QUESTION: Masters, I have been steadily, consciously and intentionally raising my vibration by trying to live a more spiritual life. I try to treat others as I would like them to treat me. Everything in my life is so perfect: I’m retired at a young age with a decent pension, I babysit my 2 beautiful granddaughters on a part-time basis, I have a loving mate with a supportive long term relationship. But I have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes and I cannot seem to lose weight no matter how hard I try. All of the old ways I used to use in order to drop weight no longer work. I am starting to wonder if this health and weight aspect of my life was a pre-chosen issue. Can you please shed some light on this for me? Did I choose this battle prior to incarnating or what is the purpose of this extremely frustrating aspect of my
enlightenment? ~Stephanie, USA
ANSWER: You have an issue about controlling aspects of your life and environment. Frustration arises when you have a preconceived notion or expectation of how you want something to work and it does not. The human body is constantly changing. As it ages, some of its parts do not function as they did when the body was in its 20s and 30s. This creates a new set of trials and tribulations for you to work out as additional life lessons.
An older body does not process nutrition in the same way and with the same speed as a younger, more vibrant body. The amount of exercise you get after retirement may seem like almost the same as before but it never is. Your “battle” is to figure out how the pieces of your life fit together to allow you to have a full life in a different manner from before.
Take a look at your weight as a challenge that has not been faced before – because in truth it is a different setup from when you were younger. The body does not need as much food as when it ran almost 24/7, but it needs just about as much exercise. The workout will look different: walking, leisurely bike riding, aqua aerobics, or yoga.
Get a fitness monitor and capture the amount of movement you have in a day. Then set a goal for yourself that is slightly higher than what you have been doing. Revisit the goal every week or so, getting more active each time. Keep a food journal so you can see what you consume. Note what is nutritious and what is merely pleasurable and then balance them out.