of thinking about it,
I decided to try it.
BUT, you know me, I track stuff. So I was
getting prepared to track how I felt, looked,
thought, energy level, etc.
After two weeks, something amazing happened!
The onions did start to smooth me out, which
essentially means that it makes you look less tight.
There was only one variable I changed in my
eating plan--onions.
Now you might think, "No way."
Here's the thing. When I took it out of my eating
plan, the smoothness went away in a week. Amazing!
What the heck does this have to do with bipolar
disorder? You're probably thinking.
Absolutely nothing. I gotta go.
LOL just kidding. It does.
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I teach about how the smallest changes can
make the biggest impact.
You do have to monitor the things you're
changing, though, like I said above, like I did.
Like you're eating habits. Like in my courses
/systems, like I was saying, I talk about how
important diet is to your loved one's treatment
plan (and your own diet). Because just a
small change can make you feel so much
healthier. Now that sounds like a small thing,
but it is very important.
And exercise. Another seemingly small thing,
right? But just starting to exercise, or changing
up your exercise routine, can make such a big
difference, because it can lower your stress
level, and that IS a big thing when it comes
to bipolar disorder.
Especially for supporters, because you have to
deal with so much stress just being a supporter,
am I right?
Think about your sleep, too. Seems like another
small thing, too. Especially for your loved one,
because not enough sleep an be a trigger to a
bipolar manic episode, and you definitely don't
want that, do you?
So my point is, like the onion (don't laugh!),
small changes can make a big difference!
It's really true. It's you and your loved one's
job to look at all the changes made to see what
can adversely affect the bipolar disorder.
Don't ever say, "oh that won't matter, that
can't hurt." It can. You just never know.
My mom can't drink several drinks because of
her bipolar disorder. Everyone else with bipolar
disorder can drink the same stuff and not have any
problems. Odd huh?
Ever happen to you or your loved one?
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