There are so many layers to wholistic living. When I was a life coach, I asked people to address their health, spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally & financially. This meant surveying their feelings about their relationships, activity levels, hobbies, diet, and more. In asking myself the same questions, I realized that my family has a lot of work to do to get to a more wholistic life. But, where to start?
As soon as I asked myself the question, friends started calling and emailing & facebooking about Journey. Often the conversation would end with me mentioning our need to detox & eat better. I looked at my book collection and noticed that I had purchased several nutrition books over the past 5 years. In addition, many of my friends have recently sent or loaned me books on nutrition. So, as you can see, nutrition has been on my back log radar for awhile. Well, now I am addressing it within my home.
This summer I did the Candida Diet http://www.thecandidadiet.com/ because Riley & I had yeast (in babies this is called thrush). It was a great success. I never cheated & our symptoms were almost completely cleared and I loss 28lbs to boot (I have since gained 8 of it back). This season I decided to do it again to make sure we were free and clear after the holidays. At the same time, my husband's family decided to start The Standard Process Purification Diet. Yippee!!! My husband eats only starches & meat. This is the 1st time that he has attempted to do the right thing nutritionally. So, I took advantage of the moment and decided to start a sugar detox for the girls. On day one, my husband gave them peppermint candy (go figure). On day 4 he gave them pizza & lemonade. So, okay. I get it, this lifestyle change is going to take a lot more effort & time.
While my efforts at the Candida Diet have been extremely cleansing for Riley, I have managed to cheat all 5 days. I have completed 2 of my 4 colonics & lost 6lbs. but, I know I can do better with this. So, I've spoken to my colonic therapist and thought about what has made me cheat (mostly, trying to detox the kids at the same time) and decided to take option 3 of the cleansing process along with my last 2 colonics. So, I've got 2 more weeks of cleansing before I can get to the next phase of the diet.
The overall goal is to take my household to a whole foods lifestyle. I want to rid our household of processed foods. If we eat junk when we are away from home, that is fine, because we eat properly at home (like the French), which is where we will eat most of the time. Well, the blood sugar imbalances are out of control and driving me bonkers. There is a lot of yelling, whining, crying, nursing, pooping & silent cussing going on. The combination makes it almost impossible to stick with my responsibilities and diet. Furthermore, I have never been good at keeping with a cleanse for weight loss purposes and I've gotten sidetracked with that this time. I have to remember the goal, "A Whole Food Lifestyle".
So, we forge ahead. We will eventually get there. I'll keep you posted on our progress.
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