Cory Shaw

I’ve decided to take the next step in my search for awesomeness in life. I am going to change the way I eat. Everything I’ve done, read, and experienced in my life seems to have lead me here. The time is now. This is not a new year’s resolution. It being new years eve and all makes the timing right, but for me its more of a life’s resolution…a personal commitment to my mind, body, and soul.

I know that what I put in my body is the very source of my energy, my health, my emotional state, and my clarity. I know that when I feel tired during the day, when I’m sick, when I’m unfocused, when I’m moody…its all a product of what I initially put in my body.

Right now I’m in pretty good health by most standards. I’m 29 years old, 6′ tall, weigh 163 pounds, and physically fit. Thats pretty impressive considering that about 80% of what I put in my body is crap that my body has to “deal with” rather than nurture it. This does explain however why I have a low energy level, get sick often, under perform in sports, have anxiety, and have a hard time focusing.

I will be documenting my progress with my new diet and how it affects every aspect of my life in hopes that it will help others make similar changes in their life.

I still have some more research to do, but I will likely start out with a 5-7 day juice fast to detox my body of all the crap…which will help me segway into consuming only what my body needs. I expect this to be one of the hardest things I’ve ever done in my life.

Right now I drink coffee every morning since before i can remember (I’m sipping coffee as I wright this), I absolutely love most foods that are horrible for me, and I like to drink alcohol at least 3 times a week. I would say that right now I eat reasonably healthy and am conscious of what I put in my body…but even with that its nowhere near giving my body all that it needs.

I will learn to applicate and love foods that my body needs…those vegies will taste as good if not better than pizza ever did because of the effect it will have on my body and my mind. I expect it to be similar to working out…at first very very hard, but once you feel and know the positive effects, you start to crave it.