Its been 3 months since I started Budwig. Budwig Protocol is supposed to be able to correct diabetes and high cholesterol. At the beginning of Feb, my labs showed pre- diabetes + marginally high cholesterol. Yesterday, I had labs drawn for both. Plus, I weighed myself on the clinic scale. It shows 11 lbs higher than my home scale! Ugh! By this scale's account, I've only lost 21 lbs! It doesn't really matter which is the more accurate. What matters is that when the same one is used, it's only 21 lbs, not 32. (2 days in a row, last week, I weighed 5 lbs less, but, then, the scales sprang right back up to the plateau I've been on.) Also, I'm still down 2 pant sizes.
Reminder to self: This protocol is about healing, first and foremost. I feel wonderful.
I have energy and can exercise without rebound symptoms. Though I sometimes still have to fight sleepiness after a meal, I can overcome it. I'm not developing cysts in response to repetitive exercise. I hardly ever experience pain any more. In fact any I do experience is on my walks and can be taken care of with a couple of arnica pellets. My body is not over reacting to needle sticks, thorns and kitty pricks. I think I've only had one HA since starting Budwig. I'm getting things done around the house and yard. And, I now trust my body, which is a huge shift from the baseline despair of every feeling good ever again that I had lived with since the late 1980's.
Do I still have Fibromyalgia? I suppose I do, but I have to say, with this protocol, it is well managed. The only symptom I really notice is stiffness which occurs when I have been sitting and then stand to walk. It takes a few steps before I can get upright. Also, I haven't worked on limbering, yet, so I'm pretty sure there is still enough stiffness to make floor sitting uncomfortable and I'm never eager to get down on the floor without some piece of furniture nearby with which to haul myself up. Nor have I been working on upper body strength. That's coming though.
If I had to make a choice, while I would rather be svelte than fat, I would rather feel wonderful and be healthy than look svelte. I really am not overeating. In fact, I still am not doing the whole protocol just because, when I tried doing the whole amount of food, I started gaining weight, and I saw no point, since my health was returning so quickly with the amounts I had been eating. Hopefully, there will be more weight loss, but whether or not that happens, recognizing the protocol as responsible for how great I feel, I'm committed to staying on it for a year at least, and after that, for as long as I continue in such great health!
To feel better at age 72 than I did at 44 seems miraculous to me.
In profound gratitude as well as celebration!
Reminder to self: This protocol is about healing, first and foremost. I feel wonderful.
I have energy and can exercise without rebound symptoms. Though I sometimes still have to fight sleepiness after a meal, I can overcome it. I'm not developing cysts in response to repetitive exercise. I hardly ever experience pain any more. In fact any I do experience is on my walks and can be taken care of with a couple of arnica pellets. My body is not over reacting to needle sticks, thorns and kitty pricks. I think I've only had one HA since starting Budwig. I'm getting things done around the house and yard. And, I now trust my body, which is a huge shift from the baseline despair of every feeling good ever again that I had lived with since the late 1980's.
Do I still have Fibromyalgia? I suppose I do, but I have to say, with this protocol, it is well managed. The only symptom I really notice is stiffness which occurs when I have been sitting and then stand to walk. It takes a few steps before I can get upright. Also, I haven't worked on limbering, yet, so I'm pretty sure there is still enough stiffness to make floor sitting uncomfortable and I'm never eager to get down on the floor without some piece of furniture nearby with which to haul myself up. Nor have I been working on upper body strength. That's coming though.
If I had to make a choice, while I would rather be svelte than fat, I would rather feel wonderful and be healthy than look svelte. I really am not overeating. In fact, I still am not doing the whole protocol just because, when I tried doing the whole amount of food, I started gaining weight, and I saw no point, since my health was returning so quickly with the amounts I had been eating. Hopefully, there will be more weight loss, but whether or not that happens, recognizing the protocol as responsible for how great I feel, I'm committed to staying on it for a year at least, and after that, for as long as I continue in such great health!
To feel better at age 72 than I did at 44 seems miraculous to me.
In profound gratitude as well as celebration!