Life 7 Months Post-Baby...

I am the healthiest I've ever been. I'm physically fit. Why did I avoid vegetables, push-ups, and natural remedies for so long? My taste buds were trained to love grease and high fructose corn syrup. Taste buds can change! I was lazy and worked out in aggressive spurts only to release anger. I was only told to trust the doctor. Yikes. I'm experiencing spiritual and emotional growth. Why was I so afraid of sharing my feelings and even crying on occasion? I thought I was alone and that if I shared my traumatic past and my feelings about it that I would scare people off, get pity, or worry others. And if I cried I wasn't sure I'd ever stop. Turns out, I'm not alone. I'm not unique and I did stop crying.

I'm frequently asked how I got in shape so here it goes...

PHYSICALLY:

• Paleo Diet! No grains, No dairy, No Soy, No Legumes. Very little sugar. Lots of Veggies, Meat, Fruit, and Nuts. I saturate everything I cook in Coconut Oil! The Vitamix and Juicer are used regularly. I tried adding rice back into my diet when I started dropping weight too fast but my body did NOT like the reintroduction of rice so I cut it back out and just upped my avocado and sweet potato intake. 
• Primal Workouts. Dancing. Now that winter is here we haven't had the regular trips to the park where we were sprinting and exercising together. The past month or two I've been doing planks, push-ups and squats very infrequently. The kids keep getting heavier so I lift a 17 and 25 lb weight many times a day. And we gig a couple times a week so I'm on my feet for a few hours making sure I move continuously.
• doTERRA's Essential Oil, Slim and Sassy. (Silly name.) It's a completely safe, natural effective weight loss aid. It's a blend of Ginger, Grapefruit, Peppermint, Lemon and Cinnamon. Most importantly it's treating my hypoglycemia. It regulates my blood sugar level while detoxing my fat cells. Impressive. Find it here, www.mydoterra.com/blazeanderic/ or contact me if you'd like to try a sample! Also doTERRA's Essential Oil, Breathe which has replaced my 2 asthma inhalers that I puffed over 35 times a week. Now my asthma is completely manageable with 1-2 drops a day of Breathe. Miracle for me.
• Supplements! With extra Vitamin D!
• Pre-Pregnancy Weight with Baby #1: 130 lbs. Gained 40 lbs during the pregnancy. Born 3.29.11
• Pre-Pregnancy Weight with Baby #2: 130 lbs. Gained 35 lbs during the pregnancy. Born 5.4.12
• Weight Today, 7 months post-partum:118 lbs. with more lean muscle than my body's ever had!

MENTALLY:

• A strong program of continuous recovery that enables me to help myself, help others and live the life of my dreams!
• Limited screen time. We took a month long tv break to let our brains relax a bit.
• Choosing Acceptance over Control and Faith over Fear.
• doTERRA's Essential Oils; Basil, one drop 2-3 times a day for mental renewal. I was struggling with becoming extremely overwhelmed on long days alone with the kids and this oil has turned that around. I finally feel capable and stable. Serenity layered with Frankincense or Balance to help me cope with stress, especially at bedtime. Find them here, www.mydoterra.com/blazeanderic/
• Incredibly supportive, wise, helpful husband.

If you'd like any recommendations on easy Paleo Meals, Primal Workouts or doTERRA Essential Oils just shoot me an email, blazemusically@yahoo.com or send me a message on Facebook! Life is good. It used to be such a struggle. I was choosing to sit in my pain, medicate with things that made it worse and I didn't know how to stop. I realized if nothing changed I'd be stuck there forever so I've been working hard to be the person I've always dreamed of being and life gets better every day! 

Just BREATHE!

DoTerra. Mind. Blown.

Here's my first ever VIDEO for those anti-reading types. If you'd like you can turn it into a drinking game for every time I say "excited"...ha! ;)

I've suffered from asthma and allergies my entire life. The severity of both has lessened as I've gotten older but as a kid I was hospitalized multiple times with pneumonia, resulting from an asthma attack triggered by an allergy. I also endured terrible side effects from pharmaceutical inhalers and nebulizers I was given. As an adult I'm down to two inhalers daily.

My son, Lyric got the same massive amount of allergies and he's now one of those snotty kids that has a runny nose 24/7. Not attractive. He also has a terrible time sleeping because he can't breathe through his nose.

A friend brought me a sample of an essential oil blend called, Breathe. She said her father in law had replaced his inhaler with it. I said thanks we'll try it out but I assumed her FIL's asthma probably wasn't very bad to begin with. (Sorry Jane...ha!)

The first night we put Breathe on Lyric his sinuses cleared and he slept through the night for the first time in 5+ months! He now goes days without his nose running at all! I started using it and within 2 weeks I went from using my steroid inhaler twice a day and my rescue inhaler at least once a day to completely phasing out the steroid and using the rescue inhaler once a week! And I think the little I'm using it now might be out of habit since I've had it on my person for the last 29 years. I have replaced 35+ puffs a week of pharmaceutical chemical/side effect laden asthma drugs with 1 drop a day of DoTerra's oil blend Breathe. It feels like a miracle. This is a completely mind blowing discovery for me and anyone who's experienced my awful respiratory issues over the years. We are SO GRATEFUL to have found this and absolutely have to share it with everyone!

If you suffer form asthma, allergies, bronchitis, or any other respiratory ailments please give this a try! Contact me and I would LOVE to bring you a sample to try. Or you can go to our DoTerra site and buy a bottle. You can find it in the Oil Blends section. If you end up not liking it then I'd be happy to take it of your hands.

I'll do future blog entries on the other oils and how they've benefited us but for now I want to focus on this amazing change in the health of my family.

Contact me!
Call or Text: 907-440-6815
Email: blazemusically@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.doterra.myvoffice.com/blazeanderic/

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It's a reputable well respected company with a product that works wonders! The only question is, what physical and mental part of you could use some natural healing?