Well, week 3 of the quarter went pretty well. I picked up two new massage clients, both seemed to really enjoy the service I provide :-) It makes me feel good to know that, even when I feel like I am off of my game, the clients still enjoy it.
My opinion of the massage given to new client #2:
"Well that sucked! She's probably not going to come back."
Her opinion, unsolicited:
"That was amazing!"
Okie Dokie! Well, bless the LORD! I'm glad she enjoyed it :-)
Detox:
Oh, MAN it was nice to be in an "off" cycle! Not having to get up every 4 hours to take DMSA is SOOOOO nice! I slept through the night! Hooray!!! However, being in an off cycle doesn't mean that I didn't have the good days and bad days that are associated with neurotoxicity. WOW, sometimes I just FELT the lead symptoms and I thought I was going to NEVER wake up fully and I was so tired and sleepy that I felt like a zombie. It's crazy!
Well, Sunday, I started my 2nd "on" cycle and though I still have the good & bad days, I can already tell that I am starting to feel better. It is my hope that my body will let the lead go quickly (and the nickel, tungsten and barium, but lead is the big one).
Working Out:
There has been the opportunity for 4 workouts on our M, W, F schedule and I have made all 4. My workout partner made the 1st 3, but missed today because he has a test for which he wanted to study. It's okay, he will make Friday morning! I am speaking in faith. I know that he WANTS to workout, I am just praying that he is able to continue faithfulness to our workouts during midterms, lab finals and finals. It is sooooo much easier for me to workout when I have a partner!
I have been trying to decide if I should type out what I am doing for each of my workouts, but I am not sure. I have been keeping a log, so I DO know what I have done for each workout, I just haven't posted it here. The science behind the workout is solid, and it IS the BEST way to workout for fat loss. What I am missing is the testimony because the toxins in my body have burnt out my leptin receptors in my hypothalamus and I am what we call "weight loss resistant."
Eating Plan, AKA: the Cellular Healing Diet:
Again, the GOAL of this diet is NOT "losing weight." The goal of this diet is to encourage and facilitate healing of the cell membranes of all of my cells. Instead of trying to manipulate my body into doing what I want it to do (which, to a certain extent is witchcraft), I am giving my body what it needs to return to the state at which God designed us to live. Health is the natural state of the body, and the stuff that WE do to our food, our environment and ourselves in an effort to create comfort and convenience is KILLING US and knocking us out of that natural state. When my cell membranes are healed, meaning that they are not inflamed and the good stuff can get in and the bad stuff can get out, and the hormone receptors on the cell membranes heal, then the fat will begin to pour off of me. From what I have been told by those with much more clinical experience than I, I should expect to start losing fat during the 2nd-3rd month. I look forward to being able to report that.
Progress:
My last Tanita (body composition) scan said that I was 295 lbs and 39.8% fat. 39.8% of 295 lbs is 117.41 lbs. This means that my Fat Free Mass is (was) 177.59 lbs. Now, if my goal is to get to 14% fat, which is my tentative goal... I'm not sure at what percentage I will feel comfortable. (I'm sure I will eventually want to get down to 8-10%), that would put me at 206.5 lbs. WOW!!! We are talking 88.5 lbs of fat that I am trying to lose! The crazy thing is that I started my doctorate program at 365 lbs. I have lost 70 lbs and I am not even halfway to my goal!!! That's amazing... dumbfounding... and the temptation is to FEEL like I am staring at a mountain of fat that I cannot cross. That is NOT TRUE!!! I am on the right path, now I just need to stay the course!
STAY THE COURSE!!!!
My hope is that there will be a Tanita scanner at the Pompa Seminar, in Orlando, at the end of Week 7 (2/25-2/26. 2011). We will hopefully be seeing the beginnings of some serious fat loss. Pray for a brother!
I finish again with my main goals for this quarter:
1) Focus on God's love for me!!!
2) Receive that love to another level.
I tend to be able to love others a lot more easily than I can receive love. Both of those start with receiving God's love, because love comes from God.
3) Surrender to Him, to another level
...and then another and another, etc. and allow Him to build faithfulness in me that results in consistent action.
4) Continually tell myself the Truth
...and not "agree" with the lies that the devil and my emotions and my past try to tell me.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
I'm on a horse...
I of course say that as much like the Old Spice guy as possible, but I mean that I have gotten back on "the horse" of detox and working out.
Detox:
Well, it's not fun to detox. If you are detoxing at a cellular level (which is the ONLY true detox), you tend to get pretty tired. There are supplements to boost cellular energy; there are supplements to pull toxins from the brain; there are supplements to pull toxins from your fat tissue, organs and bone marrow; there are supplements to "catch" those toxins and help your body get rid of them so that they don't just circulate in your blood and deposit somewhere else. There is an eating plan that supports your hormones and is aimed at repairing your cells' membranes.
It's a lot, especially when it is also your first week of classes for the quarter and you are making up for a week of snow days in class, work and in the clinic. Add to this that one of the aforementioned supplements is to be taken every 4 hours: 1AM, 5AM, 9AM, 1PM, 5PM & 9PM. So, I didn't sleep very well this past week.
Sunday (yesterday) ended my first 7 days on, and now I have 7 days "off." Hopefully, I can get some sleep, as I made the command decision that I am not teaching any CPR courses during the week this week. I have 4 classes planned this weekend and two during the OSCE times next week on Tuesday and Wednesday morning. I am only 25% to my quarterly goal. Y'all please pray for me to hit my goals!
Working out:
It is SO nice to have a workout partner again! Our schedule is Monday, Wednesday and Friday. We did all three days last week and this morning... 4 for 4!!! Let's keep that faithfulness up! Woohoo!!!
Eating Plan:
One minor hiccup on Friday in the form of some potato chips, is all that stood between me and being completely faithful in that. Oh well... hopefully, it was small enough to not start me over with the symptoms of sugar withdrawal. That headache is NO FUN. Either way, I have been faithful again since, and I desire to be faithful for the remainder of the quarter. Fat loss is NOT THE GOAL, detoxification and cell membrane repair are. That said, it is normally the 2nd, and possibly the 3rd month, when the fat begins to pour off. This is according to doctors who have clinical experience with true cellular detox and have watched people heal and watched their bodies respond over and over again. The science is sound, and I know it works. What I do not have is a testimony. This has been because of me.
MY main goals for this quarter, again, are to:
1) Focus on God's love for me!!!
2) Receive that love to another level. I tend to be able to love others a lot more easily than I can receive love. Both of those start with receiving God's love, because love comes from God.
3) Surrender to Him, to another level and then another and another, etc. and allow Him to build faithfulness in me that results in consistent action.
4) Continually tell myself the Truth and not "agree" with the lies that the devil and my emotions and my past try to tell me.
It's 2AM and I have a class at 7AM... Good night!
Detox:
Well, it's not fun to detox. If you are detoxing at a cellular level (which is the ONLY true detox), you tend to get pretty tired. There are supplements to boost cellular energy; there are supplements to pull toxins from the brain; there are supplements to pull toxins from your fat tissue, organs and bone marrow; there are supplements to "catch" those toxins and help your body get rid of them so that they don't just circulate in your blood and deposit somewhere else. There is an eating plan that supports your hormones and is aimed at repairing your cells' membranes.
It's a lot, especially when it is also your first week of classes for the quarter and you are making up for a week of snow days in class, work and in the clinic. Add to this that one of the aforementioned supplements is to be taken every 4 hours: 1AM, 5AM, 9AM, 1PM, 5PM & 9PM. So, I didn't sleep very well this past week.
Sunday (yesterday) ended my first 7 days on, and now I have 7 days "off." Hopefully, I can get some sleep, as I made the command decision that I am not teaching any CPR courses during the week this week. I have 4 classes planned this weekend and two during the OSCE times next week on Tuesday and Wednesday morning. I am only 25% to my quarterly goal. Y'all please pray for me to hit my goals!
Working out:
It is SO nice to have a workout partner again! Our schedule is Monday, Wednesday and Friday. We did all three days last week and this morning... 4 for 4!!! Let's keep that faithfulness up! Woohoo!!!
Eating Plan:
One minor hiccup on Friday in the form of some potato chips, is all that stood between me and being completely faithful in that. Oh well... hopefully, it was small enough to not start me over with the symptoms of sugar withdrawal. That headache is NO FUN. Either way, I have been faithful again since, and I desire to be faithful for the remainder of the quarter. Fat loss is NOT THE GOAL, detoxification and cell membrane repair are. That said, it is normally the 2nd, and possibly the 3rd month, when the fat begins to pour off. This is according to doctors who have clinical experience with true cellular detox and have watched people heal and watched their bodies respond over and over again. The science is sound, and I know it works. What I do not have is a testimony. This has been because of me.
MY main goals for this quarter, again, are to:
1) Focus on God's love for me!!!
2) Receive that love to another level. I tend to be able to love others a lot more easily than I can receive love. Both of those start with receiving God's love, because love comes from God.
3) Surrender to Him, to another level and then another and another, etc. and allow Him to build faithfulness in me that results in consistent action.
4) Continually tell myself the Truth and not "agree" with the lies that the devil and my emotions and my past try to tell me.
It's 2AM and I have a class at 7AM... Good night!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
A return to the plank of illustration...
... or should I say "the drawing board?"
What happened the last 6 months or so of 2011? Well, there's a lot that I could say to try to excuse myself for the choices I made, but I won't. What I will do is try to sum up what happened as succinctly as I can:
* From July 2007 - June 2008, I lost 75 lbs. I went from 365 lbs to 290 lbs.
* From June 16th, 2008 - September 3rd, 2008 - I was having relationship problems with a woman that I had been dating, off and on, since February 9th, 2006 and had been discussing engagement rings with (I had BEEN ready, but in May SHE had brought it up).
* In September of 2008, we had what was, for me, a bad breakup. That is, actually, a huge understatement. I don't know if I have a full grasp of how hurt I was, even now. Physically, this emotional trauma was the catalyst to my toxic bucket overflowing.
* I have spent the last two years (September, 2008 - October 2010) in what my mom calls "survival mode." I was diving into God's presence and listening to Him and crying out, but I was emotionally unable to receive a lot of healing, because God was taking things from the root of my heart and healing those things. Mistakes I made, lies I believed and issues uncovered during my relationship were all "fruits" of deeper issues that I had previously dealt with in my own strength, but now God was taking me deeper than I could have gone on my own. Dealing with those took a lot of emotional energy. Couple that with the physical issues that my toxicity caused (and is causing) and you have an exhausted Joe Capri. I wish I could double bold that!
About the time of my last post, that woman called me and we had a talk for about an hour, and some textual activity a little while later. We had made plans to see each other when I went to Virginia on break (3 weeks after my last post). She stood me up. I mean, didn't show, didn't return texts or phone calls... she flat disappeared! Though it probably shouldn't have, it messed me up.
I returned to school in July and I took the Urine Heavy Metals test, and that's about it. I was so discouraged and hurt and exhausted that I gave up. I didn't eat right consistently. I didn't work out. I didn't care. My soul felt crushed. I was seeking God, and I had joy, but my emotions had kinda checked out. I'm not sure how to describe that, because it sounds a bit crazy. I could be joyous when I was walking in the Spirit, but when I was not focused on God or the things that I believed God was telling me to do, I fulfilled the lust of my flesh. And my flesh wanted to lay on the couch, eat ice cream, watch "chick flicks" and cry. And I did a lot of that. To try to keep myself from ONLY doing that and to not be alone, I ate out A LOT. The cry of my heart was: "How does any of this mean anything without her?"
Then in late September/early October (2010), I got closure with my ex (I found out that she'd gotten engaged to the guy after me... side note: she is the 5th ex-girlfriend who married the guy after me.), and with both of the women that I had really tried to move on with after I believe God told me to move on, in December 2009. After receiving closure, God started telling me some things that were uncomfortable, but that I was ready to hear. Over the last 2.5 months of 2010, I feel like God has been restoring my heart and calling me to not only get out of survival mode, but to be myself again.
School will start on Tuesday, after a week of snow/ice induced break extension and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. When school starts, my detox will start as well. The main culprit in me was Lead, along with Barium, Nickel and Tungsten.
This is something you will hear from me a lot: being overweight, or in my case, obese, is a SYMPTOM. It is not the problem itself. Similarly, fixing the problem is more important than trying to lose the fat.
In my detox protocol:
1) There is chelation therapy (pronounced Key-lay-shun) which is composed of supplements that pull toxins out of your cells and others that grab the toxins and bind to them so that you can eliminate them when you go to the bathroom.
2)There is a specific eating plan (I call it that since the word "diet" has a connotation of being focused on weight loss) that is focused upon healing the individual cells of your body. Since fat loss is a "side effect" of my cells healing, there's a very real possibility that I may not lose ANY fat the first month. It is in fact possible that I may GAIN fat the first month. However, based upon the clinical experience of friends of mine who have implemented this protocol with patients, the fat should begin to pour off (typically) in the 2nd or 3rd month.
3) There is a specific form of exercise aimed at encouraging the proper hormone response in my body.
So, I would appreciate your prayers. I have to keep reminding myself that the GOAL is to repair my cells and remove toxins from my body at the cellular level, which is the ONLY true detox. The last time I tried the eating plan, I quit after a month because I had seen no response... I was never told that it takes more than a month. However, it should have been apparent to me. Faithfulness is a fruit of the God's presence in our lives, and God is calling me to faithfulness that results in consistent action.
Pray for a brother!!! My GOAL, just to spell it all out, for the Winter Quarter, 2011 is a three parter:
1) FOCUS on receiving God's love to another level
2) Allow God to cultivate a level of faithfulness that results in consistent action
3) Let that consistent action include all three parts of my detox protocol.
What happened the last 6 months or so of 2011? Well, there's a lot that I could say to try to excuse myself for the choices I made, but I won't. What I will do is try to sum up what happened as succinctly as I can:
* From July 2007 - June 2008, I lost 75 lbs. I went from 365 lbs to 290 lbs.
* From June 16th, 2008 - September 3rd, 2008 - I was having relationship problems with a woman that I had been dating, off and on, since February 9th, 2006 and had been discussing engagement rings with (I had BEEN ready, but in May SHE had brought it up).
* In September of 2008, we had what was, for me, a bad breakup. That is, actually, a huge understatement. I don't know if I have a full grasp of how hurt I was, even now. Physically, this emotional trauma was the catalyst to my toxic bucket overflowing.
* I have spent the last two years (September, 2008 - October 2010) in what my mom calls "survival mode." I was diving into God's presence and listening to Him and crying out, but I was emotionally unable to receive a lot of healing, because God was taking things from the root of my heart and healing those things. Mistakes I made, lies I believed and issues uncovered during my relationship were all "fruits" of deeper issues that I had previously dealt with in my own strength, but now God was taking me deeper than I could have gone on my own. Dealing with those took a lot of emotional energy. Couple that with the physical issues that my toxicity caused (and is causing) and you have an exhausted Joe Capri. I wish I could double bold that!
About the time of my last post, that woman called me and we had a talk for about an hour, and some textual activity a little while later. We had made plans to see each other when I went to Virginia on break (3 weeks after my last post). She stood me up. I mean, didn't show, didn't return texts or phone calls... she flat disappeared! Though it probably shouldn't have, it messed me up.
I returned to school in July and I took the Urine Heavy Metals test, and that's about it. I was so discouraged and hurt and exhausted that I gave up. I didn't eat right consistently. I didn't work out. I didn't care. My soul felt crushed. I was seeking God, and I had joy, but my emotions had kinda checked out. I'm not sure how to describe that, because it sounds a bit crazy. I could be joyous when I was walking in the Spirit, but when I was not focused on God or the things that I believed God was telling me to do, I fulfilled the lust of my flesh. And my flesh wanted to lay on the couch, eat ice cream, watch "chick flicks" and cry. And I did a lot of that. To try to keep myself from ONLY doing that and to not be alone, I ate out A LOT. The cry of my heart was: "How does any of this mean anything without her?"
Then in late September/early October (2010), I got closure with my ex (I found out that she'd gotten engaged to the guy after me... side note: she is the 5th ex-girlfriend who married the guy after me.), and with both of the women that I had really tried to move on with after I believe God told me to move on, in December 2009. After receiving closure, God started telling me some things that were uncomfortable, but that I was ready to hear. Over the last 2.5 months of 2010, I feel like God has been restoring my heart and calling me to not only get out of survival mode, but to be myself again.
School will start on Tuesday, after a week of snow/ice induced break extension and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. When school starts, my detox will start as well. The main culprit in me was Lead, along with Barium, Nickel and Tungsten.
This is something you will hear from me a lot: being overweight, or in my case, obese, is a SYMPTOM. It is not the problem itself. Similarly, fixing the problem is more important than trying to lose the fat.
In my detox protocol:
1) There is chelation therapy (pronounced Key-lay-shun) which is composed of supplements that pull toxins out of your cells and others that grab the toxins and bind to them so that you can eliminate them when you go to the bathroom.
2)There is a specific eating plan (I call it that since the word "diet" has a connotation of being focused on weight loss) that is focused upon healing the individual cells of your body. Since fat loss is a "side effect" of my cells healing, there's a very real possibility that I may not lose ANY fat the first month. It is in fact possible that I may GAIN fat the first month. However, based upon the clinical experience of friends of mine who have implemented this protocol with patients, the fat should begin to pour off (typically) in the 2nd or 3rd month.
3) There is a specific form of exercise aimed at encouraging the proper hormone response in my body.
So, I would appreciate your prayers. I have to keep reminding myself that the GOAL is to repair my cells and remove toxins from my body at the cellular level, which is the ONLY true detox. The last time I tried the eating plan, I quit after a month because I had seen no response... I was never told that it takes more than a month. However, it should have been apparent to me. Faithfulness is a fruit of the God's presence in our lives, and God is calling me to faithfulness that results in consistent action.
Pray for a brother!!! My GOAL, just to spell it all out, for the Winter Quarter, 2011 is a three parter:
1) FOCUS on receiving God's love to another level
2) Allow God to cultivate a level of faithfulness that results in consistent action
3) Let that consistent action include all three parts of my detox protocol.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
busy, busy, busy...
This is one of those conundrums of the doctorate program in which I find myself entangled... HOW DO I BLOG CONSISTENTLY?!
This quarter has been my first in my new place. The first in the student clinic. And, the first that includes classes that are heavy in what I affectionately refer to as "busy work."
The new place... The Life Village Retreat (AKA: the dorms)
The dorms are actually pretty nice, be it not for the SERIOUS lack of closet space. If I am talking about a lack of closet space, you HAVE to know it's serious, right? Anyway, I don't have a roommate, which is amazing, because they left that room unlocked. SO, what do I have? A two bedroom, two full bath apartment, RIGHT on campus!!! Gotta love that! I was actually interviewed in the school paper about the dorms and probably 1/3 of the article was me. The most talked about part of that paper was the fact that I love my new bathtub. For the first time in my adult life, I have a bathtub that my shoulders FIT into. I am comfortable laying down and lounging, which is something that usually required the purchase of a pillow or some other "bathtub comfort enhancer" that usually brought on issues by itself. LOL The responses of people on campus to reading my quotes has been interesting. Nothing like walking across campus and having someone yell at you from 100 yards away, "So, like your bathtub, huh?"
The student clinic... yeah, let's leave that for another blog entry. Lots of paperwork. Interesting puzzles that involve my schedule, the patient's schedule and then the doctor's schedule combined with time limits for when paperwork and physicals and Case Management Reviews can be completed. SIGH!
Ahhhhh, the busy work... why would they start you in classes with busy work at the same time you start in the student clinic? We don't have enough paperwork to do, so we have to start teaching ourSELVES with busy work now? REALLY?! Well, I hope Life is satisfied with the money they get out of me while I'm a student, because the endowment will NEVER grow because of me. I have never felt like the school has respected my time OR my decision to choose them and has constantly tried to annex my free time as if it was "imminent domain," bully me into submitting to "new requirements" and to conforming to the vision of our narcissistic, politician of a president. Sorry, President Riekeman, I will never become a Riekemananite!
OK... NOW, to the reason why this blog exists... my progress towards a body that reflects the knowledge I have of the body (including nutrition and exercise).
This quarter, exercise has been, shall we say "sporadic?" Our goal was to MaxFit 3 times a week. Mondays at 8AM (which has not been fun for me, since I don't have class on Monday until 1PM), Thursdays at 2PM (which was just not a good choice... right in the middle of the 2nd of my busiest two-day stretch of the week and complicated by Student council meetings being held during my only break of the day) and Saturdays (which between teaching CPR, going to seminars, and just being TIRED from the week, has only happened once.) The following is what I have written down on my calendar. I know we missed a Monday and we DID a Saturday, but I cannot remember which ones. Sorry.
Week 1, 4/5-4/11
I was still recovering from the Facet Syndrome I developed over break - No MaxFit
Week 2, 4/12-4/18
MaxFit on Monday! No MaxFit on Thursday, because I was stuck in a student council meeting, and Saturday, I taught two CPR classes)
Week 3, 4/19-4/25
MaxFit Monday AND MaxFit Thursday! Woohoo!!! No MaxFit on Saturday
Week 4, 4/26-5/2
MaxFit Monday. Thursday, both of us had patients and Saturday I was in Orlando at the Pompa seminar
week 5, 5/3-5/9
MaxFit Monday. Thursday, my reassessment of a patient went MUCH longer than expected and I couldn't make it. My partner was sitting outside of the door of my dorm waiting for me. :-( Sorry. No MaxFit on Saturday
week 6, 5/10-5/16
MaxFit Monday AND Thursday! I think we've given up on Saturdays.
week 7, 5/17-23
MaxFit Monday. I had a couple tests Thursday afternoon that I wasn't ready for, so I skipped MaxFit and Saturday was a very busy day for me. Phone meeting with Dr. Flynn, then my Uncle Doc Reed was in town so we hung out, then I gave a massage to a new client, then I went to the Verizon store to try to get my cell phone fixed and then I went to Discovery Mills to play the boyfriend role for the gorgeous Hong as she was shopping for clothing. It was fun to help her shop and watch her smile as she was enjoying herself and feeling pretty. :-) Afterwards we went to Maggiano's for dinner... YUM!
week 8, 5/24-5/30
MaxFit Monday. Today is Thursday and we are not going to work out. I have a Case Management Review (CMR) to do in the clinic and my partner is stuck at DMV. Saturday isn't going to happen... I'm just saying.
SO... overall, the working out hasn't gone to plan. I AM staying active. I live on campus now, so I definitely park further away and walk more. That's good. I have done some tennis playing and obviously last Saturday there was a bunch of walking around the mall (LOL), but still. Next quarter, I have to kick it up a notch.
TOXICITY!!! Here is some larger news. I have been detoxing from the mold for about three and a half weeks. I have seen the mold symptoms disappear. Here is the problem: as soon as they started to disappear (well after about two weeks), I began to notice symptoms that led to heavy metal toxicity. My response was, OH CRAP! Why? Biotoxins like mold don't take nearly as long to detox from as heavy metals. Heavy Metal detox can take years!!!! So, I took another toxicity questionairre which was really just a long "symptom history" worksheet called the FAQ. It gives you a report, based upon your symptoms, that leads you to which tests should be run. The most striking thing about the results are that biotoxins were number 7... yeah... SEVEN!!! Heavy Metals were number two. All of the others from the top 7 were "fruit" issues from the "roots" of heavy metal and biotoxicity. It seems that I merely peeled back the top layer of my toxicity by detoxing from the mold. And because I was in a mold exposure in my old apartment, it makes sense that the biotoxic symptoms were "on top," but now I am staring a urine porphyrin test dead in the face. It's actually on its way to me. Once I get the test, I will take it and send it off. The results of this test will tell me WHICH metals I have to detox from. And then, the journey will begin.
Are you coming with me? I hope to be able to blog more consistently. Y'all pray for me. I feel like I JUST got into the swing of this quarter and it is over in three weeks! LOL
This quarter has been my first in my new place. The first in the student clinic. And, the first that includes classes that are heavy in what I affectionately refer to as "busy work."
The new place... The Life Village Retreat (AKA: the dorms)
The dorms are actually pretty nice, be it not for the SERIOUS lack of closet space. If I am talking about a lack of closet space, you HAVE to know it's serious, right? Anyway, I don't have a roommate, which is amazing, because they left that room unlocked. SO, what do I have? A two bedroom, two full bath apartment, RIGHT on campus!!! Gotta love that! I was actually interviewed in the school paper about the dorms and probably 1/3 of the article was me. The most talked about part of that paper was the fact that I love my new bathtub. For the first time in my adult life, I have a bathtub that my shoulders FIT into. I am comfortable laying down and lounging, which is something that usually required the purchase of a pillow or some other "bathtub comfort enhancer" that usually brought on issues by itself. LOL The responses of people on campus to reading my quotes has been interesting. Nothing like walking across campus and having someone yell at you from 100 yards away, "So, like your bathtub, huh?"
The student clinic... yeah, let's leave that for another blog entry. Lots of paperwork. Interesting puzzles that involve my schedule, the patient's schedule and then the doctor's schedule combined with time limits for when paperwork and physicals and Case Management Reviews can be completed. SIGH!
Ahhhhh, the busy work... why would they start you in classes with busy work at the same time you start in the student clinic? We don't have enough paperwork to do, so we have to start teaching ourSELVES with busy work now? REALLY?! Well, I hope Life is satisfied with the money they get out of me while I'm a student, because the endowment will NEVER grow because of me. I have never felt like the school has respected my time OR my decision to choose them and has constantly tried to annex my free time as if it was "imminent domain," bully me into submitting to "new requirements" and to conforming to the vision of our narcissistic, politician of a president. Sorry, President Riekeman, I will never become a Riekemananite!
OK... NOW, to the reason why this blog exists... my progress towards a body that reflects the knowledge I have of the body (including nutrition and exercise).
This quarter, exercise has been, shall we say "sporadic?" Our goal was to MaxFit 3 times a week. Mondays at 8AM (which has not been fun for me, since I don't have class on Monday until 1PM), Thursdays at 2PM (which was just not a good choice... right in the middle of the 2nd of my busiest two-day stretch of the week and complicated by Student council meetings being held during my only break of the day) and Saturdays (which between teaching CPR, going to seminars, and just being TIRED from the week, has only happened once.) The following is what I have written down on my calendar. I know we missed a Monday and we DID a Saturday, but I cannot remember which ones. Sorry.
Week 1, 4/5-4/11
I was still recovering from the Facet Syndrome I developed over break - No MaxFit
Week 2, 4/12-4/18
MaxFit on Monday! No MaxFit on Thursday, because I was stuck in a student council meeting, and Saturday, I taught two CPR classes)
Week 3, 4/19-4/25
MaxFit Monday AND MaxFit Thursday! Woohoo!!! No MaxFit on Saturday
Week 4, 4/26-5/2
MaxFit Monday. Thursday, both of us had patients and Saturday I was in Orlando at the Pompa seminar
week 5, 5/3-5/9
MaxFit Monday. Thursday, my reassessment of a patient went MUCH longer than expected and I couldn't make it. My partner was sitting outside of the door of my dorm waiting for me. :-( Sorry. No MaxFit on Saturday
week 6, 5/10-5/16
MaxFit Monday AND Thursday! I think we've given up on Saturdays.
week 7, 5/17-23
MaxFit Monday. I had a couple tests Thursday afternoon that I wasn't ready for, so I skipped MaxFit and Saturday was a very busy day for me. Phone meeting with Dr. Flynn, then my Uncle Doc Reed was in town so we hung out, then I gave a massage to a new client, then I went to the Verizon store to try to get my cell phone fixed and then I went to Discovery Mills to play the boyfriend role for the gorgeous Hong as she was shopping for clothing. It was fun to help her shop and watch her smile as she was enjoying herself and feeling pretty. :-) Afterwards we went to Maggiano's for dinner... YUM!
week 8, 5/24-5/30
MaxFit Monday. Today is Thursday and we are not going to work out. I have a Case Management Review (CMR) to do in the clinic and my partner is stuck at DMV. Saturday isn't going to happen... I'm just saying.
SO... overall, the working out hasn't gone to plan. I AM staying active. I live on campus now, so I definitely park further away and walk more. That's good. I have done some tennis playing and obviously last Saturday there was a bunch of walking around the mall (LOL), but still. Next quarter, I have to kick it up a notch.
TOXICITY!!! Here is some larger news. I have been detoxing from the mold for about three and a half weeks. I have seen the mold symptoms disappear. Here is the problem: as soon as they started to disappear (well after about two weeks), I began to notice symptoms that led to heavy metal toxicity. My response was, OH CRAP! Why? Biotoxins like mold don't take nearly as long to detox from as heavy metals. Heavy Metal detox can take years!!!! So, I took another toxicity questionairre which was really just a long "symptom history" worksheet called the FAQ. It gives you a report, based upon your symptoms, that leads you to which tests should be run. The most striking thing about the results are that biotoxins were number 7... yeah... SEVEN!!! Heavy Metals were number two. All of the others from the top 7 were "fruit" issues from the "roots" of heavy metal and biotoxicity. It seems that I merely peeled back the top layer of my toxicity by detoxing from the mold. And because I was in a mold exposure in my old apartment, it makes sense that the biotoxic symptoms were "on top," but now I am staring a urine porphyrin test dead in the face. It's actually on its way to me. Once I get the test, I will take it and send it off. The results of this test will tell me WHICH metals I have to detox from. And then, the journey will begin.
Are you coming with me? I hope to be able to blog more consistently. Y'all pray for me. I feel like I JUST got into the swing of this quarter and it is over in three weeks! LOL
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Busy does not equal lazy... does it?
WOW...
Well, it has been WAYYYYYYYY too long since I posted a blog. Since I cannot remember the details of all of our workouts since February 16th, I will try to sum up...
My wonderfully patient workout partner and I averaged 2 workouts a week over the remainder of the quarter. The old saying, "2 out of 3 ain't bad" comes to mind, but I don't think I'm on board with that because that is only 67% (yes, I'm rounding... shut it! LOL) and is NOT a passing grade.
The plan was to move out of the mold trap over break. The problem is that the day after finals ended, I was packing (because, as those of you who really know me know, I didn't start packing until finals ended) and I committed the cardinal sin of packing and moving boxes: NEVER PICK UP AN OBJECT AND TWIST!!! I felt a sharp pain that turned dull almost immediately and I got mad. I was mad because I knew EXACTLY what I had just done. I was mad because I knew how long I would be USELESS. I was mad because I knew better!
I'm sorry, I'm being rude... Facet Syndrome, Joe. Joe, Facet Syndrome.
Not only that, but a sister, who was going to allow me to move my larger pieces of furniture in her horse trailer was rear-ended the same day! Now my "moving crew" was down from 4 people to 2. Kevin and Conredge get a big shout out because they came over Saturday and moved my whole apartment, just the two of them.
Scooby was a little sad to say good-bye to my apartment, but getting out of the mold is nice! We're both hoping that once I can get started with detox, I will be "The Incredible Shrinking Joe." :-)
So, I spent break getting adjusted as often as possible and trying to stretch and watching movies. If not for the injury, it would've been pretty relaxing.
The first two weeks of the quarter have now passed and I have not been able to work out yet. The plan is to start Monday (4/19/10). I will be working my way into the Cellular Healing Diet and will be starting MaxFit all over again, from workout #1. The goal is to MaxFit Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and surge training on Fridays, Sundays and Tuesdays while Wednesdays are my "workout weekend."
Since I am addicted to Wild Wing Cafe's "Two for Tuesday," That will be my one cheat for the week, until I get into the Cellular Healing Diet. Wild Wing will be the last thing to give up, LOL.
I will keep you guys updated. I haven't gotten on the Tanita since October (I think), so I'm a little scared to see what the results are. However, it is a time of renewal... new quarter, new apartment, new bed (hooray!), new type of curriculum (meaning that I am no longer JUST in classes, I am now taking care of patients in the Student Clinic). When I get back on the Tanita, I will know just how big this mountain has gotten... my faith can move it, because my faith drives me into the face of the LORD and He can move ANY mountain. My faith in God is unshakable, but it is time to renew my faith in these nutrition, detox and exercise concepts that work WITH the body to restore the natural state of health and healing that God designed.
Praise God for the process, because what I don't want is to fake my way through by the strength of self-discipline. I DO want the results, but I DO NOT want to just look different. I want to BE different! I want my appearance to reflect my heart... a heart that WANTS to eat the way God designed us to, rather than just going for what tastes good. The reality is that GOD food tastes good! But as is the pattern of the world, we have tried to make stuff "easier" and "faster" and we have stripped the nutritional value from a lot of our food supply. God help us, we're a bunch of sugar addicts and we are paying for it with a plethora of degenerative disease as a direct result! God help me to lead the way... BY EXAMPLE!!!
When I get busy and tired, that is when the challenges come. I have, in the past, been so frustrated by a lack of results commensurate with my effort that I gave up. My diet (meaning "what I eat") has deteriorated since November and it is time to head back in the right direction.
Let's go!
Well, it has been WAYYYYYYYY too long since I posted a blog. Since I cannot remember the details of all of our workouts since February 16th, I will try to sum up...
My wonderfully patient workout partner and I averaged 2 workouts a week over the remainder of the quarter. The old saying, "2 out of 3 ain't bad" comes to mind, but I don't think I'm on board with that because that is only 67% (yes, I'm rounding... shut it! LOL) and is NOT a passing grade.
The plan was to move out of the mold trap over break. The problem is that the day after finals ended, I was packing (because, as those of you who really know me know, I didn't start packing until finals ended) and I committed the cardinal sin of packing and moving boxes: NEVER PICK UP AN OBJECT AND TWIST!!! I felt a sharp pain that turned dull almost immediately and I got mad. I was mad because I knew EXACTLY what I had just done. I was mad because I knew how long I would be USELESS. I was mad because I knew better!
I'm sorry, I'm being rude... Facet Syndrome, Joe. Joe, Facet Syndrome.
Not only that, but a sister, who was going to allow me to move my larger pieces of furniture in her horse trailer was rear-ended the same day! Now my "moving crew" was down from 4 people to 2. Kevin and Conredge get a big shout out because they came over Saturday and moved my whole apartment, just the two of them.
Scooby was a little sad to say good-bye to my apartment, but getting out of the mold is nice! We're both hoping that once I can get started with detox, I will be "The Incredible Shrinking Joe." :-)
So, I spent break getting adjusted as often as possible and trying to stretch and watching movies. If not for the injury, it would've been pretty relaxing.
The first two weeks of the quarter have now passed and I have not been able to work out yet. The plan is to start Monday (4/19/10). I will be working my way into the Cellular Healing Diet and will be starting MaxFit all over again, from workout #1. The goal is to MaxFit Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and surge training on Fridays, Sundays and Tuesdays while Wednesdays are my "workout weekend."
Since I am addicted to Wild Wing Cafe's "Two for Tuesday," That will be my one cheat for the week, until I get into the Cellular Healing Diet. Wild Wing will be the last thing to give up, LOL.
I will keep you guys updated. I haven't gotten on the Tanita since October (I think), so I'm a little scared to see what the results are. However, it is a time of renewal... new quarter, new apartment, new bed (hooray!), new type of curriculum (meaning that I am no longer JUST in classes, I am now taking care of patients in the Student Clinic). When I get back on the Tanita, I will know just how big this mountain has gotten... my faith can move it, because my faith drives me into the face of the LORD and He can move ANY mountain. My faith in God is unshakable, but it is time to renew my faith in these nutrition, detox and exercise concepts that work WITH the body to restore the natural state of health and healing that God designed.
Praise God for the process, because what I don't want is to fake my way through by the strength of self-discipline. I DO want the results, but I DO NOT want to just look different. I want to BE different! I want my appearance to reflect my heart... a heart that WANTS to eat the way God designed us to, rather than just going for what tastes good. The reality is that GOD food tastes good! But as is the pattern of the world, we have tried to make stuff "easier" and "faster" and we have stripped the nutritional value from a lot of our food supply. God help us, we're a bunch of sugar addicts and we are paying for it with a plethora of degenerative disease as a direct result! God help me to lead the way... BY EXAMPLE!!!
When I get busy and tired, that is when the challenges come. I have, in the past, been so frustrated by a lack of results commensurate with my effort that I gave up. My diet (meaning "what I eat") has deteriorated since November and it is time to head back in the right direction.
Let's go!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Another week down...
Well, I absolutely LOVED... do you hear me? LOVED the conference! I love it when research starts to catch up to what you already KNOW to be true! The toxicology and neurology journals are starting to realize that inflammation and oxidative stress are the issue in a lot of the diseases of the new millennium! About 6 more weeks before I move out of the mold trap and start to detox. I think it'll be interesting to see how quickly the fat pours off of me once I get out of a neurotoxic exposure!
Anyway, because I was at the conference, there was no workout Friday.
Sunday, February 14th, 2010 - MaxFit workout 10
1) Side Plank with hip abductions - core (I hurt myself during the 2nd set. I tried to switch sides too fast and jammed my elbow into the floor... which apparently knocked my clavicle (collar bone) out of place. Which HURT!)
2) Soldier Steps - burst (interesting exercise: Kinda running like the Nutcracker walks... if that makes any sense. LOL)
3) V-seat press - core (No press for me... just trying to hold the V-seat has me shaking, trying to hold it for the whole minute - and obviously that is MUCH worse the 2nd set!)
4) T box jump - burst (Uh... yeah... I don't think so. We did the Electric slide! LOL)
5) The X - core (Laying on your back with your arms in the "Y" position - like in the dance to the YMCA song - and moving your straight legs side to side like a windshield wiper! Interesting exercise, to say the least. And if you HAVE a butt, like me, then you may find yourself moving in the direction away from where your head is... LOL)
6) Jumping Knee tucks - burst (or alternating high knee steps... I'm finding that I have to figure out something easier than the "beginner variety" --> which is a little disheartening when the guy demonstrating the beginner variety has had a stroke, but I have to start somewhere, right?)
Rinse and Repeat
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 - MaxFit Workout 11
1) Diagonal Anterior Row to shoulder press - Core (not as complicated as it may sound)
2) Jump-squat-jump-lunge - burst (uh... yeah... you mean squat-lunge?)
3) V-seat curls - core (see above with the v-seat presses... same thing)
4) Kettle Bell Swings - burst (not a great idea after hurting my shoulder girdle on Sunday... I slowed it down)
5) Scoops - core (again... I'll let my shoulder heal a bit longer before trying something like that. I did a plank)
6) Box Jumps - burst (Beginner variety wasn't going to happen tonight, so I did the Soldier Steps again)
Rinse and Repeat
I know my body is getting stronger, but I just don't FEEL it in my everyday life. I can tell when I have to exert myself, but under normal circumstances (day to day activities), I still feel nothing but the effects of my toxicity. The constant exhaustion, brain fog, headaches, lack of sleep, light sensitivity, loss of ability to see contrast (which is a lot of fun during X-ray lab practical exams!), etc... they are not fun!
No one who is toxic or morbidly obese better ever DARE tell me that I don't understand!!! This SUCKS, and I feel like it is a mountain, the other side of which, I'll never be able to reach! But that is a LIE! I can and I WILL!!!
Anyway, because I was at the conference, there was no workout Friday.
Sunday, February 14th, 2010 - MaxFit workout 10
1) Side Plank with hip abductions - core (I hurt myself during the 2nd set. I tried to switch sides too fast and jammed my elbow into the floor... which apparently knocked my clavicle (collar bone) out of place. Which HURT!)
2) Soldier Steps - burst (interesting exercise: Kinda running like the Nutcracker walks... if that makes any sense. LOL)
3) V-seat press - core (No press for me... just trying to hold the V-seat has me shaking, trying to hold it for the whole minute - and obviously that is MUCH worse the 2nd set!)
4) T box jump - burst (Uh... yeah... I don't think so. We did the Electric slide! LOL)
5) The X - core (Laying on your back with your arms in the "Y" position - like in the dance to the YMCA song - and moving your straight legs side to side like a windshield wiper! Interesting exercise, to say the least. And if you HAVE a butt, like me, then you may find yourself moving in the direction away from where your head is... LOL)
6) Jumping Knee tucks - burst (or alternating high knee steps... I'm finding that I have to figure out something easier than the "beginner variety" --> which is a little disheartening when the guy demonstrating the beginner variety has had a stroke, but I have to start somewhere, right?)
Rinse and Repeat
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 - MaxFit Workout 11
1) Diagonal Anterior Row to shoulder press - Core (not as complicated as it may sound)
2) Jump-squat-jump-lunge - burst (uh... yeah... you mean squat-lunge?)
3) V-seat curls - core (see above with the v-seat presses... same thing)
4) Kettle Bell Swings - burst (not a great idea after hurting my shoulder girdle on Sunday... I slowed it down)
5) Scoops - core (again... I'll let my shoulder heal a bit longer before trying something like that. I did a plank)
6) Box Jumps - burst (Beginner variety wasn't going to happen tonight, so I did the Soldier Steps again)
Rinse and Repeat
I know my body is getting stronger, but I just don't FEEL it in my everyday life. I can tell when I have to exert myself, but under normal circumstances (day to day activities), I still feel nothing but the effects of my toxicity. The constant exhaustion, brain fog, headaches, lack of sleep, light sensitivity, loss of ability to see contrast (which is a lot of fun during X-ray lab practical exams!), etc... they are not fun!
No one who is toxic or morbidly obese better ever DARE tell me that I don't understand!!! This SUCKS, and I feel like it is a mountain, the other side of which, I'll never be able to reach! But that is a LIE! I can and I WILL!!!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Continuing to catch up!
Since my workout weeks are supposed to start on Friday and go Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, I decided to try to catch up my blog with that schedule. :-)
Friday and Sunday (the 5th and the 7th) we missed.
I can't remember which day was which, but I felt crappy one day (probably the 5th) and I think my partner was feeling bad on the 7th, so we didn't get to work out. I think I was just mentally exhausted from the week and I do remember that I had an extremely emotionally stressful day on that Thursday.
OH and now I remember why!!!!
I am a very affectionate guy and when Jesus said that "those who do the will of my Father are my mother and brothers and sisters," I took that to heart. When God places someone in my life, closely, I consider them family. This family is more real to me than biological family. I figure if I am a Christian and I have given Jesus my life, then I should probably let Him renew my mind, like Romans 12 says. PLUS, since God created family, I think He has the right to define it.
SO... a SISTER of mine was going out of town for the weekend and Saturday was her birthday. I decided that I wanted to make her feel special, and give her a physical example of how much God loves her. So, I bought her a teddy bear. Apparently, this made her think I was wanting more than a "brother/sister" relationship. SOOOOO not the case. Don't get me wrong, I think she's great and she is very attractive, but I KNOW she is not my wife and I am not interested in pursuing her. ANYWAY, it made the whole thing awkward and I was PISSED. Not at her, but at the fact that our society has twisted affection to a point that a guy can't give a female friend a gift without it implying something more. That's just freaking STUPID!!!!
I believe that it is EXTREMELY important for women to be complimented and treated like princesses by someone with NO ulterior motive! That is me! I am not going to change because YOUR view of the world is tainted! As Christians, we need to allow God to renew our minds and begin to think of things through the lens of Scripture, not our experience!
OK, rant over. It just hurt to have my pure motives perverted by someone's pain and defense mechanism-induced perception.
There are real Men of God in this world, ladies!!!!
OK, Also during this weekend, I taught my first 4 CPR classes ever! My students seemed to really enjoy my classes and I got progressively faster! I had fun and I think I'm going to enjoy this new job!
Tuesday, Feb 9th: MaxFit workout #9
1) Plank to Hip Extensions (would this have been as hard if we'd not had like a week off?)
2) Squat to X-press (Burst - WAYYYYYY hard)
3) three position leg raise (6", 12" and 18" off the ground... 12" seemed the hardest to me)
4) Box Jumps (burst - too advanced for me right now, so I did New York style salsa back & forth)
5) stability ball roll outs (the worst part about this challenging exercise was the rubber smell of the stability ball)
6) Running Jump rope
Rinse and repeat...
With us back on track, I went to get wings for the 5th Tuesday in a row, this time with my brother Rubenga Nigaglioni, from Richmond, but down in Atlanta for a work seminar! Hooray!!! Fellowship with the Richmond Body of Christ!!! It's been too long!!!!
I'll be in Pittsburgh for a conference this weekend (Valentine's weekend?! Yeah! Because I love Jesus and I love Richmond, and I will be learning to decrease toxicity, cellular inflammation and reverse the chronic "diseases of the new millenium!" I want Richmond to be one of the healthiest cities in the USA, if not THE healthiest! We're going to get there, RVA!!!!)
Friday and Sunday (the 5th and the 7th) we missed.
I can't remember which day was which, but I felt crappy one day (probably the 5th) and I think my partner was feeling bad on the 7th, so we didn't get to work out. I think I was just mentally exhausted from the week and I do remember that I had an extremely emotionally stressful day on that Thursday.
OH and now I remember why!!!!
I am a very affectionate guy and when Jesus said that "those who do the will of my Father are my mother and brothers and sisters," I took that to heart. When God places someone in my life, closely, I consider them family. This family is more real to me than biological family. I figure if I am a Christian and I have given Jesus my life, then I should probably let Him renew my mind, like Romans 12 says. PLUS, since God created family, I think He has the right to define it.
SO... a SISTER of mine was going out of town for the weekend and Saturday was her birthday. I decided that I wanted to make her feel special, and give her a physical example of how much God loves her. So, I bought her a teddy bear. Apparently, this made her think I was wanting more than a "brother/sister" relationship. SOOOOO not the case. Don't get me wrong, I think she's great and she is very attractive, but I KNOW she is not my wife and I am not interested in pursuing her. ANYWAY, it made the whole thing awkward and I was PISSED. Not at her, but at the fact that our society has twisted affection to a point that a guy can't give a female friend a gift without it implying something more. That's just freaking STUPID!!!!
I believe that it is EXTREMELY important for women to be complimented and treated like princesses by someone with NO ulterior motive! That is me! I am not going to change because YOUR view of the world is tainted! As Christians, we need to allow God to renew our minds and begin to think of things through the lens of Scripture, not our experience!
OK, rant over. It just hurt to have my pure motives perverted by someone's pain and defense mechanism-induced perception.
There are real Men of God in this world, ladies!!!!
OK, Also during this weekend, I taught my first 4 CPR classes ever! My students seemed to really enjoy my classes and I got progressively faster! I had fun and I think I'm going to enjoy this new job!
Tuesday, Feb 9th: MaxFit workout #9
1) Plank to Hip Extensions (would this have been as hard if we'd not had like a week off?)
2) Squat to X-press (Burst - WAYYYYYY hard)
3) three position leg raise (6", 12" and 18" off the ground... 12" seemed the hardest to me)
4) Box Jumps (burst - too advanced for me right now, so I did New York style salsa back & forth)
5) stability ball roll outs (the worst part about this challenging exercise was the rubber smell of the stability ball)
6) Running Jump rope
Rinse and repeat...
With us back on track, I went to get wings for the 5th Tuesday in a row, this time with my brother Rubenga Nigaglioni, from Richmond, but down in Atlanta for a work seminar! Hooray!!! Fellowship with the Richmond Body of Christ!!! It's been too long!!!!
I'll be in Pittsburgh for a conference this weekend (Valentine's weekend?! Yeah! Because I love Jesus and I love Richmond, and I will be learning to decrease toxicity, cellular inflammation and reverse the chronic "diseases of the new millenium!" I want Richmond to be one of the healthiest cities in the USA, if not THE healthiest! We're going to get there, RVA!!!!)
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