[EllaC]

I was on a behavioral fast to get God's attention and also to set my intentions for the year, so that's why I haven't updated in a while.

I started seed cycling in earnest. I can get most of the seeds at the place I normally grocery shop at, except for sesame seeds. Well, I could get them there, but they're packaged as spices in little spice bottles. Thankfully I have an Asian grocery store near me, and they have bags of them for a good price. I put one tablespoon of seeds in my oatmeal (more on said oatmeal shortly) at breakfast and one in my green smoothie at lunch. Tomorrow is day 15 of my cycle, so I'll be switching to sunflower seeds and sesame seeds. I'll put the sunflower seeds in my oats and, instead of putting the sesame seeds in my smoothie, I'm going to add them to other food like stir fries and salads. I'm also going to make tahini out of them and then make hummus.

This is what I'm doing with my oatmeal now: I do overnight oats in mason jars and put in almond milk, Greek yogurt, and pumpkin or sunflower seeds depending on where I am in my cycle. In the morning, I heat them up and top them with a banana and a spoonful of almond butter.

My regular grocery store actually has chicken feet! I'm making a pot of stock from them right now. It smells shockingly delicious. I just want to pour some into a mug and drink it like tea.

I'm trying to center my diet more around the pyramid here: http://positivemed.com/2013/04/04/food-f...largement/ I was for a little while earlier last year and had some good results. Now that I'm in charge of my own food, it should be easy.

Also, I've changed my massage. I now massage outward instead of inward when I do Chi massage.

Finally, I've decided to make an effort to very carefully gain a little weight. I think I'll get better results from NBE if I have a little padding on me. Most of my weight is muscle and I doubt that's helping. So I've been trying to eat more and work in snacks. It's a work in progress for sure. But so is everything.

Was wondering how you were.
You sound like your on a great plan and path xx