Seemant's Entries in Category: Health

Today was a pretty good today. I have had no cravings at all. I’ve been hungry — or rather, I’ve had the inclination to eat — several times today, but nothing overwhelming at all. In fact, I’ve not even had overwhelming urges to drink the lemonade. Since this is Aimee’s first time, she’s had cravings pretty much all day: cinammon rolls and deep-dish chicago style cheese pizza in the morning, and homemade spinach/tomato pizza this evening …

Day 1 went off fairly well without a hitch. We started the day bright and early with a yucky salt water flush. I’d forgotten exactly how yucky it really is on the tongue. I remember it being fairly salty last time, but this time it almost felt like salt-poisoning or something. To boot, it made me feel a little ill to my stomach for a while (until the flush part of it). Aimee had similar symptoms. Strange effect, and …

So the thing about blogging is that when you stop for a bit, you stop for a bit longer. And then a bit longer and on. Well, that’s what happens to me anyway. Take Rach, for example. I owed her a letter probably 6 months ago. And then I’m thinking of what to write, and more and more, then I wait, because there’s more to be thought of, and then I realise it’s getting later and …

So, as you might know, I got my blood work results back last week. My liver enzyme levels have fallen and I’m almost normalised. I should get there in the next couple of months. Additionally, the enzyme that indicated the gluten allergy is elevated, but not nearly as much as it was (less than half of what it was during what I thought was the faulty reading). In fact, it’s less than half that level. And so the …

So Aimee and I started off week 3 of our running programme last night. We were both a little uncertain as to how the 3-minute jogging blocks would go for us. I’d have to say we were both rather pleasantly surprised. It was definitely a tiring workout, but we could have both continued beyond the 3 minutes. It really was rather amazing — and a first for us.

I keep thinking, though, that I need to supplement the running with …

So, Friday I went in for my verification blood test, as planned. I guess I’ll find out this week some time whether I really do have a gluten allergy or not. While I’m all for being the rare exception, this time it just doesn’t appeal to me. I’d rather be below the radar when it comes to medical things.

Aimee and I also did our third day of jogging week 2 on Friday evening. I got …

OK, I’ve been asked on a number of occasions since Saturday how I feel. Truth is I don’t feel that much different, physically. The only noticeable thing is that my digestion seems faster, but I’ll chalk that up to psychological.

There is a behavioural difference, though. What I’m not sure about is whether that’s the result of the liver cleanse or the master cleanse. That is this: I chew my food a lot more now …

Well, I did what I said I’d do last night. I started drinking the epsom salts mixture. Let me warn you, the damned stuff is bitter. Pretty nasty. The only way to do it (you have to drink three-quarters of a cup) is to throw the stuff back. Just chug it. If you sip some water right afterwards, the water tastes sweet. So that’s pretty good, and a sip is enough to remove the taste.

At about 10 …

Well, here it is. We’re at T-minus-zero today. So, I had a breakfast of toast and blueberry preserves (2 pieces of toast, thanks!). And I had as much apple juice as I could before 2pm (14:00). According to the recipes I’ve seen, I’m not allowed to eat or drink after 2 (14:00). So, it’s 6:45 in the evening (18:45) now, and I’m home. I didn’t get to write my entry …

First of all, my apologies to all your RSS reader users out there for filling up your screens with my other two entries for today. But, uh, back to the lecture at hand (Perfection is perfected, so Im a let em understand), the apple juice “fast.” So, with all the bloatiness of yesterday, I was barely able to drink two glasses of apple juice at work. I got home and the bloat started to rid itself off, let’s just …