Exercise:
I found a website called Daily Mile, it allows you to get on Google Maps and track where you walk or run and it automatically calculates the distance. So far, in two days I have walked 3.54 miles (a total of 1 hour and 22 minutes). Not a whole lot, but it's definitely a start, especially since I used to do NO exercise at all.
Diet:
I stumpled upon a website called Hallee the Homemaker where she talks about following a Levitical diet. Basically, this is a diet set forth in the book of Leviticus for God's People to follow. It divides food into "clean" and "unclean" categories.
Clean foods include herbivorous animals that have divided hooves and chew cud, such as cattle, sheep, and goats (Leviticus 11:3); all fish that have fins and scales, either fresh or salt water fish, such as perch, trout, tuna, and salmon (Leviticus 11:9); birds that do not eat carrion such as chicken, pheasant, goose, duck, and turkey (Leviticus 11:13-19); a few insects (so we have something to complain about, I guess) like locusts and grasshoppers (Leviticus 11:21-22)- dried locust is nearly 75% protein which could explain how John the Baptist remained in such good health; milk (Exodus 3:8); all seed-bearing fruits, nuts, grains, and vegetables (Genesis 1:29); and honey – we purchase our honey from a local beekeeper and we try to get the comb as well. If you don’t have a source of local honey, try your best to purchase “pure honey” (Exodus 3:8).She also made a reccommendation for a book called The Maker's Diet. I had seen it in the library before, but just decided to check it out and read it.
Unclean foods include pork, kangaroo, rabbit, anything without a divided hoof and chews the cud (Leviticus 11:4-8, 26-28); fat (Leviticus 7:23); blood (Leviticus 7:26); kidneys; (Leviticus 3:4 ) bottom feeders such as catfish, oyster, shrimp, crab, lobster, shark, octopus, squid, clams, coral, and any fish that doesn’t have scales and fins; any plant that grows in water, whether salt or fresh water, such as spirulina (algae), sea weed, kelp, and food additives such as carrageenan (Leviticus 11:10-12); birds that eat carrion such as the eagle, osprey, hawk, kite, vulture, raven, ostrich (including eggs), goat sucker, seagull, buzzard, swan, pelican, owl, carrion eagle, stork, heron, crane, hoopoe; bats (Leviticus 11:13-20); any insects that crawl, as opposed to hopping like locust and grasshopper, which makes nearly every insect off limits (Leviticus 11:23-25); rodents such as the mole, mouse, rat, and shrew; any animal torn, mangled or worried (painful death such as roadkill); any cattle dying of disease (Leviticus 11:29-43); all reptiles including turtles, lizards, alligators, and snakes (Leviticus 11:4, 10, 29, 42); and any food that has touched anything unclean, such as a mouse chewed on it (Leviticus 7:23).
This is the author's personal experience:
Background on Dr. Jordan S. Rubin's Disease and Survival
In 1994 at 19 years of age and standing 6'1" tall, Jordan's weight fell from 180 lbs to a shocking 104 lbs in a matter of months. As his immune system began to break down, he suffered from a list of debilitating conditions, including intestinal parasites, severe candida (fungal infection), extreme anemia, food allergies, diabetes, excruciating abdominal pain, chronic diarrhea, poor circulation, liver problems, chemical sensitivities, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, arthritis, insomnia, hair loss, prostate and bladder infections, irregular heartbeat, eye inflammation and chronic depression.
After both conventional and alternative medicines failed him and 70 health professionals in seven countries put him through more than 500 different - and often bizarre - treatments, he was sent home in a wheelchair to die.
Jordan fought his way back to vibrant health through determination and a refusal to "give in" to his disease. He believes his survival is a true testament to the power of his faith in God. In the seven years since his recovery, he has shown no symptoms of the disease that nearly took his life.
Well, that's all for now because I have a baby trying to crawl up me!
