Wonderful nutritious eats

Black Bean and Pesto Scramble

Curiousity

I wonder how many people still check out this blog from time to time -
I still create some wonderful eats and treats but should I continue to post recipes etc here?

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Life's been a bit chaotic with the big move and all but I loved reading this today...

What will you Risk? The caterpillar doesn’t worry about risk. The butterfly doesn’t worry about risk. The seed doesn’t worry about risk. We humans are hardwired for survival…..we are protected by our fears….but we are also stunted by them. We allow our fears to hold us back, to keep us from truly living. I recently was exposed to this Creed and took the liberty of adapting it to my liking. It has a powerful message……

To Risk Nothing

The greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing!

To laugh is to risk appearing to be a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas, your dreams, before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To live is to risk dying. To hope is to risk disappointment. To try is to risk failure. 

But risks must be taken, because the greatest mistake in life is to risk nothing! 

The person who risks nothing…..gains nothing, knows nothing new,  and is nothing more than they were the moment before, the day before, the year before. 

They may avoid suffering and sorrow but they do not learn, feel change, grow, love, or thrive. They survive.

Chained by their beliefs, by their judgements……..they are slaves; they have forfeited their freedom. Only a person who risks is free.     Adapted by Cathy Follansbee….from the Monkey Creed 

http://everhealing.com/category/manifesting/

Piggy chops

Rice water onions mushrooms hard cider spices apples pork chops baked 350 for 2 hrs with a side of garlic green beans and almonds

Ahhhh the season changes

Not a good time for Fibro Sufferers

But get up, get moving and eat healthy! Helps keep you positive and not dwelling on all these things!! 

Lesser Known Fibro Symptoms

Most people who suffer from fibromyalgia are familiar with the condition’s many common symptoms. These include pain, fatigue, fibro fog, depression, anxiety, stiffness and irritable bowel syndrome. It’s likely that if you suffer from fibromyalgia, you will suffer from most – if not all – of these symptoms.

Which of these less common fibromyalgia symptoms do you suffer from? How do you cope?

 1. Chest Pain

Sharp pain in your chest is a worrying feeling and shouldn’t be ignored as it can often be an unrelated health issue. However, it’s often associated with fibromyalgia, as the chest is one of the trigger points where fibro patients experience pain. Sometimes this can lead to a shortness of breath, but more commonly it is a sharp pain in the chest area without any other side effects. Gentle exercises and deep breathing can help ease this pain, as can heat and gentle massage.

2. Dry Skin and Itching

Dry skin and itching is another symptom some fibromyalgia patients experience. Often skin can appear flaky and dry and those dry areas often become itchy. If you scratch at your skin, rashes can then appear or skin can appear bruised. Apparently the itchiness may be a result of pain signals being misunderstood by the brain, so it’s important to keep your skin moisturized and try to avoid scratching.

3. Tingling and Numbness

I think this is one of the more common lesser known symptoms. Tingling and numbness, also known as paresthesia, commonly exists in the hands and feet as a result of extensive use, and rest or massage can sometimes help this. However, your tingling can be caused by anxiety as a result of shortness of breath causing reduced blood flow. Deep breathing can often be found to improve paresthesia.

4. Excessive Sweating

This occurs as a result of an autonomic dysfunction in the area of the brain that controls sweating, bowel movements and other body functions. It can occur as a side effect of fibromyalgia and therefore requires fibro patients to carefully control their body temperature – something we are often used to as many fibro sufferers find heat/cold impacts our pain.

5.  Poor Balance and Special Disorientation

Losing balance is a frequent occurrence for some fibromyalgia sufferers. It is believed this is because we carry less lower body strength and our legs are less stable. Because of that, we are less able to steady ourselves when there is a risk of falling. Not only that, but the risk of falling is often increased due to special disorientation (sometimes an effect of fibro fog) and other balance-related side effects like ringing in the ears or blurred vision.

6. Heightened Sensitivity

Heightened sensitivity to touch, also known as allodynia, results in pain from things that wouldn’t normally cause you discomfort. Hyperalgesia is the term for feeling extreme pain. These two conditions as part of fibromyalgia can lead to immense discomfort. For example, something that causes some pain such as stubbing your toe or knocking your elbow can be excruciating to a fibro patient, and something that shouldn’t hurt at all like a friend patting you on the back when greeting you can cause great pain.

West Muffin

Toasted Organic multigrain English muffin

Pan fried organic egg in olive oil

Cottage bacon pan fried ""

Organic cheese of your choice 

And organic strawberry jam 

Yummmmy