Skip to main content

Cleansing and such

About 5 weeks ago I got an awful stomach bug.  Add that to being pretty lax with my diet and I had been thinking about doing a cleanse.  Then I visit NM and halfway through my visit, everything starts to make me sick.  I’ve actually had my share fair of stomach troubles from ulcers and stomach bugs carried back from studying in Mexico.  A lot of it solved itself by cleaning up my diet.  But my diet hasn’t been the greatest lately.  In scope of the rest of America, its great but I try to compare myself only to the standard I set for myself.  And in that scope it was awful. 

So I decided to do a cleanse. I actually did a colonic first to jump start everything.  It was a first and an interesting first at that.  I would actually recommend it to anyone but it’s an experience.  I would not recommend training after wards where we worked body shots.  Admittedly I know very little about cleansing.  I asked a friend about it and he had several 2-3 week programs he wanted me to do.  I wasn’t in for that.  I was looking for something quick and simple, to make me feel better.  I wasn’t trying to detoxify my body of every chemical and metal it may have absorbed.  So after a fairly rudimentary Google search, I decided on the Dr Oz weekend cleanse.  It fit my time frame and my goal of restoring the stomach to normal. 

Day 1 wasn’t so bad.  It was kind of fun, blending all the stuff, chopping the veggies for my soup.  But by about 4pm on Day 2 I gave up.  I felt weak and thirsty, despite drinking several quarts of water that morning.  I actually sat on the couch from about 10 am until almost 4 when I gave in and had no desire to leave.  I met some friends for dinner and afterwards, felt super energized. And then when I got home I crashed, probably from my body being so happy to be fed again it just wanted to nap!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Untitled

So I have thought about this for a while.  Do I actually write this post?  Do I put my dirty laundry out there for everyone? Or the handful that read my blog.  And if I do, what do I say? Do I slam those involved?  Do I take the high road?  When is a “good” time to put it out there?  A few days under my belt and there is probably no better time. So no secret, my ex-boyfriend was my coach.  That worked out mildly well while we were together but add a breakup and somehow it just doesn’t work out as smoothly.  Add a few of the worst things a person could do to another in there and disaster doesn’t even begin to describe.  But I have this eternal belief that I can make any situation work.  That I can fix things.  It’s what makes me good at my job.  I’m an eternal optimist. But it’s what causes me to not be so good at my personal life.  Even when things are clearly not good, I still think I can fix it and make it right...
1 comment
Read more

Skipped a week to savor the end of my maternity leave

So I skipped week 11.  Mostly because I was in tears about having to leave McKenna and go back to work.  Mom guilt is a real thing.  It also makes me very angry about the maternity leave policy in this country.  It wasn’t something I honestly paid attention to before.  Maybe because I wasn’t planning on being a mom for a long time. Or probably because I assumed that is just a benefit you give people.  Now I am learning, we are about as good as a third world country.  We don’t even give government employees a maternity benefit.  No surprise that private companies wouldn’t feel obligated to provide that.   My time home with McKenna has been amazing.  I know so much about her, , her likes, her preferences, her behaviors and her routine.  We have had the benefit of setting our own schedule.  I don’t have to rush out in the morning.  I didn’t have to stress about pumping right away.  I have gotten to experience so much ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Dad's Salsa

My Dad makes the best salsa.  I grew up in New Mexico.  We are a bit picky about our salsa.  It is hands down my favorite.  And not just because he is my Dad.  Its actually brilliant in in its simplicity.  The ingredients are: Green Chiles Onions Canned diced tomatoes (petite if you ask his opinion) Cumin Salt Olive oil (for cooking the onions The important thing is to start with good roasted chile's.  The roasting is what gives them their flavor and allows the skin to blister and peel off.  I was lazy when I put up my chile the last time and just bagged everything with the skin on.  It actually tends to be a little easier to get the skin off once its been frozen.  For this batch I used 2 quart bags frozen chile's, 6 - 14.5 oz cans of diced tomatoes, 2 onions and seasonings to taste.   First step is to clean the chile's and chop them.  I could probably normally tolerate the chile's but now I have a little perso...
Post a Comment
Read more