What Made You Happy Today?

[Mee]

Oh my actual happy is my partner is on his way home :)

 

[One step at a time]

I was looking for a piece of information, and came across a psych website which recommends keeping "a tracker chart for my alters." As an example, it made up a hypothetical person named Bob. Bob's hypothetical alters all have names. Like, Frank.
The whole premise is unrealistic for me, and all of a sudden, this was the funniest thing to me - FRANK! :hilarious:

 

[8888]

Chatting with a friend this morning.

 

[Tornadic Thoughts]

I thought my diet would be way too limited, too, @Mee , and it sure felt like it was for a while, based mostly on taste bud addictions and what I'd been ill advised of regarding what nutrition truly is, but it's the best move I've ever made for my life, for many reasons. I was also convinced I'd likely die of starvation of boredom before I ever felt any changes.

Not only did I eliminate all animal products, I also kicked gluten, alcohol, caffeine, and as many artificially created/scented/flavored/sweetened/etc. products to the curb as humanly possible. That extends to what I apply on and use around my body, too. I also painfully and rather quickly learned that just because it's vegan does NOT mean it's healthy. There's vegan junk just as well as there's typical animal based junk or artificial food-like substances.

I don't think I would have gone full vegan overnight if I hadn't already spent a couple years eating only local and "humanely" raised/slaughtered animal products....but was still left suffering from morbid obesity, major inflammation, respiratory issues, mood issues, massive brain fog, insomnia, major IBS and other gastric issues, frequent colds/flu/etc., major anxiety, soul crushing depression, etc., etc.....and eventually a gall bladder attack, which was my deciding factor.

I found most of the docs and professionals I was consulting with had never actually lived it themselves for any length of time, if at all, and they mentioned how little info they're actually taught about nutrition/the gut/brain connection, etc. in medical school and other health arenas, so they were hesitant to say one way or another if it would be super helpful regarding my various ills, but they all agreed they didn't think it could possibly hurt anything at that point. I'm grateful they were supportive of me trying it vs. trying to talk me out of it. I also like that the Hippocrates quote would often come up in our discussions, about letting food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food, or however he said it. You know, that oath that all the docs have to take before they can practice.

Then I discovered the meat and dairy industry also fund many of the higher institutions of learning, so of course they very likely won't stress teaching future generations much about plant-based nutrition if they wish to maintain funding from those industries. Although, I'm seeing more of it show up in some of the darndest places of late, and that makes me really happy. Our local hospital is starting an organic garden on their campus/grounds to supply the cafeteria and to help educate patients in how to better manage their health via healthy consumption. Yay!

Once the practitioners I worked directly with saw my results based on blood work, weight loss, medication reduction to no longer requiring any prescriptions, and sustained reduction of severe symptoms that previously had me mostly bed ridden, etc., they were then asking what all I did and taking notes to share with other patients who were also feeling just as desperate as I'd been feeling.

It's amazing what powerful motivation came to me from potentially facing having an organ removed. I could choose to change my life via my fork or via the surgical knife, and I chose the fork....it seemed much less invasive to my body and my senses. Many folks think the whole food plant-based vegan diet is way too extreme to even think of and often said I should just go ahead with the surgery since I don't truly need my gall bladder to live...but to me...I was born with that gall bladder for a damn good reason and the actions required to sustain my former 324 lb. miserable self were even more extreme once I learned the path everything and the side effects sure were a bitch to live with.

I'm happy to hear of someone wanting to eat more vegan food. Yay! It really is possible to veganize just about anything. It's taken me 3 years of trial and error, but each attempt gets a bit tastier than the last. Happy experimenting!

 

[Teasel]

Bill Cosby is going dooowwwn! :cool:

 

[ladee]

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: @Bearlinda :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: and :hug::hug::hug::hug:

 

[8888]

My computer finally got back from the repair center.

 

[MrMoonlight]

good progress in making my bedroom more zen like. I've thrown away maybe half my stuff in this effort to make my life and surroundings more pleasant and peaceful. I have some electrical work to do but think I have a decent plan.

being streamlined, organized and without clutter makes me happy.

 

[Tornadic Thoughts]

The three little bears....and their mama....that were strolling across the property this morning. I guess they were checking to see if we restocked their corn supply from last year. lol Bear energy medicine. Good stuff, in my world.

 

[EveHarrington]

I thought my diet would be way too limited, too, @Mee , and it sure felt l...

Don’t get the surgery! A crazy % of people who get it removed have digestive issues for life. I’m currently nursing mine back to health! It’s maddening how docs automatically say removal is the only option.

 

[Tornadic Thoughts]

It's been a little over 3 years since that attack, @EveHarrington , and I still have my innards in tact (knock on wood), and hope to keep it that way. I researched a lot and read horror stories of the complications, the scar tissue, the ongoing food issues, etc. and spoke to folks locally, a few of whom are medical professionals, who regretted ever letting them cut them open. That's all I needed to know.

I did a liver/gall bladder flush, too, along with various enema regimens and such, and that helped ease the pains/pressure big time, that is....after the mind pressure was over of thinking I might die in the process because all of those things were such a foreign to me concept and frowned upon by so many. It was pretty scary and even more amazing to see what all was coming out of my body. Woah. Why the hell aren't the docs and other various professionals trained to teach us how to not let our bodies get that f*cked up to begin with?

In addition to the drastic consumption habit changes, I also did/do other holistic things to support the gb and all my other innards, like acupuncture, intermittent fasting to honor my body clock as it relates to traditional Chinese medicine, tuning fork on pressure points, sound healing with the singing bowls placed directly on my body, keep the lymph fluids flowing by bouncing daily on the mini-trampoline/dry skin brushing before each shower/sweating in the little portable sauna box thingy when I don't sweat in other ways to release toxins/etc.. Surgeons can often remove everything except for the root cause, it seems. Choosing fork therapy and other methods over surgery was my best move, ever, I feel, as it led to the discovery of just how much power I actually have over my own well-being. Self-empowerment, like I've never experienced before.

I read about your kidney stones. Ouch! Sorry you're dealing with that. Have you heard of Chanca Piedra? It's supposed to help with kidney stones. It was recommended for me to try in addition to the other regimens I practiced for gall stones. It's hard to say for sure how effective it alone was since I was combining it with other stuff, but might be worth looking into it. No idea about interactions with other meds and such.

What made me happy today.....seeing the arrival of the purple martins, the dragon flies, and the humming birds. The humming bird flew right up to the window, as if to say, "Hey lady, I'm back. Bring on the sugar water, please."

 

[blackemerald1]

I found my father's glasses after they had been missing in my parents home for two day's & we had been searching everywhere! laughing with relief!