Signs That You Are Not as Healthy as You Think

By Cheryl Meyer

What are the signs your body is sharing with you that now is the time to prioritize healthier habits in your life?

This is an important list to review to see if you have any of these symptoms. I made this list to give you a stronger WHY to adopt healthy eating habits, ditch the SAD (Standard American Diet), and start eating the rainbow diet with “clean” meat*. And to also adopt the other healthy lifestyle habits I advocate for in this magazine.

manifestation of a problem; they are the last straw when your body can not compensate further.

I missed all these warning signs – the symptoms my body shared with my brain, and I just pushed through them. practicing self-care, and traveling internationally with little or no time to recover after trips. I was eating with the speed of light and just shoveling processed and fast foods into my body at mealtime. My body was not getting adequate nutrition. I made no time for other lifestyle habits. I was always hungry.

Are you doing that as well?

Thinking back, I made a list of all the symptoms I was feeling and ignoring.

Are you running so fast that you have not stopped to think about how lousy you feel? could not get out of bed because I hurt and could not function. This toppled over into Chronic illness. I could no longer avoid “listening” to what my body was trying to communicate. manifestation of a problem; they are the last straw when your body cannot compensate further.

Are you listening to yours?

“Now the accumulating damage begins producing symptoms.

“Once that ball starts rolling, the problem only gets bigger and bigger unless you stop it.

“It probably took years for your body to let you know something was ‘not normal’, and thus it may take a similar amount of time to reverse the damage.” Tom O’Bryan, Functional Doctor, The DR.com Instructor at the Functional School of Medicine.

These are all signs that I missed 10 years ago until that fateful morning. Remember, these are all dash light on your car dashboard signaling that something is wacky with your body. They are not bad; they warn you to pay attention now. But then, if you ignore them, they start screaming at you to communicate that your body is out of balance and heading toward danger. autoimmune disease, heart disease, liver disease, cancer, Type II diabetes, memory diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, arthritis, and more. The sooner you react and adopt healthy habits, the severe issues. But, like your car, you do not want your body to suddenly strand you on a dark road where you cannot get help and have a steep mountain to climb.

This is also why I encourage everyone to converse every morning with themselves in the will make your body feel better. Start right away on that very day. To take action to improve how you eat, what you eat, how you sleep, how you move, how you breathe, how you reduce your chronic stress, how you get out into nature, how you practice gratitude, how you practice mindfulness, and how you foster a supportive community all of which will make an enormous

First, tell you that you love yourself. Say it out loud. I want you to “hear” it.

Then ask yourself, “How do you feel?” Get quiet, go inside, and wait for your body to answer. Remember, it speaks in symptoms. Wait until you can acknowledge each symptom your body communicates with you.

Then ask your body, “What can I do for you today?” Then, again, get quiet and be honest and listen to your body. I was amazed to discover just how smart my body was.

These are the signs I now pay careful attention to, and you should too! And I do adjust immediately. I do not ever want to return to feeling lousy ever again.

1. You hurt. You are taking more and more over-the-counter medications to “mask” the pain. You ensure you are never without them in your purse or your pocket so that you can function.

2. You just do not feel well. And when you stop to think about it, you are unsure how long you have felt lousy.

3. You are more tired when you get up than when you went to bed, and you were tired then.

You are struggling with what you think might be Chronic Fatigue.

5. You have anxiety and tons of stress. You worry all the time about something.

6. You cannot lose weight. You have tried everything, and nothing works. You do not seem to have any willpower to stick to “a diet”.

Or, the opposite, you are losing weight despite your high-calorie diet. You have GERD or other digestive problems all the time.

10. You have gas.

11. You are often constipated. (This

12. You are going back and forth between constipation and diarrhea, and you do not know what is causing it, and sometimes it is embarrassing you.

13. You are always hungry, and you crave sugar. (Even after eating a large meal, you want more— ”the big hunger.” And you want something sweet. And then you open up a package, whether you want it all or not, and you eat the whole thing, so that you feel yukky.

You are getting more and more headaches.

15. Your knees are bothering youa lot.

16. In fact, you always have knee pain, headaches, and back pain; something in your body is screaming at you, and you are NOT listening. Instead, you are trying to ignore it. Or you told your MD, and he prescribed lots of pills. And your doctor is talking about surgery if the pills do not work.

You are getting arthritis. It seems impossible to get a good night’s sleep.

You snore. You just found out you have sleep apnea.

20. You have skin problems like eczema, psoriasis, or acne.

21. Your skin is starting to look old.

22. You are getting random skin rashes.

23. You have terrible hay fever. You have irregular periods.

25. You have a lot of body odor. In fact, your deodorant does not work very well, and you keep changing brands.

26. You have bad breath. You are getting lots of muscle cramps.

Fragrances and chemicals breathing. You can gain 5 pounds overnight when you eat something that does not agree with you.

30. have food sensitivities.

31. You are losing your hair.

32. You are becoming forgetful, or the answer to what you want to remember does not easily ball of your mind.

33. You have high blood sugar, triglycerides. You have Type II diabetes or hypoglycemia.

35. You are dealing with mood swings or with depression. It is more than your blood sugar. Processed food mucks around with all your hormones.

If you even have one of these symptoms, read my article on Ditching the SAD, eating the Rainbow, and adopting the 20 Lifestyle habits to promote good health.

You can also take my course to Ditch the SAD and break the addiction to CRAP (Carbonated, for you, a Functional MD or a Naturopath who can help you begin the process of returning to balance. You will need support from someone who “hears” and values you and can help you. others with the same chronic illness and get and give support to each other. hormones and antibiotics.

You can take the Toss the Toxins course introduced in this magazine to lower your toxic load.

You can read my two key books, “It Feels Good to Feel Good” and “Feeling Good Living Low Toxin”, both available on Amazon.

You can listen to several of my podcasts on YouTube and watch some of my interviews with other people who owned their own health when they discovered they had a big issue, and you will get hope from what these people share about how they turned their health around.

You can hire a health coach like me to hold you accountable for your new healthy habits and explore the puzzle pieces to return to wellness. I can help you implement what your Functional MD and your naturopath encourage you to do.

Take control of your health and love yourself enough to start caring for your future health today.

There are many paths to wellness. Health is a journey. It is not a destination. Explore it from every angle until your body congratulates you for how great you feel.

It does feel good to feel good. Commit to returning to that feeling again.

*What is “clean” meat? The animal has eaten the diet he was created to eat. Cows eat grass, not grains. Bison also eat grass. Chickens should be pastured to eat grass, bugs, and berries. Lambs only eat grass. Although pigs can eat anything, I want pastured pork, preferably from Heritage breeds.