Not Drinking Enough Water…

January 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I get to help my in-laws on a daily basis.  Usually it means that her large pills are crushed and mixed into applesauce, warming up her pureed foods, making up the bed… but then there are days when it all happens!

The other day I noticed that Betty’s lips looked swollen and she commented that they felt hot. Her tongue was red too.  I called the nurse to see if we needed to get seen.  We ended up heading to see Rob, her PA.

 Turns out she wasn’t drinking enough water and since she is a mouth breather her mucus membranes were inflamed.  

He noticed, too, that she is anemic and ordered a blood test to confirm that she was unsafe.  Now she needs to take iron + B vitamins to help build her blood.  She may need a transfusion if this doesn’t work.

Wow, you just sort of plod along in life and don’t notice the signs till you crash.  I mean to be more careful in the future.  Life is fragile. Cherish it and care for your own body!

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Family Time

January 6, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Holiday time is family time.  We were blessed to have my daughter, her husband and my first grandson visiting.  Almost like old times but not quite.  Holding little Gabriel was like old home week for me – just as natural as holding one of my own.  It was nice to know I wasn’t the one having to get up with him in the middle of the night : )

Lord willing this will be a year of change – good changes.  I hope to trust in God’s grace more, love others more, be the mother I always dreamed of, wife too…

I have come face to face with my age this year.  Though it is not diagnosed, I have several rough sore moles so I am a bit edgy.  I am treating them with Vitae Elixxir (VE).  I will keep you posted with the VE treatments.  I did a trail treatment on some flat, keratosis cancers on my arms and they came out with “roots”.  So this treatment is more involved.

The one mole on my shoulder was as big as a tomato seed.  But after treating it with VE is has grown to the size of a dime!  Cancers are bigger than they look on the surface kind of like an iceberg – 1 part visible; 9 parts down below!

I guess I am going to take my own advice and do raw veggies and juices sort of a Halleluia diet.  I will be documenting this on my www.justnaturalcures.com so if you are interested in keeping up with it read about it there.

Keep me/us in your prayers.  And God be with you, too!

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Beginning a New Year with A Serious Weight Loss Plan

January 1, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I guess it all sneaked on a bit at a time with the birht of each child and the coming of time and less activity but I have about 55 pounds to lose and that is if I allow for tone up lean muscles.

I plan, Lord willing, to lose one to two pounds a week with walking and two days a week doing weights for the large muscle groups.  I am completely cutting out junk foods till the weight is gone and then only partaking rarely.  I intend to eat fresh, close to the way God made it, minimal processing.

I’ll keep you up to date and record other interesting items on the Natural Weight Loss page on this site.

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Body Detox Gearing Down

December 21, 2007 By Leave a Comment

Now is not the time to start a detox at least for me.  I am a full time homemaker, mother of 9, caregiver for 2 elderly in-laws, manager of a home business. 

I found out the hard way that I cannot do a strict detox regimen.  Headaches, debilitating tiredness, nausea, etc.  All these made life miserable for a few days.

I have adjusted my plans to detox to a more gradual program, one that is less strict but effective in the long term.

Here is my plan.  I will drink fresh water throughout the day.  I will eat a good fruit based breakfast with an egg from time to time.  I will have small portions of whatever main course is being served but eat it with a large salad of dark leafy greens and mixed raqw veggies.

It will take longer but I can continue to  serve my family and know I am feeding my body well, too.

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Starting a Body Detox

December 12, 2007 By Leave a Comment

My daughter number three, Becca, has challenged me to do a detox with her over the coming winter break.  She needs it and I really could use it, too.  So we have become accountability partners.

Here is what we plan to do:

  • For the next four days we are eating only raw fruit and veggies.  I will use a light dressing made of ACV and a touch of olive oil/flax oil with herbs.
  • We will drink plenty of fresh well water and herb teas.
  • ON Monday, the 17th, we will go to just fruit and vegetable juices.  I will add Perfect food by Garden of Life to “fill in the blanks”.
  • I am also doing interval training to help ramp up my metabolism.

I will keep you up to date with the progress as well as any modifications to the cleanse as we go along.

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