How I Got My Health Turned Around

For the last year or so my health got turned around. It's actually pretty amazing, and while I am by no means a doctor, I thought I might share what it was that I did to help with my: irregular periods, chronic cold/general sickness, and depression.


My mom's side of the family is all prone to depression/anxiety. It seriously sucks, mostly because I don't want to be take prescription stuff. I tried once, and it just wasn't for me. Through lots of careful research, I decided to go a natural route instead. Most people already know about SAMe and how it's good for the brain chemistry. Basically it promotes the production serotonin which helps keep you not panicky. 

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What most people don't know is that SAMe doesn't work as well as it could work if you paired it with      5-HTP. 5-HTP is the direct metabolic precursor or serotonin and is important for the production of melatonin, which is what you need for a good night's sleep. Yet another problem I have. 

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Next on my list of is probiotics. Probiotics work WONDERS for your immune system, not to mention it helps with.....going. What most people don't know is that 70% of your immune system is in your gut, and if your gut isn't healthy, then most likely you're not very healthy either. The last time I was sick was over a year ago! I've had close calls where I felt like I was going to be sick, but after a good night's sleep I was over it. Seeing as how I was like a germ sponge who got sick while around someone who was in the "getting over it phase" this is a miracle! 

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Last but not least is Maca.  Maca is pretty amazing in my opinion. I had seriously irregular periods, since I started having periods. When Sailorman deployed, I decided I was going to go off the pill for six months, and see if taking Maca to help regulate my periods would work. What would you know, after three months, it did. Obviously now I'm back on the pill, but still take maca. 

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What is Maca? Well, it's grown in the Andes Mountains, and is also known as Peruvian ginseng. It's a hardy root plant that survives altitudes of 14,000 feet where no other plants will. Here are some of the benefits: 

• Treat PMS (Mood Swings)
• Menopause symptom relief (Hot Flashes)
• Sexual stimulation
• Nourishes glandular system
• HRT alternative(Hormone Replacement Therapy)
• Increases stamina & athletic performance
• Increases energy (Chronic Fatigue)
• Balance hormones

I personally buy all these things from iherb.com and if you'd like to try any of these, I'm offering a code for $5 off! Just enter PIT248 and save 5 bucks on your first order! 

These are just my opinions, but I have had friends ask me what is it that I've done to help turn my health around, so I thought directing them to this would be easier than typing it all out each time. 

Moments In a Marriage

Lately I've been thinking of those little moments that no one sees. The ones where it's just you and your husband, and life is perfect. Last night Sailorman and I had one of those moments. We were in bed, he was reading a book some FBI guy wrote about.....I have no idea actually, I just know that there are big parts that are blacked out, and Sailorman likes to complain about it, it's cute. I was reading the third Harry Potter. Don't judge me lol.

 I was sitting up, Sailorman was on his tummy, my leg thrown over his. Both of us were reading quietly when I start laughing and then say: "Babe, is it just me or do you also think that Harry might be bipolar or something? He certainly seems prone to at the very least psychotic fits of rage." Without missing a beat or looking up from his book my husband says: "That's because he's part Voldemort" and just kept reading.

I don't know what I did to deserve someone who gets my brand of goofiness, who has no problems indulging my imagination that fictional characters are real, and who tolerates my random thoughts that on occasion get blurted out of my mouth. But this was my small perfect moment, the one that makes those stupid silly bickering matches all worth it.

Right Now

Stole from: My Life as a Sailor's Princess.

I am....

watching: The computer screen and Monk, Season One. 

eating: Nothing. I'm attempting to talk myself out of the double stuffed Oreos I have hidden in the pantry from Sailorman though. 

drinking: Coke with half a lime squeezed in.

wearing: Sailorman's sweats he got issued in boot and my Green Lantern shirt my MIL got me for my last birthday

avoiding: Cleaning in general. My mom is coming in next Monday and we both need to organize all the odds and ends. Now that I think about it, my house is pretty clean....it's just really cluttered at the moment. 

feeling: slightly headache-y. That time of the month just wrecks my body.....

missing: Sailorman. Silly seeing as how I saw him this morning through bleary eyes, but I miss him when he's gone....then he drives me nuts when he's home lol. 

thankful: That my husband is definitely coming home tonight, that he doesn't have duty until next year, and that my mama is going to be able to fly out for Christmas :) 

weather: 52 degrees and no rain

needing: an ice cream cone from McD's. Weird sudden craving....

thinking: If this is just that time of the month, my eventual pregnancy is gonna be interesting foodwise lol 

loving: This week is gonna be a short one! Command Christmas Party on Thursday :)