Week 2 - We are each unique - tweak your eating for YOUR health. Listen to your body.

Well - I am starting week 2.

I can't say I was perfect on week 1 - but 

I am pleased overall.

However, one thing that I have learned through the years - 

no matter how healthy an eating plan is - 

it is only healthy if it is healthy for YOU.

So as you are eating healthier - be aware of changes in your body,

or issues that you are having,

and find what changes you need to make and tweak your plan for you.

So - for week 2 - what changes am I going to make?

I am dropping fruit.

I have never done well with fruit.

Durn Candida.

I will try adding it back in a month -

and if I get desperate I will go to fruit before

I grab junk,

however, for now - it is hindering my healing. 

I don't like it - 

but Like I said last week - 

It just is what it is. 

The other thing is I will be getting consistent with my workouts this week.

So - today is my first day with no fruit - 

and i have done my Bursting workout

(Bursting and weights - 20 minutes and done)

and Stretching.

So how are you all doing with your eating?

What are the things you are wanting to change about your health?

Plan eating and workouts that are healthy for you!!  

Have an awesome week!

 

 

It is what it is.

Some people cannot stand that statement -

but I have found it very stabilizing in my life

It has helped me accept where I am at the moment.

For instance..

I don't think we realize just how much joy we find in food 

until we can't eat a lot of it. 

Please pardon me for a moment - as I regress into some 

Eeyore type thinking.

I am normally quite happy to be Tigger.

 

I realize that in my life, at least for this season in my life,

I need to replace the joy that I find in food,

with more fulfilling and less painful things.

I had a doctor appointment today for a med check, 

which was an hour and a half drive one way. 

So I had a lot of time to think.

On the way back I was thinking about 

what I was going to make for supper.

Some of you can just think - 

what do I feel like eating tonight?

I don't have that luxury.

Since I am on Day 2 of this new lifestyle - 

I was feeling a little irritated.

I have gone through this before though - 

dealing with eating the way I need to.

I am not gluten free - I am flour free. 

No flour.

No sugar.

No white potatoes or other nightshades

(which also rules out tomatoes and sauces with them).

No grains. 

 No dairy.

Very few raw veggies - and no leafy greens.

A limited amount of cooked veggies.

I have come to the conclusion, that along with

candida issues, and mold issues, 

that the digestive issues I have are most like IBS. 

So for me right now - 

that also means

No Berries

No nuts.

I gave up coffee a month ago.

I also gave up Eggs.

(For now at least)

Most of you would have a HUGE array of foods to choose from 

when doing the Whole 30.

There are some that you would miss at first - 

but you would get used to it

and enjoy the 

bounty of nature's food,

the way God intended it.

My goal is to be able to eat all those 

beautiful

 natural fruits and veggies

without pain.

To occasionally enjoy a special treat

without repercussions.

And  I am willing to do this,

because I want some things more.

I want to make something 

more beautiful.

I want to live out the rest of my life, healthy

and feel good about myself.

I want to fulfill my desire to work in the natural nutrition

field.

I want to have all the mental energy in the world,

so that I can be there for family and friends 

and enjoy every minute.

I want to develop some programs for the chronically ill -

that will help them feel better and 

regain some normalcy of life somewhere.

 I want to feel SO much Joy in the rest of my life

that food is just a side thought.

So -

when I have days that I am wanting something I know I don't need

or I am feeling irritated?

 

It just is what it is.

And by accepting that every day

and doing what i need to change it.

 

It WILL become what I make it.

I look forward to seeing good changes in my life. :)

  

So What DID I eat tonight?  

Well ....

I remembered that I had some Grass Fed Beef Hot dogs left in the freezer.

                                           mmMMMMmmm

That put a little Tigger spring back in my step.

I peeled and sliced thin a white sweet potato

melted some butter on the slices and broiled them in the oven.

Yum. 

I am going to enjoy this. 

 

             
 Day 1 of the Pared down Paleo Whole 30 has been good - and it has reminded me of exactly WHY I am committing to this long term.   I allowed myself a cheat last night before committing to this. and to say I am inflamed to day would be an understatement. I am not complaining - because on days that I am this inflamed I remind myself that my daughter lives with this x 100 daily. However, it is not comfortable - and no food is worth the feeling of being bruised inside and out all over. Exactly why I need to nix cheat days for however long it takes. 

    The chart above illustrates the great results that are seen following Paleo - and for me - paring it back even more is a requirement to see this.  I really want to heal my  digestion and body from  inflammation.   I have had trouble with this for years, but we lived in Black mold for 3 years before we knew what was causing the issues - and that ramped up the inflammation and damage in my body.  We moved for a new environment - and when we got here - we landed in another home with black mold - and this time it really did me in.  We moved out of that a year ago and have been blessed with a newer home that has a healthy environment - but it could take YEARS to reverse the damage that the mold did to my body.   But I am going to try to help it along. One thing you will learn about me - I am persistent - or stubborn - whichever - I am NOT giving up.I believe that there is a reason that God gave me a passion for natural nutrition, and the stubbornness to keep researching. And to keep trying.

Besides the inflammation - I would like to be able to recover my muscles. And lose the fat.  Another side affect of an unhealthy environment. I almost gave up on myself - but my spunk usually finds itself and I pick myself up and move forward.   My adrenals crashed during that crisis - that was one of the hardest things for me to deal with - I went from hard core workouts, to not recovering from workouts.  Working out suddenly resulted in migraine auras, flu like symptoms for days and depression. It took me a LONG time to readjust my thinking - and realize that our workouts can be stress too - good stress is still stress when our bodies are in crisis - so sometimes we need to back off and recover.  Learning to workout in order to benefit our health is something that a lot of us are faced with. I am in the middle of figuring that out for myself.

   There are a lot of you that have mysterious health issues too, or live with chronic illness - and this blog is for you.  It is so that you can follow me through however long it takes to see what health i can recover.   I will explore issues along the way that I have dealt with, or that fascinate me - and ways to help us all move on and see some light at the end of our health battle tunnels.

  I hope you will follow along - I want to hear your stories - I would love to have you share them with me .  We can find some answers together - reach goals together.

    And its not too late to join me in the health challenge.  I'd love to have you come along.