Does this happen to you!??
Whenever you resolve to improve your life, especially through “being
better” and doing what you know you “should be” doing…you break down. I do.
This is about how my commitments go…as soon as I start,
something tries to interrupt. After
resolving to a new plan (in the past), I have had my back go out, I have injured
my shoulder, and/or I have gotten sick…some
sort of disruption that I swear is my unconscious revolting against the
change.
No big disruption this time…but there was no big
commitments. (Maybe there is something
to this small commitment thing!)
I have been distracted, though, by a smaller disruption (to
match the smaller commitment, I suppose).
After breakfast a couple weeks ago, I started having some stomach
cramping. It was bad enough that I had
to lie down for a while after I ate…and again after dinner.
The possibilities include food poisoning (which is eating
infected food), or other infections. It
could be gall bladder or appendix, but the symptoms didn’t match up. It could be an inflammatory bowel disease,
but I think I would have seen that coming on.
So I started with a general anti-microbial called Golden
Thread…something I test for any type of infection…parasites, yeast, bacteria…it’s
one of my favorites. A few months ago,
prior to committing to anything, I had an episode of bloating…no cramping…but
my belly was huge. (I actually took
pictures it was so big…see below). It
took several days, but was totally resolved (see the after picture).
This time it didn’t work quite as well. As I have mentioned, life is an experiment,
and so is treating health problems. For
our patients, I have a system of evaluation that is designed to maximize
probability of success, but there is no such thing as a sure thing. And this wasn’t my sure thing.
Now, two weeks later, I have added a Goldenseal and Barberry
mix, then Curcumin (Turmeric), then Rosemary, and then started having multiple
green drinks, with spinach and kale (chlorophyll is really healing for the
intestinal lining), and then some cabbage soup (cabbage is great for healing
the stomach).
So far the disruption is improved some, but still clearly
there. I am bloated… and I am scheduled
to take an after picture in a couple days!
What I do know is that this problem can and will be handled
naturally. There’s a lab in Georgia
called Metametrix, who does stool analysis (very detailed), and if an infection
shows up, they culture it in the lab, and then dump various botanicals into the
culture and note what kills it. Pretty
cool. If the bloating lasts too long, or
creates enough suffering, I would do
that test. First, I’ll do a more
thorough diagnostic evaluation using kinesiology. It’s really not too bad now…just a bloated tummy
threatening to ruin my after picture.
As far as the weight loss experiment…the disruption wasn’t enough
to throw me off my commitment, even if I had to double up on exercise one day
to catch up for another. Seriously, this
may be genius to set your commitment so low, that you cannot fail!
I may take a couple extra days to take the picture, hoping
to de-bloat. The scales and little body
fat measures say I am a complete failure.
I originally said I would shoot for a decrease in body fat of 5%, and I
have been down almost 2%, but then back up…and down…and up. I don’t know if that is reflecting whatever
bug I am fighting off…or inflammation…or failure of the experiment!?
Well it can’t be a failure, because I maintained all the
variables…plenty of indulgence, greens, protein, and a little bit of exercise…plus
my supplement regimen. A scientist wouldn’t
call an experiment a failure…it is always just learning…and in order to learn,
you have to maintain variables consistently, for a long enough time to observe
statistically significant results.
If you don’t maintain variables and time, you learn nothing,
or even worse…you THINK you learned something!
In any event, I will report the final numbers and pictures
in a couple days.
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