A bit more than 7 years ago I met JPS online. We were both on Atkins and we both found our way to a support board and quickly we became friends. She was in Chicago at the time, and she was always saying something to me about my “research” – she would ask me if I was working on a “little r” or a “BIG R” depending on whatever I was into at the moment. Some research I would do would take days for me to come to conclusions, some would be almost immediate. And I did then, what I do now, shared with anyone that would listen.

She used to joke with me all the time about doing research for a living. You see, this woman has a PhD in Sociology and has done her share of research in her time in school, college and post graduate studies. She knew first hand that people make a lot of money researching things for other people. I would always laugh and tell her it’s just something I enjoy doing. HA!

I thought it would be interesting for you to see what a typical day in the life of Biz goes like when I start obsessing about something. What is quite something is that I am always obsessing about SOMETHING so this is pretty much how all my days go. And just so that you don’t think I don’t do anything else but look at the computer all day, please understand that I home school, run BootCamp – I am a mom and homemaker, and I do crafts, so my days are pretty filled. But research is a fun hobby of mine, and thank goodness for the internet cause that makes it so much easier to research than the hours I used to spend at the Library, cause yes, this has been like this my entire life.

My obsession started yesterday when chatting with Dawn on Yahoo. If you want to get technical, something happened on my load – from Sunday to Monday. Monday morning I woke feeling positively AWFUL after my protein fest at Golden Corral. I hadn’t eaten that much protein in an awful long time, and when I woke up on Monday the mere thought of eating anything related to meat pretty much grossed me out. I decided early in the day to do a veggie type day, and actually enjoyed it immensely. So Tuesday I feel like I can do this again, but this time let me try Vegan and yes, that worked well too.

Yesterday, I found myself going out of town for a bit without being prepared so I ended up grabbing a few bananas at the convenience store thinking that would last me till I got home and it did. I ate like 3 oz of cooked pork and then hopped on the computer and found Dawn in chat. She asked me if I had seen something on a site I don’t exactly care for about doing hCG Vegan and I was like, no, and then she brought out some points that she had read (but didn’t save) so I proceeded to head over to that site and look for what she was talking about.

So one thing lead to another and I started obsessing about Protocol and Vegan. Could it be done? What are the ramifications? Is it a good idea? How can I make sure I get enough protein? Will it last? All sorts of questions that needed answers. Dawn and I chatted a bit last night and I was doing a bit of research on it, to which I continued today.

This morning I started with trying to find some new recipes to make green smoothies. I ended up at Green Smoothie Girl – wow, chalk full of information there. Some things I agree with, some things I don’t – her myths are well worth the read so I would encourage it immensely. While reading her stuff, I came across a name that was unfamiliar to me, and this was a Doctor that had done some extensive studies about proteins and such in what has now known as The China Study – wow, that one pretty much blew my mind. Read it, Dr Colin Campbell is one amazing human being.

So this blew my mind, so much so that I discussed with my Vegan friend this morning this book and if it was worth the cost of buying it, so she told me YES by all means get it and we could read it together. Ok, done. So that is on it’s way. While I was fiddling around the HTA site, I got a Twit from a professional blogger I follow on the subject of The Internet Is Getting Gray – it looked interesting so I went ahead and clicked on the link and was fascinated by the fact that older people are getting on the internet – like really older people, like the 70 – 74 year olds. That was fascinating to me because I just found out one of the members of HTA who has just recently joined BootCamp is 80 years old. I was just thrilled beyond belief to find that out, that just positively RAWKS!!!

So I am still obsessing about doing protocol Vegan, and even considering doing more than a few days a week when off of protocol Vegan and so I asked myself, hmmm, what would I miss if I were Vegan? Better yet, if I did it RAW Vegan??? First thing was Hummus, can Hummus be made Vegan? This lead me to this video on Raw Hummus – ok, another thing I would miss is mayo, can mayo be made raw? And lookie here – it sure can! Raw Mayo

So again, Dawn and I are chatting a bit and I am telling her I am really concerned about getting enough protein trying to do a raw lifestyle and asked her what her thoughts were on adding a raw egg to my smoothie, so I started doing research on if people did this, and for sure they DO. I found this site on making Raw Smoothies with Raw Egg and in it, was something called Goat’s Milk (or Goat’s Protein). Now what is so interesting about Goat’s Protein is that I had just had a conversation with my sister about dairy proteins.

Seems that Terrie (My ND) had told my sister that it’s not necessarily that people are allergic to dairy but that the protein found in cows milk is very “heavy” and that it is meant to be that way because their bones need it, but our bones don’t need to be as dense as a cows, so we develop inflammation because our bodies cannot assimilate the proteins (that is a very OVER SIMPLIFIED EXPLANATION) – ok, so I told this to Dawn, and Dawn agreed. Then Dawn proceeds to inform me that there are actually cows that are being bred out there that have a different type of protein and that their “milk” is much better for us. Ok, this is weird. I was like Dawn, where did you see that. Dawn shows me this article about Dairy and Milk Proteins and then shows me this kicker on THE A1 vs A2 MILK STORY – at the end of that article was something that says “Devil in the Milk” so I Google that and came up with this fascinating video – A1 and A2 Milk Proteins. O.M.G.

Ok, so then I try to go back to where I was before in how much protein do I need and I find this articleHow much protein do we really need? – again, a very interesting read.

Then it was time to play mom and get dinner going and stuff. But that is what I go through each and every day in regards to the protocol. It’s fun, it’s interesting, and it contributes to a healthier lifestyle.

So I ask you, are you impressed? HA! You will be more impressed when I come up with a conclusion. I just wanted the masses to know that a lot of thought process goes into everything I go off about. It’s not just willy nilly passing thoughts. It is sometimes days, more often weeks of careful examination of things before I share my findings. The stuff a lot of you get in BootCamp has come from months and months of research. Conclusions from dealing with literally hundreds and hundreds of people to figure out what works and what doesn’t. I love it, I really do, but sometimes I think there are some out there that think I fly by the seat of my pants. Well I don’t. So there.

Today? I was RAW – I am not gonna move forward with my ‘findings’ until I figure out if this works or not. So give me a couple of days ok? Have I steered you wrong yet, wait, don’t answer that!

In case you haven’t already looked at my current stats, I lost 1.2 overnight. I am thinking I will have another great loss tomorrow! WOOHOO FOR ME!!!

By the way, my stats can be found on this page: Current Stats

NNN – oh yeah, you got that right, we do have to be obsessive for this to work! Well then, we qualify!!!

Allicat – oh well, if your gonna go off, then going off on mac nuts are the only way to go! HA! I will share, soon, I promise!

Amie – ha! Yup, how did I know you would take JUST such an attitude! HA! Gotta love stability!

Monica – awwww, really Moni, your sweet, thank you. I know you girls wont let me go wacky on you!!!

Cat – I hear that Cat – let’s lead the way together! HA! I always said I was the pied piper leading the rats to their destruction! HA!

M – omg, no I can’t be responsible for that, don’t worry, it wont be TOO much longer!!!

Got a few eMails and comments about the little point I made yesterday about the allergy found with the hCG – interesting that this subject even came up with the ND in the first place.

My ND has been on hCG – and her daughter as well. During her daughters first round she wasn’t losing very well, and came up with the thought that she might have been allergic to the hCG – come to find out, that was the case, how weird is that? We can be allergic to just about everything, so why couldn’t we be allergic to the hCG?

Question is why did I not experience hardships during my first 4 rounds, but then all of a sudden I did? Simply put my body underwent some changes – well, not just SOME but a lot of changes, and what I might not have been allergic to previously might have reared it’s ugly head. The allergy could have manifested itself as an imbalance of hormones, or for it to not ‘set’ the hypothalamus or a whole host of things.

My advice to any of you out there. Find a NAET Practitioner in your area, or someone that does this kind of testing to see if your allergic to the hCg. They can reverse it. Honest injun.

Update on my weight story. Now that you all know I have been dealing with the hormone problem for quite some time, it will not surprise you to find out that I had gained a total of 44 lbs since my last official round, which was in September of 2008 – most of that was part of my trip to Hawaii (stress) and then the cruise (fun stress) and then the winter break and then the subsequent try of another round in January that ended in failure because of the hormones. I was 44 lbs over LIW when I took off to Baton Rouge on February 19th – the last 15 or so pounds were put on between January 25th and February 19th. I could do absolutely NOTHING right. I would do a correction day, try to eat a normal P3 day and then bam, and I would gain more than I lost. I kinda got really tired of that. And of course, coupled with the fact that I had hormonal issues, I wasn’t doing well.

Since that Friday night, February 20, the first visit with the ND I have lost 9.4 lbs not really trying to do anything spectacular. So starting today I decided to put my nose to the grindstone and get back on High Fat to see how far it would take me. So over the next few days I will be letting you know where I stand on my way back to LIW – since I can’t go back on hCG until I see the ND again (which will be the first weekend of April) my goal will be to make a concentrated effort on working my way back down.

Here we go, on the losing train!

It’s been a long time coming.

Things, they are a-changing.

Over the last week I have been in a state of what feels like suspended animation.  My mind has been clearer than it has been for months, dare I say years, yet it has taken me this long to really find the right brushes to paint a picture for you of where I am at.

The meeting with the ND went beyond expectations.  Sure, I know, in this crazy mixed up world we all live in that I will never have perfect health (physical, mental or emotional) but I feel that I am finally on a path that moves forward with more clarity than I have had in a long while.

The allergy elimination was only the tip of the iceberg, there was so much more that was accomplished that weekend.  The ‘emotional release’ was the kicker.  It’s amazing when given the chance how our bodies can respond to positive energy.

Several things have transpired since that meeting with the ND – several things on my plate that I will share over the next few days.  I could do one of my ‘profound’ novels as a post entry – but in my best interests (after all, this is ALL about me) I will dish it out a bit at a time.

First, let me introduce you to my ND (Naturopathic Doctor) – Terrie Porras, ND – Alternative Health Services – if anyone is in her area, she is worth a visit.  What I had done was not true Allergy Elimination according to NAET techniques, but rather Allergy Reversal – done much quicker than NAET treatments, but the process is basically the same.  Terrie does 3 treatments:

• Food
• Chemical/Environmental
• Hormones

And she says they can be done in maximum of 3 days, instead of multiple treatments over time.

Several highlights of the allergy reversals:

• All 15 hormones were out of whack for me (Terrie asked “How were you functioning?”  Um, duh)
• Allergies to all foods except Veggies (yeah, I could have told you that)
• Metabolized NOTHING correctly
• 7 different organs under stress (including the thyroid)
• Allergy to hCG (HA!  This explains a lot!)

So, there is a tidbit.  I will be offering more as the days progress.  Had to start somewhere.  Also want to announce that the blog will be going under some massive changes over the next few days.  Hang on friends, it’s gonna be a great ride!