Welcome
This blog is about my healing jounrey, dealing primarily with these subjects;
- Working with the Iodine Protocol
- Thyroid Issues
- Nutritional Therapies
- Candida
- Diet & Weight Loss
- Essential Oils
- Gluten Free Lifestyle & Recipes
- Avoiding Environmental Toxins & Big Pharma Drugs
- Clean Pure Water
- How I stay out of the Medical Profit Machine by choice
- Exercise & Building Muscle
- Pain & Stress Management
I hope that sharing my journey will help others to feel empowered in their own healing journey but this is not medical advice
Dr. Brownstein – Japan Radiation Update 4
This is my fourth post about the Japanese nuclear disaster. First, I have to give credit to the U.S. government for suggesting that U.S. citizens move further away (50 miles) from the radiation danger. This action would serve to verify the severity of the crises.
I believe this crisis should highlight the need for each of us to take a more active role in our own health care decisions. It is important to take the proper steps to achieve your optimal health before a crisis arises. Many times these steps include eating a healthy diet and taking the correct supplements. My experience has shown that ensuring an adequate iodine level is one piece of the puzzle to obtaining your optimal health.
Weigh In
I guess I won’t bother putting a week as I have missed a couple weigh ins again! Just when I got back on track my mom got in a bad car crash and was hospitalized so being at the hospital and on the run taking care of tasks took its toll with stress. Now she is home but needs a lot of help so my diet really went out the window! Still I am down a pound almost two, as the scale was playing at the 150 line, so that is good. I tweaked a disc in my lower back as well so that has been a challenge with some pain.
Last Weigh In: 152
This Weigh In: 151
Start Weight: 171
Total Loss: 20 pounds
Weigh In Week 2 (Phase 2)
I am very surprised by this week because I got my period yesterday so I expected to see no weight loss show until next week due to menstrual water weight gain but I am down 2 pounds despite this!! I have been getting some exercise but nowhere near a pounds worth so maybe the weights are finally boosting my metabolism, or maybe it is just a sign my thyroid is finally back on track. This is kind of one of my goal points because for my height the first BMI weight that gets me out of the obese range and into overweight is 153 so I have crossed that hurdle. It’ll be another 25 pounds though to get me to 127, which is the first weight in the healthy range of my BMI. Since I haven’t even lost 25 pounds total yet that is a goal that seems far away so I will focus on what has always been my next set point over the years which is the 141 – 142 range for now. If I can keep up the two pounds a week that would be encouraging. Losing only 1 pound a week in phase one was a little slow as far as remaining motivated.
At 2 pounds a week that would be July 25 for 26 pounds (or 126) with no plateaus. Ahh would that be nice! Right now though I just need to get myself out of the 150s and into the 140s, Then I’ll focus on the 130s, go with the small goals and get myself there one small goal at a time seems to work better to keep me from getting discouraged.
Phase 2 Week 2
Beginning of Phase 2: 156
Weight Last Week: 154
Current Weight: 152
This Week’s Loss: 2 pounds
Total Phase 2 Loss so far: 4 pounds
This Week’s Exercise Calories Burned: 1112
This Week’s Calorie Intake Average: 1326 / day
————————————–
Total Loss in Phase 1 & 2: 19 pounds
Phase 1 – Nov 1 – February 1 —- 171 – 156 – 15 pounds lost
February and March – Plateau with higher calorie intake, started to exercise again after thyroiditis made that impossible for a year and a half.
Phase 2 began April 11
New Start with Diet & Exercise
It’s been a few weeks since I weighed in because I have been on a plateau. Multiple things factored in with this. One was raising my iodine dose so my body was working on getting rid of higher levels of toxins. Another factor my body decided to start having regular periods again how long this will last is unknown. Then I was working through some high stress stuff and simply was eating more comfort foods. Not enough to gain weight but enough not to lose. I also started doing some exercise again and I think initially after a long illness that was actually a stress factor instead of a stress reliever.
So essentially I maintained 156 which is down 15 pounds from my start and has in the past been one of my set points. I had hit 155 and 154 during the journey but then would bounce back up to 156
This week I upped the exercise but also the calories trying to find out what my body is doing or not I did essentially the amount of exercise that equaled the extra calories I ate. I did about 1600 calories worth of exercise and added about that many calories. I thought if my body was really burring the calories like it should then I should lose one pound as normal. I normally stagger 1200 calories and this week turned out to average 1435 per day.
This morning’s weigh in was 154 down 2 pounds so that is a surprise with this little experiment but may also simply reflect that I have been wobbling a little at this point for a while so the real test will be getting back to business so to speak with the calories and now the added exercise for this coming week. I think my body is ready to go down again and I think my thyroiditis is essentially resolved and I am steady at 50 mg iodoral. Sure would be nice to get to losing 2 pound per week level instead of one. I think I would need a serious metabolism boost as it was a lot for me right now to get 1600 calories of exercise last week and that is far from the 3500 needed for one pound. I am building some muscle and maybe just getting that much movement in general after this long illness will help rev things up too.
So starting at 171
I lost the first 15 by January 24 in 13 weeks Then for 10 weeks my body bounced around from 154 to 156.
New start
last week 156
this week 154 -2 pounds
Total loss is 17 pounds
This week will now be the real test of breaking this level since I haven’t been lower than 154
Weigh In Week 17
Starting Weight: 171
Weight last week: 156
Weight this week: 155
Pounds lost: 1
Total Pounds lost: 16
slow but steady
Weekly Calorie goal is always 8400 calories = 1200 a day
This week’s calories: 8551 (+151)
Back on track after the detoxing plateau it looks like. Started some really moderate exercise this week had two bowflex sessions where I was just getting a feel for what I could lift right now so I could create a good routine, and a couple short cardio sessions on the air walker.
Weigh In Week 16
I realized I never posted my week 15 weigh in I gained a pound even though my calories were good. I upped my iodine dose though and have been going through a period of fungal die off as well as some bromide detox so I think that is likely the culprit. I had the one week at 155 but that may have been a fluke because at one point this week i jumped on the scale spontaneously and was 155 so essentially I think I am just at a 3 week plateau while detoxing after losing 15 pounds so that is not all that unusual, although not what I want to see.
Even though I am still exhausted it really is time to start the activity as well, that will help my body clear toxins as well as burn calories. I jumped on this air walker thing yesterday for 25 minutes and then did a light bowflex just to see where my weights should be so I can set up a starting routine. I was sore very soon after and still a little sore today after so long of being inactive. Just need to stay the coarse and not get discouraged. Of course now am at 15 pounds in 16 weeks so I am not even at the one pound per week so its time to lose two this week and catch up LOL.
We are just covered in many feet of snow so getting outside to walk is really not doable since the road is ice and mud. Sure would be nice to have a good treadmill or treadclimber. The airwalker thing is better than nothing but not the best.
Starting Weight: 171
Weight last week: 156
Weight this week: 156
Pounds lost: 0
Total Pounds lost: 15
Pamela’s Chocolate Chunk Cookies
These are officially my favorite Gluten Free cookies. The first time I made them I left them to cook just a little too long and they were hard, but tasted good. The next time I watched them a little more carefully. Cookies raise and puff up then start to fall, once they had fallen I took them right out of the oven. I didn’t time them at all. That was the trick, they are soft and chewy and wonderful. They stay soft in Tupperware too. Yum
If you make 18 of them then they are 150 calories – 15 carbs – 2 protein
More on the Naturcolor
After removing the other Revlon color with the color oops and then re-coloring with the Naturcolor it was time to touch up the roots. I saw people complain about these natural hair colors fading but I didn’t experience any fading. Of course it was on top of the color opps so the real test will be when I do my roots with a darker color, to see if as time passes the color fades a little on the grays. The Revlon faded really badly though so I had to pull it though all the hair not just the roots which is how it got so much build up.
I still had the other half of the light colors I chose because of the porous issue after using the color opps. So I went ahead and used them even though I knew they would be too light. I left it on for the full 55 minutes that is the longest time it is active. It covered my grey but is lighter than my normal color so next time I will get the next darker shades as I knew I would need to.
I tried to capture the color but the lighting today was difficult. I was next to a window and it was cloudy out. In the first pic I kept the flash off hoping to get a natural color, the color is pretty accurate but it looks a little dull, when it is real shiny.
So I broke down and turned the flash on and then of course that was too much light output and it makes the whole top much redder than it it really is but shows the shine. I do have natural deep red highlights and using 1/2 of the natural color and 1/2 of a golden color really allows them to come out. I think if i had used 1/2 of a red color instead of golden it would become too red.
This one is probably the closest to the actual highlight color
This one I was trying to show how the roots are a little lighter with the colors I used. The color is not real true to what it is, but it does show that even that lighter color covered the dark and grey roots both. So aside from the roots it truly is my natural color and I just need darker shades so the roots will match. Even though the roots are lighter though it blends nicely and I don’t have an issue with waiting for more growth before I color again.
It is soft and shiny and I really love this this product 🙂 I’m so glad not to have to use the smelly stuff anymore and it doesn’t itch or sting. Plus it doesn’t stain anything in my bathroom! Best of all the whole reason I started the process NO BROMIDE!
Here is the original process
https://iodinehealth.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/hair-color-bromide/
Weigh In – Week 14
Starting Weight: 171
Weight last week: 156
Weight this week: 155
Pounds lost: 1
Total Pounds lost: 16
slow but steady
Weekly Calorie goal is always 8400 calories = 1200 a day
This week’s calories: 8384 (-16)
Still annoyed by the clothes sizing thing. The new 14’s I got were already a little big but still ok, so I pulled out my old 12’s from about 5-7 years ago and I tried them on and couldn’t get them zipped up. These are the same brand as the new pants Lee Rider Relaxed Fit petite. So on Friday I picked up a couple pairs of the current 12’s and I can get them on and in a couple more pounds they will be comfortable. Which means they changed the sizes AGAIN sometime in the last few years and my old 12’s are current 10’s grrrrrr. I know I can’t fit into them until I am at least 148 from the past. I also know that in 11th grade I gained a little weight and was in a 9-10 instead of a 7-8 and at that point I weighted all of 108 pounds!!!!! So my previous comment about those who say they wear the same size they wore in high school having gained 20-25 pounds is not true. They have actually gained 35 – 40 pounds! That is just so disgusting I can hardly even believe it. I will be wearing a size 8 then in my 130’s which is not even within the healthy range of my BMI. So the healthy BMI range for my height is like a size 0 through a size 6 with the size 6 still being very heavy for my frame WTF!
Making Mineral Make-Up
Getting started
I started making my own mineral makeup about 4 years ago. I couldn’t afford what was available at the time and the certainly wasn’t any at Wal-Mart although I wouldn’t trust it anyway because they may add all kinds of crap to it so it is only a percentage of minerals. When you make your own you get to control what goes in it. Some companies use Bismuth ox chloride which many people have an allergic reaction to. It has a lovely pearl shine it it and I order a little bit a couple years back just to se if it bothered my skin or not and I am ok with it. If I post a recipe that calls for it though you can leave it out.
I use metric measuring spoons which are not so easy to find here in the U.S. But they are the easiest way to be consistent and also make it really simple if you want to make a bigger batch of the same color. I ordered a couple of sets from the learning tree and the set has spoons for 1 ml, 2 ml, 5 ml, 10 ml, and 25 ml. Apparently they don’t have them any more. Some sets have metric lines on regular spoons but that would not be handy at all. I found this set but they say grams when it should be ml and the 2 size is 2.5
http://www.asianfoodgrocer.com/product/metric-measuring-spoon-set?utm_source=google&utm_medium=base
Ahh here we go I found a site Basic Science Supplies with a price of 1.60 for the set.
I also use a simple coffee bean grinder. There have been a few times trying to get the prefect shade of foundation that I found it too small, or more to the point I started with too much of each ingredient.
There is debate about using the nano size particles (micronized) and where in the body they can end up and if the body can get rid of them. They offer the most sheer coverage but I would stay away from them. Be aware that TBK mixes the natural mineral colors below with other cosmetic colorants that are not minerals in the same section of their site.
Basics colors
I got different colors from the companies below based on who was the cheapest for that color, or in a couple cases I got brown from more than one supplier because they had different shades of brown. All the companies now have lots of color blends made up for you but it is not always clear what is in them, with the exception of essential wholesale they list all ingredients. Some colors cannot be used on lips and all that information is stated when buying the colors.
I’ll be putting some recipes under recipe & cosmetic in the categories of the blog.
Titanium Dioxide (white flat)
Sericite Mica (white flat, smooth silky)
Iron Oxides:
Black
Browns; light , medium, dark
Orange, Red
Yellow – plus I see TKB has an ochre color now that I don’t have.
Ultramarine:
pink, violet & blue
The Conservatorie has two versions of the violet blue violet and red violet
Ferric Ferrocyanide
AKA Prussian Blue (blue)
Greens:
Chromium Oxide Green (mid color green)
Hydrated Chromium Oxide Green (teal)
Maganese Violet
Carmine (deep pink)
Carmine is an animal product made from a beetle so a vegan would likely not want to use this color
From Essential Wholesale
http://www.essentialwholesale.com
Aloe Vera Powder
Allantoin
Kaolin Clay
FromTKB Trading
http://www.tkbtrading.com/
Z-cote Zinc oxide (white flat)
Velvet Mica with some titanium dioxide (white sparkly)
Peal Powder (white)
Silk Powder (white)
Carmine (pink)
TKB now has a wide selection of colored clays if you wanted to mess around getting the right color into a foundation for oily skin.
From The Conservatorie
http://www.theconservatorie.com/
Boron Nitrate- Three Kinds; Boron Coverage, Boron Veil, Boron Glow (white)
Magnesium Myristate (white)
Bismuth Oxychloride (White pearl)
Journey to Health 