Comments on: The Blue Cornflower Effect

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:57:11 +0000

Welcome, D’Ann, and thanks for these words about your own experience and how my words are encouraging to you. Over time, you will read many posts here about the long haul and staying with it, and the value of waiting. On a meal idea note, I have recently discovered this blog and thought, with two small children, you might enjoy some of the ideas there:

http://kidtestedfirefighterapproved.com/

And here’s another one from the mother in a family of five who teaches full time and cooks meals on a budget:

http://vegandaytoday.tumblr.com/

I very much appreciate your sentiment about this knowledge being a gift. I agree. Trust the slow process.

Maria

By: D'Ann

D'Ann — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:38:08 +0000

“So trust yourself when you start to feel good. Even if it doesn’t show that much on the outside.” Thank you for these encouraging words… I’ve only been on this journey close to two months, and not only have I not lost weight, but I’m often left confused and hungry, especially when I’m not at home and don’t know what I can eat while eating on the road. With two small children, this way of eating is extremely time consuming vs convenience foods, but I know in my heart, you, and all the others I’ve been reading about have stumbled upon something truly wonderful. Instead of griping and whining, I must count this knowlege as a gift and move forward, even if it’s slow going…

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:10:22 +0000

Welcome, Jeanie, and thank you. “Gardener in my heart”; what a lovely way to put it and I know exactly what you mean. I am glad to know you were able to get out and have a delightful Fall day–that kind of day is well worth any pain we may have to recuperate from, isn’t it? And so glad that you have truly restarted your vegan journey, too. We will all believe in the hope together.

peace back to you,

Maria

By: Jeanie

Jeanie — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:39:13 +0000

Hi Maria, I have Fibro also, 4 years now. Vegan too, just truly restarted in earnest about a month ago. I am now starting to feel a small bit of a difference but a little afraid to believe in the hope. I’m sure you understand what I am saying. I also have a very arthritic left ankle but yesterday spent a delightful fall day out with my husband exploring Woodstock, GA ( we are new to the state) and walked a lot without my cane. Paying the price last night and today with pain, but it was worth it to be “aired out” once a week! Gardener in my heart but not yet in this GA yard, I loved your post. So nice to meet a fellow traveler. Peace, Jeanie

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 15:32:48 +0000

Welcome, Chokyl,

It’s very nice to meet you too. Sounds like you are a gardener after my own heart. It’s so healing for me, too, to be connected to the earth in the way you describe. Thanks for sharing that you just finished the program at OHSU. So many of us are eager to hear the final results. I am so happy to know it was positive for you and that you lost weight. That can only help everything, however indirectly. I hope with more time on the plan you’ll see more visible health improvements, too. I’ll be continuing to share how over time I tweaked that general Starch Solution based food plan into a more strict sub set that works for my own needs. I believe you will find what works best within it for you, too, as time goes on. I hope what I write helps you in some way on your own path to stay with it. Thank you for joining me. I am honored.

Maria

By: Chokyi Dawa

Chokyi Dawa — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:04:13 +0000

Nice to meet you Maria,
Wonderful to hear your health is returning. My garden has been a life saver, being able to connect with the earth by planting a seed that becomes a plant that nourishes my body and nature by returning the peels/trimmings to the soil. I just finished a 8 week MS plant based diet and lifestyle program at OHSU based on John McDougall’s Starch Solution. It was a fantastic program. I lost 21 pounds but still waiting for health improvements. Thanks for your story, it is encouraging.

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 23:21:30 +0000

hi carollynne,

Thank you for joining me here and for your kind words. It’s nice to have McDougall friends along. 🙂 Also nice to know that you also are a gardener and love to talk flowers, plants, etc. I never get tired of it. 🙂

Maria

By: carollynne kelly

carollynne kelly — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:38:21 +0000

hi! I have been reading your journal on McDougall boards, and now here, I am , too, a gardener and love to talk flowers, plants etc. Wonderful to hear about your progress in healing. I know 2 ladies with MS and one is advanced along, and one may be getting the diagnosis… either way, I truly admire you. they both know of how I eat, and that I have cured my NAFLD, the fatty liver, with plant based, whole foods diet. I am so glad that you are finding some relief of your symptoms and leading the way to health for others.

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 19:22:30 +0000

Hi Ellen,

I really like how you put this. It’s a very eloquently said, and true, too. Thank you, and you’re welcome, again! 🙂

Maria

By: Ellen

Ellen — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 19:14:45 +0000

I am just sitting here smiling! What you mention here is so vital to living with a chronic illness, even more so when you decide to fight it yourself. It goes beyond the idea of ‘never give up.’ The understanding of how the ebb and flow of living itself works has a profound effect on how we choose to deal with those currents.

Thank you, again!