Success
Hi,
I just wanted to pop in and tell that after about 3 weeks of ER, I’ve
lost 8 1/2 pounds. It’s a lot, but at first I suppose it’s to be
expected. And this rate will slow down.
I do drink 8 glasses of water each day plus cherry herbal tea. It
took only 3 days to give up coffee. I have no food cravings and
that’s a blessing that I’m grateful for. The Avoid foods are easy to
avoid when you don’t feel cravings for them.
I have a very long way to go in the area of weight loss. But the
energy boost and camlness that I feel is immediate. I expected to
feel more active. But the calm feeling was unexpected and a delight.
Yesterday, I went shopping and found large veal chops at the market.
This is on the menu for tonight. It’s a major treat. But we don’t eat
out very often. I like to cook, so I splurged. Also, it’s been years
since we’ve had veal due to the “calf” thing.
All the best,
Eleny
October 21st, 2005 at 9:21 am
Great to hear this, Eleny.
As a matter of fact, I haven’t thought about Veal for a long, long
I didn’t do so good during this H.B. challenge…
my cravings got the better of me !!!!
time and might try it soon.
Thanks, Gaye
October 22nd, 2005 at 1:53 am
Hi Gaye and thanks for your note. I’ve only been at this for about 3
weeks, so I wasn’t around for the HB challenge. I’m not sure what HB
means! Maybe next time. But about the cravings, I think a few sneaked
up on me yesterday. I kept them at bay with some Bosc pears. But I
have to admit that pears wasn’t what I wanted. I wanted peanut butter.
But today, I did get very good news. My blood pressure had shot up
right before I started this way of eating. It was up to 140 over 102.
As of today, it’s gone down to 126 over 96. Still a high bottom
number. But I’m so encouraged and know that I can get it to where
it’s safe if I keep at these good eating habits and continue
excercise. I can’t help but believe that this diet has much to do
with getting things in balance. And that’s a strong weapon for
fighting those nasty cravings.
Veal is something we hardly ever fix. But it was pretty good. Just a
little change of pace for a treat. Broiled chops tasted a little like
fresh pork chops.
All the best,
Eleny
October 22nd, 2005 at 8:28 am
HB stands for “Highly Beneficial,” which is the high-falutin’ was of
Cheers,
(Man oh man will I be able to afford it. Heh. Heh.) Actually,
sayin’ the stuffs’ good for ya’ huney! (Said with exaggerated Texas
draw.) I think that the “highly” got added to beneficial because
abbreviating it “B” would have looked too much like a typo.
Ryan
P.S. Ever try almond butter? It’s available at every health food store
that I’ve ever been to, and I’ve grown quite fond of it. The Organic
Whole Foods brand is excellent and comparatively cheap. Of course, it’s
also not exactly a small, independent grower product either, now is it?
Oh well, I’m a po’ law student who will support Co-ops when I can afford
it.
not really. I’m planning to go to naturopathic medical school next.
Maybe when I’m a naturopathic doctor and have written a few books (which
you all MUST buy!) I will buy everything responsibly to the hilt. Don’t
you love that the post script is longer than the actual message? I do.
Hee. Hee. -R
October 22nd, 2005 at 10:07 am
P.S.
Thanks for the head’s up on “HB” and on the nut butter! For that, I
promise to buy your books!!! I’m sure I’ve seen almond butter as well
as walnut butter at the local health food grocer. Yipeee!
(Nothing like a P.S. with no message to confuse the sitcheeashun.)
-El
October 23rd, 2005 at 2:52 pm
I wish you the very best in your new endeavor, Ryan
October 24th, 2005 at 5:46 am
Well, it’s going to be a couple of years yet (just finishing up my first
Cheers,
year of law school), but I appreciate it in advance. I decided to go to
law school and then into politics after I got disgusted with the medical
establishment (controlled by insurance companies, pharmaceutical
companies, and greed). I planned (still do really) on changing the
world. Then, I found out about naturopathic medicine, but we don’t have
licensing here in Texas, and I was already in law school. So, seeing as
how I already made the commitment, I decided to stick to it and use my
law degree to further ND licensing. Lawyers listen to other lawyers
better than they listen to naturopathic doctors. Eventually, I’ll get
to be what I wanted to be from the start: a healer, not a suppressor of
symptoms (a unificator, not a divisificator).
Ryan