Tag Archives: Health and Wellness

Improving My Health One Day At A Time

I try to eat healthy, but I realize that my efforts are not always enough to meet what my body needs.  The whole spectrum of nutrients our bodies need is quite mind boggling.  There are macro-nutrients and micro-nutrients that our bodies depend on for sustenance and healing.  Many of these nutrients have a specific function in the body, and if we don’t consume them, our bodies suffer sooner or later.

Some of the nutrients we need, we are able to get from the food we eat, and other nutrients we need are made by enzymes and probiotics within our system as they break apart what we’ve eaten and reformulate these ingredients into additional essential nutrients and co-factors.  Our bodies are like small factories.  As long as we give it the right building blocks, it can extract what is needed and it can also make some of the things we need that might be in a different form than what we are consuming by recombining the basic ingredients.  Some B vitamins are like this for example, some we are able to get from food, and for others if given the right building blocks, there are bacteria in our gut that can manufacture some of the B vitamins and D vitamin co-factors that are a requirement for life.

However, most people don’t get enough of what they need from regular foods anymore.  Soils are depleted and are not allowed to rest and recover and renew with organic matter to replenish the nutrients between seasons of crops.  Instead, artificial nutrients are sprayed onto the soil and/or plants and production continues to keep on producing and cut costs.  The result is plants that lack quality and nutrition.

In my own life, not all of my younger years were the greatest nutritionally. I started getting serious about what I put into my body when I was about 27 or so.  I started drinking raw milk, raising most of our foods, and taking food based supplements.  I finally became pregnant when I was almost 30 after several years of trying and hoping and praying to have a child.  I know prayer and changing the foods I was eating had a big impact on our ability to conceive. I realized right away, that building babies in the womb, and later nursing on demand and lack of sleep when you have young children, takes a lot of nutrients and energy from momma.  Overtime, my body became depleted of nutrients and just like the land that produces crops, I needed to renew my body with a layer of organic materials and rest.

A few of the ways I have found to add in extra nutrition into my body and my family is to add additional fruits and vegetables, either chopped very small so they are not noticed, or blended into a paste to mix in a recipe or into a smoothie, or dried and ground into a powder and put these into things we already eat. For example, into our chili, I add extra things like diced zucchini and spinach, and because of the spices, chili sauce and texture of the beans, you don’t even notice the hidden veggies.  When I make cookies and cakes, sometimes I grate carrots or use pumpkin puree to enhance the nutrition.  We also enjoy making smoothies.  The kids don’t even realize their smoothies are packed with fruits and veggies that often they would eat if put on a plate in front of them.  But hidden in other foods they enjoy, they consume these extra nutrients without any stress or fuss.

Adding the dried powders from fruits and veggies may be the most significant thing I am doing to bring change and healing to myself and family.   There are so many benefits to including this in our meals.  The boost it gives my food helps renew and rebuild my body from the inside out. It boosts my immune system.  This also seems to help me age more gracefully because raw phyto-nutrients heal the body, reduce oxidation, improve cardiovascular wellness, reduce inflammation in the blood stream and through-out the body, rebuilds the blood stream, repairs DNA, and protects it from breaking.

Father God created fruits and vegetables as multipurpose use for the body to work as food and medicine, as a method sustenance, disease prevention, healing intervention, and rebuilding. No one knows our bodies better than our creator.

I really enjoy listening to “experts” who look to Father God and use the natural foods and plants he created for achieving health and wellness.  Dr. Sears is one of those experts.  Dr. Axe and Jordan Rubin are a couple more who are terrific too.

Jordan Rubin recommends 3 things to consider when choosing what foods to eat:

  1. Eat only what God created for food.
  2. Eat food in a form that is healthy for the body.
  3. Don’t make any food or drink your idol.

In this video clip, Dr. Axe and Jordan Rubin team up to help you improve digestion of your foods, and offer 9 suggestions to help you maximize the nutrients from what you are eating.

In this video, Dr. Sears recommends adding powdered fruits and vegetables to your diet for better health.  He also recommends that each person do the research on anything you put into your body, as well as asking 2 specific questions before taking any nutritional supplement:

  1. Is there solid science that proves it gets into the blood stream?
  2. Is there solid science that it is effective and provides positive healthy change once it gets into the blood steam?

I hope to improve my health one day at a time, one simple step at a time, as my family and I get back to basics of wholesome foods and biblical principles of living.

Be blessed!

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Last Day To Enter Essential Oil Kit Giveaway

Today is the last day to enter my essential oils kit giveaway. I am giving away 3 of the top oils, Lemon, Peppermint, and Lavender.  There are over 100 things you can do with these from self care to home care to pet care and beyond, and I know you will love using them in your home. Go check it out at    http://weiseracademy.com/essential-oil-kit-giveaway/

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Essential Oil Kit Giveaway

I am personally giving away a doTerra Introductory Kit of essential oils to every new person who joins me on this health and wellness journey with a Wholesale Membership by July 30th, 2015.

Introduction To Essential Oils Kit

This kit includes a bottle of each of the 3 most used essential oils: Lemon, Lavender, and Peppermint. It also comes with instructions for a variety of uses from personal care to home care and everything in between.

I am building a team of healthy minded folks who can encourage and support each other on the journey to a better life.

Health & Wellness

 

Why join?

First of all, with doTerra Certified Theraputic Grade Oils, you can help yourself become healthier, boost your immune system, and clean up your act (what you put in your body and how you care for your body, your home, your kids, your pets, etc)  with everyday essential oils and personal care products at wholesale prices.   Health and wellness begins at home and you are making a wise choice to add essential oils into your health and wellness journey.

Certified Theraputic Grade

Diamond Essential Oils Kit

Then as a member, you can get certified as a Wellness Advocate and help your family and friends become healthier too.  Share the good news of your new cleaner and greener lifestyle with them.  They will want to join you on the journey.

Third, you can improve your finances.   You can earn free product points (spend like cash) for all of your purchases.  You can also earn money for your sales when others place orders with you.

Wholesale Membership in doTerra is a win win for everybody!

 

 Wholesale Membership:

Wholesale Membership in doTerra Essential Oils includes:

  • 25% wholesale discount savings on every purchase,
  • your own website to place your orders and customer orders,
  • earns sales commissions on products you sell,
  • earn free product points (PV) for each purchase you make,
  • free product of the month club for loyalty orders (LVP),
  • free trainings to become a wellness advocate,
  • product promotions,
  • online support groups,
  • opportunities to travel, meet new people, and attend conferences too.

There are different levels of wholesale membership.  But every level will recieve the Introduct giveaway from me as my special gift to you to help you get started. Find the level of membership that best meets your needs. Everyone who joins me through my website by June 30th will receive the Introductory Essential Oils Kit Giveaway:

Membership Options:

7 Wholesale Membership Options.

Each option listed below includes wholesale membership.  Choose the option that fits you the best.  You can choose a basic Wholesale Membership or you can start off with an enrollment combo kit that will include a free Wholesale Membership (save $35) at a huge savings off the regular price of the kits:

Enrollment kits

  1. $35 Wholesale Membership
    (earn free product points each month for purchases, and earn 10% for sales)
  2. $150 Family Physicians Kit (save $16.67) and FREE Wholesale Membership (save $35)
    (plus 110 PV, earn free products points each month for purchases, and earn 10% for sales)
  3.  $195 Cleanse & Restore Kit (save $64.93) and FREE Wholesale Membership (save $35)
    (plus 125 PV, earn free products points each month for purchases, and earn 10% for sales)
  4. $275  Home Essentials Kit (save $91.57) and FREE Wholesale Membership (save $35)
    (plus 225 PV, earn free products points each month for purchases, and earn 10% for sales)
  5. $550 Natural Solutions Kit (save $113.25) and FREE Wholesale Membership (save $35)
    (plus 400 PV, earn free products each month for purchases, and earn 15% for sales)
  6. $1585  Every Oil Kit (save $284.70) and FREE Wholesale Membership (save $35)
    (plus 1400 PV, earn free products each month for purchases, and earn 20% for sales)
  7. $2550 Diamond Kit (save $730.93) and FREE Wholesale Membership (save $35)
    (plus 2000 PV, earn free products each month for purchases, and earn 25% for sales)

Ready to get started?

Go to my doTerra Weiser Natural and fill out the information and submit your wholesale membership.   When you join by JULY 30th, I will ship you the Introductory Kit to Essential Oils (retail value of $27) free as my special gift to thank you for you joining me.

Health and Wellness Starts At Home

Be wise and be blessed!!!

 

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Tuna Pepper Boats

This is a delicious lunch. It foocuses on lean protein and lots of low glycemic vegetables. This meal is a lot of food, and it is bursting with fresh flavors. Though it seems like a meal for lunch, I really enjoy this for breakfast too. I find filling up on a great salad and lean protein at breakfast or lunch helps to curb hunger pains. If you find you are still hungry with this meal, try adding some chicken, steak, or turkey bacon to the side salad. I often use this salad as a base in my meals on Phase 2 and then add meats to make a whole meal. But today I wanted to pair it with egg whites and tuna so I came up with these fun little tuna pepper boats.

Tuna Pepper Boats

Tuna Pepper Boats
FMD Phase 2 (THM E-Meal)
2 servings
157 calories, 1 fat, 9 carbs, 2 fiber, 26 protein, 10% Vit A, 130% Vit C

1 bell pepper, seeded and cut into four wedges or “boats”
1 can tuna in water, drained
1 stalk of celery, chopped (I love using celery stalk loaded with leaves and chop it all)
2 Tablespoon red onion, chopped or sliced thin
2 boiled egg white, chopped small
1/8 tsp sea salt
1/16 tsp ground pepper
1/4 lemon, juiced

Mix all the ingredients (except the bell pepper) together. Stuff the tuna mixture inside the bell pepper wedges. Serve.

Tuna Pepper Boats and Side Salad

Side Salad
FMD Phase 2 (THM E-Meal)
2 servings
37 calories, 0 fat, 8 carbs, 3 fiber, 2 protein, 84% Vit A, 56% Vit C

1 cup baby spinach, chopped
2 cup romaine lettuce, chopped
1 cup cucumber slices, cut in half
1/2 cup radish slices
1/4 cup red onion chopped
1 lemon, juiced, or serve the lemon wedges so folks can squeeze on their own dressing.
sea salt and pepper to taste

Toss it all together and serve.

Life is what you make of it. Be blessed and enjoy the journey!

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Goals For The New Year

Time goes so fast!

I can’t believe it is another year already. I am not sorry to see 2014 leave, but I am sorry I didn’t get more of the things that are important to me done last year. I don’t want that to happen this year. As the landscape around me is frozen in snow, I have time to contemplate plans for the coming year. Time isn’t froze, and like the flowing water under the snow, time is a driving force that breaks free from our grip and quickly slips away.

Stream in the snow

I don’t want to let any opportunity to accomplish my priorities get away from me this year.  I don’t want regrets.  I don’t want to be distracted by unimportant things, things that take away from my faith and family and my focus on the Kingdom of heaven. I don’t want to regret that time got away from me. I know what it is to regret passing up an opportunity because I was weighted down with trivial things.  I want to live this year with no regrets.  The older I get, the more important some things become and less important other things become. I want to live this year flowing in sync with time and God’s will for my life.

Since I have too many things I want to accomplish, and my list would be really really long, and I could easily get weighted down by it, I tried to pair my focus down to 15 main goals for 2015.

My 15 Goals For 2015
1. Read my bible and pray daily.
2. Sing a song everyday.
3. Eat healthy nutrient dense foods to live.
4. Exercise on purpose each week.
5. Rest on purpose each week.
6. Grow a garden year around: inside year around/outside during growing season.
7. Learn all I can about essential oils.
8. Learn all I can about herbs and natural remedies.
9. Spend time loving and teaching my children each day.
10. Help the children attend and acheive their 4H projects and attend the 4H fair.
11. Spend time loving my husband and building my marriage each day.
12. Teach Bible Study Classes.
13. Teach Essential Oils Classes.
14. Teach Homestead Classes: gardening, baking, remedies, canning, cheese making, soap making, etc.
15. Teach Kids STEM Community Classes: Engineering, Lego and Robotics, Science Experiements.

In a future post I will post my sub-goals, reasons, and my strategy plan for accomplishing each of these goals this year. I started a 90 Day Health and Wellness Challenge and I can’t wait to share my progress with you.

What about you?

What are your goals for the new year?

What do you want to acheive for the whole year?

What do you want to acheive for each month?

Please leave your list in the comments below. I would love to know what you are working on and encourage you too.

Be blessed!

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