Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
To an inheritance incorruptable, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious that of gold that perisheth, though it tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
Recieving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
As obedient children, not fashioning yuourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
But as he which hath called you is holy , so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
Because it is written, BE YE HOLY FOR I AM HOLY.
And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
Foreasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation recieved by tradition from your fathers;
But with the precious blood of Christ, as a lamb without blemish and without spot:
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower therefore falleth away:
But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Monday, January 21, 2008
1 Corinthians 11:1-16
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
But every woman that prayeth or prophesyeth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and the glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
For this cause ought the woman to have power on her because of the angels.
Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray to God uncovered?
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
But every woman that prayeth or prophesyeth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.
For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered.
For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and the glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
For this cause ought the woman to have power on her because of the angels.
Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray to God uncovered?
Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
2 Peter 1
Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through righteousness of God our Saviour Jesus Christ:
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowlege of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
According as his divine power hath given unto all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitfull in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
Knowing that shortly I must putt off this my tabernacle, even as out Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
For he recieved from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, THIS IS MY BELOVED SON, IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED.
And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
We have also a more sure word of prophesy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Knowing this first, that no prophesy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
For the prophesy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
PARENTAL RIGHTS ATTACKED IN SWAT TEAM ASSAULT
I first heard about this story from one of the ladies This blog entry is to tell you of something rather disturbing that I recieved notification about from my state. A Colorado family was grossly violated by a SWAT team called upon them by CPS because of a minor injury to their son in which the Paramedic Vietnam VET father could tell (because of his former training) that his son was not seriously injured.
Where are our rights these days? It seems that we are all being graded on a curved scale and the curve is in favor of anyone who does not agree with YOU!
Click on the link in the title of this entry to get the whole story.
Where are our rights these days? It seems that we are all being graded on a curved scale and the curve is in favor of anyone who does not agree with YOU!
Click on the link in the title of this entry to get the whole story.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
The world's meanest mom
I think this article is great. Its too bad more parents aren't as "mean" as this lady. Of course if she really had her son's heart to begin with he never would have disobeyed her. Click on the title to see the article.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
The book of Jude
Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgement of the great day.
Even as Sodom and Gomoroha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
Yet Michael the arcangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
But these speak evil of those things which they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their shame; wandering stars. to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these saying, Behold, the Lord commeth with ten thousands of his saints,
To execute judgement upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against them.
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men;s persons in admiration because of advantage.
But beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
And of some have compassion, making a difference:
And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgement of the great day.
Even as Sodom and Gomoroha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
Yet Michael the arcangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
But these speak evil of those things which they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their shame; wandering stars. to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these saying, Behold, the Lord commeth with ten thousands of his saints,
To execute judgement upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against them.
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men;s persons in admiration because of advantage.
But beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
And of some have compassion, making a difference:
And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
PURRfect tree decorations
Click on the title of this post to find the cutest website around! If you are a cat lover, this website is for you!
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Tuesday, December 18, 2007
new haircut
Here is my new haircut. Since my hair is falling out and its dry and tangly, and oily. To me it looks gross and I finally got tired of dealing with it! SO last week I made an appointment to get it chopped off and here it is! I've had it like this before when I was first joined the Army. I have a few cow licks. One right at the hair line above my forehead, and the other right on the crown on my head. Plus its curly so with that combination and after a few days of having this hair style, I think it is a bit too short on top. I like the look in the back, but will definately let it grow out for a few months and play around with it to see what shape is going to be best to suit my hair's weirdness.
Friday, December 14, 2007
My mountain of pills
I have a mountain of pills I have to take. Actually its more a barrage of vitamins that I must take thrice daily. I took a picture of the mountain a few weeks ago that I had been intending to post here, but never got around to it. For whatever reason I am unable to post it here now. But I have double the amount to take now, so it seems the old picture is obsolete.
I have increased my adrenal glandular to 6 capsules daily, and also my vitamin C has been increased to "bowel tolelrance" so I'm taking about 25,000 mg of that per day. I also added 100 mg of zinc as my hair is falling out rapidly and it is seriously disturbing me. I heard that zinc helps it to grow faster, so hoping that by my taking more zinc it will help it grow IN faster than it has been.
Barely 25 years old, my body is deteriorating at a fast rate. I believe a lot of it has to do with poor food choices. Had I ever been given the choice of eating a few carrot sticks or an entire pizza, I have always chosen pizza. Naughty, naughty me. Until a year ago I knew squat about nutrition, at least, I never cared about it. I was one of those twiggy kids who could eat a horse into the ground and never think twice. Even as a teen,when my body was giving signs of duress and adding on a few unwanted pounds every now and then, it was always easy to shed them. All I would do was continue to eat those pizzas and exercise even longer, or harder. I reasoned with myself that its okay to not change my eating habbits. After all, I enjoy exercising so what if I spent an extra hour at the gym? At least it wasn't unpleasant.
Then I met my husband. He has just as bad, if not worse eating habits than I do. He could eat pizza and burgers every day and not think twice. We married very quickly after we began dating. 6 months to be exact. I was away doing training with the Army for 3 of those months. We were essentially strangers when we married. And within 3 months I was pregnant! Yipee!!!Food freedom here I come!
There is an old saying about mother's eating for two when they are pregnant. I fully embraced that old saying. Oh yes I made good food choices and bad ones right along with them. I would eat a big salad with low fat dressing and in the same sitting (or within the next two hours) I would eat a big mac and large fry and head over to TCBY for a large frozen yogurt. Its amazing how much I ate while pregnant. I still worked out, but there was no way my body was able to handle the stress of an unstable marriage (the stranger factor), a pregnancy and way too many calories for one person to possibly be able to handle.
I balooned up like a beached whale and by the time I gave birth was tipping the scales and inching my way nearer and nearer to 300 lbs. Many people didn't even know I was pregnant, I looked that bad. But fortunately within one week of birthing my daughter I had lost about 60+ lbs of water weight. Leaving me at about 220 and utterly exhausted. I'm extremely glad now that I have the knowledge and medical aide to get me back to my appropriate weight. This time doing all the right things, and not just some of them. ;)
I have increased my adrenal glandular to 6 capsules daily, and also my vitamin C has been increased to "bowel tolelrance" so I'm taking about 25,000 mg of that per day. I also added 100 mg of zinc as my hair is falling out rapidly and it is seriously disturbing me. I heard that zinc helps it to grow faster, so hoping that by my taking more zinc it will help it grow IN faster than it has been.
Barely 25 years old, my body is deteriorating at a fast rate. I believe a lot of it has to do with poor food choices. Had I ever been given the choice of eating a few carrot sticks or an entire pizza, I have always chosen pizza. Naughty, naughty me. Until a year ago I knew squat about nutrition, at least, I never cared about it. I was one of those twiggy kids who could eat a horse into the ground and never think twice. Even as a teen,when my body was giving signs of duress and adding on a few unwanted pounds every now and then, it was always easy to shed them. All I would do was continue to eat those pizzas and exercise even longer, or harder. I reasoned with myself that its okay to not change my eating habbits. After all, I enjoy exercising so what if I spent an extra hour at the gym? At least it wasn't unpleasant.
Then I met my husband. He has just as bad, if not worse eating habits than I do. He could eat pizza and burgers every day and not think twice. We married very quickly after we began dating. 6 months to be exact. I was away doing training with the Army for 3 of those months. We were essentially strangers when we married. And within 3 months I was pregnant! Yipee!!!Food freedom here I come!
There is an old saying about mother's eating for two when they are pregnant. I fully embraced that old saying. Oh yes I made good food choices and bad ones right along with them. I would eat a big salad with low fat dressing and in the same sitting (or within the next two hours) I would eat a big mac and large fry and head over to TCBY for a large frozen yogurt. Its amazing how much I ate while pregnant. I still worked out, but there was no way my body was able to handle the stress of an unstable marriage (the stranger factor), a pregnancy and way too many calories for one person to possibly be able to handle.
I balooned up like a beached whale and by the time I gave birth was tipping the scales and inching my way nearer and nearer to 300 lbs. Many people didn't even know I was pregnant, I looked that bad. But fortunately within one week of birthing my daughter I had lost about 60+ lbs of water weight. Leaving me at about 220 and utterly exhausted. I'm extremely glad now that I have the knowledge and medical aide to get me back to my appropriate weight. This time doing all the right things, and not just some of them. ;)
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
The other day when we pulled out all the Christmas stuff. I decided it was time to torture the kitty with our annual tradition of dressing him up and taking pictures. He usually gets very tense and refuses to move. Its rather comical. It took me about 19 shots to get a good expression for the camera. Say hello to Joey. He's our version of Garfield.
Saturday, December 8, 2007
SNOW!!!!
Ah, its December and we are in the process of recieving the perfect Colorado snowfall! The wind is not blowing at all and the snow is ever so lightly falling. Sybil and I went out just before dark and played. Well she played and I shoveled the driveway. ;) Our neighbors have an inflatable snowman they put up right next door and every few minutes one of them would step outside and shake the snow off of him. It was weighing him down and causing him to droop. Too cute really!
In other news:
I had another appointment with my wonderful Dr this past Monday. Silly me, though, I missunderstood her directions for taking my adrenal glandular and its delaying my thyroid medication a few weeks. Our initial appointment was a really long time and we talked about a myriad of things, so I ended up taking only one capsule of the glandular per day and I was supposed to gradually increase to taking 6 capsules per day. But that enabled us to get a better clue of where my adrenals are because at first the one glandular per day gave me such a boost in energy that I had a natural desire to exercise. (And it didn't hurt to be watching the program Last One Standing on the Discovery Channel either. Something about seeing all those guys pushing themselves in their competitions brings back nostalgic feelings for me, from my Army days.)
Since Monday I have been increasing my adrenal glandular. Today is the first day to increase to the 6 capsule recomendation. I haven't been as tired today and I think its helping. In previous years I would get sooo tired shoveling the driveway that I wouldn't be able to even finish, it would take me hours, or I would stop and not get the sidewalk finished. Then I would have to go inside and lie down for the rest of the day. But today I was able to work quickly and finish both the driveway and sidewalk. And I had enough energy to fix dinner for Sybil and THEN I even shoveled the back deck so the dogs wouldn't track in the six inches of snow that have fallen.
My Dr. wants me to report back to her how I'm doing and also chart my temperatures and blood pressure for the next two weeks. She has called in a Perscription for my thyroid and also for some Cortisol (she believes that I may need more than just the adrenal glandular). I am seriously getting impatient waiting to begin taking my thyroid medication. I'm really excited to see how I can improve! Especially since I've been doing so much better on just vitamins.
Tomorrow I will take some pictures of the snowman next door and the snow. If I am feeling adventerous I may even venture out and go for a hike, and post those pictures as well.
In other news:
I had another appointment with my wonderful Dr this past Monday. Silly me, though, I missunderstood her directions for taking my adrenal glandular and its delaying my thyroid medication a few weeks. Our initial appointment was a really long time and we talked about a myriad of things, so I ended up taking only one capsule of the glandular per day and I was supposed to gradually increase to taking 6 capsules per day. But that enabled us to get a better clue of where my adrenals are because at first the one glandular per day gave me such a boost in energy that I had a natural desire to exercise. (And it didn't hurt to be watching the program Last One Standing on the Discovery Channel either. Something about seeing all those guys pushing themselves in their competitions brings back nostalgic feelings for me, from my Army days.)
Since Monday I have been increasing my adrenal glandular. Today is the first day to increase to the 6 capsule recomendation. I haven't been as tired today and I think its helping. In previous years I would get sooo tired shoveling the driveway that I wouldn't be able to even finish, it would take me hours, or I would stop and not get the sidewalk finished. Then I would have to go inside and lie down for the rest of the day. But today I was able to work quickly and finish both the driveway and sidewalk. And I had enough energy to fix dinner for Sybil and THEN I even shoveled the back deck so the dogs wouldn't track in the six inches of snow that have fallen.
My Dr. wants me to report back to her how I'm doing and also chart my temperatures and blood pressure for the next two weeks. She has called in a Perscription for my thyroid and also for some Cortisol (she believes that I may need more than just the adrenal glandular). I am seriously getting impatient waiting to begin taking my thyroid medication. I'm really excited to see how I can improve! Especially since I've been doing so much better on just vitamins.
Tomorrow I will take some pictures of the snowman next door and the snow. If I am feeling adventerous I may even venture out and go for a hike, and post those pictures as well.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Vegetable Orchestra
Okay so someone posted this on a message board I visit and at first I thought it was pretty strange but I watched it for a few seconds more and found that it actually was pretty cool :) Click on the title (Vegetable Orchestra) to see the video.
I just can't believe how much free time some people have on their hands.
Enjoy :D
I just can't believe how much free time some people have on their hands.
Enjoy :D
Sunday, November 18, 2007
I'm tired today. I have so many things going through my head lately. I feel so worn out. I suffer from a slight case of adrenal fatigue as well as hypothyroidism. After meeting with my Dr for our initial visit recently she has discovered that I have been hypothyroid since at least around the same age as puberty. Symptoms that I thought were related to nothing as well as the adrenal fatigue. I joined the Army when I was 17 and we suspect that helped my adrenal glands to fail slightly more. Then I had my daughter nearly 4 years ago and that is really when things went south for me. A mass of problems emerged that no one seemed to be able to figure out. Then last year a close friend began urging me to seek information about the thyroid as she recognised my symptoms to be more than normal, and she even referred me to my the Dr I am seeing now.
So, per my Dr's orders I have recently begun taking suppliments and an adrenal glandular. At first I thought this was going to be an easy ride as immediately I had energy. And I even felt like exercising! I have a full gym in my home and never even use it because I always feel so crummy. Perhaps I let my energy level get away with me. One night I really felt like dancing so I pushed the couches aside, put on some music and went to town. :p Then the next day I still felt great and ended up bounding around the house with great ease and then the next day doing a jump rope demonstration for Sybil. Then the energy just kind of tapered off after that and I am right back to feeling listless again. I am hoping that I just did too much too soon. I think, in one way that shows me that I most likely do need to get some actual adrenal medication?? I think my Dr. will be a better judge of that for me at this point. I am just so grateful to have found her, and its such a pleasure having a Dr that knows as much AND more about thyroid problems, than I do. My last few Dr's were not as up to date as she is. And to their credit it has taken me nearly a year of about 20 hrs a week, worth of sorting through the plethera of thyroid information and then also trying to figure out how much of it actually pertains to me, and then translate all of my own labs and find a Dr to look at them. UGH! It was a lot of work. :) And I am so glad that I have done it.
I do enjoy learning. Its a pity that I have not done more formal education than I have. But I am determined to make it right and go back to school. I believe I will start off slowly and keep it there. I do not want to take away from my duties as a wife and mother just to further my formal education.
So, per my Dr's orders I have recently begun taking suppliments and an adrenal glandular. At first I thought this was going to be an easy ride as immediately I had energy. And I even felt like exercising! I have a full gym in my home and never even use it because I always feel so crummy. Perhaps I let my energy level get away with me. One night I really felt like dancing so I pushed the couches aside, put on some music and went to town. :p Then the next day I still felt great and ended up bounding around the house with great ease and then the next day doing a jump rope demonstration for Sybil. Then the energy just kind of tapered off after that and I am right back to feeling listless again. I am hoping that I just did too much too soon. I think, in one way that shows me that I most likely do need to get some actual adrenal medication?? I think my Dr. will be a better judge of that for me at this point. I am just so grateful to have found her, and its such a pleasure having a Dr that knows as much AND more about thyroid problems, than I do. My last few Dr's were not as up to date as she is. And to their credit it has taken me nearly a year of about 20 hrs a week, worth of sorting through the plethera of thyroid information and then also trying to figure out how much of it actually pertains to me, and then translate all of my own labs and find a Dr to look at them. UGH! It was a lot of work. :) And I am so glad that I have done it.
I do enjoy learning. Its a pity that I have not done more formal education than I have. But I am determined to make it right and go back to school. I believe I will start off slowly and keep it there. I do not want to take away from my duties as a wife and mother just to further my formal education.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Saturday, November 10, 2007
My curly girl hair is pretty flat now...
So after swimming a few weeks ago my hair went hay wire and I broke down and washed it. Since then it has been pretty weird and not wanting to curl. I bought some children's Suave conditioner (mmm grape) as well as some children's detangling spray (mmm apple) and have used lemon juice on it as well and nothing seems to be helping. I guess I'll just have to wait it out.I have a cow lick right in the middle of my forehead and my hair is always doing this weird little flip thing that usually annoys me. Here in this picture its doing that flippy thing on the left side of my forehead, and on the right side there are some wispy hairs that are curling up and sticking out. ARG! This is why I used to blow dry my hair!
:D
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Stopping the Cleanse
After my last post I consulted with some friends and did a bit of searching on curezone.com about yellow skin and eyes and found that means the liver IS overloaded and that a liver cleanse is necessary. It also strongly recommends that you do a parasite cleanse BEFORE a liver cleanse as it will hinder the liver cleanse.
I looked up the parasite cleanse formulas and there is one thats highly recommended called Clarika. So I will but some Clarika and do a parasite cleanse and then when I'm done do a liver cleanse, and then maybe I'll try doing another Master Cleanse for the amount of time I had planned for this one.
Yesterday afternoon I broke the fast with some chicken broth and later some some veggie soup that I put in the blender. T'was pretty yummy. Can't wait to have some more of that later today. :)
I looked up the parasite cleanse formulas and there is one thats highly recommended called Clarika. So I will but some Clarika and do a parasite cleanse and then when I'm done do a liver cleanse, and then maybe I'll try doing another Master Cleanse for the amount of time I had planned for this one.
Yesterday afternoon I broke the fast with some chicken broth and later some some veggie soup that I put in the blender. T'was pretty yummy. Can't wait to have some more of that later today. :)
Friday, November 2, 2007
Master Cleanse Day 6
Woke up feeling okay today. Got to bed pretty late last night. Have lots of cleaning planned for today. woohoo. My skin and eyes still have a yellow cast to them. I'm going to lay in the sun for a few minutes and see if that won't help. I'm thinking I have extra toxins in my liver that need to be flushed out. I still haven't done a gallbladder flush yet. I think I will save that for last and do my liver. I do have some milk thistle tea but it is so yucky and hard to drink...
Off to lounge in the sun. :D
Off to lounge in the sun. :D
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Master Cleanse Day 5
Today I weighed in at 184. Thats down 6 lbs. A bit tired and weaker than usual. I think thats because I didn't drink any lemon juice yesterday, just the cranberry apple juice that I made. I definitely feel better when on the lemons ;) I was very tired yesterday and went to bed earlier than usual. I woke up at 7am naturally this morning and stayed in bed to snooze. I ended up falling back to sleep and didn't wake up again until 8am. Next time I wake up on my own I will just get up.
Later today I'm going to do another enema. I can tell I need to eleminate more toxins. Feeling icky. And a shower will do nicely.
Later today I'm going to do another enema. I can tell I need to eleminate more toxins. Feeling icky. And a shower will do nicely.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
CG day 5 -- MC day 3, 4
My curly girl challenge is going well. I think I will just update periodically from now on and not worry about posting a picture every day. Apparently my hair is curly, 'nough said. :D But just in case you were actually curious here is a picture for you. Dh and I took Sybil to a local indoor water park today and I took my Hot Six Oil with me to give it some extra conditioning. Its a little stringier and oilier today but I think tomorrow I will give it a lemon rinse, and all will be well with the world. I also didn't bring any clips with me to clip it up so it has less volume than I would like but that's okay.
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Master Cleanse Day 3
Again last night I had strange dreams. The only thing I really remember was my dream about the movie 12 Monkeys. It was like I was in the movie as a first person, but as if it wasn't a dream. Strange. I watched the movie a few weeks ago and haven't really been able to really get it out of my mind. I keep thinking about all the different scenarios that could have happened. The movie is a sci-fi flick that about a virus that wipes out almost the entire world's population and the main character Bruce Willis is sent back in time to try to obtain a sample of the virus so they can make a cure for it in the future. Anyway, its a pretty good movie IMO, but there is some nudity on Bruno's part (he is supposed to be nude to go thru their time machine) and would definitely not be suitable for anyone who is not considered the 'mature' audience category.
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Master Cleanse Day 3
Again last night I had strange dreams. The only thing I really remember was my dream about the movie 12 Monkeys. It was like I was in the movie as a first person, but as if it wasn't a dream. Strange. I watched the movie a few weeks ago and haven't really been able to really get it out of my mind. I keep thinking about all the different scenarios that could have happened. The movie is a sci-fi flick that about a virus that wipes out almost the entire world's population and the main character Bruce Willis is sent back in time to try to obtain a sample of the virus so they can make a cure for it in the future. Anyway, its a pretty good movie IMO, but there is some nudity on Bruno's part (he is supposed to be nude to go thru their time machine) and would definitely not be suitable for anyone who is not considered the 'mature' audience category.
This morning I woke with only a slightly groggy feeling and didn't feel dizzy or light headed when I stood up. I also noticed that my muscles weren't as sore this morning.
I weighed in at 186 which is down 7 lbs already. Dh, dd and I are going swimming this afternoon so I'm curious to see how sore my muscles get from it. Maybe not too bad but since I'm cleansing it might draw out MORE toxins.
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Master Cleanse Day 4
I'm off to a slow start today. Only a little bit sore from yesterday and mostly feeling weak. I did juice some apples and cranberries which was mighty tasty. :D Not too long afterward I needed to go to the bathroom. My BM was extremely smelly, black, and clumped together. It floated also and there was what looked like oil floating in the water also. This does not normally happen for me so I wonder what exactly that was? Typically its an amber color, loose and, sinks to the bottom of the bowl.
Later today when my daughter takes her nap I will do an enema. And I think either tomorrow or Friday I will do a body specific flush (either kidney or gallbladder).
On a side note, the whites of my eyes have been more yellow since I started this cleanse and that is really bothering me. Here is a picture. Not sure if you can tell but the corners are especially red and yellow-ey.
Monday, October 29, 2007
CG Day 4 -- MC Day 2
Yesterday my hair looked a little too "gelly." I don't really like the gel look for my hair color so today I decided not to put any gel in it and just use conditioner. And I rinsed out all the conditioner instead of leaving some in. I also didn't use the Hot Six Oil today either but I figure if my scalp starts itching then I can always apply a little to it.
My hair does seem to have a little more lift at the roots today then it normally does. But later today I am going to be going to a ladies bible meeting. I will probably end up spritzing my hair and gelling it when I change clothes for that. Right now I have on my cleaning 'rags.' ;)
My hair is clipped up right now with a few little black clips. It looks cute so I will leave them in.
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Master Cleanse Day 2
Just so you know - I'm gonna get a bit graphic sometimes with my descriptions of what I am going thru. I will talk about how I'm feeling and what sorts of things I am eliminating from my body. You are warned, read on at your own risk.
Last night I kept tossing a turning, couldn't really get comfortable. But that is usually how it is when my husband is home. He works nights and I am not really used to us going to sleep at the same time and I can't usually do my 'usual' sleepy-time stuff with my legs. I like to fall asleep kinda diagonal on the bed, too. Doesn't work very well if someone is lying next to you. My enema went well yesterday. Hardly any cramping at all. I wasn't really worried about getting my small intestines flushed out since I am also drinking Senna tea.
This morning about 6:30 I really had some bad cramping and needed to go to the bathroom in a hurry. I didn't turn on the overhead light so I'm not sure what toxins I eliminated but a good guess would be that I passed mucus. I usually have a lot of mucus build up when I do my cleansing.
I had my Senna tea a few minutes ago and I am feeling pretty good. A little cold but otherwise okay. I was pretty groggy this morning and after I had my first lemonaide I woke up some more and took a shower. Phew! I feel refreshed now and doing some house work since I'm feeling upbeat.
I plan to have at least 10 lemon drinks per day, and I do not use the maple syrup that the recipe calls for. I usually make what I call 'Maple Crunchies' which I take my Pampered Chef Cookie sheet and pour the MS into that and bake it at 350 degrees until it is dehydrated enough for me to scrape off the pan with a spatula. I put it on parchment paper and let it dry out even more before putting it in a container. It has the consistency about like clumpy brown sugar and is much nicer chewing it than drinking it. I can't really tollerate the way it tastes when mixed with the lemon juice.
I bought some fresh cranberries and apples the other day when shopping and I have a few oranges. I think I will go juice them for a snack. I am looking forward to drinking that as I am pretty hungry.
Maybe later I will get my dh (dear husband) to take some full length pictures of me for the before and after shots for this cleanse. I am looking forward to seeing the water weight come off of my face. I was really starting to scare myself with how much weight I had gained over these past few years. I am only just now starting to look like the Roxanne I remember from so long ago.
Next Friday I have a phone consultation with a Dr. for my thyroid. I hope she isn't going to expect me to come off of this cleanse yet. Cleansing has been the only thing that has helped me to lose weight and keep it stabilized.
More later...
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