Comments on: 40 Days of My Body: Day 26, Feeling Blue

By: 40 Days of OUR Bodies: Clean as a whistle! (29/40) — Dyana Valentine

40 Days of OUR Bodies: Clean as a whistle! (29/40) — Dyana Valentine — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:00:32 +0000

[...] toxins from her life. Here’s her story, in her own words (initially posted as a comment to Day 26: Feeling Blue). Guess what? There are 30 of us working this challenge. Check out the roll call under [...]

By: dyanavalentine

dyanavalentine — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:12:13 +0000

Joyce: you amaze me. You are a mom, incredible designer, wife and friend and you made time for YOU. I am so proud of you and truly inspired by your self-care. I like the idea of making sure your efforts not only “qualified” for the detox but that were appealing. So many of us equate a challenge/commitment or self-care with torture, it's no wonder we wear ourselves out. Thank you!

By: joyceallen

joyceallen — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:30:55 +0000

I made through a 21 day detox program. I worked not only on removing the food toxins in my life, but other toxins as well including cleaners, skin products, situations and people. I also made a point to go to the beach and inhale. I didn't do this detox to lose weight, but to feel better and to make changes in my life. The program helped me push my own internal "restart" button. Today I feel propelled to move forward, something I haven't felt in a very long time.

The interesting thing about the program is that my creativity was sparked. I was experimenting with foods that I hadn't tried before and coming up with alternate solutions to everyday dilemma's such as "what do I snack on". I tend to eat healthy anyway, but in doing this detox, it sparked my creativity in really thinking about what fit the criteria and sounded appealing. I found that my creativity was has also been sparked in my work and in other aspects o my life.

In trying foods, I tried to keep an open mind but I've decided that for me, millet should be used ONLY as bird food, I don't care what great recipe you may have, and Quinoa should be renamed as Quin-why? I was also pleasantly surprised how much I like Kale baked in the oven with a little bit on olive oil and garlic. Who knew? I also learned that despite the availability of a vast amount of herbal teas, I want my morning coffee or even cocoa. Something about that heavy warm drink makes the morning feel good to me. I'm glad to not need it, but I appreciate my position with it more now.

Now that the detox days are over, I am sitting here drinking my decaf coffee, yes I know there's still caffeine in decaf, but I don't care, I like it. I decided to embrace it (see above paragraph)and exchange it with cocoa from time to time to not develop the complete reliance on it. I hope I can stick to the regular eating and not wait until I'm dizzy and have a headache before I eat schedule I was on. Most of all, I want to do a mini-detox, for a day or two every couple of months, to remind myself to focus on me.

By: dyanavalentine

dyanavalentine — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:20:15 +0000

Thank you Traci: I really appreciate your eyes-on-the-matter. It helped to get all of this rad support and sleeping and eating helped, too. I think your idea of a weekly or bi-weekly digest is a GREAT idea. Thank you!

Marie: I have some peppermint oil--never knew it was a mood enhancer, makes sense!

Alisa: ohhh WOW, please take good care of yourself and don't be shy about icing at your conference! Keep it RICED (rest, ice/ibu, compression, elevation). Not doing an event due to injury is square one!? C'mon, girlie. You are rocking it and you will recover faster the nicer you are to yourself.

Julie: your method is scientifically proven! Check this out: http://bit.ly/moodmusic

Larry: you might have something there. I like it:).

Jenny: I actually crave a day under the covers, maybe that is really in order. Thank you for reminding me of what works! I really feel 100% better today everyone. I'm amazed by your support. Rocking on over here, boss(es)!

By: dyanavalentine

dyanavalentine — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:18:45 +0000

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:47:53 +0000

Yo, you Dyana! Sometimes you just need to be BLUE, stick your head under the covers and hope the day passes quickly! You cannot be gung ho, happy and chipper every day when you are making major life changes. Look at your first day video and then the hoola hoop video. You DO look different, more spring in your step, more healthy. You did say you ate a little crappy yesterday so that might have set you back a mood or two. 26 days? You're a rock star to this eight day girl.

By: Larry G

Larry G — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:56:29 +0000

Blue is the new “Black” today.

By: Melissa Kelly

Melissa Kelly — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:23:10 +0000

Take another day off if you need to. Remember to be gentle with yourself and talk nice to yourself.

By: Melissa Kelly

Melissa Kelly — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:22:25 +0000

Don't be so hard on youself. You need to be gentle with yourself and nice to yourself. You've taken a lot on. Take it easy. Take another day off. Rememeber to talk nice to yourself.

By: clearwriter

clearwriter — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:59:16 +0000

Ok, so it turns out that I might be there with you today. Four weeks into this, my tendonitis foot was doing really great and I was so proud of my running accomplishments. Today, I went running in the rain, slipped on wet leaves and wrenched that ankle — the same tendon that was giving me trouble before (it runs from the outside of the ankle, past the ankle bone and connects in front of the bone on the outside of the foot). I'm doing ice and ibuprofen now, but it looks like my 10k on Saturday morning just isn't going to happen. I'm frustrated and disappointed and feeling like I'm back at square one.