Watermelon Slushie
Posted: July 7, 2012 Filed under: Least Amount of Ingredients Recipes, My own recipe creations | Tags: Health, ice cubes, injured, Lime Juice, popsicles, Sick, Summer, vodka, water, Watermelon 2 Comments »I love watermelon almost as much as I love dark chocolate so when I’m sick or injured (not sure which category I fall into, right now), I constantly crave it. Maybe it’s because it’s filled with antioxidants.
Everyday (for the past couple of weeks), my evening snack has been a glass of watermelon slushie and Orville Redenbacher Natural Simply Salted 50% Less Fat popcorn. Quite satisfying, I must say. :)
Watermelon Slushie (for one)
6 pieces of Watermelon (iPhone size pieces)
1 and ½ teaspoons of Lime Juice
5 Ice Cubes
6 ounces of water
*Blend thoroughly.
If I were able to drink alcohol, I would probably add vodka on occasion but for now, I may try to make popsicles out of the juice ( just to change things up).
Hope you are all enjoying your summer!
“Summer meant watching cartoons all morning, roaming the neighborhood all day and going back home when the streetlights turned on.”
-Unknown
Poison Control Part 2
Posted: March 9, 2012 Filed under: Food Intolerances, Thoughts | Tags: Black Beans, essential formula, Food intolerances, Fruit, probiotic, Sick, Vegetables, water 2 Comments »Did you read my post yesterday on how I purposely made myself sick? If not, you can catch up by following this link.
http://devitamin.com/2012/03/08/poison-control/
Whether you couldn’t take the temptation of a forbidden food or you accidentally ate something you shouldn’t have; you are going to want to eliminate those toxins as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, it can take up to a month to fully detox but I’ve found a way to make myself feel better within 1-2 days depending how bad the situation is.
This is for people who already eat a “clean” diet and who are used of eating a lot of vegetables. Vegetables and fruit are very healing for me but for someone who is not used of all the fiber, it could make you feel worse.
Next Day Remedy
- 8 ounces of distilled or filtered water upon waking.
- I make sure I take my probiotic: http://www.essentialformulas.com/efi.cgim?template=products_probiotics
- An hour later, I slowly sip 8 ounces of this smoothie: http://devitamin.com/2012/02/05/my-breakfast-smoothie/
- An hour later, I start slowly drinking 16 ounces of distilled or filtered water.
- Two hours later (around lunch time), I start slowly sipping another 8 ounces of the smoothie.
- An hour later, I slowly drink around 8 ounces of water. If hungry, drink more. I’m usually full from all the liquid by now.
- Around 3 p.m. I will drink another 8 ounces of smoothie. Definitely drink more if you are hungry. You are basically drinking the 40-ounce smoothie over the course of the day.
- Dinnertime. Here is where I make a decision depending on how I am feeling. If I’m still not feeling well, I will continue drinking the rest of the smoothie but if I feel really good, I will eat a light meal such as: http://devitamin.com/2012/01/04/black-bean-wrap/
- After dinner, I usually stop drinking a lot of liquids so that I am not up all night using the bathroom. If I feel good and I’m hungry, I’ll eat a few blue chips and a little hummus.
- Repeat the next day if necessary.
*Get as much rest as possible.
*Go to the bathroom as needed. Do not hold it in.
Having food intolerances is challenging to say the least and no-one can be perfect 100% of the time, so don’t beat yourself up if you cave into temptation every now and then or if you accidentally eat something you shouldn’t have. It happens to the best of us. :)
Be well!
Poison Control
Posted: March 8, 2012 Filed under: Food Intolerances, Thoughts | Tags: Food intolerances, Health, healthy-living, ill, Nutrition, Nutrition Coach, romance tonight, Sick 3 Comments »Tuesday evening I made myself sick. Seriously, I consciously made myself ill.
Let me quickly explain why I would do such a crazy thing.
As most of you know, I suffer from major food intolerances but what you may not know is that I am also intolerant to medicine, alcohol and I have mysterious swelling on/around my left rib.
Just to be safe, I’ve had numerous test and lab work done to make sure I don’t have cancer or an infection. My family doctor referred me to a GI specialist to confirm her findings.
As long as I follow a very strict diet, I feel great! Well, I didn’t want to feel great when I saw the specialist because then I wouldn’t be able to explain my exact symptoms. See how my mind works?
I understand that by eating something that I’m intolerant to on Tuesday isn’t necessarily going to show it’s ugly head on Wednesday (it could actually take anywhere from a couple of hours to a month) but I did know that my stomach area would swell and from there it would bring back all the bad memories from when I didn’t have my intolerances under control.
Cut to a thin crust (not gluten-free), sausage (remember, I haven’t ate meat since May 2011), cheese (I’m dairy and lactose intolerant) with mushrooms and peppers (hey, I needed some veggies) pizza.
Yep, I ate 3.5 BIG pieces! Below are my notes of how I felt afterwards. Those of you that have food intolerances will know exactly what I’m talking about and those of you that are not aware that you have intolerances may recognize some symptoms.
6:00 p.m.-Ate pizza
9:00 p.m.-Starting to feel heartburn, some acid and the dreaded “lump” feeling in my throat.
10:30 p.m.- Sorry honey, no romance tonight. Who could possibly be in the “mood” when you feel bloated? Is this why so many Americans have problems in the “bedroom”? Maybe, I’m on to something. Vitamin De: Wellness Coach/Sex therapist.
11:30-Holy Moly, I’m thirsty! Would you like a little pizza with your salt? How much sodium content do you think is in/on a pizza?
1:15 a.m.- I’m still wide-awake most likely because of the heartburn. I’ve propped my head up on an extra pillow but it doesn’t seem to be working. I’m starting to feel a little nauseated now.
2:00 a.m.-I’m guessing I may have fallen asleep. It wasn’t a good sleep. I was restless. My body was pissed off at me and I can’t say I blame it.
7:30 a.m.-I woke up to swollen hands and face. Not drastic, but enough to where I was uncomfortable. I’m retaining water and it’s not a pretty site.
Rest of the day- I have no energy. I have a slight headache and nausea. My problem “stomach” area swelled like I hoped for and it is tender. All I can do is pray that I don’t get worse.
6:30 p.m.-The doctor calls me into his office, ask me a bunch of questions, goes over all my test and lab results, examines my abdomen and then informs me that I have…
MAJOR FOOD INTOLERANCES.
All the way home my husband tried to convince me that it wasn’t a waste of time to poison myself and to see a specialist only to find out what I already knew.
On a serious note, although having major food intolerances is challenging, I know my diagnosis could have been so much worse. I feel very fortunate and I will continue to concentrate on what I can eat (not what I can’t eat) and I will continue studying and re-searching nutrition so that I can help myself and most importantly, help other’s.
Tomorrow, I will post my “next day remedy” for when you have eaten something you are intolerant to. It really seems to speed up the detox period.
Have a great day! :)
