>> I have noticed that my mood and emotional responses are significantly better when I fix my health. Like it or not, my crappy diet was causing me all kinds of problems and making my anxiety worse.
Been hearing a lot of this lately. I hope you don't mind me asking but, were you overweight prior to starting the diet?
I ask because I changed my diet for 1 week by cutting out all carbohydrates, only eating home cooked meat and vegetables. I didn't feel better. In fact, I felt worse.
I workout a lot though, and I'm in "good" shape. So my thinking was, maybe the lack of calories made me feel crappy.
But, I don't suffer at all from weight issues. I have been lucky, and never have. I can eat all the carbs and sugar I want, and I don't feel bad, or get negative results.
This is making me wonder if the whole "insulin is bad" theory is true for everyone. I find I feel better, and have more energy, if I've eaten a lot. And of course this would be a problem, if I gained weight, had high blood pressure, etc.
The only thing I suffer from, that I'd like to improve, is a general apathy and lack of real spark. I lack a genuine DRIVE to really kick my ass into gear. Not sure if that's because of diet, or what...
When I tried such a diet, it had a very positive effect on me and I will eventually go back to it.
The politics of my remote teams Have driven me to depression and constant fear.
What has genuinely helped me is to change my diet. I switched to a diet of nothing but meat and vegetables and began supplementing vitamin D.
I have noticed that my mood and emotional responses are significantly better when I fix my health. Like it or not, my crappy diet was causing me all kinds of problems and making my anxiety worse.
Another thing: I have a team member who literally sees everything positively. Whenever something happens, he automatically defaults to “this is a good thing because...” and tells a story to himself about why this is a positive thing.
I started trying to think that way.
When you have anxiety every miscommunication or misunderstanding gets rounded to a negative reaction. When your diet and health are bad, you have a much higher chance of being in an exhausted or poor mood and taking things the wrong way.
And yes - I understand some people suffer from more mental conditions. But even if you do have a mental condition of some sort, fixing your nutrition helps regardless.