Psoriasis

I was diagnosed with psoriasis when I was about 6 or 7 years old. I will save the journey of my diagnoses for another blog post. For now, I just wanted to say that I have been on another kind of journey. I am trying to find natural alternatives to care for my psoriasis. Even though I am on Enbrel injections, 50 mg once a week, I still have "stubborn" psoriasis that will NOT go away. This blog will be dedicated to natural ways of improving my condition. I hope to bring insight to others that are suffering from psoriasis as well. I hope you follow along! The next post will be about psoriasis. Essentially, I will explain what it is and what kinds of treatments are offered as well as which ones I have tried.

-Annie

Progress

Day 2...

I need to drink more water

I need to get more sleep...I would like to be in bed by 11:00 and construct my schedule around that during the day.

I need to get up earlier to do more work in the mornings

I need to stop eating so many sweets and focus on eating healthier during the week.

Routine

I'm a creature of habit. I thrive on it. If I don't have it...I am not living to my fullest potential. I'm going to be keeping a little diary of sorts to get my life back on track. It won't be a witty narrative of my daily progress, it'll be a quick list of what I did during the day as far as eats, work outs, telling myself nice things etc. AKA: Nothing anyone will want to read. This is for me...just me.

Today, I cut down on my chocolate problem and I ate pita chips instead of real chips.

That sorta thing.

See ya tomorrow.

Resolutions

I usually stick to the same old resolutions each year: be more environmentally friendly and get organized.

Those don't usually pan out the way I'd like them to. The reusable water bottle is used for about three months and I slowly stop using my file folder that I spent so long picking out. This year, I decided on a new goal...be a peace with myself.

I haven't always been easy on myself. That is an understatement. I have been more harsh on myself and abused myself mentally more than anyone ever could. I have called myself names like: fat, stupid, ugly, undeserving, boring, fat, oh and did I mention stupid and fat? Years and years of battling bulimia and binge eating left my mind broken, my body weary.

I resolve to be at peace with wherever I am at the moment. If I am five pounds overweight, so be it. If I do somewhat poorly on an exam, life goes on. Life isn't about judging ourselves, it's about living the best life we can possibly live.