End of this cleanse

Yay! My colon is acting much better, peristaltic action has returned, no more bloating and lots more gnarly stuff came out at my last colonic and all week. I have felt so much better! My clothes are noticeably looser too which is awesome, and I am off the shake and herbs for awhile til I do another deep cleanse. I'm still taking some maintenance herbs and probiotics, but I feel good. I will go back in 2 weeks and then in 3 weeks and then just once a month til I'm done nursing. I am so grateful. I've learned a lt. I think I can finally read my body better, when I need more water, more salad, etc. this is good!

Examples of Christ Being Obedient

The Relief Society lesson today was on obedience. I only got to go to the last half of the lesson so I don't know what the whole thing was like, but when I got there they were talking about how nowadays sometimes members find it difficult to even come to church when in the past, men would leave their families and go on a mission far away for an undetermined time frame, and how it is even hard to get people to come clean the church or do their visiting teaching, but how we would be blessed for our obedience even if we don't understand why and how we sometimes don't understand why we are commanded to do things, but that we should do them anyway. Also, how much better it is to be obedient because we want to rather than because we are fearful of the consequences. I had a strong feeling that I needed to share something, it was just like during testimony meeting when you feel like you should go up but don't want to. I had no idea what The Lord wanted me to share and there were quite a few comments. There were lots of thoughts I had running through my mind. So I prayed for The Lord to guide me and help me because I was nervous and had such a strong feeling. I also told Him to give me the right opportunity and to help me say what He would have me say. So the lesson went on, and I was thinking and praying and then the teacher asked what examples did Jesus give of being obedient since He is the ultimate example, and nobody raised their hands and the teacher was just kind of talking, so I raised my hand and pointed out how Jesus was obedient to God because He was born a Jew. But the Jews were so worried about their phylacteries, their clothing, their ceremonies and sacrifices that they were missing the whole point of it all and ended up killing the Savior. And Jesus was very direct, when I read the New Testament I think wow! No wonder they killed Him. He said a LOT of things they didn't like hearing. So Jesus actually wasn't very obedient to His religious leaders, but He was obedient to God. He taught about praying in secret, he taught about caring for the poor, the widows and fatherless, he taught about doing things not to be seen of men. He taught that they wouldn't be saved just because Abraham was their father, he taught them turn the other cheek and the golden rule. I don't know if that was what I was supposed to say, but I felt good about it, and I was happy after. I am really thankful for the scriptures and especially for the Savior and His perfect example. It is hard to do the right thing when it seems to be going against the status quo and people think you are weird and don't understand why you'd even consider a different option. Faith works that way, and it is worth it! It is worth it to do what is right, it's kind of like Huckleberry Finn feeling guilty about not turning Jim into the authorities. Huck thought he was real wicked for helping Jim runaway, but in reality Huck was doing the right and moral think by helping a man win his freedom. Anyway, this was just an experience I don't want to forget. :)

More Cleansing

I went in for another colonic this week, and this time I released a whole bunch of yellowish liver stuff and a whole bunch of green gall bladder stuff including small greenish calcified balls, actually some of them were largish. I felt so much better after that more so than from other colonics. Vicki said it is likely a lot of that stuff is from my teen years, and also that the duct that goes directly from the liver to the colon is probably unblocked now as it should be. She was very happy with me this time because it went so well. She said a lot of people never get this far be ause they start feeling better and figure it's good enough. So I get to stop using the shake this week, I am still using the herbs but I'm weaning off so we can see if my body will be able to handle daily living with just her maintenance herbs and fewer colonics, hopefully down to once a month soon. Then when I'm done nursing, I will do a full on cleanse and hopefully just do cleanses when I feel the need. I really felt good yesterday, I didn't get sluggish at all, I hope it lasts! I hope I will do fine on colonics every other week too, yay! I'm really glad I did this. Now I can focus on getting our homeschool all ready to go, and learn to make even healthier meals for my family. I'm excited!

More Cleansing stuff

How much weird stuff is still inside me? I just released some more extremely weird stuff, some mucus, more worms and parasites, I'm going to have to take a picture. My belly is poking out more and has been for a couple days, it seems to do that before my bowel releases more stuff. Weird, weird , weird! I seem to release more after periods of only drinking water and not eating anything else. Maybe the fresh peaches are helping too? But seriously, why is there so much in there, it's mind boggling, it is not from what I have even eating recently, I know that!

20 yr. high school reunion

I had my 20 yr. high school reunion this weekend. First of all, how did 20 yrs. go by so incredibly fast? It really was kind of a surreal experience to remember these faces of young kids and then see them as 38 yr old adults. Some changed dramatically especially the guys. Some of them looked exactly the same and some looked the same just older, a few wrinkles and just a little aged. It think we have all mostly gone through challenges and the reality of life has hit most of us, so everyone was very nice. I was a little apprehensive going because I just had a few friends in high school, it was a large class and there were a lot of people I just never got to know at all including a lot of "popular" kids. But once I found my old friends and acquaintances it was so worth it. Pretty much everybody had insecurities and felt alone in high school to some extent. It was nice to reconnect and reflect on that time. I definitely have regrets, I was not into romance at all in high school. I did not like it when guys acted like they liked me, so I would be a little mean to them so they wouldn't like me anymore. I would feel bad later and especially now that I'm married and realize that guys are people too and have feelings. I also used my smarts to intimidate them to some extent so they wouldn't like me. When they didn't act like they liked me, I enjoyed them a lot. I liked talking to them and hearing their stories and funny sayings. One of my personal goals in high school was to be nice to boys, I really had to work on it. I'm sure some of my difficulty with it came from having four younger wild brothers. But people were really nice at the reunion. It was just nice. Some of the cool popular girls looked really good, super fit, nice clothes and hair, and I know a lot of them still hang out together. There were several couples who married other alumna and many of them still live in our hometown or close to or have plans to return. I thought that was interesting. I am glad that I always tried to be nice. I really was in my own world a lot though, and it is nice to reflect on those years with a little more insight now. I was not one of the popular kids, I didn't know anybody from kindergarten or this school or that school, my interaction with these people was just high school. I wanted to focus on the good times I had with the friends I had, I got to do that, and I am glad! I am glad to be done with high school too and reconnect with old friends. And I'm tired!

More cleansing

So I went for another colonic on Tuesday, there were of course more worms, probably fluke or flue worms, I'll have to look it up, probably from living in Mexico as a child because we are to some really old stuff. There was some liver bile and some candida bubbles and some shiny see through flakes that Vicki says are like glass. So this week, I am increasing my herbs and making sure I drink lots of rejuvelac and eat lots of greens so that we can break it up and get it out. Vicki says it's old milk, ice cream and cheese from long ago, the dairy mixed with the salt gets really hard and is the hardest stuff to get out of the colon. The probiotics help to break it up and make it slippery. I had a bit of a headache and felt weird yesterday, but I released a bunch of weird stuff and it was hot this morning, and I am feeling better and lighter. I haven't lot any more weight, but I feel lighter so I think it will come. I have also figured out how to drink enough water-- instead of grabbing a snack or a piece of fruit, I drink water first, I have stayed much better hydrated that way. I am making progress, it feels good. I'm not so upset about eating mostly salad all the time anymore either, I can see and feel the results and it is worth it! Oh and I have to share this-- my 14 yr. old daughter produced the whole thing, I love listening to her play the piano! : http://youtu.be/DvjVFn4oRj8

Getting Healthy #5

Ok so a couple days after that last post, I released a huge mass of dark red degenerative material probably a foot long and 2 inches around! I felt completely different once that was gone and I finally got below the next 10 on the scale. I have felt lighter and healthier. I am relieved, so I had a harder time focusing on my eating after that because I was so relieved. I had a decent colonic yesterday, but I have to keep focused still and remember to drink my water and Vicki says I need to eat even more greens! But I feel good. I am down 10 lbs, my back fat rolls are gone and my waist is coming back. It feels so good. I have more energy too. I am so grateful. Thank you Vicki, thank you wheatgrass juice, rejuvelac, cleansing herbs, almond shake, watermelon, beets, kale, collards, sesame and flax seeds, comfrey, yummy salad dressings, fruit and water!! Vicki has me finishing my herbs and cleansing shake this week, I'll be diligent in my eating protocols and hopefully I won't have to go in every week, and I'll be back on track soon!