The power of goodbye

Today, as I say good-bye to the month of March, I am also bidding farewell to a few things in my life. This has been brewing for a few months now–this wave of change that has been lapping at the shores of my life. I tried to ignore and postpone the inevitable but I guess, like water, the changes that I am going through cannot be stopped completely. I can only build dikes and canals that will re-direct them or build a dam to try and stem its flow. But they will happen. Like water, change can not be stopped. I used to be so excited with changes. Now, a bit of that excitement remains, but it is also accompanied by terror. 

It could be because some of these changes are more welcome than others.

I am saying goodbye to a few elements in my lifestyle. When I got sick for two weeks at the start of March, it was a real wake up call for me. After all, I didn’t get gallstones by being passive. It was because of the way I ate. And when I got my temporary diagnosis (because I tested ‘weakly positive’ only–requiring another test in 3 months to confirm or refute this result) on hepatitis, I decided that I couldn’t really ignore the signals being made by my body and be healthier than I really am.

Since getting sick, I hadn’t drunk any alcoholic drink (now I have 2 idle bottles of vodka on my cupboard), eaten any pork and beef, and fastfood products (and KFC just opened its first store in Phnom Penh). I eat only fish, skinless chicken, and vegetables. When I cook (fry or sautee) I only use 1-2 tablesspoons of canola or olive oil. I eat small, frequent meals. I try to sleep and rise early. Since getting sick I had lost about 10 kilos. I can imagine how much I’d lose if I went and did some exercise. That’s next in my agenda.
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