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Day 14

Well, I'll be honest, I need a lot more whole food recipes that satisfy all family members. The 8 yr old would become a frutarian if I let him....he has stated that he very much misses meat and pasta. What he doesn't realize is that we can make our own pasta with fresh ground einkorn berries! So I may do that for Shabbat as a treat. We have enjoyed vegan chili with spaghetti squash, I think everyone will eat this, zucchini boats without the cheese on top (I miss the cheese!) everyone likes the zucchini boats and there is a very hearty kale salad I make that the 17 yr old and I like, the 2 of us also like the quinoa salad recipe I found. I have noticed that because everyone gets hungry faster there's a lot more grazing going on and less focus on meals. I still just eat twice a day that hasn't changed. Guacamole is another thing eaten a lot more of by everyone. I just eat a small bowl of it but the others eat it with cucumbers or carrots. Homemade french fries has been ...
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Day 11

Fun epiphanies happen during cleanses. So, this past week I've been rendered fairly immobile simply due to pain in my lower back. A long season of not stretching and getting adequate exercise had weakened my core so much and caused tightness in my hips and joints in general. So after a week of pain and getting back to the daily stretches and planning to increase my exercises, I realized that I'm dealing with this exact same issue in my spiritual life. Slowly getting out of habit of Scripture writing, devotions, or any kind of intentional prayer life, has been affecting my ability to judge situations righteously. I've opened my mouth a few too many times when in times past, my lips would not open and breach anyone's trust. I realize that yes, my hormones are off kilter with perimenopause and with T1D imperfect blood sugars often affects my filters and I say things I very much regret later. However, those are not valid excuses, it simply means I need to work harder at se...
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One week Checkin

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So, I'm not super excited about any changes that normally would have occurred had my back not siezed up on Monday morning this past week. I wasn't able to maintain any exercise on the treadmill as walking became incredibly painful, what I realized though, is that my core muscles have become VERY weak over the last year or so. I was able to see the chiropractor on Monday right away and was given a bunch of stretches to do, which I've been doing, as well as adding heat, however one of the complications of T1D is the fact that I heal very slowly, and this time is no different. I'm able to stand to make meals now but only with the aid of a back brace....I haven't needed to use any walking sticks today so I count that as a win! It's been a challenge to provide meals for everyone as we all have very different palates when it comes to fresh food. Now for erev Shabbat our meal is usually an all out meal with an elaborate chicken dinner or lasagna, salad, garlic chal...
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Third Day

I'm not gonna lie, it was hard getting the supplements down this morning. I woke up with my back all siezed up, so working on stretching it out and keeping it moving as well as putting heat on it. Everything seems harder when there's significant pain added to the mix. I'm needing to use walking sticks to move around. Meals have kinda fallen away and everyone just eats as they're hungry, just the allowable foods... THE MORE YOU CAN EAT OF THESE DURING THE PARASITE CLEANSE, THE BETTER RESULTS YOU WILL HAVE. You should eat cucumbers, garlic, onions, fennel seeds, 1 WHOLE BUNCH CHOPPED OR BLENDED ORGANIC PARSLEY DAILY, 1 WHOLE CHOPPED BUNCH ORGANIC CILANTRO DAILY, raw pumpkin seeds, carrots, carrot/parsley juice, pomegranate juice, noni morinda juice, Xango juice, gogi, Ningxia Red juice. Many people make a salad daily of the vegetables. EAT AN ORGANIC VEGAN DIET WITH HUMMUS, MILLET, LENTILS, BLACK BEANS, CHIA, QUINOA, HEMP, AMARANTH, AND ALL KINDS OF VEGETABLES, LOW ...
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First Day

Well... I don't think I will enjoy future liver flushes. It was reminicint of the preparation for a colonoscopy....haha We definitely rested well on this Shabbat day, thankfully with 2 bathrooms there were no emergencies. Looking forward to tomorrow and getting into a routine around food.
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Parasite Cleanse Preparation Day

Today is where we start our Parasite Cleanse journey. Not only is it the sixth day of the week, it is preparation day for our cleanse and we started the liver flush at 4pm today. We are doing this as a family and I'm excitedly anticipating actually feeling good soon. While each of us will have our own stories to share about the process of the cleanse, I'm going to document my experience here. I'm starting this cleanse with: Toenail fungus on one toe, it's been that way for the past 15yrs, Type 1 Diabetes, which I've had for 38 yrs Minor cysts Moderate deafness, which I've had since very young (3yrs old) and wear hearing aids (thank you Grampa Bone!) Chronic constipation Joint pain Very low energy Low ferritin levels Perimenopause I'm 49 yrs old, 5'8", 175lbs
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Next Step in my Health Journey.

Well it's time to take the plunge. It will be Shavuot this weekend and because as a family we believe that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, we are taking a step in our spiritual and health journey that we've never taken before. We've wanted to do it many times before but have always caved and given up when we've experienced hurdles that seem to hard to jump over. I could beat myself up and think of this as failure OR I could embrace the idea that Abba's timing is perfect and we just weren't ready to do this before....it's a very real battle going on in my mind this week as I source all the things we need to take this first step in cleaning up. So what exactly does all of this mean? It means we are going back to Scripture to define our food. We are drastically ditching the ultra-processed products in our pantry and going back to whole foods. This I believe has been a roadblock in my personal healing journey and I am tired of it. I'm tired of ...
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