To Doron means the gift in Greek. I picked it because I figured the name would be available and I am learning Koine Greek with my kids. This blog contains information on things I have learned or found interesting or useful. Included are the following subjects: Classics, Great Books of the Western World, Homeschooling, Healthy Habits, Housekeeping, Religion and Economics.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Getting healthy!
OK, so I eat very cleanly-- I will eat some processed packaged foods from the health food store, so the ingredients are fairly good, and that is about the worst thing I have eaten for the past 5 yrs. or so-- Although after this baby was born, I experimented a bit to see if it mattered so I would eat regular stuff when we went out or went to social gatherings, I also added some raw cheese to our diet because I felt like the kids needed more animal foods and I also enjoyed some good rich dark chocolate on occasion-- that's supposed to be good for you, right? I also started exercising regularly and really making progress there, but I hit a base weight and no matter how much water I drank and salads I ate and hours I exercised, that number was not budging. Plus, I had a belly that wasn't going away either regardless of how many ab exercises I did. Then I started getting weird ailments and infections. I was able to get over most of them, but I started having migraine auras, I was thankful they weren't full on migraines, but they were becoming more frequent. I decided to cut out the cheese and the chocolate. The migraines subsided. I watched my water intake more carefully and kept exercising, but I still just didn't feel real good-- just tired, kind of sluggish and that sort of thing. Anyway, I felt like I had done everything I could do on my own and that even though I am nursing I needed to go get a colonic, so even though I don't want to do a full on cleanse yet, I could do a little bit of colon cleansing. So once the kids were out of school and things calmed down for a bit, I went and got a colonic 2 weeks ago. Vicki, my colon therapist was happy to see me and I was happy to see her. It was nice to get caught up and sure enough my bowel was a bit backed up. She gave me some herbs and raw foods and lots of recommendations to get my bowel moving again. So for the past 2 weeks I've been taking her herbs, alternating drinking water and eating every hour or 2, eating lots of watermelon and beets and kale salad with her healthy and tasty dressings, I have also been drinking rejuvelac and eating seed cheese, sprouts and veggies.
I have been feeling sooooooo much better. I have more energy and I just feel better. I don't need to lie down as much and even though this has been an incredibly busy w eek, I've been fine and felt good. It is so nice! My bowel movements are healthier too. I went in for another colonic yesterday, and sure enough things are moving much better and Vicki said my color looks so much better, I think some of my gray hairs have gone away too. These next 2 weeks I'm going to add wheatgrass juice and step exercises to strengthen my muscles in the pelvic region. I am very grateful and didn't want to forget all this. I haven't lost any weight yet, but my pot belly has gone down noticeably according to my husband. So I am on my way and thought it would be good to have it recorded along the way!
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