New Diet... Maybe

So, I am so sad and so confused about what to start eating tomorrow when my cleanse is "over." Basically I am in just as much pain as I was for the few years before the cleanse. And then tonight when I was telling Tim about my new diet, I realized the new diet is exactly what I was eating when I starting having stomach pain to begin with. That diet was mostly grains, legumes, brown rice, normal amounts of dairy and green veggies. I was so sick all the time, but I did lose a lot of weight.

So, I would like to start a vegan diet, but if my problem is actually Candida, then a should try the Candida diet. The diets are basically opposite.

For now I plan to start solid foods in phases:
Phase 1 -- veggies (mostly cooked), salad, sweet potatoes fries (just because I like them), carrots and avocado, hummus with celery, veggie broth

Phase 2 -- Rice, slop (beans, tomatoes, rice, green peppers), nuts and seeds, yogurt, veggie and beans curries.

Phase 3 -- Eggs, a little honey, organic chicken, more beans, apples, veggie egg rolls, marinara sauce on rice, gnocchi or pasta (small amounts), lemon, lots of apple cider vinegar for flavor.

NO: No bread, no milk, no cheese. no fruit, no salt, no peanuts, no "lots of other things like sugar and catchup"


Candida Diet

Good

Meat

Rice

Cook vegetable: steam or gril

Garlic

Onions

All vegetables (Fewer legumes, Corn, carrots, and potatoes)

Yogurt

Probiotics

Beef

Chickens

Eggs

Fish

Nuts and seeds

Buckwheat

Millet

Amaranth

Quinoa

Wild and Brown Rice

Olive Oil

Bad

No Gluten

No Fruit

No Cheese

No Citric Acid

No Perservatives

No Peanuts

No Mushrooms

No Catchup, mayonaise, salad dressing, soy sauce,

No Sugar

No honey

No syrup

No lactose

No Milk

No Chocolate

No Fructose

No vinegar

No corn, carrots, beans, potatoes, sweet potatoes, squash

Ok

Berries

Apples

Apple Cider Vinegar

Next Purchase

I want to buy the trigger point workbook and a theracane.

http://www.triggerpointbook.com/index.html
http://www.wisdomking.com/product17605.html

Prune Juice Works Fast

So, I am ending my first day of a three-day juice cleanse. It is intense, but it's not that big of a deal. Yes, my intestines have been talking to be me all day, and I have had to run to the bathroom a few times. But basically I feel fine and not that hungry. I think it comes from the years of feeling like I have to pee. I am no stranger to the feeling that my insides are flooding, and stomach pain is an old friend.

I started this morning with 12 oz of prune juice mixed with 3 oz of grade juice, 2 T. of olive oil and 2 drops of lemon essential oil. I shook it up and headed for work. Then an hour later I started a routine of 8 oz. of apple juice and then 8 oz of water every hour. It got a little in intense, but for the most part I felt full and happy. My body has felt a bit weak, but I have not been as tired today as I was the last two days of normal eating. I got really cold at one point so I create a hot tea from water with lemon and ginger essential oils. Loved it.

When I got home from work, I had 4 oz of prune juice and 8 oz of grade juice with olive oil and lemon drops. I called this dinner. And I will finish the night with 8 oz of apple juice and about 16 oz of water.

Tomorrow I'll repeat the whole show, and hopefully when I do it all again on Friday, I'll feel a little more normal.

Purchased on May 18

Melaleuca
Roman Chamomile
Eucalyptus

$50 in points and the rest was cash

Next purchase

Roman Chamomile -- $33, tea, calming, colic, cuts, cystitis, dermatitis, dysmenorrhea, earache, flatulence, hair, headache, inflamed skin, insect bites, insomnia, nausea, PMS, sores, stress, wounds. (Combine with mandarin, lavender and vanilla), soothe stomachaches and relieve teething pain. Chamomile Oil can also help combat depression, insomnia and stress. The oil is also noted to neutralize allergies, cleanse the blood and support the liver in releasing toxins.

Melaleuca --$19, infections such as cold sores, athlete's foot, yeast infections, acne problems, insect bites and minor cuts, scrapes or scratches
The book

Order on Monday and have Lizza bring it to spin class.

Cleansing

I'm going to do a Juice Cleanse. And then a few weeks later, I am going to do a colon cleanse. It is all a little crazy, but I think I really need it.

I have a book by Dr. Christopher. I will use his cleanse as a guide. It is highly restrictive. The part I can't do from his is the diet you have to be on after the cleanse -- it is a bit crazy. Instead I will following the solid food guidelines from other cleanses.

Before the cleanse: Take extra time to meditate, cut out meat and dairy for 4 days, cut out wheat for 2 days, buy all the juice, borrow a juicer.

During the cleanse: 16 oz of prune juice in the morning, 2 T. olive oil 3 times a day, fresh apple juice (or other juices) every half hour followed by water. (About a gallon of juice and a gallon of water each day of the cleanse.)

After the cleanse: Take major probiotics (start small and build up), eat steamed veggies, apple sauce and salad (avocado), then add brown rice, then beans, then trail mixes sans chocolate, then hot cereals, then small amounts of organic chicken, then yogurt and honey, then bread and sandwiches.

Keep off dairy, meat and eggs for at least one month.

Other parts of the plan:
Visit Dr. Remington
Get tested for Candidiasis
Buy raw milk from Huckleberry Dairy 801-808-0997
Get a comprehensive Stool Analysis
Take a IGg4 test
Take Aloe Vera Juice and ground flax seed

Instructions for a Juice Cleanse

1. Step 1

   Choose a long weekend or 3 day period when you can set aside demands on your time. Take the opportunity for reflection, reading or other forms of quiet relaxation. Ideally, it should be during the warmer months.

2. Step 2

   Prepare for the fast by reducing or eliminating alcohol, nicotine, sugar, dairy, caffeine, meat and fish, eggs and wheat from the diet. Eat mainly beans, organic fruits and vegetables.

3. Step 3

   Consume at least 32 to 64 oz. of fruit and vegetable juice during each day of the fast. Sip the juice throughout the day.

4. Step 4

   Process the fruit and vegetable juice as needed, or purchase it fresh from a juice bar at a health food store. Include fresh carrots, apples, pineapples, cranberries, beets, spinach, kale and cabbage for low-acid juices. Add green vegetables and sprouts that contain high levels of chlorophyll.

5. Step 5

   Return gradually to solid foods. Begin by adding 2 pieces of fruit to your diet, then adding steamed green vegetables the next day. Next, add fresh salad and brown rice and progress to eggs and yogurt. Add chicken, fish or meat to the diet 5 to 6 days after the fast.

Candidiasis and Oregano Oil

A wise woman pointed out to day that I might have a condition called Chronic Candidasis -- this is an over growth of yeast in the bowels and other organs that leads to all kinds of hell that leads a girl to start testing essential oils. Looks like Oregano Oil might be a cure after all.

"Chronic candidiasis can be hard to spot, as its symptoms are the same as those of a number of other health issues. According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful.

• Eat foods low in refined carbs and sugars

  White flour, refined sugars, and fruit juices may help yeast grow in the intestine, so cut them out of your diet

• Try some beneficial bacteria

  Take a probiotic supplement that contains 10 billion colony-forming units a day of acidophilus or bifidobacteria to control yeast in the intestine

• Check out antifungal supplements

  To reduce yeast in the intestine, try caprylic acid (1,500 mg a day), supplemental garlic (5,000 mcg a day of allicin potential in an enteric-coated supplement), or oregano oil (0.2 to 0.4 ml a day of a coated supplement)

• Get a doctor’s opinion

  Tests can help you make sure your symptoms are not the result of another health problem

• Avoid eating foods like bread and cheese, which contain yeast and mold

  Eliminating these types of foods may reduce possible reactions due to sensitivities"

Tim's Tummy

McKenna: McKenna has been sick with a stomach bug for a few days. She's been throwing up and has had diarrhea. After her first bout of throwing up I put DigestZen (a blend of oils) mixed with olive oil on her belly. I put it on mine too to make sure it did not burn or anything. I couldn't really feel much going on. Anyway, she did not get sick again for almost 24 hours. I should have kept putting it on her. But I think it definitely calmed her stomach.

Jill: Now I have felt kind of sick all week too. I did not know what the problem was, but I did not think too hard about it because my stomach always hurts. But I did drink the DigestZen and put in on my belly several times. I think I had McKenna's illness but did not get as sick. After about 24 hours of no oils, I got the diarrhea and thought I was going to throw up for a little bit.

Tim: At the same time I got sick in the night, Tim got way sick too. We all totally had the same bug, but it acted a little different with each of us. Tim let me rub the digestZen on his tummy in the morning. He admitted that it actually made him feel better. He stayed in bed all day, but he said his stomach didn't hurt as bad anymore. He also let me put pastTense on his aching shoulders. He said that just made him hot. But I think he liked it. He might be coming on board.

Lavender for burns

Lizza told me that lavender can be used on burnt skin.

Yesterday I used a hot pad with a whole in it to pull a dish out of the oven. Ouch.

I have quarter inch long blister on the inside of the thumb. Apparently I used that part of my hand for everything because it is killing me, and I keep bumping it. I had a band-aid with a medical cream on it last night.

After my bath this morning, I put the lavender on with no band-aid. I have not really felt the burn since. It feels great. I am really impressed.

Shopping List

Clove -- $14, external and internal pain reliever


Peppermint -- $21, indigestion (rub or eat), ease breathing


Roman Chamomile -- $33, tea, calming, colic, cuts, cystitis, dermatitis, dysmenorrhea, earache, flatulence, hair, headache, inflamed skin, insect bites, insomnia, nausea, PMS, sores, stress, wounds. (Combine with mandarin, lavender and vanilla), soothe stomachaches and relieve teething pain. Chamomile Oil can also help combat depression, insomnia and stress. The oil is also noted to neutralize allergies, cleanse the blood and support the liver in releasing toxins.


Grapefruit -- $16, mood, smell, fat reducing


On Guard -- $32, Zicam


Melaleuca --$19, infections such as cold sores, athlete's foot, yeast infections, acne problems, insect bites and minor cuts, scrapes or scratches


Eucalyptus -- $14, expectorant, cramps, calming,


Geranium -- $27, balance and skin care


Margoram -- $19, Aching muscles, amenorrhea, bronchitis, chiliblains, colic, coughing, excessive sex drive, flatulence, hypertension, muscle cramps, neuralgia, rheumatism, sprains, strains, stress, ticks.


Fractionated Coconut Oil -- $12, carrier oil


The book -- $25


Balance -- $20


Whisper -- $24


Slim and Sassy --$25

Crazy Oils and the new blog

I thought Tim was affectionately calling my essential oils, "Crazy Oil." Turns out he really thinks I am crazy. Too bad. I am going to blog about it anyway.

Read Band of Oils: The Essential Oil Experiment if you are at all interested in my dramatic journey to see if crazy oil can fix my depression, IBS, bladder issues, PMS, infertility and occasional case of bad parenting.

Fingers crossed.

Skeptical

Jill: I have to take back my new oils.

Tim: Why?

Jill: They're crappy.

Tim: Oh, the placebo in the other ones works better?

Camparison: Cheap Oil v. DoTerra

So, Lindsay called me yesterday and said, "Hey, they sell essential oils at the health food store. What's the difference? They are so much cheaper. Can we just buy those?"

I knew what Lizza would say. I knew what the DoTerra people would say, but I didn't really know. So, today I went to Good Earth food store in American Fork and bought 3 essential oils. I bought small bottles of Clove Bud, Peppermint, and Chamomile.

Well, the short story is: they suck. I'm returning them.

The long story goes like this: the first thing I noticed when I got home was what all three bottles say "For external uses only" in tiny letters on the side. Ah, that doesn't make sense. Isn't the whole game here the idea that the oils seep into your body and change your chemical make up? In my mouth or on my feet, it is all going in my body, right? Also, the external use red flag tells me that these oils are not safe for my kids and might have anything else in them. One bottle actually said 100% Pure Essential Oil, but the Web site said the Chamomile is mixed with another oil to make it cheaper. Dear me.

The other huge red flag for me was the smell of these oils. They did not smell pure. Now the DoTerra sales person said that a real essential oils feels like it goes right to your brain when you smell it. I thought she was full of crap until I tried it with the DoTerra oils, and it was totally true. I did not feel that way with these cheaper oils. That did not have the strong, pure and natural feeling.

So, basically, I am not comfortable with oils that I can not eat. I mentioned before that I am still trying to increase my faith that rubbing oil on my body does anything. So, of course, external use only is out of the picture.

I did not touch the cheap oils. I only opened the bottles, smelled them and read about them on various Web sites. I am going to try to take them back. The total cost of the three bottles was probably $24. Sweet. When I get my money back, I can buy an oil from Lizza.

I surrender.

Don't tell Tim.

Clove for teething

McKenna is teething, and so the next oil I want to try is clove oil on her gums.

Pretending for Quinn

Quinn has already started asking about the oils. Today I pretended to put some on my finger and then on her tooth like she asked. Worked like a charm, and I think her "tooth ache" feels better.

On my Feet

Today I tried rubbing Lavender on the bottom of my feet. I put it on the soft part above the heel because those are the reflexology points for the stomach, colon and intestines. We'll see. I could use a good trip to the ladies' room, but I think a big bowl of corn could take care of that too.

Teeth

I had a root canal early in the week. That area of my mouth is starting to hurt again. I think there is something wrong with another tooth, and I think my jaw is still mad about the root canal. I really do not want more root canals, so I thought I would try some oils. I rubbed a little Lemon oil right on the gums in that area. Not sure if it will help. I am going to do it two times a day for a few days and see that the effect is. Of course, my mouth might have felt better in a few days anyway, but this pain it seeming different than what I have felt in the past after a big root canal. So I think it is a fair test.

Several Hours Later: Not sure if the oil did it, but the pain reduced in that area, and I was able to isolate exactly where the pain was coming from. One half of the tooth with the root canal was hurting.

Weeks later: I went back to the dentist. The one half of the tooth was chopping to hard down on the bottom teeth. They filed it down. I still have some gum pain that I thing is caused by a bad crown. I am going to try clove oil next.

First Taste

I ingested my first drops of oil when I got home. I put a drop of Lavender and a drop of Lemon into an oz. of orange juice. Dear me. I could taste that lavender .... for the rest of the day. I was burping lavender all night. It took a giant slice of chocolate mousse cheesecake to make it go away. But I thought it was funny, and it reminded me of my new quest for several hours.

First Oils

I bought my first 2 oils yesterday. I bought Lemon for about $10, and Lizza bought me Lavender for about $21. Lizza ordered them online, and I picked them up at DoTerra in Orem a few hours later on my way more from work. The oils cost more if I buy them as a customer of Lizza's as opposed to buying them on Lizza's account.

Tummy or Feet

For some reason, I totally believe that taking the oils like a pill in a little capsule will heal me like medicine but putting them on my feet or something like that is all witch craft. It is just a block in my thinking, so that is something I will have to learn more about and work on.

Little Bottles of Oil

One thing that has always stressed me out about essential oils is that the bottles are small and expensive. I think I have a phobia that they will spill. Well, I feel better now because at the party I saw that they have a little cap on them that basically allows only one or two drops to come out at a time. Suddenly the whole thing felt more doable -- just because of the little cap. Simple minds. Simple pleasures.

Tim and Lindsay

Tim mocked me to no end as I got only half way through my party/ oil story. So I called Lindsay, and she is more than happy to be my buddy and take this journal with me.

Lindsay suggested that she join as a consultant, and then she and I will both buy our oils from her account. We'll both get the discount, but we will not be part of the multilevel marketing.

Marketing

I still hate multilevel marketing with a passion. Why can't this oil company just open a freaking store with smart sales people who work on commission? They could offer frequent buyer discount cards like Cafe Rio. What's the problem? It works for me.

Pain

Some people don't have pain. Their bodies function the way they should. Other people don't care about the pain and the long term effects of things. But I am not in this boat. If I want to feel 100 percent, have 100 babies, write 100 books, change the world and be President, I have to have continued control over my ills. That is what I want for myself.

I've been thinking about essential oils about once a month for a few years. They confuse me, and the minute people talk about them, the oils start to sound like magic pills. I grow skeptical. But I didn't come to earth with the strongest body; I gain weight, I don't get pregnant, I get knee and back aches, I have crappy teeth, I get depressed, I have horrible intestines, and I am constantly trying to feel better. So I don't have an excuse not to try essential oils. A few years ago I realized that the answer to my body is not traditional doctors or medicine. I have a message therapist/ magic chiropractor that has fixed a lot of my woes. I use yoga for a lot of physical and emotional pain, and I am convinced that my neti pot saved me from succumbing to the swine flu

So, it comes down to this: I got an email from Lizza about an essential oils party.

I hate "parties," and I hate the entire concept of multi-level marketing. But I trust Lizza to the core of my soul, and I knew it was time I start learning about essential oils. I went to the party, and fell in love with the possibility of treating my depression, bladder, stomach, intestines, and a few other pains with oils instead of drugs.

It is going to be a long process. I will have to do a lot of trial and error. I've started this blog to help me keep track of the progress and process of incorporating essential oils into my life. And, of course, I'll have to work the graveyard shift at a Seven Eleven to pay for it all, but I think it is worth it.