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FOOD IS IMPORTANT

Important to survive and flourish.


But for many of us it can be our enemy.

I have been on the vicious yo yo diet cycle all my life.
Since I was 8yrs old, food was used to comfort, to feed Boredom, to celebrate, and to socialize.
I've lost hundreds and hundreds of pounds over my life.
I was put on diet pills as a child of 11, from then on I was on every popular diet you can think of.
I would always gain back the weight and then some.

I was never really taught how to really take food as proper fuel.

You know the old phrase "eat to live, not live to eat", well the latter was my motto.
It had to take getting sick with fibromyalgia to bring me to a point of total disgust and frustration with my self. All the different drugs I had to take, feeling like a guinea pig, feeling useless, unproductive, always so tired, and not to mention still in so much pain!
I began to look for another solution to getting my health back.
One day as I was lying in bed ( something I did for almost 2 yrs ) watching a documentary, THE BEAUTIFUL TRUTH, my eyes were opened!
 I started to do a lot of reading and research, testing the waters of changing my life for the better.
 Over the recent years between minimising my meds and gradually changing what I eat and how my food is grown and prepared, I am becoming as close as to a new woman I can be at this point in my life.
I enjoy life more, I'm a much more productive person in my family and in my life.   

GOOD DAYS

Good days are more frequent these lately.
I'm not saying that I'm completely pain free but I'm not suffering and needing pain pills or counting down the hrs. till I can take another.
Today I've had an uneventful day, not much stress.
I'm not going to let the fact that today, our 2 dogs decided to make a snack out of our leather sofa.
I'll let my husband worry about that.
I have a terrible time with hot weather but thankfully we've had pretty mild weather for this time of the year. I also have my husband to thank for finally getting our pool liner repaired so when I can't handle the heat I just take a dunk in the pool, aah so sweet.
My sleep has been pretty good, better than usual and when I get the 5htp I'm hoping for much improved sleep.
I need to get exercising again, I was walking up to 5 miles several times a week but my work out buddy got sick and I stopped.
I'd love to get back to yoga,
even though some poses were difficult because of my bilateral carpel tunnel syndrome.

SLEEP

Sleep is so precious and so important to every one, and I've learned how much I need a good nights sleep .
If I don't get a good nights sleep I'm a mess the next day. I get head aches I'm more sensitive to stimuli, noise, light, and I get irritable..
Sleep has been a big problem for me, I'm a lite sleeper, my husband used to snore very loudly, he needs to have the TV on to fall asleep and I need quiet, with darkness.
I wake to the least little sound, nothing like interrupted sleep... it's like not getting any sleep!
I take melatonin to help me fall asleep but I don't always stay asleep.
I've recently learned that in cases where people like me can't stay asleep, need something to level the serotonin . 5HTP is what is supposed to help so I'm going to give it a try.
I've already tried all the drugs the Drs have prescribed but I'd wake with a drug hang over, sometimes it would last all day.
I can't wait till I can sleep like I did when I was a kid.

BLA DAYS

I know we all have those days when we feel like hell, every move we make hurts and even when we don't move we hurt.
Sometimes I just want to scream when some one says "it's all a part of getting old"!
That's when I have to remember sometimes you just have to let it roll off your back like water on a ducks' back.
Today I'm taking care myself as much as I can.
I have laundry to do but I'm taking my time, listening to soothing music, taking rest breaks in between loads.

Because I paced myself I was able to vacuum and mop the floors; in half the house. That's enough Major cleaning, I'm pooped.

I have a friend who is frequently having me meet her somewhere  to get together and that's great for me because if she didn't I'd probably not get out of he house plus she makes me laugh and I find that therapeutic, but there are days I just am NOT up to it.

I think she's finally catching on, that I cant just drop everything to go "play". I have to pace myself or I get over whelmed and stressed and in a lot of pain.  

Take care of your self, pace your self, try not to let things get over whelming. ;)

SUPPLEMENTS AND HERBS

I take many.
Sometimes I just can't eat all the foods I need to get the optimum benefit.
Some of the supplements are to help me with easing my pain, help me sleep, giving me a clearer mind, and a calmer over all, day.
Others supplements I take are to give me stamina,
healthy liver,(because of the meds.I take), and so on.
I just discovered a Dr. on face book that agrees with what I've had to learn by exploring, lots of research and trial and error.  
Dr. Rodger Murphree, is who I found and I've learned a little from him, but what was nice was to read that he believes there is a natural way to take care of our selves.

WANT TO BE HEALTHY ?

We need to put healthy food and supplements in our bodies.
I try to have at least one green smoothie a day.
I use organic or pesticide free fruits and vegetables.
Whats a green smoothie you say?

 Green Spinach Smoothie

   

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Ingredients

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Equipment

Blender

High Speed Blender

Course

Green Smoothie

Makes

1 blender full

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• Blender full of baby spinach
• 2 x frozen bananas
• Juice of 2 oranges
• 1 x mango
• A little water, enough to blend to a good consistency for drinking

Methods/steps

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1. Blend all ingredients together to the desired smoothness.

Additional Tips

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Any greens are good in green smoothies and there are as many recipes as there are greens. Take time out to invent your own favourite.


I also make my own kiefer water which is a probiotic  to balance our tummy juices.

Utube has a lot of info on recipes for healthy eating and Smoothies!

I have learned so many things about the "Standered American Diet, SAD"

I don't want to over whelm any one, just take things one at a time.

Do what's comfortable for you.

See how much your MD knows about nutrition and what healthy, natural changes you can make in your diet and supplement regimen.
My Doc turned me on to D-RIBOSE powder.
I also payed attention to my body. If a medication made me too groggy, even if the Dr said" it'll take getting used to it" after a week or two  I would go back and tell him I need to be as alert as possible not a lump on the couch!
Then we'd try something new. You be the boss, IT'S YOUR BODY, YOUR LIFE!