Day 9, week no. 2

Last night when I went to sleep I was feeling AWFUL. I had headache, at one point I thought I was going to vomit so I went to bed absolutely exhausted and my last thought was that this DETOXING was a bad idea. 

Then when I woke up this morning the strangest thing happen; I felt so GOOD. I divide my arthritis pain and trouble in three categories.

Tiredness in my body: then I don't have extreme pain but I still have some BUT is manageble

Movement: I have trouble with movements and doing things

Pain: Extreme pain which makes life no fun:(

This morning I only had tiredness in my body and just slight trouble with moving around and the best part of all I felt so energetic. 

I even cleaned my entire flat. Something that I have been putting off because I haven't been feeling good. My flat hasn't been so clean since Christmas. It took me the whole day to clean the flat because I had to a few breaks over the day nevertheless I managed to clean. I even vacuumed which I haven't been able to do for a quite long time. My husband pitched in on the last meters when I was getting tired. Then he made the supper and went out to buy treats for me. I have been craving SUGAR all day. 

What I did wrong regarding the detox was that I didn't prepare enough. I didn't have enough detox food at home.  

Day 8 DETOX DAY

I'm so unbelievable exciting about my detox day. I have never done it before so I'm only going to it for one day.  

Turned out that I should have prepared a little more than I did. I don't have juicer so I couldn't make juice at home, had to go to Whole Foods. Then I ran out of miso-soup. Which led to at 10 o'clock in the evening I was STARVING.  So I had a banana and oatmeal. 


Next time I will prepare better and have enough food at home which is detox-safe. It felt good so it's definitively something that I will try again. 

Day 7 was a rollercoaster

I was really glad because it was candy day. I do love my candy day. The sun was shining and I spent most of the day outside. 

The sad part was I couldn't do some things today because of my lovely arthritis that I will overcome by time and the right diet. So I cried, in a coffee shop. Luckily my husband was there and I didn't make any scene. I was just so utterly sad that I couldn't go with my friends on a walking tour.

Another good thing today was that I was feeling great. I have less pain and I'm taking less of the painkillers so the diet-thing is working a little bit.

After candy day comes DETOX DAY. I have never detoxed and I find it hard to believe but I can't wait to try it out. I have read on other arthritis blog sites that people find relief by detoxing. I'm only going to do it for one day. It's my first time and I don't think it's wise to do more days for the first round.

DETOX-MENU

Water

Green tea

Miso-soup

Fresh juice from Whole foods 

I'm going to have a quiet day and watch my favorite TV-shows, knit and if I'm up for it do a little bit of cleaning.

Day 5 is detox the answer?

It is rather hard getting up in the mornings. It honestly takes me the whole morning to wake up, get up, have breakfast and get dressed. In the mornings the problems isn't the pain but I have this unbelievable tiredness in my legs.

I have been reading a lot of arthritis blogs recently. There are some great blogs out there. My reason for reading them is to learn how to fight the arthritis and cure it. I truly believe it's possible. In my case taking drugs did miracle but it never really healed anything. I still continued to suffer from arthritis but when I was on the medicines I could work, study and have a social life. It's been one year since I took my last tablet. I went off the medicines in the hope that I would get pregnant. My husband and I both thought it would just take few months to get pregnant. Sadly that hasn't been the case. One year later, no baby, just arthritis in full flame. 

I was surprisingly good first seven months. The last five months have been hell. I went from being in school and working part-time job to nothing. I had to quit everything, I have trouble doing simple house chores and going out to meet up with friends. 

However the arthritis blogs have given me hope that it is possible to cure the arthritis with food. I made up 30 day challenge for me where I was going to eat healthy food, have one-free day a week (eat whatever I want) and exercise. Now I'm thinking that I should add detox to the challenge after reading this post 3 day miracle and this blog Jens ra journey. I have never detoxed but I'm willing to try anything and it can't hurt. Now I just have to find some detoxing programs. Any recommendation?

Day 1

First day of my health challenge, 30 days to go. So far the day has been good and I'm sticking to the plan. 

For breakfast I had delicious raw oat meal. I got the recipe from Ani's Rwa Food Essentials.  I LOVE this recipe, it's so easy to make and good. My husband use to cook for us oatmeal in the morning but after whole winter of traditional oat meal, I needed something new. I don't think that I could survive another winter of just plain oat meal. Luckily I don't have to eat the traditional version any longer.

I woke up rather late to day. I'm taking medicines for my anxiety and it is just crazy how much sleep I need know. I think I sleep like three hours more when I'm on them. My husband and I went to the gym which was almost empty because of the spring break. I like it when the gym is slow, you don't have to any waiting. I did weight lifting, I absolutely love weight lifting. I can't wait when I can lift 40 lb. Now I use 2,5lb and 5lb weights, it's not much but it is only the beginning.  I have to be very careful when I'm in the gym because if I do to much I'm out for the next days. Hopefully I will be way better after 30 days of healthy lifestyle. 

Yesterday my husband made a dish from our favorite cookbook, Madhur Jaffrey Indian cooking. It was simple but good. When I was growing up we had potatoes every single day so when I started cooking on my own, potatoes aren't my first choice.  But these babies are nothing like the boiled one I had when I was young.

I'm feeling positive that I will stick to the plan rest of the day

We see what happens