(Not) Too Common
I’m thinking about entering Wednesday’s MDA contest. It involves submitting my Primal success story, with photos. The thing is, my success story isn’t dramatic. I didn’t lose 100 pounds or put MS into remission or reverse type II diabetes.
On the other hand, I did get strong and sexy, and I solved a bunch of minor-but-persistent health issues that I was previously conditioned to accept as “they way things are.”
So many people accept eczema, GI issues, heart disease, diabetes, acne, arthritis, hypoglycemia, mood swings, cravings, and myriad other conditions — not to mention the supposed age-induced creep of bat wings and spare tires — as “normal.”
These things are not normal. They are common.
My story is about being the exception.
Is yours?
PBC Day 4
Fuel: Coffee with heavy cream. Grilled lamb chop and shrimp with pesto (no dairy) and garlic butter; herb-roasted potatoes, sweet potatoes, and onions. Buttered spaghetti squash; stuffed pasilla. Grilled grassfed burger (bunless) with smoked salt, avocado, bacon, and sauteed onions; cucumber-tomato salad with olive oil, vinegar, and dill. Coconut cream concentrate. Red wine.
Workout: 5x backsquats, bench presses, one-legged barbell squats, and military presses. Feels fantastic to be back under the bar! I also scurried about the farm for a while as soon as I got home from work, preparing for tan incoming thunderstorm that lasted half the night. Rain! And, I did a Feldenkrais lesson before bed.
Tamara Baysinger
I think you should definitely submit a success story! You have a way with words – nevermind the fact that it was YOUR success story that has prompted my family towards eating this way.
September 16, 2011 at 8:06 am
Go for it lass, your stories/writing are inspiring, soo…thanks.
Don
September 16, 2011 at 9:27 am
I think you should go for it. Your blog was one of the main drivers in getting me to make the primal leap and get started last year. I was one of those people that had started to accept what was happening to my body as being normal until I started reading your site, MDA, Free the Animal, and so on.
You’re not just a success story. You’re an ongoing influencer for people to make the switch which is even more important than someone’s before/after pictures.
September 16, 2011 at 2:15 pm
*blush* Thanks, you guys. I keep doing this in the hope that it will make a difference to somebody. It means a LOT to hear that it actually has!
September 20, 2011 at 6:30 am