Where to begin?

I'm a dummy!

I've created this blog to chronicle and hopefully one day share my journey of becoming an enlightened dummy.  I call myself a dummy, because like many people, I believed I was somehow immune to the ailments of not living a healthy life.  I never considered myself unhealthy, and in fact for most of my life I've been active and had no major health concerns.

As of writing this post, I am married and have 4 children, all of which I adore...most of the time.  My wife Amy, has been my inspiration and my coach, though at times, her coaching sounded a lot more like "blah, blah, blah, no sugar, not this, not that, blah, blah, blah."  I am grateful she didn't give up on me.  If you decide to read more of my posts, you will hear a lot about Amy.  In fact, much of what you hear will originate from Amy.

As I mentioned before, I am a dummy!  I believed I was doing many of the right things, although, I knew I weighed more than I should, did not have the energy I wanted and knew that Sour Patch Kids were not a sustainable food source.

So what changed?  

I contribute my change to two things:

1. I was tired of being tired, and
2. I saw a video.

What video you ask?  It was an advertisement, a rather long one, for a product that helps with Candida.  If you're like me, I had no idea what Candida was.  Had it not been for a curious drawing of little creepy things in my gut and an indication they were the source of my fatigue, I likely would have moved on quickly.  Instead, I clicked on the link.

Disclosure #1: I am a visual learner.   The video I watched, brilliantly incorporated hand drawn animation to the ad.  If you are unfamiliar this technique, I highly recommend watching Daniel Pink's talk on motivation that was brought to life through animation by RSAnimate.  

I watched the animated explanation of how the foods I was eating, was feeding these little creepy things.  It explained that they are a form of bad bacteria that when unchecked, wreak havoc on your health.   I would actually love to show you the original video, but for some reason, I can no longer find it.  If I find ever do, I will add the link.

The point is, it got my attention and suddenly, I was ready!

I showed the video to Amy, and of course, she was already familiar with it.  She is always a mile ahead of me and was prepared in the event that I should ever ask.  She pulled out one of her many books which outlined a program for getting rid of Candida.

Disclosure #2.  I do not want this blog to endorse any one product, so I will at times share things that worked for me, but please don't take it as promotion.  Should there come a time when I want to endorse or promote, I will do it in a separate section of this blog. 

Getting rid of Candida:

The steps for ridding myself of this terrible condition are as follows:
1) Starve the critters,
2) Kill the critters, and
3) Replace the bad critters with good critters.

Simple enough, right?   Yes and no.

In my next post, I will share the program I followed. However, for the remainder of this post, I will focus on the after affects.  It should come as no surprise that it worked for me.  I am writing this blog because I ran an experiment and was amazed at what happened.

I feel better than I have for a long time.  I have more energy, sleep better, my mind is clear and have a better relationship with my wife.  It's all the things the pills on TV advertise.  Additionally, in 4 months, I have lost nearly 20 lbs since (although losing weight was not my intention).  

More than the health benefits I am gaining, my eyes have been opened to the real potentials from living a healthy life and that most of the information we have about food is misunderstood by many.  The purpose of this blog is to share what I have learned and how incorporating some of this has changed my life dramatically.

I hope you'll chose to join me on your own journey!