Day 8 of the fast… a little over half way through! Physically, I’m having no issues. It’s not hard to do. But man, I am craving food! Especially carbs! I have to stop myself from grabbing a snack from Kaia’s bowl every time she is snacking on something! (Those bland animal crackers just look so [...]
Category Archive for 'Cleansing'
Cleanse, one final note
Posted in Cleansing on Apr 20th, 2005
OK, so I measured my body fat before I did the cleanse and after and I lost 4.2% body fat!! And 3.25 inches from my abdomen, 1.5 in. from my hips and .5 in from each arm! WOW! What a great side benefit to a cleanse! I lost ~8 lbs. but that will go up [...]
Lavender – The Ultimate Plant!
Posted in Cleansing, Holistic Medicine on Apr 19th, 2005
I love all my herbs, but I have to admit that lavender is probably my all time favorite. I first ‘met’ lavender when I was studying midwifery in Ireland 9 years ago. I was staying in the nurses quarters in a room about 5′ x 8′ and wanted something to liven up the room. So, [...]
Cleanse Day 7 and after
Posted in Cleansing on Apr 18th, 2005
Yesterday was great! I felt light and energetic and was in a pretty good mood! My toungue was also pink again, instead of coated with a white film which is a sign that you are expressing toxins. No major happenings… I guess I thought there would be like, some thing where I could say “Now, [...]
Que the Final Countdown music! Today actually felt different. I didn’t have the intense desire to eat, and somehow, my body felt different. I had pretty good energy and felt great mentally. Maybe it’s just that I know I only have one day left of the cleanse. But, it felt pretty good. I tested my [...]
Cleanse Day 5 and other stuff
Posted in Cleansing, Mothering, Sustainable Living on Apr 15th, 2005
I woke up to K starting her day off in a funk again! She cried through most of breakfast, which consisted of a little yogurt, cereal, egg, prune, and a bread stick. Then more cereal, rice milk and herb tea!! She must be going through a growth spurt!! But, I think her mood is a [...]
Cleanse Day 4
Posted in Cleansing on Apr 14th, 2005
Woke up early again today, but just a little crampy. I went back to sleep easily, but K woke up crying about crackers. This is the second day in a row that she woke up early and famished! You’d think she was the one not eating solid foods. I mean, she was crying so hard [...]
Cleanse Day 3
Posted in Cleansing on Apr 13th, 2005
Feeling OK. I still really want to eat though. Carbs the most (bread, crackers…), followed by cheese or yogurt. It’s hard since K is eating all the time and I am so use to snacking with her. This morning I was up at 3 am with that diarrhea crap again (pun intended)! I was sitting [...]
Cleanse Day 2 – kinda graphic
Posted in Cleansing on Apr 13th, 2005
Yesterday really wasn’t so bad, except that I was pretty tired. But, that might have been because I woke up at 5:30 with gas and diarrhea (mostly mucous). I know that’s disgusting, but it relates a lot to the conditions that I have. Allergies, asthma and deQuervain’s Tendonitis (from pregnancy) are all conditions related to [...]
Cleanse Day 1
Posted in Cleansing on Apr 11th, 2005
Things went smoothly today. I wasn’t ever starving and if I did get a little hungry, I would just drink my ‘lemonade’. The biggest hurdle was the desire to eat food even though I wasn’t hungry. Toby is being so sensitive and has tried to eat and cook away from me, but I still have [...]
Weekend in review
Posted in Cleansing, Sustainable Living on Apr 10th, 2005
Well, while I was away, I journaled all of my thoughts and feelings with the intention on blogging them. But, I think I would end up losing all of my readers if I bored you with that. (Plus, when I was just typing this, I misstyped and wrote “…with the intentions of flogging them…”) Anyway, [...]
Cleanse Prep Day 1
Posted in Beekeeping, Cleansing, Holistic Medicine on Apr 8th, 2005
Ok, I’m not even fasting yet and I am starving! I keep walking in to the kitchen and looking at the bread and cheese and yogurt and thinking “just one little bite” I love eating fruits and veggies, but my system is so use to more than that. This morning when I was fixing K’s [...]
Cleansing
Posted in Cleansing, Holistic Medicine on Apr 7th, 2005
OK, well it looks like the weaning is official. K woke up this morning and didn’t even mention nursing. My little girl is all grown up! So, I decided to start the cleanse tomorrow. I will try to post each day how things are going and what I am doing. I will be gone this [...]
Haven’t pooed in 12 days
Posted in Cleansing, Do It Yourself, Organic Gardening on Mar 26th, 2005
I’ve got your attention now, eh?? No, really, I am doing an experiment with my hair called No ‘Poo. And I haven’t shampooed in 12 days. I have washed my hair, I just haven’t used shampoo. See, Toby hasn’t used shampoo in his hair in years and it looks great! It is thick and shiny [...]