Jeannine_P
01-12-2003, 04:03 AM
[Originally posted 2 January 2003]
Hi, everyone, Jeannine here. Pleased to meet you all. I'll be
starting my 7-day on Monday.
I'm basically a healthy, happy person. Went through a major health
crisis about seven years ago and came out the other side. Cleaned up
my life, did a tremendous amount of detox and rebuild (particularly
from heavy metals), and am feeling better now than ever. What
remains, alas, is quite a lot of excess weight between my waist and
my knees. I was able to lose most of it two years ago (through
another cleansing fast, unsupervised), but despite the lifestyle
change I adopted it has ever-so-gradually crept right back up there
-- and then some!
It seems to have become very stubborn, this weight. I'm not an
overeater, I'm careful to eat fresh organic foods and I'm a big water
drinker, so it has all been quite baffling. Have tried virtually
every approach to nutrition known to man - Oriental, western, vegan,
raw, you name it, most recently I was on an Ayurvedic program which
helped my skin but not my weight. I'm beginning to think that it's
not physical, the retention, like perhaps it's some kind of a "set
point." And I do have a bad habit of forgetting to eat, which I've
learned can send the body into "famine" mode. (I'm probably a good
candidate for breatharianism, but the antisocial aspects of it have
deterred me thus far.;)) Needless to say, I'd *very* much like to
return to my normal slimness. And while my energy is very good
indeed, it could be even better.
Zipped right through the Doctor Patient Handbook (big fan of Dr.
Jensen's anyway), and am almost done with Daniel Reid's book.
Fascinating; I'm trying the food combining on my pre-cleanse.
Interestingly enough I just started studying Hsin Tao (an esoteric
zen buddhist yoga practice), so the synchronicites are astounding.
I'm looking forward to this experience with curiosity and hope. As a
wheat-free vegetarian already, I'm well underway with my precleanse.
(Had to say 'bye to tofu, eggs and raw dairy for awhile!)
Warm regards of the New Year to everyone. Very glad to be here!
:)
- Jeannine
Hi, everyone, Jeannine here. Pleased to meet you all. I'll be
starting my 7-day on Monday.
I'm basically a healthy, happy person. Went through a major health
crisis about seven years ago and came out the other side. Cleaned up
my life, did a tremendous amount of detox and rebuild (particularly
from heavy metals), and am feeling better now than ever. What
remains, alas, is quite a lot of excess weight between my waist and
my knees. I was able to lose most of it two years ago (through
another cleansing fast, unsupervised), but despite the lifestyle
change I adopted it has ever-so-gradually crept right back up there
-- and then some!
It seems to have become very stubborn, this weight. I'm not an
overeater, I'm careful to eat fresh organic foods and I'm a big water
drinker, so it has all been quite baffling. Have tried virtually
every approach to nutrition known to man - Oriental, western, vegan,
raw, you name it, most recently I was on an Ayurvedic program which
helped my skin but not my weight. I'm beginning to think that it's
not physical, the retention, like perhaps it's some kind of a "set
point." And I do have a bad habit of forgetting to eat, which I've
learned can send the body into "famine" mode. (I'm probably a good
candidate for breatharianism, but the antisocial aspects of it have
deterred me thus far.;)) Needless to say, I'd *very* much like to
return to my normal slimness. And while my energy is very good
indeed, it could be even better.
Zipped right through the Doctor Patient Handbook (big fan of Dr.
Jensen's anyway), and am almost done with Daniel Reid's book.
Fascinating; I'm trying the food combining on my pre-cleanse.
Interestingly enough I just started studying Hsin Tao (an esoteric
zen buddhist yoga practice), so the synchronicites are astounding.
I'm looking forward to this experience with curiosity and hope. As a
wheat-free vegetarian already, I'm well underway with my precleanse.
(Had to say 'bye to tofu, eggs and raw dairy for awhile!)
Warm regards of the New Year to everyone. Very glad to be here!
:)
- Jeannine