Look at Lucy this morning!

Many of you have asked in the comments how everything is going and how I’m feeling.  (If you missed it, here’s the new healthy living plan that my naturopathic doctor put me on-and why I’m on it.)

I am feeling so much better.  I can’t even tell you.  My GI distress has vanished.  I am the most regular that I have ever been in my entire life.  Granted, it’s only been 2 weeks but the improvement is HUGE.  I’m also sleeping much better and I’m much less moody. 

I just started my period two days ago and usually I have a day or two where I would say that I am extremely depressed-like scary depressed.  I didn’t get that this month.  My cramps were also much better.  It’s amazing. 

Still, it’s only been 2 weeks but I am VERY encouraged.  I have been doing EVERYTHING that is laid out.  The sock treatment was only for my head cold so I don’t do that everyday but everything else is done pretty much everyday.  At first I didn’t think the skin brushing was doing anything but now I feel much better after I do it.  That could totally be my mind playing tricks with me, but if it is, oh well-it’s WORKING!

I go in today for acupuncture and I’m hopeful that my test results are back. The lab charged me, so I’m think that that means that my results are done.  The results will tell if I have a parasite and if I’m actually allergic to milk, soy, gluten, and/or eggs. We shall see!

I thought it may be interesting for you all to see what my supplement look like and how I take them.

Day 1-14 of my cycle, here’s what I take in the morning:

Days 15-menses just take away the fish oil (EFA Liquid) and add a bottle of Evening Primrose Oil.

First I star with the magnelevures-that little packet thingy up there.  I take half in the morning and half at night.  I mix it with 1-2 ounces of warm water.

With that I take my vitamin D:

Day 15-menses, I take the vitamin D AND the 3 capsules of Evening Primrose Oil:

Then twice a day, with food (breakfast and dinner), I take 1/2 tsp of probiotics:

In the morning, I also take a TBSP of vitamin B:

It’s not quite as gross as it looks, but it’s still pretty gross.

Also in the morning, from day 1-14 of my cycle I take the fish oil:

The icky aftertaste stayed with me for a looooong time yesterday but today I ate immediately after taking it, instead of before and there’s no aftertaste-YAY!

Finally, at night, I take 3 capsules of Biotone EFAs at bedtime:

Additionally, I drink 2 tsp of apple cidar vinegar mixed with 6-8 ounces of water before lunch and dinner-this is gross, I won’t lie.  But I AM getting used to it.  I also make sure to have 2 TBSP of fresh ground flax everyday during days 1-14 of my cycle and then either fresh ground sesame or fresh ground sunflower seeds day 15-menses.

Those are my supplements!  And?  I did that all from memory.  It has definitely already become a routine and it’s not too bad.  It may look like a lot but it’s really not.

This morning I made a ROCKING bowl of pumpkin oats!

-1/3 cup of GF oats, unsweetened almond milk, water, and pumpkin
-Cooked with Vietnamese cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and salt.  (I need to pick up some vanilla! It was sorely missed)
-I mixed in about a TBSP of maple syrup at the end
-Topped with coconut, pecans, flax, and pecan butter

It was really good!  I know it’s chock full of calories but I’ve been eating really small breakfasts lately (a piece of GF bread toasted with pecan butter and jam) and it caught up with me last night.  I was super snacky so I decided to flip my calories on their head (where they should be) and I had a huge breakfast.  I’m F-U-L-L.

I’ll leave you how I started-with the cutest kid on the planet!