#Histamine journey, Back to basics

After having had the glorious idea of sipping beer from hubby last week, three days in a row, without DAO support, I'm paying the price since Saturday.
My itchy friend is back, arms and legs. But it's only little itchy pimples, not the open sores from before.
Means, I didn't do a complete overload this time.

Time to feed myself the basics again, mainly veggies that are low Histamine and oats for the morning, some Ricotta and Blueberries in the afternoon.

Yes, you can call me idiot, but I DID enjoy the beer ;-)

#365 - Warning

Don't overload the system.
Don't do too much at once.
Or you will scare mojo into dark corners again.
Take it easy.
Enjoy the journey.

The sun's shining, so that helps.
Batteries are charged. I went for one photo and marked some photo
Ops for the coming days.
It's a start.
Again.

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#365 - Mojo

I think I found you my friend. Where have you been hiding?
In a deep corner of my camera bag?
Afraid to come out and play?
Well, no more hiding, ok?

PS: The big Babe (aka my real camera will make an appearance from tomorrow on. The batteries needed charging :-) )

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#365 - Buckwheat heat pillow

Made me a quick Buckwheatheat pillow, warm up inmicrowave, put on ouchie spot, enjoy, sigh!

Next one will be bigger and prettier ;-)

 

#365 - Happy New Year

I am not big on resolutions. 

There are a few things this year onmy agenda though. 

We'll see hiw itgoes. 

What about you? Plans, resolutions? 

#365 - Natural Texas Honey

YumYum, got me some natural Texas honey!
Wish I had known about their soap and candles before :-)

Thanks, Savannah & Daniel! Keep up the good work!

#365 - Leaving Germany

Two from my flight, phone pics only, but better than nothing ;-)



I was surprised when we passed near my home town and I saw the 'Laacher See' :-)

And this one should be somewhere near Cologne or Duesseldorf.

#365 - Settling in

Bought a poor neglected outside chair the other day at the thrift shop.
Just a little help and it's almost new :-)

Finally found some herbs and did a little 'starter' garden.

Some heritage seeds are on their way for a real garden :-)

I put a potato in there, see if it will give me a starter potato

And after a days work, time for some knitting and a beer on my new chair, waiting for someone to do the BBQ :-)

Enjoying the sunset

While the dogs would prefer to play ;-)

#365 - Last views...

I'll certainly miss this view from my desk :-)

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#Kuwait - Room with a view

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#365 - The road to healthy

Good morning world 

40min walking & 1 hr Yoga behind me, now I'm chewing my Veggie juice.... 
I am tempted to go to Fahaheel and get me the cheap juicer after all... This juice (smoothie) ain't bad, BUT,.... 

Anyhow, this one's a blend of 1 (biggish) cucumber, 1 Tomato, 2 (biggish) carrots, 1 relatively big red beet & one apple. Added some water and overheated my poor Blender a bit, even though I added stuff slowly  . If you want it less chewy - add more water.

Stored half of it in a jar (you have to fill it all the way, or all the Vitamins will go 'puff'. That one's either for tomorrow or later today.

Put in some Tumeric, Flax seeds and oats. Forgot to put in some Ginger, but used some of my powdered Ginger instead. And defo don't have a problem chewing this 'juice' 

#365 - Yoga

A certain someone 'dragged' me into some sport stores at Al Kout today 
and lo and behold there was something smiling at me. 
A really nice, sturdy mat, non-stinking too with a good grip, ideal for yoga. 
Could I resists? 
No, of course not. 
The price was decent enough too.

Now I tried to find it online, since it's a brand name and amazon has only one 
to offer for double the price. 
Something cheaper in Kuwait than on amazon?!

Update: I found it for the normal price:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0086VASQQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0086VASQQ&linkCode=as2&tag=nic02-20 - I must be half asleep 

Well, here's my precious new Babe 

http://global.reebok.com/I33054_500.html
Not really much Info on it...

Did the first slow test with a 15min easy Yoga and so far only minimal sliding, we'll see how it goes tomorrow  )
Update: Even with the 1hr Yoga and lots of sweating, only minimal sliding. I like! :D

#Kuwait - Beach morning

Just the usual insanity

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These bags are usually used by the trash picker-uppers...

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Drifting at the beach - the second favorite part time here it seems, trashing up the beach must be #1

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Enjoy - Indeed

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Fitting name

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#Engrish - Soap

Am I the only one who thinks this a bit....odd?!

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#365 - Some days are good

and some are even better :-)

#365 - Balcony as of 10th of April

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#365 - No more Fahaheel beach

No more Fahaheel beach. At least not with the dogs.
And what's the point of going there without?
I guess someone higher up must have gotten scared.
Oh well. For now we still have Mangaf beach.
Not for much longer, I'm afraid, since they are building all that fancy stuff there.
But with all that trash around it really ain't no fun anyway. All the dogs want to do these days, is
go and roam for scraps. Yuck.

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I am glad they are doing more against the trash. It got a little better it seems,
but people are still very disrespectful.

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#365 - Detox day 4

Had no real cravings yesterday. Yes, I could have eaten DH's fish, rice and Veggies,... but it was ok.
Headache and back pain went away too, guess it was a reaction to the Yoga, doesn't mean I stop that :D
This morning I'll try this new Video by Candace and maybe doing the morning one before, we'll see.

Slept really well, except for having to pee in the middle of the night and then again shortly before the alarm went off. Will most likely crash again at some point today :-)

Breakfast: Juice: 2 carrots, 2 cucumbers, 3 pieces of Ginger, 1 green apple, 1 tomato (forgot the orange, sigh ;-))

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Did this Yoga / Meditation Video and the one for Breathing.

Of course took a two hour nap, sigh :-)

Lunch: Juice: 2 carrots, 1 red apple, 2 red beets, 2 pieces of Ginger, some parsley & Dill, 2 zucchini

Afternoon: Caved in with a smoothie, was starting a slight headache and my Avocados had to go anyway ;-)
Smoothie: 1 Avocado, 2 small oranges, 1 Banana, 5 Strawberries

Hibiscus tea

#365 - Detox day 3

Yesterdays experience and todays ongoing headache and back pain tells me that my body isn't ready yet for a full juice (hence Fiber free) detox.
I am adding at least two smoothies to the day, one in the morning and one maybe after Lunch.

Before breakfast: 1/2 lemon, juice in hot water
Breakfast: Smoothie (6 Strawberries, 1 Banana, 1/2 Cantaloupe, 1 Kiwi, 1 red apple, added some water to get it smooth)

Did my 15-minute morning Yoga after breakfast, because I almost forgot. Didn't feel as bad as on
Monday :D

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Doc visit went ok, had to wait quite a bit and got some rumbling stomach, aka I got hungry, 

but survived with sips of water.

Coming home, I took a nap, planned an hour but stayed abed for two. It's not like I'm gonna miss 

anything ;-)

Even before Lunch, am not feeling very hungry and the dizziness I had all day yesterday is pretty much gone too. So is my back pain and headache for now. Hope it stays that way.

Lunch: 2 carrots, 1 Zucchini, 2 cucumbers, 3 tomatoes, 2 red beets, 2 pieces of Ginger.

I think the Ginger is really helping with these, taste wise, this one was delicious :-)

Dinner: Smoothie (5 strawberries, 1 Banana, 2 oranges, 1 Kiwi, 1 Avocado)

Current weight: 79.5Kg - that is 5 less than in December
Blood pressure today: 110/70 - thumbs up :-)

#365 - Detox day 2

Woke up this morning with a bundle of energy before the alarm
(well, that part was thanks to our 'talking' dog ;-)).
Am having half a lemon in a cup of hot water right now and water before and after.

Today will be a not so nice day and I'll miss some comfy chocolate, I'm sure.
But I'll just make me a gorgeous smoothie instead. Pft! :-)

Breakfast: A smoothie with half a cantaloupe, 5 Strawberries, a Banana and an orange,
added some water to get it smooth

Did my 15 minute morning yoga Video BEFORE drinking the juice this time :-)
Much better for the stomach ;-)

Energy Levels vary, I could go curl up in bed quite happily right now. And would, if I didn't have to go some place. Bummer ;-)
I did succumb to an hour nap, set my alarm and was still on time. Only to find out that the Doc is on a conference today. Great. Didn't call, because they don't believe in appointments here anyway. Sigh.
Tomorrow then.

In between: Karkade (Hibiscus tea) x2

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Lunch: Juice of 3 red beets (be aware of red fingers after peeling them, but it washes off easy enough), 2 carrots, 1 orange  -  this one was yummy!

Soon after Lunch back pain and headache started.
I tried to get rid of it with another juice around 2,30pm: 1 apple, 1 Kiwi, a handful of parsley, 1 piece of Ginger, 2 Cucumbers  (tasted ok)
Headache didn't go away.
Sucked it up until around 5 and ate 3 of my freshly made oat cakes (2 ripe Bananas, 1/2 cup of oats and 1/3 cup of raisins, mixed well, baked in the oven at 380F for approx 15-20min)
Tried another juice: 2 Zucchini, some Lettuce, (too much) parsley, 2 carrots - that one was yucky!
and had an egg with it with salt.
Around 7pm I finally took two heavy pain killers and that helped a wee bit.