Good Food Day

Breakfast :
fried eggs, with spanish onion and potato wedges

Lunch :
Strawberry and Avocado Salad
I sliced 8 strawberry's and 1 avocado and spread over a few cups of baby spinach,
I made my own dressing, I used:
2T oil
1T apple cider vinegar
4t honey
1t lemon juice

was most definitely the best salad we had ever had. and taylor does not like salads. so that says a lot. amazing for summer time!

Dinner :
Browned Salmon, with a rub made of garlic powder, dill, and a teeny amount of salt
Quinoa, with satee'd (in balsamic vinegar) sliced mushrooms

so yeah, i would definitely say today was a good food day.

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just wanted to add, why you should eat avocados every day!

About 75% of an avocado's calories come from fat, most of which is monounsaturated fat. Avocados also have 60% more potassium than bananas. They are rich in B vitamins, as well as vitamin E and vitamin K. They have the highest fiber content of any fruit - including 75% insoluble and 25% soluble fiber.
High avocado intake has been shown to have an effect on blood serum cholesterol levels. Specifically, after a seven day diet rich in avocados, hypercholesterolemia patients showed a 17% decrease in total serum cholesterol levels. These subjects also showed a 22% decrease in both LDL (bad cholesterol) and triglyceride levels and 11% increase in HDL (good cholesterol) levels.

^{awesome eh?!}

the most beautiful commercial for a mattress you will ever see

Gore

i learned upward mobility and all i got was this lousy flesh eating disease. thing.

Black Public Media: A Doula Story

Black Public Media: A Doula Story

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amazing! so so amazing! please watch this! this is not about criticizing the medical community, this is about empowering and giving women and girls a voice in birth and motherhood.

done and nearly done

it went OK. he had me lay down on an exam table while he did it, which kept me from passing out. he had to take five full vials. so 8 total. holy cow.
anyways, i was feeling OK until i got home and then started to pass out sitting on the couch. so i have my ice pack on my neck and am now lying down, which helps. i'm feeling alright now, if not a bit squiffy. standing and moving around isn't so awesome, especially since today is so bloody hot and humid. i don't mind heat, but humidity is an effing bitch. i've only experienced worse in georgia/florida. it's even humid in the WINTER there (georgia)
i only have one test left, and i do that from home.
its a hormone saliva test, so i have to fast for 12 hours and fill up this spit tube first thing when i get up (does not seem an easy task), but not for a few days, it has to be day 19/one week before my next period.
then it gets sent off to a lab in Alberta and i find out those results three weeks from when i send it in. the blood test results in two weeks.
i'm just glad the painful stuff is over.
we're thinking i may be anemic, because of how poorly i handled the blood tests, and also apparently RLS can be a symptom of anemia. so HMMMMM.

to people who have to get poked and prodded really often, i bow down to you.
seriously. because it really sucks.

please pray/think good thoughts/whatever for me today. i have to get the rest of my blood work done and would rather the lab guy and nurse don't think i'm going to die again. two times would really be a little too humiliating for me.


please do the above also for Veronica and her family today, yesterday her nan passed away.
it's a terrible thing, losing a loved one. people would be much more eloquent about their thoughts/the right thing to say. i am not those people, all i have to say is, it fucking sucks.

p.s.

i have totally failed in the picture taking department.

yar

two hours till we (mum, dad, myself) leave to go to the chiropractor. then this afternoon is my doctor appointment with a new female doctor. i'll be having blood work, full physical etc. hopefully she sends me to an OT or PT for my hands. hopefully also a prescription for sleeping pills. dear god, i pray this woman actually listens to me, and gives me some damn sleeping pills. i have had sleep issues my whole life. but it got bad (i.e. insomnia) when i was probably 12/13 and ever since then, i think i've been exhausted. how insane is that. nearly ten years. i have tried everything else. nothing works, or if it does help a little (melatonin) i can't take it constantly. and it doesn't work good enough anyways. the worst sleep, is when i am tired enough to sleep and go to sleep but my brain is just whirring away the entire time. that is terrible.
so yes, i have not slept. (i am not even going to touch on all the chronic pain junk) and i have a whole day ahead of me. (also i can't eat! because? blood tests!)
first, when we got here in windsor it was insomnia, because i wasn't getting enough rest and then would have to do things during the day. then i wouldn't be able to sleep. so when i finally was able to sleep, i just slept till i woke up. which today, three p.m. hence, still awake. i'm pretty tired, but there's no point really now, i still have to have a shower. maybe, i'll be able to have a nap somtime after chiro's and before lady doc.

how are you all?

P.S.

leaving for windsor tomorrow morning for a couple weeks. in that time i'll be getting my new photo I.D. health card, lots of chiropractic adjustments and seeing a new dr. for a battery of tests to see whats going on. it could be eds (but i'm not sure, since no one in my family has any sort of symptoms, other than myself) or possibly fybromialga, since there has been known to be hypermobility and sleep disorders associated with it. which hello! that is what i have on top of everything else. so i'll hopefully be finding out what is up with what. i'll also hopefully be taking tons of pictures.

anyways, that is that. i'll update once we're settled in windsor.

peace and pop rocks
:x

Irish Soda Bread and other things

So, here is what I just baked. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!
Ha. It turned out really well and is so delicious! Also, very filling.

I found this recipe on this amazing blog by this ( I am sure ) amazing woman. I think I have mentioned her and her blog before.
It is called, everybody likes sandwiches. And I love it so. Who needs a cook book when you have this awesome womans recipes? Unless she puts out one, then I definitely shall buy.

Without further ado!
Pictures!
Of the bread, and avocado's. Still loving these bad boys. Also, a picture of our favourite sandwich bread.








I have this thing about fruit pits.



Seriously, the best bread ever. It has everything in it. Even honey!

The sun is starting to set and it is so gorgeous :)

things i didnt think meant anything until five seconds ago.

apparently this is called thumb hyperextension.




i have no idea what this means. and my fingers have always been bent like that (first picture)


oh and i can also do this.


but can't get a picture of me doing it at the moment.
its called 'upper limb hypermobility'

Fish

I got a package today in the mail. From my mother via my chiropractor. Since I cant get adjustments right now. I was sent a huge bottle of Omega 3 EPA-DHA
and a write up on it.

and how much to take for certain things.

EPA (in fish oil) has a ten fold greater impact on reducing the production of bad eicosanoids (inflammation of the body) than does ALA (in flaxseed oil) on a gram for gram basis.

Then it gives a list of conditions and how much you take for each one (in pill form amounts then liquid, if you buy the liquid)
An excerpt from Dr. Barry Sears' book "The Anti-Inflammation Zone"


Current State of Wellness Amount of EPA and DHA required

No existing chronic disease 2.5 grams per day (4 capsules or tsp per day)

Existing obesity, heart disease, or type 2 diabetes 5 grams per day (8 capsules or 2 tsp per day)

Existing screaming pain (chronic pain) 7.5 grams per day (12 capsules or 3 tsp per day)

(arthritis, encephalitis, pancreatitis, hepatitis,
meningits, bronchitis, colitis, gastritis, fibromyalgia,
chronic fatigue syndrome, crohn's disease,
end-stage cancer)

Existing neurological conditions Greater than 10 grams per day (16 capsules or 4 tsp per day)

(multiple sclerosis, attention deficit disorder,
depression, dementia)

So, 12 capsules a day it is. I will let you guys know how things go. I could really use a break from constant pain. All I can say is while I empathize with House on House. At least its only his leg. It could be worse. It could be all over your body. (but then again he's not real, so screw him)
Just to be able to get outside and walk around for more than 40 minutes without having huge pain would be awesome. So I really hope this works, since I don't want to have to start up a vicodin addiction any time soon.

peace and pop rocks people :)