Success Story by Amy, October 2009

Amy advises people about Bee's program and how to deal with all of the changes and so much new information based upon her own experiences with new foods, cooking, preparation, etc., and how worth while it is to stick to it.

Amy is a member of Bee's Candida Support Group, Message #79807, that you are welcome to join!

October 20, 2009

The long haul...I promise it gets easier.

It's easy to forget what it felt like when I started this journey. How bad I used to feel and how exhausted I was 1 1/2 years ago. But, now it's different! I want to take a minute to give some words of encouragement for those who are struggling.

I'm not 100% on the program ALL the time. For those of you just starting, I suggest that it will take you at least 6 months to 1 year just to learn everything, change your habits, educate the people around you (over and over again), recover from mistakes, learn about your body, learn to forgive yourself and incorporate what this program is...a new lifestyle.

I have been reading, researching, asking, and healing for at least a year. It's only been in the last 6 months or so that I have experienced every season of the year and now know what to do to help my body through each one. And the challenges I face and the willpower I have to conjure up to overcome each one.

At first it is all overwhelming. Learning about new food, how to cook all over again, trashing everything you knew about food, and taking the time (sometimes an extra 2-3 hours a day) to prepare nutritious foods for yourself and the picky eaters in your home. I remember walking into the grocery store, and feeling like I had no where to go! I walked the wall (veggies and meat) and left the store. My once hour long grocery shopping was now 15 minutes. It felt so weird. Lol!

My once 30 minute morning routine, cereal and makeup, now takes an 1 1/2 hours every morning because I am cooking eggs and peppers, oil pulling, taking Epsom salt baths, and downing vitamins and oils. I was so MAD when I started this. I was loosing an hour of sleep every morning. But now, I do it all like habit. Plus, I rarely need an alarm clock anymore.

My body even gets up on Saturday and Sunday at 5:30 AM!! I was NEVER a "morning person" But, on the days I "can't" nourish my body, it screams at me! I crave nutrients. I crave veggies and good oils. I crave water and vitamins...just like I used to crave chips, french fries, and beer. Eww, sick :b

I'm not healed, yet. I just went though some retracing (re-experiencing past health problems) this weekend, and that makes me happy. I keep working at this for myself but more so for my daughter and boyfriend (hopefully husband soon). I am teaching her and modeling a healthy lifestyle for her, and that will do more for her than any health insurance I could pay for!

So, my words to anyone who they will help are, be patient and be forgiving. Don't be mad at yourself if you mess up, you are still helping your body.... oh, also...buy LOTS of printer ink for all the info from Bee's website so you can read it while doing coffee enemas or taking epsom salt baths. (That's my secret time saver.)

God Bless, Amy, a teacher