Ok so it's been awhile since I have checked in and I've been a bit confused over my focus. I want to blog for myself about my life in general and but It seems there's a lot to talk about for my weight loss, wellness and health journey so I am going to start a new blog dedicated to that. I don't really have any followers on this blog as of yet so it can stay for me as a way to document my life as I feel like it. write what I want and post about my daughter and all things whatever Randi feels like!
But here is the link to my Wellness blog
http://randisroadtowellness.blogspot.com/
Sunday, June 11, 2017
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
My Dear Bryn
This past 4 weeks has been a whirlwind of learning!
Bryn's results
Allergies
Mild cows milk allergy
Mild egg white allergy
Intolerances
Servere Casein intolerance
Moderate/Severe Gluten intolerance
We've always known she was sensitive to dairy it was just obvious that dairy gave her diarrhea. But we let her have cheese and yogurts and ice cream minimally. But she would poop 3-6 times a day and it was ALWAYS soft stool and frequent diarrhea. It got to the point that she was having chronic diarrhea and after she ate mac and cheese at a restaurant it become bloody! So we said thats it! NO MORE DAIRY nothing with dairy in it no exceptions except some butter or kerry gold. But she was still pooping frequently and would get diarrhea everytime we ate outside of home.
At this point at home we ate clean mostly organic and very little gluten and we were eating dairy free. So at home she was doing pretty well. At restaurants she was eating gluten. SO we went for her 4 year appointment on February 13th. I was explaining her gut issues to her AMAZING very crunchy pediatrician and he said I think its time we do the full blood panel. We she got her blood drawn right then and there in the room. She didn't know what was happening and not a tear. But she did get pale and faint afterwords and needed to gain composure for a bit and asked that she never have to do that again. She called told everyone she got a bug bite at the doctors and it hurt.
1 week later we got her results. And we were shocked to say the least! So we cut it all out and it its TREMENDOUSLY helped! We've tried eating and restaurants a couple times and it is still giving her diarrhea. So I think she is even sensitive to cross contamination. Which I'm surprised at. So we have some quirks to work out still. We also are having a hard time eliminating egg. All of the gluten free breads I find are egg based and lots of gluten free stuff is egg based. I don't see a noticeable difference with the eggs when they are baked in things. But I'd still like to cut it and reintroduce it and see how it goes.
For now we are just trying to get her food in check and we are packing food for her wherever we go. We will hopefully beable to eat out again. But right now its still tricky.
Eventually once we are comfortable with things I'd like to focus on healing her gut more. We are taking probiotics of course, but I'd like to move beyond that.
But baby steps for now :)
Sunday, February 26, 2017
No more counting and restricting?
February has been an interesting month, and a lot of it has revolved around Bryn. Which I will be updating in another blog post soon!
This month I have really taken a step back and looked at myself after starting out the month with gusto and then falling again! I'm still reading and absorbing the book Made to Crave by Lysa Terkeurst. Its been a great book and really teaching me how to go to God with my issues. I've also really done a lot better with personal devotions and listening to some Preacher podcasts and videos and such, and spiritually February has been a month of growth! I'm really trying to listen to God and let him guide my health journey. I had another fertility doctor appointment to go to, and I was on the fence about going. I am soo close to ovulating on my own... sooo close! I have acquired soooo much holistic knowledge and guidance with gut health, and hormone health and how to heal my PCOS. Its just a matter of consistency at this point. And I see so much progress and so much happening! God is the glue I am needing to really fill in those gaps. He is my strength when I am weak. And I am not calling him. I am not relying on him. I spend way more time stressed and worried than I do in prayer. I am working on this. And I am seeing things come together. So when the doc canceled her appointment with me I chose to take it as my sign and just have faith God is working on me and pregnancy will come in his perfect timing. He is leading down a holistic journey and its for a reason. I am just going to have faith and be obedient in his calling.
I have stopped counting and restricting.... you heard me right.... I like the goals I have set for myself but I stopped obsessively counting. I am more or less logging to check in with myself on occasion to see how close I am getting to my goals. I know the foods I want to be eating and the foods I don't want to be eating. I am just doing the best I can. And calling on God's strength when I am struggling. I have actually been more consistent and successful than I ever have. I'm not doing the best I ever have. Because when I'm perfect that leads to lulls where I fall off the perfect wagon and those falls mean old habbits come flooding in. I'm just trying my best and accepting I'm not perfect. And I really don't want to eat gluten because I know what gluten does to my body and my insulin. And because its not a restriction rule that makes or breaks me I am choosing to not eat gluten because I just don't want it in my body. NOT because I CANT. Because I can if that is what I think I need at the moment.
Make sense?
Its a shift in mind frame I guess. I think its much healthier. Its also much slower results. But ever lasting changes of habits and thoughts and ways of doing things. Dani Spies (from Clean and Delicious) has really inspired this teaching that I am feeling from with in now.
As mentioned above Bryn has inspired lots of things this month. And in a nutshell we got some allergy/intolerance results this month that is life changing for her! And its really pushed me to make the changes I have already been called to make a long time ago. We needed this push and kick in the pants. We knew already its the path we were meant to be on, but to have blood test results to prove we need to cut this shit from our lives is a kick in the pants! NO GLUTEN OR DAIRY (casein) or eggs!!! Her egg intolerance tested mild. SO we have a little flexibility there, but we are going to try to cut these things from our diet 100% I shouldn't have them either with my PCOS (except eggs. they are a protein staple for me)
We made Bryn a special treat Paleo Chocolate muffins (before we knew about the egg intolerance) But no gluten no diary. Next time we will have to try a vegan GF chocolate muffin.
Here is a picture of my plate tonight. Forgive the yellow lighting. I roasted some beets and made some balsamic glazed salmon and put them on top of the sautéed beet greens. It was delicious. For my hubby and daughter, who hate veggies, I also made some vegan risotto. Whole foods for life! I am loving it! And it feels good to feed my family!
This month I have really taken a step back and looked at myself after starting out the month with gusto and then falling again! I'm still reading and absorbing the book Made to Crave by Lysa Terkeurst. Its been a great book and really teaching me how to go to God with my issues. I've also really done a lot better with personal devotions and listening to some Preacher podcasts and videos and such, and spiritually February has been a month of growth! I'm really trying to listen to God and let him guide my health journey. I had another fertility doctor appointment to go to, and I was on the fence about going. I am soo close to ovulating on my own... sooo close! I have acquired soooo much holistic knowledge and guidance with gut health, and hormone health and how to heal my PCOS. Its just a matter of consistency at this point. And I see so much progress and so much happening! God is the glue I am needing to really fill in those gaps. He is my strength when I am weak. And I am not calling him. I am not relying on him. I spend way more time stressed and worried than I do in prayer. I am working on this. And I am seeing things come together. So when the doc canceled her appointment with me I chose to take it as my sign and just have faith God is working on me and pregnancy will come in his perfect timing. He is leading down a holistic journey and its for a reason. I am just going to have faith and be obedient in his calling.
I have stopped counting and restricting.... you heard me right.... I like the goals I have set for myself but I stopped obsessively counting. I am more or less logging to check in with myself on occasion to see how close I am getting to my goals. I know the foods I want to be eating and the foods I don't want to be eating. I am just doing the best I can. And calling on God's strength when I am struggling. I have actually been more consistent and successful than I ever have. I'm not doing the best I ever have. Because when I'm perfect that leads to lulls where I fall off the perfect wagon and those falls mean old habbits come flooding in. I'm just trying my best and accepting I'm not perfect. And I really don't want to eat gluten because I know what gluten does to my body and my insulin. And because its not a restriction rule that makes or breaks me I am choosing to not eat gluten because I just don't want it in my body. NOT because I CANT. Because I can if that is what I think I need at the moment.
Make sense?
Its a shift in mind frame I guess. I think its much healthier. Its also much slower results. But ever lasting changes of habits and thoughts and ways of doing things. Dani Spies (from Clean and Delicious) has really inspired this teaching that I am feeling from with in now.
As mentioned above Bryn has inspired lots of things this month. And in a nutshell we got some allergy/intolerance results this month that is life changing for her! And its really pushed me to make the changes I have already been called to make a long time ago. We needed this push and kick in the pants. We knew already its the path we were meant to be on, but to have blood test results to prove we need to cut this shit from our lives is a kick in the pants! NO GLUTEN OR DAIRY (casein) or eggs!!! Her egg intolerance tested mild. SO we have a little flexibility there, but we are going to try to cut these things from our diet 100% I shouldn't have them either with my PCOS (except eggs. they are a protein staple for me)
We made Bryn a special treat Paleo Chocolate muffins (before we knew about the egg intolerance) But no gluten no diary. Next time we will have to try a vegan GF chocolate muffin.
Here is a picture of my plate tonight. Forgive the yellow lighting. I roasted some beets and made some balsamic glazed salmon and put them on top of the sautéed beet greens. It was delicious. For my hubby and daughter, who hate veggies, I also made some vegan risotto. Whole foods for life! I am loving it! And it feels good to feed my family!
Friday, February 3, 2017
Health check in
Well its been a month. And I didn't really start until mid January. I quit almosting and I DID. Now I did not do it perfectly, but I am trying my best. I am eating clean foods and no gluten or dairy, and I almost no grains. I am not getting hung up on the rules because if I think I failed then I will quit. So I just know my goals and I do my best.
I have had 1 all out cheat day. Including beers and bar food. I regretted that day from the moment it ended. And it took me 1 week to lose the bloating it caused!
Let me tell you its been a journey!!! I went through MAJOR detox and withdrawals for GLUTEN! You guys I didn't really eat that much gluten! But apparently I ate enough!! And if I wasn't eating gluten I was replacing it with rice or other grains. This time I'm trying to stay away from grains all together and eating moderate carbs. Under 100 grams of carbs to be specific. I was combining some liver detox supplements along with a natural laxative to help me detox and drinking 3-5 cups of dandelion root mint tea to help me detox as well. Also taking spirulina and all my hormone related supplements. Taking bitters, and enzymes, and probiotics to heal the gut in the process. I have fermented my own veggies and drinking goats milk kefir in my bone broth smoothies. all of this adding to the detox effects. I was an emotional mess!!! And I was NOT expecting that!!! I litterally cried and screamed in private for days! Most importantly I cried out to God. He came to me in these low moments and reassured me I would get through and that bigger better things are coming and this is part of the journey he wants me on. I was able to carry on and eating at home is getting remarkably easy!!! I still struggle with being out of the house or when I don't want to cook. I also still over eat and haven't had any weight loss. But my grain free low carb life is suprisingly easy! I still stuggle with sugar. Even if its a clean form I'm consuming too much and for a women with insulin resistance I'd like to consume as little as possible.
Calorie wise I'd like to stay under 1800 calories and preferably between 1500-1600. I'm trying to stay under 100grams a day of carbs. I am trying to eat more than 100 grams of protein and trying to stay under 75 grams of healthy fats. I'd like at least 40g of fiber, and under 40g of sugar. There is no name for this diet. It is not a specific protocol. Its just the Randi way. After so much research and reading and wondering on all ends of the spectrum this is what I came up with for myself. Going forward I will pray on these things more and more and change what God leads me to do. I would like to give a lot of credit to Dr. Axe and his Leaky Gut protocol as well as Melissa Ramos and her programs for information and inspiration on how I want to go about doing these things. The macros and calories I came up with on my own through good old google reasearch. It is NOT conventional and NOT what a dietician would recommend. But because of the healing way of eating and needing lower carbs and no gluten or dairy and incorporating more healthy fats I needed to change things around from what they recommend. And I just am not on board with the keto way of life or low carb high fat. My body just does not feel good after consuming foods this way. So I am finding my balance somewhere in the middle.
I'm finding my biggest component to my life right now is God. If I focus on him everything else just seems to fall into place. I'm really learning there needs to be balance. Physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental health balance. And I am finding the way to all of these things is God. If I focus on my spirtual health and pray about the rest it just falls into place. I'm reading the Book Made to Crave by Lysa Turkeurst. AMAZING book! I highly recommend it!
I have had 1 all out cheat day. Including beers and bar food. I regretted that day from the moment it ended. And it took me 1 week to lose the bloating it caused!
Let me tell you its been a journey!!! I went through MAJOR detox and withdrawals for GLUTEN! You guys I didn't really eat that much gluten! But apparently I ate enough!! And if I wasn't eating gluten I was replacing it with rice or other grains. This time I'm trying to stay away from grains all together and eating moderate carbs. Under 100 grams of carbs to be specific. I was combining some liver detox supplements along with a natural laxative to help me detox and drinking 3-5 cups of dandelion root mint tea to help me detox as well. Also taking spirulina and all my hormone related supplements. Taking bitters, and enzymes, and probiotics to heal the gut in the process. I have fermented my own veggies and drinking goats milk kefir in my bone broth smoothies. all of this adding to the detox effects. I was an emotional mess!!! And I was NOT expecting that!!! I litterally cried and screamed in private for days! Most importantly I cried out to God. He came to me in these low moments and reassured me I would get through and that bigger better things are coming and this is part of the journey he wants me on. I was able to carry on and eating at home is getting remarkably easy!!! I still struggle with being out of the house or when I don't want to cook. I also still over eat and haven't had any weight loss. But my grain free low carb life is suprisingly easy! I still stuggle with sugar. Even if its a clean form I'm consuming too much and for a women with insulin resistance I'd like to consume as little as possible.
Calorie wise I'd like to stay under 1800 calories and preferably between 1500-1600. I'm trying to stay under 100grams a day of carbs. I am trying to eat more than 100 grams of protein and trying to stay under 75 grams of healthy fats. I'd like at least 40g of fiber, and under 40g of sugar. There is no name for this diet. It is not a specific protocol. Its just the Randi way. After so much research and reading and wondering on all ends of the spectrum this is what I came up with for myself. Going forward I will pray on these things more and more and change what God leads me to do. I would like to give a lot of credit to Dr. Axe and his Leaky Gut protocol as well as Melissa Ramos and her programs for information and inspiration on how I want to go about doing these things. The macros and calories I came up with on my own through good old google reasearch. It is NOT conventional and NOT what a dietician would recommend. But because of the healing way of eating and needing lower carbs and no gluten or dairy and incorporating more healthy fats I needed to change things around from what they recommend. And I just am not on board with the keto way of life or low carb high fat. My body just does not feel good after consuming foods this way. So I am finding my balance somewhere in the middle.
I'm finding my biggest component to my life right now is God. If I focus on him everything else just seems to fall into place. I'm really learning there needs to be balance. Physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental health balance. And I am finding the way to all of these things is God. If I focus on my spirtual health and pray about the rest it just falls into place. I'm reading the Book Made to Crave by Lysa Turkeurst. AMAZING book! I highly recommend it!
Monday, January 2, 2017
Im an ALMOSTER.......
I just got done watching in inspirational you tube video from Patricia Keele and it really hit home that I am an almoster!!
I get ideas and inspirations that I am super into! I do all the research, read all the books, watch all the documentaries, youtube videos, read the skeptics responses, and usually half ass start. But I don't commit to 100%
Take for instance my holistic healing journey. I learned so much and incorporated lots of things into my life, but if someone said hey lets go get a beer and burger and fries I'd say "yes lets do it!" My husband is a junk food junky and I always made sure he'd have his junk food. Or I'd eat a fabulous lunch with white bread or follow it up with a snack of doritos. SO I ALMOST healed myself holistically, or I ALMOST ate paleo, I was ALMOST a clean eater ect.
Well friends I am sick of being an ALMOSTER..... I am going to be a DOER!
Today I am doing it. I am cooking and meal prepping, and cleaner, and planning, and doing laundry, and making SHIT HAPPEN!
I get ideas and inspirations that I am super into! I do all the research, read all the books, watch all the documentaries, youtube videos, read the skeptics responses, and usually half ass start. But I don't commit to 100%
Take for instance my holistic healing journey. I learned so much and incorporated lots of things into my life, but if someone said hey lets go get a beer and burger and fries I'd say "yes lets do it!" My husband is a junk food junky and I always made sure he'd have his junk food. Or I'd eat a fabulous lunch with white bread or follow it up with a snack of doritos. SO I ALMOST healed myself holistically, or I ALMOST ate paleo, I was ALMOST a clean eater ect.
Well friends I am sick of being an ALMOSTER..... I am going to be a DOER!
Today I am doing it. I am cooking and meal prepping, and cleaner, and planning, and doing laundry, and making SHIT HAPPEN!
Sunday, January 1, 2017
2016 review and 2017 goals
I love new years! I actually love new days, weeks, and months... They all have motivation in different ways for me. I like the feel of starting fresh, and I particularly like reflecting and improving! Its what's kept me going and not giving up on myself! I fail a lot and at most things I try. But I always try again. I like that about myself. I also get frustrated with myself about just that. In fact when I was reflecting on 2016 I felt really down about myself. Because I spent the ENTIRE year trying to lose weight and get healthy. I went up and down about a 15 pound range through out the course of the year and over all I ended up right in the middle of that range which is where I started 2017!!!! So that was an extremely depressing thought. I tried to go paleo and it lasted about 3 months. And honestly I rarely had days in which I didn't cheat on something. Then I was thinking about my financial goals and again it felt a bit stagnant. I am about where I was last year! We paid off taxes and our medical debt but the same debt accumulated again! We paid off my husbands credit card, but then mine accumulated.... again I felt a bit depressed over 2016 financial stagnations. My biggest goal was to get pregnant in 2016. That did not happen...... more depression. But yet when I generically feel the feels of 2016 it feels good. Why? Because 2015 I was stressed and in 2016 I was much less stressed! I work 50 hours a week, 5 days a week, running an in home daycare, and I also am the main person running my household and family responsibilities. That is a lot going on and a lot of stress!!! 2015 was a VERY stressful year for me in terms of my business and running my household. A few things just slipped. I really pulled myself out of those trenches in 2016. God worked out a few things for me and I learned a LOT. Thats huge right!!?? In general I am happy in everyday living and I am extremely happy with my business right now. My first year of daycare was good, but I was learning so much my head was spinning. Then 2nd year of daycare I thought I had it all set, but instead I dealt with some serious stress and my personal life suffered for it. But I am so happy to say 2016 it all turned around!! I even learned how to plan and got really into my planner and utilizing that, and starting to be on top of managing my household again. But low and behold 2017 is on us and now its time to tackle those health and financial goals. And maybe just maybe a BABY!
MY END OF YEAR BREAK DOWN
When I was reflecting on 2016 and my short comings in the health area of my life I was praying out loud and really breaking down. God spoke to me in those moments this week. I realized all my struggles are really crucial to me learning and growing. I also feel like I have a calling to help other mothers out there. I don't know why or how, but I feel it. And in order to help them I need to know what its like to struggle. But now is my time to do this. Now is my time to get healthy and only God will carry me through this. I need to fully rely on God in order to be successful. I cannot do this alone. I need God to help me. I also realized I gained a couple of huge wins. I was able to to lower my thyroid numbers to 2.5 naturally and also the biggest thing is I started getting my period again! every 33-40 days! I was at 70+ day cycles. I may not be ovulating yet, but its a great start!
MY HEALTH AND WELLNESS PLAN
I am once again going on a holistic journey to heal my body. Round 2 baby lets do this! I've been inspired by this lifestyle and learning a lot about it for 5 years now. But I can't seem to get the hang of 100% applying this to my life. I am not going to go on a labeled diet. But I am going to try to heal my leaky gut, cleanse my liver, and reduce my candida over growth. This will entail going on a GAPS type of diet. But I am not following those rules per say. I am using a program through Dr. Axe to guide me in those specifics. My main resource is going to be God. I am going to pray for his strength to carry me through this. My daughter is developing some food intolerances and displaying signs of leaky gut herself. So I have my keeper of my heart to motivate me to keep on with this this time. I also know that i will go through a detox period and I am totally scared. But I am going to keep faith that I can do this. My hubby is nervous about what the heck we are going to be eating, but he is on board as long as I buy him junk food to keep in his basement..... I am going to do it. I can't control his choices.
As far as measurable outcomes my goal will be 90% clean eating and I would like to be Dairy and Gluten Free. I 'd like to see dramatic gut health improvement in both Bryn and myself. I'd also like to see ovulation, but that's God will I suppose. Weight loss I'd like to see at least 30 pounds go. But I am trying not to focus on that. I just need to get the hang of what I can eat and fit working out into my schedule.
MY FINANCIAL PLAN
I need to get ahead of the game to get out of the same cycle I'm in with Taxes and Medical Debt. With my ear condition and infertility medical debt is going to be a norm.
This year I want to pay off all credit cards (we only have 1 we owe on)
Pay monthly for 2017 tax year and set up a payment plan to pay off what we will owe for 2016
Set up a medical debt plan for 2018 to get a savings account. For 2017 I just need to manage the debt. I won't be able to rid our family of medical debt this year unfortunately. That will be 2018.
Stick to monthly budget plans
MY HOME MANAGEMENT PLANS
Stay on top of our mail
Stay on top of our daily routines and cleanings
Fully utilize planner
declutter basement and garage
north side of house landscaping
finish backyard DIY landscaping
make habit a good basement cleaning routine
laundry........
Daycare
Stay present and prepared and utilize naps for PCI and accounting needs. Keep everyone's happiness including my own first and foremost in all decisions and make tough decisions when I need to when it affects the happiness of myself or any of the children in my care.
MY END OF YEAR BREAK DOWN
When I was reflecting on 2016 and my short comings in the health area of my life I was praying out loud and really breaking down. God spoke to me in those moments this week. I realized all my struggles are really crucial to me learning and growing. I also feel like I have a calling to help other mothers out there. I don't know why or how, but I feel it. And in order to help them I need to know what its like to struggle. But now is my time to do this. Now is my time to get healthy and only God will carry me through this. I need to fully rely on God in order to be successful. I cannot do this alone. I need God to help me. I also realized I gained a couple of huge wins. I was able to to lower my thyroid numbers to 2.5 naturally and also the biggest thing is I started getting my period again! every 33-40 days! I was at 70+ day cycles. I may not be ovulating yet, but its a great start!
MY HEALTH AND WELLNESS PLAN
I am once again going on a holistic journey to heal my body. Round 2 baby lets do this! I've been inspired by this lifestyle and learning a lot about it for 5 years now. But I can't seem to get the hang of 100% applying this to my life. I am not going to go on a labeled diet. But I am going to try to heal my leaky gut, cleanse my liver, and reduce my candida over growth. This will entail going on a GAPS type of diet. But I am not following those rules per say. I am using a program through Dr. Axe to guide me in those specifics. My main resource is going to be God. I am going to pray for his strength to carry me through this. My daughter is developing some food intolerances and displaying signs of leaky gut herself. So I have my keeper of my heart to motivate me to keep on with this this time. I also know that i will go through a detox period and I am totally scared. But I am going to keep faith that I can do this. My hubby is nervous about what the heck we are going to be eating, but he is on board as long as I buy him junk food to keep in his basement..... I am going to do it. I can't control his choices.
As far as measurable outcomes my goal will be 90% clean eating and I would like to be Dairy and Gluten Free. I 'd like to see dramatic gut health improvement in both Bryn and myself. I'd also like to see ovulation, but that's God will I suppose. Weight loss I'd like to see at least 30 pounds go. But I am trying not to focus on that. I just need to get the hang of what I can eat and fit working out into my schedule.
MY FINANCIAL PLAN
I need to get ahead of the game to get out of the same cycle I'm in with Taxes and Medical Debt. With my ear condition and infertility medical debt is going to be a norm.
This year I want to pay off all credit cards (we only have 1 we owe on)
Pay monthly for 2017 tax year and set up a payment plan to pay off what we will owe for 2016
Set up a medical debt plan for 2018 to get a savings account. For 2017 I just need to manage the debt. I won't be able to rid our family of medical debt this year unfortunately. That will be 2018.
Stick to monthly budget plans
MY HOME MANAGEMENT PLANS
Stay on top of our mail
Stay on top of our daily routines and cleanings
Fully utilize planner
declutter basement and garage
north side of house landscaping
finish backyard DIY landscaping
make habit a good basement cleaning routine
laundry........
Daycare
Stay present and prepared and utilize naps for PCI and accounting needs. Keep everyone's happiness including my own first and foremost in all decisions and make tough decisions when I need to when it affects the happiness of myself or any of the children in my care.
Flu Shot Tea and other cold remedies
I have been freaking sick FOREVER. It started in October with throat drainage and mild sore throat. Right before my Surgery it devloped into a small dry cough. After my surgery I got a fever and a nasty chest cold. 4 weeks later and I still have a nasty chest cold that is getting better and worse again! I'm over it! Kicking this this cold to the curb! Why I didn't get serious sooner is beyond me!
Vitamin C and D and omegas
Nac 600
probiotics
garlic pills
Peppermint essential oil on chest and diffusing the trio lemon lavender peppermint. I am also using a Young Living blend called Breath again. It is lemon eucalyptus and few other things all blended.
lots of herbal teas ( like ginger tea, throat coat tea, dandelion root tea, peppermint tea)
AND FLU SHOT TEA I just made!
First comes the Paste
I personally did not measure the amounts I dumped into the jar so these are approximate measurements
1 heaping tbls of tumeric I used dry powder because my grocery did not have fresh root to grate
1 heaping tbls of grated ginger root
the zest of 1 lemon
the juice of quarter of a lemon
a minced clove of garlic
a pinch of black pepper
a few dashes of cayenne
then I poured honey over it all to make a paste.
When I made my tea I took a heaping tbls of paste and poured hot water over it. Then I stirred and enjoyed. It was really good!
Vitamin C and D and omegas
Nac 600
probiotics
garlic pills
Peppermint essential oil on chest and diffusing the trio lemon lavender peppermint. I am also using a Young Living blend called Breath again. It is lemon eucalyptus and few other things all blended.
lots of herbal teas ( like ginger tea, throat coat tea, dandelion root tea, peppermint tea)
AND FLU SHOT TEA I just made!
First comes the Paste
I personally did not measure the amounts I dumped into the jar so these are approximate measurements
1 heaping tbls of tumeric I used dry powder because my grocery did not have fresh root to grate
1 heaping tbls of grated ginger root
the zest of 1 lemon
the juice of quarter of a lemon
a minced clove of garlic
a pinch of black pepper
a few dashes of cayenne
then I poured honey over it all to make a paste.
When I made my tea I took a heaping tbls of paste and poured hot water over it. Then I stirred and enjoyed. It was really good!
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