Organic Update

I have been organic for almost three days now. I have noticed slight changes in my eating. I used to crave carbs, which lessened when I cut out sugar but didn't go away, but I seriously have not had cravings for anything all day. I also am eating less and feeling full at the end of my meals. I wonder if this will continue? It would make sense for it to continue because of the excess hormones they put in non-organic foods make the animals eat more and crave more. So, I am not taking those into my body therefore I should not have the cravings. Right?


Eating organic has made it so much easier to cut out the sugar too. I am not tempted to eat sweets. You might think this is because organic junk food is not available. Well, you're right it isn't but I simply don't have the urge to eat those things at all.
Organic food does cost more but I find that if I am not eating as much doesn't it even out?

I also have lost 1/2 an inch and about 1 pound.

PCOS Post

So, I have a friend that has endometriosis. She started going to a naturopath too because she didn't want to have a hysterectomy. She said that through her studying and doctor visits she was told that excess estrogen can be what is causing her endometriosis. So, I started thinking. Could that be causing my cysts? I did some reserach. I found out that it could be true.
I am allergic to cow's milk so you would think I would be fine because I am not drinking the excess hormones they give the cows. However, since I found out I am allergic to cow's milk, I switched to soy which is a natural estrogen. So, I still have excess estrogen entering my body that could be contributing to my cyst problems.
Could this be ..... hmmmmm? This also means I will have to go organic on cheese and yogurt, and all other types of meat such as steak and ground beef and so on. This is part of the reason I am seriously thinking of switching to organic.

Summer!

This is my birthday cake. In case you can't tell, it is an oreo cookie, with yellow frosting for leaves and a red m&m with black frosting for the dots. I loved making these. And they were super easy.














So, this is not my or my husband's foot. However, I loved these shoes and just had to take a picture of it and post it. These shoes are running shoes. I have seen them one other time. They cost about 100 bucks.



Here are a few other things that have happened.
-my husband hurt himself taking the jeep top off. (I offered to help and he said no. He lifted it by himself and twisted his hip. So, for the next week he has been hobbling around. He finally got into the chiropractor today. He has to go in for two more visits.
-We were going to the Temple this weekend, but that has been canceled because of the hip problem. The doctor said he can't sit in one place for any more than one hour. (It takes at least 6 hours to drive to Anchorage.)
-I have 1.5 lessons and 2 tests to go before I am done with my continuing education classes for my AK teaching certificate.
-I went off my no sugar diet. Then I went to the doctor and my cysts were still there so I went back on my no sugar diet. I am currently thinking of going all organic foods. My doctor says to eat organic when possible. Well, I haven't been doing that. So, I think I am going to make it possible. I am just having a hard time forking over the money to pay for it.
- I started acupuncture. This is to help the energy and blood flow to the ovary area and hopefully reduce the cysts. I have had one session. It will be a while before I notice a difference. There was no pain because the needles are so small it is not like a shot.
-School is out!!!
I have been riding my bike everywhere. The weather is beautiful. Sally comes with me the majority of the time. However, she did not come with me this morning because her paws are tender. I took her on a really long walk/ride to the church yesterday and she started feeling it. On the way back she was limping. I looked at her paws when we got home and she has some soars. Not bad, but I don't want to make them worse. I am wondering if I should get her shoes. Jim says no. If he is going to get an animal shoes, he is getting a horse. Sorry I don't have a picture of her actually running along side me. I didn't think of it while Jim was home so maybe later.














-I am planning a girls night for tonight. I don't know what we are watching but we will be eating popcorn and watching a movie. I bought ice cream. Well, so my no sugar diet isn't 100%.

My Birthday and a Bike

Sorry for not posting for a while. I have been busy and then James came to me and said he wants to wipe everything off of our computer. So, I don't want to put any more pictures on the computer until after he has finished that. Even though I could just put them on the blog. I know that sounds kind of weird.
Anyway, my birthday was a few weeks ago. I decorated cupcakes and a very small cake for my birthday party that was just a small gathering. I didn't do anything spectacular. They were great tasting and looking. Pictures will come later.
I bought a bike today. My reasons for this bike is to have something to do other than walking for exercise because I am getting bored of it. Also, with gas prices, I figured I could save some money by riding my bike around town and to work. Well, given that I have not been on a bike in close to 15 years, it was a little tricky getting use to it again. I didn't crash but I was a little wobbly at first. I am nowhere near what I used to be. I am sure it is just like "riding a bike" and it will all come back to me. I think there were people looking at me funny today when I was riding it in town because I was "ahhh" a few times.

Snow

This is a stegosaurus salad. I babysat. We also made different colored playdough, finger painted, played alphabet bingo and Uno.

This was quite a few months ago. I haven't had time to post these pictures. (The snow is actually starting to slowly melt now.) So, the three winters that we have been up here this is the most snow we have seen. This is not the most snow that has been here. The eyes are Sally's head poking through. It was deeper than her.

My Brakes

Well, my brakes on my explorer needed some work. Maybe this was the reason I was having the nightmares. Ever since we fixed the breaks, I have not had any more nightmares. Who knows?!

My Therapy for Infertility

Last weekend I had a slumber party with a five year old. It was a blast!!! I had the most fun. Our activities we did were...
-made playdough, and played with it.
-ate popcorn and watched Cinderella
-made a fort out of blankets and the kitchen table, sat under it to watch Cinderella.
-Played Don't Break the Ice.
-Decorated cupcakes
-Slept in the living room on a twin mattress with Savanah, Sally slept on the floor next to the mattress, and James slept on the couch.
-Ate pancakes, eggs and sausage for breakfast.
-Read stories.

In two weekends, I will have another slumber party with Savannah. Our agenda for that party so far is...
-Pudding finger paint
-French toast people for Breakfast.
-Picnic in the living room.
-making banana bread from scratch.
-melting crayons and putting them in the shape of hearts.

Tomorrow I will make Oobleck with Savannah. I made some tonight by myself, and I played with it at work as a Dr. Suess day celebration. (read across America). (If you don't know what it is... it is an interesting substance that is a liquid and a solid. Easy to clean up and very fun to play with for little kids under 10. Or in cases like me you never grow too old for it.)
These are all activities that I would do with my own kids or I have been wanting to do for a while and was thinking I would do them when I have kids and then I decided I couldn't wait any longer.