I figure an update is due on this...
It has now been a bit over 4 months on this journey and we've learned SO MUCH about food and how our bodies actually work. The wife is also going through some health issues and has been seeing a Holistic Doc trying to get her tuned up. She basically was in Adrenal Fatigue, most of her digestive system wasn't working properly and almost all of the nutrients she was trying to healthily eat were just passing right through without her body absorbing much. Through many rounds of detoxing, chelation, intensive food sensitivity tests and just plain old life style changes, we now have her pointed in the right direction as well.
About 90% of what she was ingesting, her body was rejecting...it's REALLY cramped her style but what we are hoping is once she finishes the chelation treatments she can slowly start adding things back into her diet to get good nutrients back into her system and restoring her strength. She's down to about 95#s from around 110# or so but her color is MUCH better and her digestive system is back in working order once again. Leaky gut and the issues that come with it are so prevalent in today's world yet so misunderstood and left untreated...I see it VERY clearly now. And I am now reading ingredient labels at the grocery store...whodathunk?
In other news...we joined a Fitness Center.
It's been over 20 years since we've belonged to any sort of a gym but we have a brand new Lifetime Fitness 1 mile from the house and it is super convenient and a very nice facility. The weather here mid summer makes it pretty difficult to exercise outside so we figured this was a good way to get back into shape and build some strength up. Part of the orientation includes a body scan which I'll share my results below. It was pretty interesting and really helps to develop a plan going forward to build back muscle and intake the appropriate nutrients and fuel needed to accomplish the goal.
Still not sure what the goal is yet, but I know that I'd like to replace some of the 25#s I've dropped in fat with some muscle.
Anyway, hope everyone's summer is going well...
