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“Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”              St. Francis Assisi

I posted this quote somewhere a few months ago. I thought it went well with my baby steps process. For some, like me, (I can get overwhelmed easily) taking small steps is easier than leaps of faith. It really can also depend on what is going on in life at that moment. During stressful times of my life, I had to take some of the smallest baby steps ever. If I could just hold it together and focus on the good and the positive, I could take the day, one hour at a time. (Anybody remember, What About Bob, and how Bob would say baby steps about everything he was doing?!)

Last year because of my hive problem, I started looking for things I could do to try to solve the mystery. The doctors didn’t have any real answers for me other then, here try this shot. Well, yes the shot worked, but I didn't want to just mask the problem or risk a greater one. Long story short, I ended up reading about the Whole 30. Thirty days of eating whole foods and cutting out processed ones, along with other problematic foods. It gives your body and gut a reset. I ended up doing just that. It changed me more than I first realized. First, it reduced my hives considerably. Second, it changed some of my tastes. Some junk foods no longer taste as good or are even attractive to me anymore. During that time I also did a 21 Day Fix exercise program and continued to stick with it after the 21 days. Since then, I have maintained the weight I lost and felt happier, healthier, and have had a overall better outlook.

Now, I am about to embark on a Whole 90. I am going to apply the Whole 30 rules and concepts for 90 consecutive days and exercise at least five times a week for thirty minutes a day. I am excited to see what the results are. Now I hopefully will be able to understand or see patterns with my hives and maybe even eliminate them. I am also hoping to end up with a flatter tummy and more muscle tone from exercising. This for me is one of those “impossibles” or what I would have before seen as impossible. All I’ve done was start and then graduated to what is possible.

  

-helmschick