Within/Without

Peace. This is an sneak tip update... My boss has accused me of viraly infecting his computers. I haven't. Does he think I do internet porn all day in full view of the clients? But you know how bosses are. I so hope expect to find the position of my dreams before I'm 45.... I am still on the Elimination Diet. Here is the scary thing. I think I like it...... Since truly restricting my diet, I have gotten it down to a core of foods that don't bother me. I have said no to milk products outside of butter. And when it comes to butter, I don't eat it by itself. I eat it cooked in foods. And I avoid, though not completely soy. (I had some tofu to go bad and once you smell that....) I avoid adding sugar and salt to foods. And I avoid processed foods for the most part. Processed foods are of the devil! The 7 bought some cookies... generic chips ahoy I think... And I had 1. That 1 made me want another when I was clear I wasn't hungry. So I had the 2nd. Then I got a ...

Peace. I didn’t do an update last week on my elimination project, because it was shark week. Shark week has its own set of challenges. But now that it’s over I can honestly say that I think the Elimination Diet is starting to work. I have noticed that my foot skin is starting to heal. It crusted, now it’s coming off. The coming off isn’t sexy because (a) it itches and (b) its unsightly. But I can see true healing of my feet, ankles and legs. Yay!!! The flip side… Yes, I’m healing. But it’s not an easy process. I can’t eat what I’m used to eating. So I have been struggling to find alternatives. Precise can eat anything… and does! So there is always food looking me in the face. And I have had to exert quite a bit of will power to not devour the food. Just because I know it’s bad for me, doesn’t mean I still don’t want it. I sooooo do. And it’s not fair to ask him to eat as I am when he doesn’t have the same issues. I don’t’ think he can handle it. Now shark week…. Ever since I’ve...

Peace This is a girlie post. You have been warned… I just learned something very interesting about my facial skin. But I gotta give you some back-story first… I have always had normal skin. It’s never been oily and it’s not usually dry. If it leans in any direction it’s to the dry. Yes, I never had a pimply phase, pimple scars or big pores. But dry skin wrinkles faster. This Black WILL crack. I kinda wish I had a bit of oil, because every blue moon (cycle) when I get some, it gives me a lovely glow. But in the last few years (since I turned 40) the pendulum has swung to the dry side. At first it was just a tight feeling. Now it’s an outright flaking in my t-zone. I have upped my water intake, do moisturizing masks, added oil to my skin care regimen; I even started drinking a tablespoon of EVOO to make my coat shiny. All to no avail. I now keep moisturizer in my makeup bag. Well…. I have been doing my eyebrows lately… and btw, I LOVE what doing my brows has done to my face. Mys...

My elimination diet: No Gluten (even though I know I don’t have a gluten issue), Dairy, Soy Caffeinated Coffee, Sugar or Nuts. I already know I can only eat small quantities of night shades. Corn is genetically modified and eggs are questionable. I don’t eat a lot of eggs anyway. I don’t particularly like the taste. I had a store bought green smoothie this morning that blistered my tongue. I has pineapple in it. Pineapple does that to me. It’s on the list. Of the produce that elicits a flare in me, I noticed that I don’t flare if the produce is cooked. Yet another reason I probably will never be 100% raw. This being the 1st week I’m not sure of what I’m experiencing other than detox. Nothing has settled down as yet. Apparently, I need to eat like this for a moon cycle and then start adding foods back 1 at a time. Here is the kicker… the weather is changing. In a month’s time, the weather could possibly be completely different than it was when I started. Oh well… no more egos f...

Peace. Ok… Stuff be happening. I really like the place I’m at right now in life. I’m not old, but I’m not young anymore either. I’m at a place where I have a confidence and discernment. Folks just can’t just fool me at will. I can see things for what they really are. People, there is nothing wrong with getting older! I just wanted to say that for some reason. Maybe someone needed to see that. I have been trying to avoid doing a long term cleansing diet. I don’t like not having the easy options. But I have been suffering consistently from excema for no less than 5 years. Normally when I have an excemitic outbreak, it lasts for a season and then it will clear up completely. But for the last half of decade I have had irritating patches somewhere on my body. It’s not be in the same spot, but it’s always somewhere. It's currently trying to take hold of my face and you know that cannot happen. Excema is an auto immune disease. So…. Time to embark on the elimination diet. Which esse...

Peace. I have not been feeling 100%. I don’t feel like myself. I don’t look like myself to myself. I have low energy and I sleep all the time. Yet… I find myself with bouts of insomnia. My appetite hasn’t changed. I haven’t changed jobs, or moved or anything that could trigger a feelings like I have. My diet is still the same. I am worried about the fish supply, but that is another build. And I don’t know if it is because something is physically/physiologically wrong with me or I’m just getting old. I have been to see a doctor or two and all they say is lose weight and menopause is approaching. I cannot accept that. I have been roughly the same weight for the last 20 years and I have always felt good. And yes my hormones might be adjusting, but my cycle comes like clockwork every month and has not let up a bit. Plus… I’m not anywhere near 50. So…… I decided to do some natural treatments. I have decided to take on a 3 day Fruit Flush. http://www.loadedwithexcuses.com/images/Jay%20...

Peace. Yes I’m in crux of a hormone imbalance. Yes I can be salty and sweet. No, you don’t get to say anything about it! This chick came into my office yesterday and decide to judge what I was eating. I had a bag of Limon chips, a Twix and a Coke on my desk. A perfect PMS trinity. She got a bit and then realized where she erred and apologized. This post is dedicated to her and all the other people who caught an elbow for misspeaking.... I’m a woman still of childbearing age. Monthly… and still pretty damn regularly… I experience a 5 day shedding of my uterine lining. SO THE FUCK WHAT! I’m not ashamed. Why should I be? Most women experience the same shedding that I do. That’s a rite of passage in a human female’s life that marks her entry into the Woman’s Cipher. It is nothing to be ashamed of or feared. When I first got my period, like many young girls, I was unaware and unprepared. Your first cycle is very different from the rest. I thought I was pooping on myself. And I was you...