Re: new member.. weight problem

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> you say you're eating natural.... can you give more specifics

about what you eat, drink..

> Second question (I'm seemingly braindead today)... what are

EM's?

> Is this the only cleanse you've done?

> Juicing - 3 day fasts are good for dropping weight among the

other benefits..

> Suzi>

Hi Suzi,

I was all raw for almost a year about 7 years ago and have been

mostly raw or all raw for most of the time since then. Except for

during the fiirst few months of being all raw, I've always included

raw eggs and dairy. I've dabbled in a few other raw animal

products in the past few years. When we have meat, it's usually

grassfed and either slow-cooked in bone broth or very rare. We

have our own goat meat and sausage made with no msg or

nitrates.We also have our own chickens and eggs. I usually have

kefir every day and at least 2 glasses of raw goat milk, usually

warm, fresh and taken by itself. We eat raw soaked almonds,

sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds. Homemade salad

dressings from Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Cold-Pressed Sesame OIl,

raw vinegar, homegrown eggs, etc. Fruit is usually not organic,

but I don't eat an abundance of it unless it is. We eat an

abundance of wild greens.. usually a wild salad almost every day

from April to November. We have raw grassfed butter and raw ice

cream made with our own eggs, our own honey and our own

cream. We drink fermented whey soda with EM's every day. EM's

are efficient microbes (http://www.eminfo.info) I've tried various

changes to my diet and nothing helps, though I know I'll gain if I

start eating too much cooked, especially cooked starches but

also cooked meat. I can't get weight to come off, even if I go

all-raw and down to 900 calories a day (not that calories matter,

just to give you an indication of how much food is eaten).

Thanks,

Meg

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Meg,

I really think you need to do a master cleanse.. (in the files) also known as the lemonade cleanse, at least a colon cleanse... and lay off the dairy for now.. Keifer is okay but cut it back some Do more veggie juices. I'm sure Don will have alot more to say but I would cut back on the dairy and start doing more veggie juicing .. Also, how much water do you drink a day??? That would be a big help..You need to be drinking water (lots).. this may be part of the problem also.I've read a bit on the EM's will have to research more... what happens if you don't take them...?

Suzi

megdcl2 <lund@...> wrote:

I was all raw for almost a year about 7 years ago and have been mostly raw or all raw for most of the time since then. Except for during the fiirst few months of being all raw, I've always included raw eggs and dairy. I've dabbled in a few other raw animal products in the past few years. When we have meat, it's usually grassfed and either slow-cooked in bone broth or very rare. We have our own goat meat and sausage made with no msg or nitrates.We also have our own chickens and eggs. I usually have kefir every day and at least 2 glasses of raw goat milk, usually warm, fresh and taken by itself. We eat raw soaked almonds, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds. Homemade salad dressings from Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Cold-Pressed Sesame OIl, raw vinegar, homegrown eggs, etc. Fruit is usually not organic, but I don't eat an abundance of

it unless it is. We eat an abundance of wild greens.. usually a wild salad almost every day from April to November. We have raw grassfed butter and raw ice cream made with our own eggs, our own honey and our own cream. We drink fermented whey soda with EM's every day. EM's are efficient microbes (http://www.eminfo.info) I've tried various changes to my diet and nothing helps, though I know I'll gain if I start eating too much cooked, especially cooked starches but also cooked meat. I can't get weight to come off, even if I go all-raw and down to 900 calories a day (not that calories matter, just to give you an indication of how much food is eaten).Thanks,Meg

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Ok, you really don't want to do a cleanse while nursing... in fact doing any kind of detoxing while nursing is not the best as the toxins could leave thru the milk also.

So how much water you drinking a day????

Suzimegdcl2 <lund@...> wrote:

> I've read a bit on the EM's will have to research more... what happens if you don't take them...?> Suzi> Well, I've only been taking them for 7 months and my problem was there well before that. They definitely help and I've gotten a ton of old stuff out of my colon and some parasites since taking them. They've worked far better than the cleanses I've done. I've done the Arise & Shine and a few other fasts. I'm usually pregnant or nursing so that limits me. I'm nursing now but not a lot.Thanks,Meg

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megdcl2 wrote:

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> Hi,

>

> sent me here from the Kefir-Making list. I've been natural

> for 11 years and have overcome a multitude of health problems

> through diet, but still have a lingering weight problem. After my

> last pregnancy, I piled on 30 lbs. in the 3-6 month post-partum

> and haven't been able to budge it. I especially " blow out " in my

> liver area (history of hepatitis and had a barium x-ray 20 years

> ago). I've been using EM's for 8 months and have noticed

> different " cleansing " things such as what looks like nests of

> dead worms. Since I seem to particularly blow out when I do the

> " right thing " , it seems like it might be part of the healing. My " gut

> feeling " :-) is that I have lots more of these nests and they're

> causing blockages as they break off from the walls of my colon.

> We have a colema board and I've tried a few 5-gallon enemas

> with EM's, but didn't see any benefit and they take so much time

> to do that I haven't gotten around to doing more. I'm at 215 lbs.

> now, despite eating an NT-style, Maker's Diet type diet with

> almost no grains and mostly raw. I'm blessed with my own

> grassfed goats and jersey cows. For a few weeks I was

> replacing meals with fresh warm goat milk and felt great, but

> didn't see much, if any, weight loss. The next week I tried Phase I

> of the Maker's Diet and put everything back on and then some. I'll

> admit I cheated a little, to the tune of a couple of tsps. of our

> homegrown really raw honey a day to get the kefir down, but

> stuck to it pretty well overall. I'm back to the goat milk think

> because at least then I won't gain anything.

>

> I also wanted to mention that I was using " properly prepared "

> basmati rice for a few days prior to finally get the " nest " out and

> have wondered if anyone here has healed themselves of

> intestinal problems with this method. Just to ward off the

> questions, no, the worms didn't look like the rice.. they are about

> 2 inches long and rather translucent.

>

> Thanks for any advice in advance!

> Blessings,

> Meg

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Hi Meg,

Welcome to the group. Do peruse the files and message archives at your

leisure and make yourself at home.

Sounds like you have some interesting stuff going on with your body. I

wonder if you have had your thyroid tested? Not that it matters too

much as the tests are not all that accurate anyhow. But I tend to think

you might have an underactive thyroid. Not uncommon.

Your best bet on this one is to do a thorough bowel cleanse, change your

diet to only raw fruits and green leafy veggies. Cut out the dairy,

meat, animal products and any processed foods that you are eating along

with eating cooked anything. Start doing some juice cleansing and/or

fasting and then jump into a total body cleanse (either the Master

Cleanse, Shultze's total body cleanse or others). You might also

consider making a fomentation of 3 parts mullein and 1 part lobelia,

soak a flannel in it and place it as hot as you can stand on your

thyroid region, cover with plastic wrap and leave on all night. Do this

6 nights a week and take the 7th. night off. Then resume again using the

6 on 1 off schedule. This is very beneficial for the thyroid. You might

also consider adding more kelp or dulce into your diet as well. Eat lots

of sprouts too. All grains should be sprouted as should all seeds and

nuts. Use only sprouted grains and do not cook them. Dehydrate so your

preserve the enzymes and nutrients.

Do drink lots of water and add some freshly squeezed lemon to it with

every glass you drink (should drink at least 3/4 to 1 gallon per day,

preferrably distilled or RO water.

Cleansing the body is the only way to remove obstruction, congestion and

constipation of the tissues and organs. There is no other way. Fasting

and cleansing. Eating all raw will give your body the necessary minerals

(organic form) that your body will use to repair and rebuild with. It

will also give your body the necessary enzymes it needs. Do drink lots

of fresh juiced vegetables and freshly juiced fruits. Lots!!!! Losing

weight takes time. Don't rush it. Going all raw and doing the above you

will eventually start to lose the weight. The longer you continue the

more you will lose until your body reaches its preferred weight.

If you must use any dairy, animal products, etc do so in very small

amounts and only raw. Never pasteurized, cooked, etc.

The more you cleanse the easier you will lose the weight. I understand

that intense cleanses are not really conducive while you are breast

feeding. However, you can go all raw cut way down on the dairy and

meats. Then when the situation is more open you can do some serious

cleansing and fasting.

Interesting web site on EM. Lot to be said about fermented foods and

their benefits on the body.

Again, welcome to the group and peace be with you Meg.

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Peace, love and light,

Don Quai

" Spirit sleeps in the mineral, breathes in the vegetable, dreams in the animal

and wakes in man. "

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