The family is embarking on a new adventure, once again led by mommy and her insatiable drive toward wellness.
I've been sick most of my life, and have been told repeatedly that its all in my head. And so I took it upon myself many years ago to find my own solutions to my problems. I don't trust a doctor as far as I can throw him (or her), and that isn't very far considering my nearly crippling chronic pain.
Several years ago I discovered how liver cleansing (see links to the right) decresed my pain, gave me energy (a whole new feeling for me), improved my digestive issues, and allowed me to lose a fairly considerable amount of weight, among other things. 6 months ago I had my third baby, which has left my body in the worst shape its ever been in. Harsh cleansing is not an option since I'm breastfeeding. My pain has increased, and continues to increase and I'm at a point where if I don't do something right away, I won't be able to take care of my children much longer. Over the counter pain medications aren't cutting it anymore, and I hate taking them because I know that they just perpetuate the situation. I've made changes to my diet (and the kids as well). We're not eating dairy or sugar. I'm working on cutting out white flour and would like to go without wheat or corn at all eventually. I'm also decreasing the amount of meat we eat. Yet the pain and sickness increases. So, we're going live. Live (raw) foods that is. Which is turning out to be more complicated than I'd anticipated. I just figured I'd have to cut up fruit and veggies all day. So not so! I'm realizing I've got some research to do just to figure out how to do this. I'd like to be eating 50% live foods by Thanksgiving (my baby's birthday). I think that's realistic. Ultimately I'd like to be at 90%. That's what I'm reaching for.
I'll let you know how that goes, and maybe post some of the more delicious recipes I try as I go along. They say "Live food, live body; dead food, dead body." I don't think my body as ever felt alive, we'll see if what they say is true!
How We Began
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- Holly
- I'm an LDS stay at home, homeschooling mom, living in St. Louis supporting my husband through Chiropractic College.
2 comments:
Ha, so I'm reading about this raw food stuff on FB, then I saw the blog. I'm looking for something different, though this might be too extreme, I dunno. I was excited to see your emotional progress and ups and downs, but there's only one post! blah, maybe you'll actually have to pick up the phone to tell me about it... hint hint ( ;
I to have some health problems and chronic pain. I had not thought to try a liver cleanse. I'm going to try it and see if it helps. Thanks for the information.
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