Vitamins that are AMAZING!!

So since I'm allergic to Thrive, which really stinks, I tried to find vitamins that would help do the same amazing things Thrive did for me. Unfortunately I had to buy a lot of different things to make things work, but it's been helping with my swelling, pain, energy, skin, pain, sleep. Pretty much everything! It's been such a miracle. So here are the vitamins I take, and here is a list of what is in them and what they help do:

Every Woman's one daily multi: This one helps my immune system not freak out

Vit A 5000 IU

Vit C 60 mg

Vit D 1000 IU

Vit E 30 IU

Vitamin K 80 mcg

Thiamin- Vit B1 1.5mg

Riboflavin- vit B2 1.7 mg

Niacin 20mg

Vit b6 2 mg

Folate400 mcg

Vit b12 12 mcg

biotin 150 mcg

pantothenic acid 10 mg

calcium 25 mg

iron 3 mg

iodine 75 mcg

magnesium 4.5 mcg

zinc 7.5 mg

selenium 50 mcg

copper 750 mcg

manganese 1 mg

chromium 60 mcg

molybdenum 10 mcg

Quercetin:

500 mg 2/day this one helps with energy. it's awesome, and great for cancer patients to have energy

Q- absorb Co- Q 10:

Co-Q 10 30 mg

Green Tea extract: helps with swelling and energy

Grean Tea 500 mg

Calcium Magnesium Zinc + Vit D3:

by nature made

Prenatal with DHA- helps with swelling, my fibro pain, and energy

prenatal vitamins usually do not have any hormones in them, so it's ok for a guy to take them. The prenatals really help with my energy, swelling, and making my hair skin and nails much healthier!

Whole World Botanicals: Royal Break-stone:

helps with my kidney stone pain

contains- phyllanthus niruri

 

Hope this helps some of you!! It sure has made a world of difference for me!

Miracles, alleric again, miracles again

So my life is a life of miracles as I've said before. We found this amazing product called Thrive and it helped me feel so much better! My inflammation went down, my discomfort level went down and I had so much energy. It turns out, after an anaphylactic reaction, that I'm allergic to things in Thrive which is a huge bummer!!! So we are still waiting to see and allergist and unfortunately I'm still taking Benadryl around the clock, but there is a miracle in this!!!

Thrive had such a profound effect on my body that I loved it!! We have had to go to the vitamin store and try and find similar ingredients, which was inconvenient and expensive, but it's working. If we hadn't tried Thrive we wouldn't have known that there are vitamins and minerals that my body is deficient in, and we wouldn't have been able to find similar supplements. If you don't have any food allergens I highly recommend Thrive, it really changed my life. I'm so sad I can't continue the product because it was so convenient and affordable! So if you want to try Thrive, please let me know and I'll get you in touch with the amazing friend who introduced this to me and changed my life!!

I will be forever grateful to this amazing and brave woman!! I love you D!!

Now that I have energy, my swelling is under control and I'm feeling great, I'm ready to take on the next steps in our life journey!! We met with our adoption agent today and had an amazing time!!!! She is an incredible lady who is so supportive of us! And we had to check off this list of what child we were willing to take, which is pretty much any child, and we really want to adopt a boy with Down Syndrome. And I'm Native American, I know I totally don't look like it, and since I'm Native American we have a very very great chance of getting a Native American baby!!!

We are so excited!!! So Thrive was a miracle, giving me hope that there are vitamins that can help me feel awesome, and now the adoption paperwork is underway! It will take until about may/june but we could get a baby! And we signed up to be a safe haven, which means when our agency is on call for a baby that gets dropped off at the hospital or a fire station etc. We can race down there if they call us and adopt that beautiful baby!

This man does this and has helped save hundreds of children! We are so excited to be part of a similar program!!!

And we have opted to adopt children with special needs. Some people disagree with us or are not supportive, or question our judgment, but we are following what we feel to be the Lord's will. And so the road may be tough, but we are ready. And thank you to those of you who have been so supportive and encouraging of us as we take on this new journey in life. We are so grateful for your love and support!

About a year ago this weekend we lost our first baby. And the road after the second loss was really rough. But I was talking to Ken about it and he said try not to remember the hurt around this date, and I said, well just think about all that we have come through, all the grief, difficulty, all the trials, and all the miracles. If we can make it through that, we can make it through anything.

This process of finding out that I can't have children, living with chronic illness and finally finding some supplements to give me energy and reduce swelling and inflammation, having severe allergic reactions, fostering a sibling group for over a year, having a big surgery, going to painful physical therapy, seeing our foster children struggle with the challenges they face, all of it has been an incredibly difficult journey. But Ken and I have never been stronger and our marriage has become so solid, it's been amazing. I am so grateful the Lord led me to such an incredible man, and that we have the privilege of fostering such wonderful children and to adopt some amazing kids soon!

I keep a miracle journal to show our children when they are older all the amazing things the Lord has done for us and is doing! I can't wait to see what this year holds! We are so grateful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and for being sealed in the temple, married for time and all eternity!

Allergic Reaction, Life lessons, and Happiness

So I have the MOST amazing chocolate chip cookie recipe that I made up myself. ( I know, bragging is rude, but seriously, these are made with PUDDING! Amazing!!!) The cookie gets cooked all the way through but stays super soft and the chocolate chips are mini, so each bite is loaded with flavor!! I used some new organic eggs we got.

 In Maine we had our own chickens, and organic eggs are amazing! Although I HATED cleaning out the chicken coop, they just smell sooooo yucky! Also, our llama would back be into the feed room and shove her face in the feed bin and she was crazy strong, so not the fondest of farm chores.

Organic eggs or fresh eggs have an almost orange yolk, the white is a bit thicker, and you can practically see the delicious yummy protein goodness, so that is a plus. And they have a slightly different and stronger flavor, I highly recommend them!


So I also am in love with Cupcake Wars, and would love to have a bakery someday called the Pink Stiletto ( I have the shop, uniforms and menu already planned out ;) ) I've been trying to learn how to make my own cupcake batters that are original, so after I made some cookies I decided to try to turn the batter into cake batter by adding whipping cream. It worked very well, the cake is very moist and fluffy, but the middles fell, they didn't puff up. Surprisingly they didn't turn out dense or weird, they just didn't have much volume.

Does anyone know how much baking soda I should use in ratio to the flour? I think that will make them puff up instead of sink down.

But here's where things get exciting! So after eating 1 cookie, I see these weird spots on my thumb. It kind of looked like I had left my hand on something with a pattern that caused an indentation, but it wouldn't go away, and then I started to get worried!

 

I called Ken who was 20 minutes away donating platelets and plasma which takes FOREVER but saves lives so it's amazing that he dos that, but if he leaves before they are done, they can't use his blood. Then I got this rash.

I am so grateful to have an amazing and thoughtful husband, for his prayers for me, and for all the other prayers from friends and family on my behalf! I'm doing great!

 

It's a little hard to see in this picture but my skin started turning pink all over and these little red bumps started to appear. Then, my fingers, hands and wrists started swelling right in front of me, and fast! So I called Ken and as I was talking to him he said " Rachel, go unlock the door and sit down, you are sounding really confused, I'm calling 911". So I did, and the fire truck came! ( In less than 3 minutes too, we have an awesome fire station)

My chest started to get tight, I had a little fever, the rash spread and the itchiness got worse. Then my ankles started to swell and all these nice firemen and paramedics were there, calm as cucumbers telling me it was ok since I was still able to talk. I had taken Benadryl but it hadn't set in yet so they took me to the hospital.

 

Ken had to go get the kids so he came to the hospital for like 5 minutes then went to get the kids from school. My friend who is a PA was on shift so that was cool to say hi! They gave me some more antihistamine medicine and some nausea medicine, and just watched to see if the reaction would calm down. It did so I got to go home! exciting huh?! I told Ken not to eat the cookies or cupcakes and what does he do? Eats some!

 

But he didn't have a reaction so the doctor said that our bodies change about every 7 years and you can develop food allergies, so I just have to o one of those skin allergy tests and stay away from eggs!

 

So life lesson: don't be afraid of paramedics and firemen, they are very helpful, call 911 if you get a strange rash and have chest pain, and let your mom come get you and take you home. It just makes everything less stressful!!

 

So yesterday was exciting! I'm very happy to be fine and that the reaction was not worse. I'm also very happy to be using Thrive, because I had plenty of energy, had no discomfort besides the itching, and was able to think clearly about what I was allergic too, even though I was a bit confused from the reaction. Thrive isn't a magical cure, but it provides your body the necessary nutrients for it to function at it's best. I can only imagine what would have happened had I not been using my Thrive!

 

And Ken liked the cupcakes and is probably going to eat them all. If you have any egg free yummy recipes I'd love to try making them!! oh, and Benadryl is an excellent thing to have on hand, especially if you don't know you might be allergic to eggs!

 



 

Thrive Week 1 Results!!! Miracles, total Miracles!

So, I started a log to see if this Thive Le-vel stuff really works. You be the judge. I dare you to try it for 5 days, and I guarantee you will be on it 5 years, or most likely the rest of your life!

2/12
weight= 170 lbs
inches around the most swollen part of my belly (making me look pregnant)= 43"
Inches around largest part of thigh= 24"

 

Yes, this is a maternity shirt, because my chronic inflammation makes me look pregnant, and no, I cannot have children so you can imagine how difficult this is.

 

 

Normal discomfort level including stiff joints, muscle cramping, headaches before Thrive= 8 (on over the counter anti inflammatory)

 

Normal swelling of belly ( as seen above), hands, knees, ankles, feet and the discomfort level of that before Thrive- 8

Now my normal discomfort level taking Thrive Le-vel of the above swelling and general discomfort- between a 2-4 daily. That's down 4-6 whole points on the number scale!!!!

 

Ken and I decided before we tried Thrive that if it took either my discomfort levels or swelling down 2 points on the number scale we would consider it a success. We both feel these results after just one week are not only a success, but a miracle.

 

 

Weight= 167lbs unwavering. ( throughout the day it will dip lower, so I chose the highest number that it never goes above)

Waist at most swollen part right under belly button= 41"

Thigh= 23"

 



General improvements noticed within the first 3 days that have just kept getting better!

1.  Sleeping through the night, falling asleep quickly, and if woken by the baby fall back to sleep quickly. (Before Thrive I wouldn't be able to fall asleep until 3-4 am, which makes for a grouchy mama bear).

2. Energy at a high 8-10 daily compared to my previous 2-4. Now I can give my foster kids a run for their money, no tired mama here!

3. Mental clarity- my eyes do not tire easily anymore while reading. I can plan meals, organize ideas and think through chapters for the book I'm writing, keep paperwork organized and stay on top of what needs to get done when ( This is especially critical as we have started our ADOPTION paperwork!!)

4. Confidence! I can't tell you how much more confident I feel when I get up in the morning. I feel like superwoman again, like back in my high school days! Today I'm going to change the world! And I'm doing just that, service that I've wanted to do for friends, teach my foster kids important lessons, plan ways to participate in my community, run errands, make healthy dinners- there is life changing power in healthy dinners!

5. Not grumpy! I have so much more patience with my kids, I get less annoyed over little things and take moments that can be annoying and turn them into teaching opportunities. I think a lot of that has to do with actually resting well!

6. Not needing a nap when my kids go down for a nap. THIS IS HUGE! This started on day one taking Thrive and it threw me for a loop, I got so much done in those 2 hours where I normally need to nap to keep up with my family!

7. Fit into smaller clothes. I don't need my maternity shirts anymore, I wear a size Large now at Target! Awesome!!

8. Able to stand, walk, run multiple errands and still keep my discomfort levels below a 4!!

9. My stomach works! I'm not craving carbs and sugars, but healthy foods, and I'm not going back for seconds and thirds. I'm getting the right kinds of foods and nutrition needed and don't need to snack all day long or find carbs to feel full.

10. My body is reacting less severely to things. It's difficult to explain, but I feel amped and ready for any challenge, and my body feels calm and ready to face stressful things that may come up during the day.

 

I love Thrive, it's changed my life, and I can't wait to see the results Ken has after his gets here!! This is life changing and I'm so grateful to my friends Denise and Dexter who weren't afraid to help me find it!

 



 

Holy Cow THRIVE!!!

So I'm conducting an experiment to see if I can get my body feeling at it's best. I started the Thrive 8 week challenge TODAY. It's a nutraceutical product full of vitamins, minerals, probiotics, and all natural ingredients. I wanted to try it to help mainly with my overall inflammation and immune support. And boy am I HAPPY with it!


 My friends Denise Dexter introduced it to me because they know about the different health and wellness issues I've struggled with. My body has constant inflammation which causes severe discomfort and swelling. I have trouble focusing when reading for long periods of time which gives me headaches, I don't sleep well at night and I have busy days trying to take care of foster kids so I can't afford not to feel my best.

I called to say thank you to Denise and Dexter, told them about how amazing I'm feeling already, and was asked to share the incredible change in my body in just this first day! I'm going to share how Thrive has made a difference on a thrive experience call.

I would really love it if you would listen in and support me as I offer support and my experience to others! It's Wednesday the 18th at 7:30pm MST. The phone number is 605-562-3140 with access code 559464#  you will be on mute and get to hear me! ahh I'm so excited and nervous!!

Here's me Thriving! It's so easy and I can't even begin to tell you how great I feel. I'm going to take detailed notes on the amazing changes I see in my body. It works differently for everyone and is for anyone at any health level. I'm so excited to see "The Places I'll Go!"