Eating Patterns

 I used to be able to eat anything I wanted. I was 15

I used to be able to take insulin for what I wanted to eat with great results.  I was 20

I used to have the energy to do anything I wanted.  I was 17

It's 30 years later..

I can't eat anything I want, I can't take insulin and eat anything I want; I don't have the energy to do anything I want.

I am losing the desire to do the things I wanted to do when I  was 20.  

I never thought I would miss always going low in the middle of the night and being under 90 every single morning.     I do now. 

I'm most worried about the desire loss.  But I am not going to let it beat me. 

I haven't lost my thirst for learning how and why I need to do things a certain way.

I haven't lost the need to have so many tools in my emotional, physical, and mental toolboxes that I'm prepared for the worst that can happen. 

I need to increase understanding about how to eat to reduce the carbohydrate in my meal to next to zero.

                      And Still get enough to eat.....

Is it possible?  Maybe.  Will I find an answer that works for me?  Most assuredly.

How?  That remains to be seen.

By having an open mind and being willing to set aside my skepticism. 

By using a log to show my results.

By asking for help from somebody who knows more than me and then getting to work. 

What other path is there? ( this is a rhetorical question)

My first Introduction to DoTERRA and what happened

Almost 4 years ago I was introduced to a new Essential Oil Company...Have you heard of it?  It's called DoTERRA...I fell in love with the first drop I experienced.   The oil was Balance and the presenter at the class I attended asked if she could put a drop on the back of my neck...

I don't know why I attended that class...I am glad that I did attend though.

I knew it was a sales presentation.  I was really hoping it wasn't high pressure...I hate those.  I never take any money to these kinds of things in case of the high pressure tactics that I have experienced.  I was super resistant to any suggestion that I might want to buy anything.

The home smelled amazing, I thought it was just because it was really clean, which it should have been; there were a lot of people coming over.  I was really glad I wasn't the one hosting the event.

About 10 people showed up at that class and we squeezed into the formal sitting room to hear about "essential oils".  I knew what they were and had experienced some before but I hadn't liked the way they smelled or felt on my skin.  My friends' description of her oils was so positive, I was interested.

And then Jenn put that drop of  Balance on the back of my neck.  At first I didn't notice anything.  She went right on teaching the class and passing around oils that she was talking about .  Then I started to really pay attention.  The best way I can describe my experience was, it was like someone had come in and carried me away to a really peaceful place where it was quiet and still.  My senses were clear and the noise in my head had stopped within 30 sec.

You know the noise we always have?  The negative back comments about everything under the sun.  The judgments about everything and everyone we come into contact with.  The self judgement that we don't want to address or pay attention to and hope everyone else isn't thinking about us?  That noise---it was GONE....

Then Jen Garrett passed around Peppermint Oil.  I thought I had died and gone to Christmas Heaven.  Everything (well almost everything--Melaleuca still doesn't smell very good) smelled so good...so much different from the blend I had purchased a dozen years before to help my child fall asleep...it didn't work and it smelled yucky.

I knew I wanted to buy...of course I wanted to buy but there wasn't any high pressure selling going on...Just a  presentation about what the oils did, some of their properties and an invitation to come and do what Jen was doing.  

So Simple...So Awesome. .....

To Be Continuued.....