Breakfast: Kamut pancakes with pecans, raspberry tea with Vitamin C powder, supplements
Snack: Almonds
Lunch: LARGE tomato
Snack: Carrots, raisins, water
Supper: Baked Salmon (See Recipes), Tossed Salad (See Recipes), 1 blueberry millet muffin, 2 millet rolls with margarine (not hydrogenated), water
Bedtime: 1/2 banana, supplements, water, tart cherry juice with Corvalen (D-Ribose) and Vitamin C powder
Breakfast: 2 slices of Ezekiel Bread, Fruity Protein Shake (See Recipes), Greens Shake (See Recipes) with BioChlor, water, supplements, Lemon Zinger tea with Vitamin C powder
Snack: Greens+ Energy bar
Lunch: Tomato, carrots, water
Snack: Apple
Supper: Out to dinner at Main Street Grill: Almond Chicken Stir Fry, water and lemon
Bedtime: Supplements, water, tart cherry juice with Corvalen (D-Ribose) and Vitamin C powder
After six months on this regimen to build bone mass, my weight seems to have stabilized at about 110, give or take 2 pounds. However, I note that if I miss exercising for even a couple of days, the weight tends to creep back. I must keep my body moving, both to keep the weight down and to build bone.
The other area that I’m struggling with is desserts! Tis the season, you know. We’ve got lots of holidays and special occasions coming up that feature sweets and fats that leave acid ash in the body and cause bone loss and weight gain. I need more yummy “instead of” dishes to enjoy when other people are eating cake and pie and candy. Otherwise, I’m going to feel sorry for myself big time, and resentment isn’t good for the body or the soul. So, be watching for more healthful dessert recipes in the coming weeks.
My next Dexascan (bone scan) is in November. Then we’ll see if this regimen has made a difference.
*Note: I’ve started taking the tart cherry juice with Corvalen (D-Ribose) at bedtime. A reader wrote in that tart cherry juice contains melatonin, which helps the body to sleep. The D-Ribose also helps to stabilize blood sugar levels overnight.
Breakfast: Fruity Protein Shake (See Recipes), raspberry tea with Vitamin C powder, water, supplements
Snack: 2 slices of multi-grain bread
Lunch: Tossed salad
Snack: Banana, small apple
Snack: Bowl of chicken noodle soup
Supper: Roast beef sandwich (I should have eaten vegetables with dinner, but I didn’t get enough sleep the night before, it was a l-o-n-g day, and I was too beat to cook. Thus we see further evidence of a well-known fact that lack of sleep and the fatigue that results are enemies of healthy eating!)
“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions looking for a resting place, but not finding any, it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ When it comes, it finds it swept and put in order. Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they enter and live there; and the last state of that person is worse than the first.” Luke 11:23-26
I used to think that I would eventually fail at any diet I tried. Sure, I could give up certain foods for a while, and I’d feel great! Deep down, though, I knew there would come a day that someone around me would be eating one of those forbidden foods, and I would find myself eating it, too–and that would be the end of the diet.
That’s how it was until I came across the phrase “Instead of.” As Jesus said, when you get rid of something bad, you’ve got to put something good in its place, so that there’s no room for its return. When an unclean spirit has gone out of a person, that person must pray for the Holy Spirit to come in and take its place. When we give up a good that causes us harm, we need to adopt another food in its place.
How does it work? Well, when my husband eats a bowl of frozen yogurt–which leaves an acid ash–I now drink herbal tea with Vitamin C powder instead. When the rest of the family eats cheddar cheese soup, I slurp tomato soup or kale soup instead. When everyone else eats cheesecake, I enjoy a millet cookie or strawberries with Soy Whip. Instead of popcorn, I munch on sunflower seeds or almonds. With an “instead of” ready for action, this bone-building diet has become a way of life–and a pleasant one at that!
Breakfast: Fruity Protein Shake (See Recipes), Greens Shake (See Recipes) with BioChlor, water, supplements, raspberry tea with Vitamin C powder
Snack: None
Lunch: Forgot my lunch! So, I munched on raw, unsalted sunflower seeds.
Snack: None
Supper: I made up for lost time! Fruit (banana, apple, pineapple, melon), leftover chicken, baby carrots, celery, 1/2 baked potato, 2 slices of multi-grain bread with olive oil margarine, water
Bedtime: Supplements, water, tart cherry juice with Corvalen (D-Ribose) and Vitamin C powder, almonds
Breakfast: Muesli (See Recipes), 1/2 apple, water, supplements
Snack: 1/2 Apple & almonds
Lunch: Collard Greens & Sausage (See Recipes), 1/2 baked potato, green beans, fruit salad, water, and no-crust pumpkin pie (made with pulp from a fresh-baked pumpkin) for dessert
Snack: Slice of whole wheat bread
Supper: Spaghetti & Meat Sauce (See Recipes), Tossed Salad (See Recipes), water
Bedtime: Supplements, Tension Tamer Tea with Vitamin C powder, tart cherry juice with Corvalen (D-Ribose)
