It started around June of 2009 when I got diagnosed with Malignant Melanoma Skin Cancer on my back (Happy Birthday Me!).They were luckily able to perform surgery early on to stop it and my treatments were minima
l.I was married in JULY that year - to my wonderful and supportive husband.
<--------- Sexy, skinny self and sexy hubby!
In NOVEMBER I started having passing out spells as well as chest pains and heart palpitations. I started seeing doctor after doctor and went through test after test. Come to find out one of my valves was failing to perform and that was causing my heart to over-compensate which in turn caused my resting heart rate to be 130-140. I got the lovely privilege to wear a sexy heart monitor around the month of JANUARY due to my heart rate only increasing. They (of course) just wanted me on more drugs. (I'm pretty sure pharmacy companies just typed my name in as, $$$$$ $$$$$!) In MARCH we got pregnant (and although this is so personal to me, this is my life and the only way for me to express it is just to share it as is - raw). Only a few short weeks later, we lost our baby - this one makes four lost babies for me. Doctors soon found out that my body was not absorbing vitamins and minerals,.. really was not absorbing anything but I found that so confusing because if it wasn't getting nutrition, shouldn't it be thin and frail? APRIL came around and just when I think it couldn't get a whole lot worse I started to get this choking issue when I ate. It had started a few months ago, but it was getting so bad that I could not breath certain times and my husband had to hit my back to get the food to go down. So now what? You guessed it! More doctors, more tests! They found that my esophagus had numerous ulcers as well as was enlarged three times the normal size do to a food allergen. Great! I'll just get tested to see what I'm allergic to, avoid it and wham-O! problem solved. Right? Wrong. Insurance would not cover this test and it was far to expensive for us to cover on our own so journaling what I was eating when the choking happened seemed to be the next best idea
. JUNE - only year since my cancer surgery! Things should be looking brighter, but instead I had lost babies, passed out like it was going out of style, started choking like it was a part of normal eating habits and the cherry on top - I had gain 50 pounds in a one year marker.(50lbs heavier) ------>
SO! - the first of JULY I got a personal trainer at my gym. Yes! This is perfect, I thought. After 6 weeks of training hard and eating better I had only gained 4 pounds and GAINED 2% body fat! AAAggghhh!!!! How is this possible?!? Even my trainers were stumped. I stuck with it for 3 more weeks giving me 9 weeks total, but after a complete loss I could not afford to keep it up. Then, excited as I was walking in to the dentist office in OCTOBER I was almost in tears when I left. In six months I had gone from ZERO to NINE cavities. The dentist said that she was almost positive it was due to the acid in my stomach (that was causing ulcers in my esophagus) that was coming up to my mouth and causing cavities. Ok - something HAS to give!
What do you do when you have seemingly tried everything you know to do? Well - the only thing left was to do this myself. I went to a health store and met a sweet holistic doctor who kindly sat me down and figured out what it was that my body really needed. She figured out that my body was overly acidic - by a LOT! That I needed to balance it out. She did a great job explaining it all to me, but when I tried to do it on my own it was SO confusing. I tried to stay away from any meat that wasn't organic (thinking it might help) but I just didn't understand. Every pH scale I found was different and after a while, I just became, simply and sadly, depressed.
As I was walking through Sam's Club in JANUARY just getting some foods for the house I fell upon the book, Crazy Sexy Diet. It looked bright, fun and not all about counting calories or carbs (because let's be honest, who has time to weight and measure every bit of food they eat and oh how that seems to just suck the fun right out of eating). The book seemed to be more focused on strengthening the inner-self (mind, body, spirit and soul) versus a book telling you exactly what to do and why what you have been doing is wrong. I set it down because I was really only looking for a healthy recipe book, but after scanning a few others I just kept being drawn to this book. So, that was it - this was the one. As I started reading I couldn't have been more excited to find that this book was exactly what I have been needing - a new outlook on life. Filled with facts, encouragement, structure and lots of helpful ideas I was ecstatic!
Come to find out this was new, up and coming. Two days later the author, Kris Carr, appeared on Good Morning America, the day or t
wo after her book became a #1 book on Amazon and only a few days after that it was sold out everywhere! Kris's story is amazing, how she battled an incurable cancer and although she still has cancer, her change of diet and lifestyle has saved her life. I want to be another Kris Carr. Better yet, I want to be a healthy, crazy, sexy, fully of spark Emily Auman!<---- Sexy, healthy I would LOVE to get back to!
Well, I am over half-way through the book and loving every page I read! There is a great support website where so many women and men who have started this lifestyle can give and get together, give help, advice support, comfort and love. The women on there are brave and simply amazing. I am excited to say that I am going to be starting my 21 day cleanse/detox on Sunday. This is just 21 days of purely eating healthy (No sugars, processed foods, dairy, meats, gluten). This cleanse is just to rid your body of all the unhealthy and unwanted toxins and to help return your body to its natural and most healthy pH balance. After the 21 days it's up to you, whether you decide to eat 60/40 or 80/20 of alkaline/acid. My personal goal is to stay dairy and meat free since I strongly believe that those are my main reasons for health decay. I am afraid, as this will be a complete change for me, but I have support, love and faith which is more than enough for me - and I believe the best thing for me to continue on track, is to... blog it! :)
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