Weekly update

It's been a week since the last (and first) post regarding nutritional balancing. We've made some progress (or regress?) in that time.

L: So right after the last (and first!) post, L noted that she was starting to feel better. Well, that lasted all of about a day. Somewhere between Thursday - Friday (3/22-3/23), L started getting strep throat like symptoms. The symptoms progressed for the past week and are finally starting to go away now. She had white bumps on the roof of her mouth - very reminiscent of the chronic strep infections she suffered as a child, which subsequently led to the removal of her tonsils. The funny part is that she exhibited most of those symptoms (tons of congestion, sore throat, body aches) but her energy level remained high enough for her to still work on her dissertation and such. We're thinking she must have had a retracement as it fits the definition almost exactly. Of course strep is going around, but we haven't been "sick" in a few years, so we're leaning towards it being a healing reaction. On a positive note, she is much less inflamed and more capable of handling acute stress.

E: Have been feeling much better in general. My digestion has improved considerably with the start of the vita-mix, but it wasn't until i started the supplement regimen that my digestion improved tremendously. my digestive problems are much less now. i'll have full nights where i won't have any gas! maybe a couple pops, lol but nothing freaky disgusting like i used to have. the constant bubbles and then gas have reduced by 75% or more, i'd guess. it's been unreal. i had a healing reaction (i'm thinking that's what it was) last week directly after i ate some venison. liz was completely fine after it. i however had a bad headache centered in my sinuses above my eyebrows. i figured i was dehydrated so i drank around 50 or so ounces of water. literally within 15m after that the headache disappeared and my left tooth (the root canaled and capped one) started hurting like a *fill in the blank*. that lasted through bedtime. left ear was aching slightly as well. the next morning i was fine. no indication of either. since then i've been feeling pretty decently but still fatigued. however my energy levels, when they are accessible in the morning especially, have increased since the start of the program. it's been about 3.5 weeks at this point since the start.

Nutritional Balancing commences

We have started a nutritional balancing program (officially on 3/2/12 (start of supplements)). We have been out of the gym since last March-ish (3/11) as we discovered through the processes of healing that working out was not complementary to progress! In fact, it was inimical to progress as it slowed down healing and in many cases made it much worse.

The week prior to starting the nutritional balancing program we purchased a vita-mix food processor as L had been having significant gall bladder problems since mid-February following a very stressful and intensive campus visit interview. We reasoned that it would help digestion thus relieving the gallbladder (perceived to be anyway) pain. We also bought a ton of veggies and have upped our veggies significantly since then. We are sure this is influencing the start of the nutritional balancing program, but it is what it is. Pain never comes at an opportune time.

Results of first hair mineral analysis test (dated 2/27/12):

E has been found to be a significantly slow oxidizer. Found to have adrenal burnout in the exhaustion stage. Has aluminum toxicity.

L has been found to be a slow-mixed oxidizer. Found to have adrenal burnout in the exhaustion stage. Has aluminum toxicity.

We started the slow oxidizer diet officially around the end of the first week of march (3/7-3/9-ish). We were able to process meat with no problems after not eating it for 10 months (E) and 12 months (L). Felt great after eating it. We have significantly increased our veggie intake through cooking and making "soupies" with the vita-mix as well.

We started the nutritional balancing supplements on 3/2/12. We were assigned the same aids with the exception of the glandulars. I suppose that would make sense considering we've eaten the exact same stuff for 4 years now. We were assigned: Megapan (for slow-metabolizers), Limcomin (for vitality level), Paramin (cal-mag), GB-3 (digestive aid), Acidophilus (digestive aid), Endo-Dren (E) and Ova-Adren (L). Each is taken 3 times a day.

E: The first dose of balancing supplements had a relaxing effect. The first week had many ups and downs - it would be up one day and down the next. We went for a hike on 3/13 and had an amazing time. For the first time in I don't know how long I felt extremely energetic and hopeful. I was thrown back to a past schema where I had much less worries. It was crazy and awesome and wonderful to feel that way again. Unfortunately, since then I've been mainly down. My thoughts are the supplements are causing "reality" to come forth - emotions that were suppressed. Sent me through some sort of emotional healing crisis that lasted for a few days. This is typical of a retracement/emotional crises. Tons of fantastic energy out of nowhere and then days of lower energy. The body had finally been able to accrue some energy and so it went about the task of releasing emotional toxicity. Today is the first day that I am feeling much better.

L: I didn't feel a thing the first week, or so I thought. Then I upped my dose of paramin due to menstrual cramps, and had night sweats, and bathroom every 5 minutes for an hour! wtf! Then, I backed it off... but then got waves of sadness/hopelessness. Now, I've felt sick for 3 days - flu like almost, but with energy accompanied. Slept 10 hours many nights, and today slept 1 hour... interesting. But I am finally feeling better today too. YAY! (E note: L has been going through many career changes as of late and so stress has been significant for the past few months).

Popped

WOD 7/7: hiking

we got engaged!!!!

i popped the q at our favorite spot on the butterfly trail. the plateau point where one can see the mountains around them. and this happened to be our first hike since thanksgiving of '09.

we have been so busy. its just been a lot of work to describe. of course this has also allowed our bodies to detox more thoroughly. we have subsequently both gone through a few healing crises that may not have otherwise happened. so we are the better for it. hopefully we can get this going again. feeling the new great energy.

Really - Already?

WOD 3/26: backyard wod

11 rounds of:

• feet shuffles x 11
• walking lunge x 7
• jumping squat x 3

time: ~4-5m (forgot to stop the stopwatch!)

that was a leg nightmare. my quads are destroyed!

WOD 3/24: backyard wod

• warm up and cool down

have we been doing this for a month? can't believe we're still going strong. :)

am i a nerd because i watch star trek?

WOD 3/22: backyard wod

7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of:

• jump squats
• divebombers

time: ~2m45s

great wod again. liz made this one up as well. both our conditioning is going back up. whoo! backyard wods going great.

each full wod takes ~30m i would say. so much better than the 2+ hours it would take to complete a gym mission. and no bad energy. whoo!

burped up ma bupees

WOD 3/20: backyard wod

• warm up and cool down

WOD 3/18: backyard wod

7-6-5-4-3-2-1 reps of:

• jumping jacks
• burpees
• air squats

time: ~5m

oh wow thanks liz for making that one up. that was evil!

back yard brawlin

WOD 3/14: backyard wod

7 rounds of:

• lateral hops x 5
• pushups x 5
• jumping lunges x 5

completed in (avg): ~2m45s

added some plyo into the backyard wod. all i have to say is this. we walked into our backyard and got an ass whuppin in under 5m.