After having baby 5 years ago, I have started to gain weights and finally gained 40 pounds overall…read morelast month. Not only I look so different (fat), but also my self-esteem goes so low, I constantly get depressed.
My mental health affects my physical health of course, so I started to have stomach issues and chronic fatigues. When I had my 39th birthday last month, I have decided I need to do some action to improve my life - loosing weights before I become 40 years old.
Eating less and exercising more is the answer to do diet. Everybody knows this. I could not lose weight not because I did not know this common sense. Once gaining many pounds for several years, could not have right feeling about weight and food. It was too hard. I have so much to lose and I need some help. For last five years I have tried many things to lose weight such as diet pills, herbal medication, one food diets, extreme exercise etc. I could lose some pounds, but always I felt " Oh... This seems really not good for my health although I can lose weights." I endure to take these things because my heart to lose weight was bigger than concerning my health. Every time I tried to do diet, I lost some pounds, but my health was getting ruined. After that, I felt good for a while, but my body started to gain more weights to recover what it lost( YoYo). I was tired of these repeated cycles, but I could not give up being thinner. Now, I look for something can help me to do in a healthy way.
While I was making up my mind, I have heard about Bliss acupuncture clinic from my friend. At First, I was pretty cynical about it, because I have tried similar things and it did not work well for me for a long term. My friends , who is about 10 years older than me, told me this is not a diet only to lose weights. This is care and help to improve your health by fixing wrong eating habit and life style. She did this in the summer and could kept the weight until now( which is at least 6 months)in a healthy way. This sounds very appealing to me and I want to look at my diet as a long term goal by changing my wrong habits which I might not recognize that seriously. Also it sounds very reliable that doctor is from prestigious oriental medicine college in Korea (Kyung-Hee University).
I started the program about 20 days ago, still need to do about 10 days more. The facility was very clean and the doctor was excellent. At first check up, he could figure my health issues out- which was such a comforting for me- he tries hard to do his best every visit. The staff there is so nice. They are very friendly and encouraging.
For the month program, I did 5 days preparation day which I need to eat less fatty and salty food with some herbal medicine- I realized how much I like salty food. It was hard not to eat salty food because I am surrounded by all salty food such as Kimchi, stews, side dishes as a Korean. However, recognizing the fact that I have eaten those things without any thought was very important. I try not to pick those dishes and reduce eating salty liquid much.
After 5 days preparation, I did 10 days detox. I only took one pack of herbal medicine with water every two hours. Surprisingly, it was not that hard although I did not eat any meals- I did a little cheating because I want to chew something and swallow -.-. I did not feel dizzy or hungry at all. I even felt more energetic and my skin looked cleaner.After detoxing, I have lost about 9 pounds. I expected to lose more, but I am happy with it because I did not feel it was too dangerous or it harmed my health- actually I felt it helped my health.
I am doing recovery period now. Eating mild food with small portion satisfies me a lot after having no food for 10days. I try to do light exercise as they instructed me. I have still a lot to lose, but I feel much healthier now, and even I look slimmer especially middle area. They give acupuncture and chiropractic therapy on belly twice a week. They seemed helpful to reducing the size of middle parts.
Nobody can do diet instead of me. This is all up to me. I should eat right and exercise well. However, having a right help like bliss acupuncture clinic is much helpful to find the right track. I hope I can continue what I have practiced while I having a treatment in Bliss and live healthy of course with good looking! ;)