Great Food Tracker Site

There are a ton of food or calorie tracker websites out there but my personal choice is www.fitday.com
This site is free to sign up and it will also keep track of calories burned through daily activities and exercise.
You can set weight loss goals and even post daily notes in your journal.
It is so not easy to lose weight. Especially for those of us with a hormonal or thyroid imbalance. BUT it is doable and you can overcome this.

I will post more about my metabolic regimen in future blogs. It is working!!!

Blessed Be...

Dangers of Sugar

I have told many people now about my sugar obssession. For those who do not yet know. "Hi, my name is Crystal, and I am a sugar addict." Also known as a pre-diabetic. My Mother is a full Type 2 diabetic for almost 20 years now. Shots and all. I do not want to end up that way, but unless I do something about my weight, I am going to join her soon. I have switched from the sugar to the non-sugar alternatives. It does help. The first thing I noticed was I was no longer falling asleep at my desk at 3 in the afternoon. That was bad. I felt horrible and could barely keep my eyes open. Light headed and moody! Boy oh boy I was moody. Blood sugar swings can make a person not too fun to be around. Irregular heartbeats. I noticed when I would eat alot of sugar, namely chocolate, I would suffer from mild tacchychardia. (Heart flutters) Of course I am sure it has more to do with the caffeine in chocolate than sugar.

Now, what am I trying to do...stay away from the sweet stuff. I do like Truvia the best. It is a natural sweetener but tastes great. No aftertaste, at least not to my taste buds. I have gained some weight the past few days (sugar slip) and my scale is showing the lack of discipline. That is okay. I will pick myself up and start over tomorrow.

It is so important for me to succeed. Not just for myself but for so many people I want to help. Going back to medical school is a huge step. (Coming from the Accounting world). But I want to understand the human body and how we can heal ourselves. I am taking this year to heal the ailments in my body. Blessed be.

Ionic Foot Cleanse

About five years ago I was introduced to a detox method that was non-invasive and pain free. Not to mention it was cool to watch! A nutritionist friend of mine gave me my first foot cleanse. This is a method which utilizes ions within your body to pull toxins out through the bottom of your feet. To find a really good detailed description, please look at this site: http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4611270_ionic-foot-bath-work.html

My personal experience has been one of great relief. From gallbladder tenderness, joint pain, low back pain, sore muscles, even head and chest conjestion have been aleviated by the foot bath. The bath uses the power of electricity, not nescessarily chemical reactions. See here from ehow.com:

"The concept of positive and negative as it relates to the ionic foot bath is referencing an electrical rather than a chemical process. The ionic foot bath can actually be set to negative or positive depending upon the health of the individual and what that person needs improve their body's systems. The ionic foot bath when set to positive actually produces negative ions, and when it is set to negative it produces positive ions. "

Many patients and myself typically have more acid in their bodies thus benefit from a negative setting. I strongly encourage you to try a foot cleanse at your local health clinic or natural health spa.

These cleanses are very cost effective (starting around $25.00 per sesssion) and worth every cent.

Once I open my clinic, I will have several of these systems available and encourage each patient to receive a foot bath regularly.

The following are images I found online that shows the different stages of the detox session:

My last session was very interesting. I had a ton of heavy metals and my liver despirately needed to be detoxed. So what color do you think my water ended up becoming? Clear to black. Almost pitch black. And the heavy metal smell filled the room with a not so alluring aroma. Folks, this is not smoke and mirrors. It is science. It works and I would much rather dispose of these toxins out of my body instead of my poor liver trying to detox all of this junk itself.