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I love it, someone who's comfortable in their skins. LOL. I was watching TV today, as I am apt to do, esp early morning, unless prodded out of bed, I don't "do" mornings... I have coffee veins, and mornings are to be under the sheets in a warm bed, enjoyed; not scampering around outside in the rain, or on the phone, unless necessary!
Anyway, back to the TV...Dr Oz was on. I usually find myself turning his show on to anything, simply that I don't find him that nice (and I could be wrong), or that accepting of his fellow people (again, ibid, he could be), but I was mesmerized by his promise that anyone over 40 (hey! That's me) could loose weight "effortlessly" with taking five magic ingredients that will drop the fat, add energy (anyone with CFS and Fibro can tell you how we will almost kill for energy), and lower your cholesterol...wow. amazing. Five magic ingredients.
So I took notes, sort of: I can't find my note book! LOL, again symptomatic of anyone with Fibro...we loose things: a lot! So I began with the ingredient I couldn't forget: Raspberries.
I'll get back to Dr Oz...I have to tell you about Raspberries!
Mom, her best friend Erma Mae (no not southern, but a fellow Norski), her daughter, Megan and I would go every year to Knot's Farm (no not in CA), outside of Carnation, WA, and pick berries. Not a small couple of boxes, but each of us with a flat. Picture this: warm misty mornings, listening to the bugs waking up, trodding down sandy soiled lanes, with raspberry branches scraping your arms, legs and reaching for the sky. The berries would be warm. Sunkissed ripe, slightly firm to touch, ruby red and sweet on your tongue with a slight green taste from the brush of the leaves still on them.
Okay fade to today: raining outside, cold as hell: we're only 47 degrees today, after 65 mile an hour winds last night howling through, wondering if the roof would hold. I am ridiculously tired, and not so nice today.
He's talking about raspberry ketones. HUH???
Yep, something exists that is a boiled down/powdered substance now being toted as the latest, greatest fat reducer...this was just one of the magic bean items. I took notes, like I said, wanting to know what on Earth raspberries had to do with weight. So I got online later, Googling this idea.
Well come to find out 1 (one) journal ran an article on using raspberry ketones (still don't know what "ketones" they are referring to, as naturally raspberries are a fruit/herb, not a protein), as a way to skinny 10 rats. Okay, no follow up, but now I am finding people in "Ripped" magazines talking about taking this as a supplement (not a good sign, really). One guy complains he 'sweating all the time' since he started taking this as a supplement that reminds him of "cotton candy"...LOL. Well, I couldn't help it!
HMMM sweating all the time; let me remind myself of mother's use of Raspberry Leaf tea...yes, it has hormones in it folks! It's for women, esp around "that time of the month" to help with cramping, PMS symptoms and the crazies. One small problem: don't take it if you're pregnant, or you won't be much longer! Rasberry Leaf tea is high in estrogen! Uh huh!
I sweat all the time, but then again, it's not Thermalgenic, it's hormonal!
It's okay to laugh. We get all kinds of crazy ideas that we think are going to be "magic pills" to stop us from liking food, to mimic starches (um hum, another one), to stop us from eating bacon (turfuky!), and all that stuff. I can only speak from experience here: I did use to weigh 280 lbs, back in 1998 at my heaviest. I was on enough medication to sink a battle ship, I was far unhealthy, and I didn't like myself then.
What did I do? Well, I stopped every drug I could, responsibly (meaning not by myself, and properly). I found an eating plan that worked for me (later discussion), I found herbs and supplements that were healthy (hey, just because it's an herb, doesn't make it safe/healthy!) for ME, and started working on ME as what was "not working" in my life. I also had to safely decide what I could live with being overweight, I knew I would never be thin, and why faking foods rarely works. Again, another discussion. Being authentic, is being okay with You, however you are, changing what isn't you (labels other's give us, what we 'should' be like, what we 'should' be saying, etc) and stop it. Just do something every day about one thing. One idea, and change it.
The key: do it. I still to this day will ramble on about what I have yet to do, but by and large, if it is feasible to do it, do it....Don't like your job; do something about why you don't like it, or quit. Don't like your husband/Wife/lover? Find out why...is it them or you? If it doesn't work, fix it. You'll never fix "them" whomever "they" are (bad bosses, mother in law issues, family members who make you go AGGGH), finding out what triggers in you this response goes a long way in the Karma game to not have it happen again, and for the rest of your life...back to raspberries, enough sermon...
Raspberries as a rule, are amazing delicious fruit. Relatively low in carbohydrates, high in vitamin c, a and so many other luscious reasons to eat them. Hard to find ripe anymore. My suggestion: come Late July, find an excuse to find a local berry patch...or better yet, get some canes now at your local stores...their in. Plant the canes in the ground, with LOTS of room, because they are aggressive and will go wild. Wait a year, and harvest with your wonderful birds, and friends, who will thank you.
Easy recipe using raspberries: huh! raspberries with whipped cream (or cream, or ice cream, or frozen almond milk...anything creamy!) they rarely need sugar, and let their jewel taste swirl in your mouth; tangy and sweet, seedy and green all mixed together. Do this with a friend.
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