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Second week and 11th day of my raw milk cure journey

Last night I slept great until 3am, then I was awake and dozing until the alarm went off for GC. (He has to work at the same time I start, but has a commute as well). I think it was a combination of the warmer night (50’s) and that GC sleeps cold and turns the mattress heater on. Thank goodness I switched to the lighter comforter or it would have been a lot worse.

The hardest parts of this are the physical changes and issues related to the detoxing, not the lack of solid food. I’m not craving food. I’m not missing chewing or even another taste other than the milk.  Watching GC eat pork rinds and salsa wasn’t hard.  Having him eat my home-made chili next to me later wasn’t hard either.  I’m not missing food.

I’m starting to drink more water though.  I’m wondering if part of the symptoms were slight dehydration (though how I can be dehydrated on three and a half quarts of milk is beyond me).

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The second week and day 10 of my raw Milk Cure Journey

Almost half way through this year’s journey. It’s been both harder and easier than I thought. I did go into this with no expectations, so the fact that I’m really not losing weight at this point, doesn’t disappoint me, I know that I’ll go back to my low carb way of eating when I’m done (ok, maybe a break for sushi again) and continue onwards in my health journey.

It’s harder because I feel that I’m experiencing more detoxing days and my bathroom trips are either all or nothing. I don’t recall that from last year, even though it might have happened. (I’ve been reluctant because of TMI to post much about my bowels in a clinical manner so I don’t have any other reference besides my imperfect memory). Continue Reading »

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Day 9 of my raw milk cure journey

I’m sleeping really well on this milk cure, if nothing else, it seems to be a cure for my insomnia this time. Woke up at 5, and went straight back to sleep until 6.

Because of the constant bathroom trips, I’m cutting down my milk intake again. Since I’ve been on 15 cups (10.0 ounces per hour) for the last two days, I’m going to cut it down to 14 cups (9.3 ounces per hour). I’m still experiencing runs, so its time to cut down again. Continue Reading »

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Day 8 of my Raw Milk Journey.

Sleeping continues well.  I woke at 5am and went back to sleep until 6am.  Win! That was a full 7 hours of real sleep and a 1 hour doze.  Its great, since I really can’t nap (anything less than a 2 hour nap leaves me worse off than I was before. Which means no naps until it’s too late to nap.

Today was my housecleaning day.  It’s a lot of going up and down stairs, lugging stuff. Considering that mornings and early afternoons are the times I’m feeling best, I started immediately upon waking up. I had to do it between milk breaks, so it took me longer than it usually does. It was harder than normal though. Besides having to stop for milk breaks, I felt warmer than usual, and had some abnormal (for me) body aches.  Specifically in the right mid back. It’s similar to the place I had issues during the milk cure last year, but it hasn’t been back since. Continue Reading »

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Day 7 of my Raw Milk Cure

Woke up from a deep and restorative sleep at 4am, darn it.  I don’t know why my body is so determined to wake up that early.  I know I start working at an ungodly hour, but for my body to be consistently waking myself up an hour and a half before I have to be up is just a cruel joke.  Tomorrow starts my weekend, I’m hoping I get to “sleep in” (as much as one gets to sleep in during a milk cure).

Waking up I felt well, during most of the day, I was fine with the exception of my knees aching. However, that changed in the early evening. Again, I’m starting to feel achy and lethargic with a lot of tummy rumbles and I ended up with running trips to the restroom again. I think I’m going to stay on 3 3/4 quarts tomorrow and see where that goes.

I’m noticing that I’m fine for most of the day and its late afternoon to early evening that I feel icky.  Which really does work for me, since I like getting stuff done early. Tomorrow will be slightly challenging since its my deep clean housecleaning day.  Has to be done, I think I’ll be fine to get it done (usually about 5-6 hours).

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Day 6 of my raw milk cure journey

I slept really well, but guess what time I woke up?  4 am!  Not insomnia, the same feeling of “I’ve slept enough”. Still I dozed until my alarm because I need the rest.

Still woke up and spent most of the day feeling really well; no headaches, body aches or lethargy. The only problem is that now I’m not going to the bathroom much at all.  So tomorrow  I’m adding in a cup of milk, which will bring me to 120 ounces a day and I’ll be pouring my milk in 10 ounce increments. It’s definitely a balancing act this year. Continue Reading »

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Day 5 of my raw milk cure journey

I’m waking up earlier. It’s not insomnia, My body just apparently feels like I’ve had enough sleep. So tonight I’ll try to stay up a bit later.

I cut my milk consumption down to 3 1/2 quarts today. That’s two cups less than I was having total. Breaking it down to hourly increments, I’m drinking 9.3 ounces vs 10.6 ounces.  Not a large reduction on an hourly basis, but I’m hoping that the lower amount will reduce the incidence of diarrhea that I experienced last night. As with all things, time will tell.

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Day 4 of my raw milk cure journey

I woke up at 4am, but stayed in bed until my usual get up time of 5:40. Not much to do this morning before I started work at 6am, so I could have actually stayed in bed a bit longer.

I felt good the entire morning, no headache or body aches.  My mind has been clear and I managed to do a lot of work. I also managed to actually exercise.

If you hadn’t followed my last fitness post let me fill you in. I started a program called “Body By You“, a fitness program that uses your own body weight and a few items you might have around (doors, towels). I did it for 3 weeks in February, then wasn’t able to continue in March for various reasons.  Still I wanted to get back to it. I promised myself that if I felt okay today, that I would actually do it.  And I did.  I went back to the first week and cycle, but that’s okay.  It was challenging, but that is as it should be.  Best of all, it takes about a half hour and I can do it at home.  Totally fits in with my milk drinking schedule.  I’m hoping I can continue with it, but that will depend on how my body is doing with the milk cure. Continue Reading »

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Day 3 of my raw Milk Cure Journey

I’m sleeping really well so far this time. Actually I’ve been sleeping well most of this year. For the past year I’ve experienced insomnia.  Not the “I can’t get to sleep” insomnia. I had to deal with the “It’s 1:00 in the morning, and I’m awake and can’t get to sleep” insomnia. I finally realized why.  I was too hot. My internal temperature regulator has always been haywire.  I don’t sweat enough to cool my body down and even when my body feels hot to other (nickname in some relationships is “the furnace”) I might feel cold at the same time. It seems that it’s getting worse as I got older.

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Day 2 of my raw milk cure journey

Slept well, but woke up at 5 am because work issues were racing through my head.  Not unusual.  Stayed in bed for another hour, alternately resting and playing with my iPad   My headache is still with me this morning. I’m starting to think that my belief last year that the headache was due to caffeine withdrawal was not totally true. (It could have been a factor), but since this year I’m still experiencing the headaches it’s not as likely.

Mornings seem to be the best time for me to be able to get things done. Again, I stuck to little things that worked in the 15 minute increments I have. I did some filing and put some things away in my bedroom.  Also I worked on this blog post.  My mind was clear and except for the headache I felt fine.

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