Adrenal Fatigue: Recover and Rejoice!

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Saturday, September 12, 2009
Adrenal Fatigue: Recover and Rejoice!
Christian, the world's cutest kitten, helps his Mama
come back to life just by being his cute kitten self!
Christian (aka Baron Deepus von Deepy Deepy
or Deepers)
watches Family Guy!

He's my lil' Deepers.

It's been almost 4 months since I discovered I had moderate to severe adrenal fatigue.
Although I expect it to take a year to recover completely, I'm starting to come back to life after only 4 months!
Well, that's one third of a year...so...yeah.
Makes sense.

What am I doing to recover?
I'm seeing a great nutritionist/trainer (click here) who started me doing the following:

Sleep
I'm sleeping more.
I nap unapologetically.
I get to bed before midnight.
If I have to wake up at 5am then I'm in bed by 10pm.
Even if I'm not sleepy, I put myself to bed.
If I can't fall asleep I do deep breathing and visualization till I conk out.

Food
I eat grass-fed meats, raw milk and raw butter, organic vegetables and very few grains. I only eat grains maybe once or twice a week, tops.
I eat small mini-meals 4 to 6 times per day with protein being the main component of every meal.
I've eliminated artificial sweeteners, diet sodas, caffeine, bread, pasta rice, flour, sugar and soy (Yes, soy is bad. Click here to find out why!)
80% of my food comes from a local, organic farm.

Supplements
I'm taking probiotics, minerals, high vitamin cod liver oil, virgin coconut oil, adrenals (click here), and will be taking bio-identical hormone replacements as soon as tests reveal which ones I need.

Deep Breathing
10 times a day or more I pause to take a deep breath.
I'll breath in deeply through my nose filling up my lungs all the way, then breath in MORE thereby expanding my lungs.
If I'm really intentional I'll imagine my body filling up with light as I inhale and expelling toxins when I exhale.

Movement
I'm learning about Working In (click here for more about Working-In from the hero of healing, Paul Chek)
and intermittently doing nourishing "moves" to replenish my body and spirit from the time I wake up to the time I hit the pillow.
Self Talkr
Dwelling on my illness was only making me depressed. I catch myself saying negative things to myself and deliberately replace any negativity with positive words of praise, encouragement, and positive visualizations for the future as I grow in health and success.

Bloggingr
Every day. I keep myself accountable. I know I won't lie to my readers about how I'm doing. I won't hide out. I talk about recovery honestly and daily. I acknowledge that I'm improving. I share what's working for me and what's not with my readers.

I've been consistent with these efforts.
I should not be surprised when these positive changes pay off!
Yet, I'm always surprised when good things happen for me.
That's a mindset I'm working on changing.

I expect good things
and receive good things!

That's what I'm telling myself.