From Illness January to Energy Abundant March, an update….

I’ve not left the sight of my goal, this would have happened in the past, no doubt about it, but it is just too important, and I’m getting good results, and the changes in me are too big to deny myself following through.

Two Months from being in hospital with an attack of colitis, I would go as far as to says as far as I’m concerned, I don’t have IBD anymore. This might be a case of positive thinking, but I don’t have any symptoms, if it is dormant then I don’t care. I know already that it won’t be coming back. I’ve stopped taking all my medication, 2 weeks ago. All that extra acid that was going into me wasn’t needed. Thanks anyway.

An update on how I feel: I don’t have any cravings at all, for sugar, carbs, anything. I feel an abundance of energy, I’m so productive now, all I want to do is learn and work out. There isn’t enough time in the day it seems. Time management ideas are more than welcome. The gym is getting easier, my bones ache less, not even one stomach cramp or symptom of discomfort since January. Considering I’d have pain every day for 6 years or more I’d say my results stand as testimony for anyone wishing to follow the ph miracle views on diet and lifestyle.

Between me and my brother we have our parents slowly taking notice and trying this stuff, who doesn’t want to feel better when they realise all their health problems can be improved by realising they are down to an over acidic lifestyle.

After cleansing I went back to juicing on a morning, salads made up my other meals, snacking on seeds and nuts and all things alkaline. Then a week into my returning to "normal" (this is how i see normal now) my brother David set me another goal, I would say challenge but I’m not that competitive and I’d rather do it and feel like I was enjoying it. I don’t want to feel like I’m struggling.

The goal was to achieve a 6 pack in 6 weeks and to be honest, I don’t care overly, I would like to firm up a bit and lose some fat here and there but this isn’t important to me. I’m only doing it to prove him it can’t be done. Be nice if it did though. I’m only 2 weeks into it, and I think it’s doing me some good.

The rules are these, as written by David…

• Yoga or stretches for at least 20 minutes to release toxins and acids from the muscles tissues and rebalance the body mechanically. All the while rebalancing the endocrine system and bring more calm and peace into your awareness.
• 5 to 7 days a week aerobic exercise – sticking to appropriate warm up and cool down heart rate range and the targeted main component heart rate in the fat burning zone.  Warm up and cool down 10-12 minutes and fat burning zone for 20-40 minutes.
• 2-3 sets of 15 reps, all over body workout 2-5 times a week, with machines/bands/free weights. No abdominal work though!
• Alkalise Liquidise Energise – as many juices and soups as you like. With soups 70/30 or 80/20 rule such as 20% butter beans and 80% vegetables. Plenty of good salts and oil with soups too. Also ground linseeds to add extra aminos and efa’s.
• 6 to 10 litres of alkalised water and/or greendrink with lemon or lime to add taste and extra alkalinity if needed/wanted.
• At least 15 tablespoons of cold pressed oils spread throughout the day.
• Magnesium tablets as often as you like.

The 10 Day Alkaline Cleanse

The rules I followed:

• 2 Litres of water per day, each with the juice of half a lemon, and ph drops
• 2-4 litres of water per day, each with a teaspoon of wheatgrass, and ph drops
• Dinner time (or lunch if you are posh) was a green vegetable juiced drink, with water added
• Tea time (or dinner if you are still posh) was as above, or an avocado soup, blended and added to hot water with herbs and sea salt added.
• Take 4 (Dr Robert O. Young’s) pHlush tablets with morning drink, and another 4 at both meal times. 12 in total.

For Exercise I did 20 minutes bike ride per day. Couldn't have done any more.

Day 1

Was tough, headaches and eventually hunger that wouldn’t let up.

Day 2

Saturday was the worst day by far. Same as Friday, headaches and hunger but also what felt like flu symptoms, runny nose, feverish.

Day 3

Things improved with the earlier symptoms, though sadly the toilet symptoms arrived about 6pm. And never left again until the cleanse was over. I won’t go into these.

Day 4, 5 and 6

The best thing about from day 4 was I had no hunger at all, I was fine, sticking to the juices and waters. Wheatgrass is also a great appetite suppressant. I felt great.

Day 7

I really couldn’t face a vegetable juice drink on Thursday. I had my lemon waters and wheatgrass and decided against the juice. I decided I was fasting but all the while getting plenty fluids.

Day 8

I felt much the same as Day 7. Couldn’t face a juice, but I made one anyway as was worrying I wasn’t getting enough nutrients. But then I didn’t have my second of the day. Got weighed and had lost 9 lbs since I had started the cleanse, that wasn't the goal, but was interesting to see.

Day 9

Because the previous 2 days i had faltered with the juicing, and I hadn’t stayed true to the rules of the cleanse, I started to feel very weak. And by about 1pm decided I was off the cleanse. I got myself some carrots and houmous. It’s what I’d craved all week. I was so full after 2 carrots. Very odd. They tasted different to what i remembered. Felt weird eating at first.

Conclusion:

What I’ve taken from this most, is although I haven’t exactly enjoyed not eating, I have enjoyed having absolutely no IBD (colitis) pain or discomfort. And I think that is the first time in over 5 years that I could say that. My goal was to set me on the right path bringing my body back into pH balance, and I think I’ve made a pretty decent start. I didn’t make it to day ten, but even a 1 day cleanse is pretty good if you can manage that now and again. When I do it again maybe later in the year, I think I will plan for about 5 days cleansing.

Another thing, when I ate those carrots on Saturday, something I didn’t expect. I had to try some peppers later too and had the same results. My taste buds had changed in the week of experiencing nothing but alkaline food and drink.

IBD - Inflammatory Bowel Disease... How I Plan To Heal Myself.

Firstly here is a breakdown of my dietary history:

• 20 years vegetarian     - dairy? every day, far too much.
• 3 year’s vegan             - bread? too much, i would crave it.
• 2 month’s raw vegan   - salad? every day, and each time it's different.

As it is early days i am still on my medication for ulcerative colitis, and i would love to be free of that as soon as i possibly can. I know how it was before the meds so I’m a bit wary, but i do have strong feelings that i can get to where i want to be.

These are the aims:

• To be medication free
• Pain/Discomfort free
• Energy Abundant
• Have an improved memory/concentration
• To help others do the same..

It is a work in progress, and I’m recording my progress here online. What i have found is my taste buds have changed. I crave things like carrots and houmous, or cucumbers, or leafy salads with tahini dressings.

I have to say it's a continual learning curve for me as i plan to improve and absorb everything in my path in this area, hopefully I can pass on some good information while I’m at it.

The most inspirational books I’ve read, and by far the best place to start  are these 2:

Paul Nison - Healing Inflammatory Bowel Disease, which is the book that made me think this was achievable. This set my goals in motion.

Dr. Robert O. Young - The pH Miracle which really goes in depth into what causes disease in the body and what you can do to reverse it

I’m half way through a 10 day cleanse at the minute. Having followed the guidelines in the books I am already seeing results. I’m going to blog again on Monday to record how the time went and what I experienced.