tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post7913021717366292724..comments2021-08-25T01:04:36.025-07:00Comments on Universal Eater: Progression - My Health UpdateHeather Pacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16408804213168399473noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post-29965455642352572252011-02-15T20:37:59.986-08:002011-02-15T20:37:59.986-08:00Hi Heather,
I'm glad to have found your blog....Hi Heather,<br /><br />I'm glad to have found your blog. I was a vegetarian for 10 years before I started eating meat again. My health issues were not as challenging as yours but it was definitely a change I had to get used to. Now I eat mostly whole foods, organic produce, grass-fed meats and pastured as much as I can. Keep doing what you're doing. The body is amazing at healing itself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post-75771351269625627272011-01-25T11:56:51.600-08:002011-01-25T11:56:51.600-08:00Heather,
Thanks for your blog, but mostly your can...Heather,<br />Thanks for your blog, but mostly your candidness. I ate primarily a vegan diet for 12 yrs. I have been battling auto-immune, low thyroid, low cortisol for close to 10 yrs. I recently and reluctantly started eating grass fed meats and eggs. I have to say that yes, weight gain happened, but I feel more energy and muscle gain. I hope to be able to get off the thyroid med soon too. Being a lifelong yogini, this was a difficult but life-saving decision for me. I stand behind you and hope that you are able to take this experience and your talents and share it to help many more confused and sick people that really just want to do what is right for themselves and the planet.<br />Peace,<br />Florida yoginiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post-86038906494837244112011-01-22T07:19:49.006-08:002011-01-22T07:19:49.006-08:00Any tips on how to buy all the wild meat on the ch...Any tips on how to buy all the wild meat on the cheap?Cameohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00646751485218035545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post-68622227958684883202011-01-16T12:59:47.913-08:002011-01-16T12:59:47.913-08:00Hi Heathy,
Thanks so much for sharing this journe...Hi Heathy,<br /><br />Thanks so much for sharing this journey with us! You're doing so well and your strength and beauty comes through when you write.<br /><br />Over the last few months (since Sept last year) I started to expand my vegan, highish raw diet due to health problems. I've made the mistake of eating too much sugar and rubbish, but this year I'm going to follow a similar plan to you to try to even out my body. I'm experiencing similar weight gain to you and I really hate it. But I keep telling myself it's a journey and it'll take a while for my body to balance out again. It's depressing but I'm holding on to hope and perseverance. I still miss my skinnier self though, ugh. xSarahhttp://www.glutenfreetriesvegan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post-32236785873071502312011-01-11T18:33:01.405-08:002011-01-11T18:33:01.405-08:00I should add, I quit the Thyroid medication.
I nev...I should add, I quit the Thyroid medication.<br />I never needed it, I needed meat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post-55648406419742225672011-01-11T18:31:33.820-08:002011-01-11T18:31:33.820-08:00Thanks for sharing.
Your health issues sound like...Thanks for sharing.<br /><br />Your health issues sound like mine. I have never eaten much meat. I was always tired, depressed, constipated, and cold.<br />My Doctor put me on a Thyroid med. This helped to some degree. I then decided to go on a strict vegan diet. Strict to me, because sugar and breads were out. Only veggies, fruits, nuts, and, seeds. I followed this plan to the letter for four months. I lost weight. My moods were fine. However, the constipation was worse by far. I was also hungry all the time. I ate every two hours easily. The tummy troubles became so intense, lots of pain. I went off the diet, and began eating organic free range eggs, and organic grass fed beef.<br />I can't express how much better I am feeling!!!<br />I still need to get the sugar out, as I added it back too.<br />I do believe some can thrive well without meat. I am not one of them. I am stronger, warmer, my moods are stable, and my colon works great! This is a first in my life, I am 49. I wasted so many precious years trying to avoid the very thing that could make me well.<br />I am happy you have figured this out early on.<br /><br />I too have put on four pounds since adding in the meat. It does trouble me. I keep telling myself, "I am stronger, I feel great, I must need the weight!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post-31199927248281720452011-01-10T12:03:50.158-08:002011-01-10T12:03:50.158-08:00So happy that you are almost fully recovered. Con...So happy that you are almost fully recovered. Congratulations on your many achievements. You are an incentive! The great information you share with us is valuable and appreciated. Keep up the good work, more importantly keep healthy.<br />Julie PierceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post-10934061836878547082011-01-10T09:42:14.309-08:002011-01-10T09:42:14.309-08:00'Universal' is a great name because I thin...'Universal' is a great name because I think what you are going through is what many of us our. We are all addressing our dark inner shadow side, facing it and bringing them to the surface. <br /><br />I used to so want to be a raw foodist but now I know that's not healthy for me, I am/was concidered underweight even on a meat diet, restricting my diet in such a way would be no good. <br /><br />There seems to be such a strive to be fit a certain image, sometimes I hate myself but I think its case of shrugging and remembering its only a physical body. It's an illusion because the physical on exists as we percieve it too. It's a hard thing to remember but it helps along the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post-90148119503644675452011-01-05T15:57:49.344-08:002011-01-05T15:57:49.344-08:00I echo Disa and Vivvie's love of your shape He...I echo Disa and Vivvie's love of your shape Healthy Heathy!!!!!<br /><br />I too went through what you did, with weight gain, now when I see my old raw vegan pics I look really awful. I am at peace with my fuller cheeks (both sets :) ) and a bit of a tummy. I am feeling stronger than ever. Hate to say it, but long term veganism seems to eat away at our muscles, bones and who know what else. Most of that weight is probably going back to those spots and filling in the gaps with fierce healthy new tissues!<br /><br />Love you always!<br />Aunty Deb xoxoxoDebbie Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04596555525095399660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post-47604410924814974792011-01-05T15:14:18.884-08:002011-01-05T15:14:18.884-08:00Love the new blog! Heathy you are such and inspira...Love the new blog! Heathy you are such and inspiration. Let those body image issues go, because you have one of the most amazing bodies I have ever witnessed. You are such a beautiful woman and you have my love and support. <br /><br />Love,<br />DisDisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747962207896307541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post-74880945799872948292011-01-04T19:23:05.669-08:002011-01-04T19:23:05.669-08:00Awww Vivvie, you're making me cry!!!! I love y...Awww Vivvie, you're making me cry!!!! I love you! Thank you for being such a support, and for truly understanding. We are gettin through this my dear! xoxoxoHeather Pacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16408804213168399473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post-50300454901848648202011-01-04T18:34:21.228-08:002011-01-04T18:34:21.228-08:00Preposterous! And I say that with the utmost love,...Preposterous! And I say that with the utmost love, my dear Heathy.<br />Thank you, once again for sharing, in detail what you have done, what you've tried, and what you are doing. I cannot possibly convey how much of a support any info regarding your journey has consoled, validated, and soothed me in times of tremendous struggle when perhaps NO ONE could have gotten through to me. We did speak briefly about my journey on New Years but i know for certain that there is much no one has heard about, as I'm almost positive you should feel the same.<br /><br /><br />PS: If I may say so...<br />Don't let pictures fool you...the power of the mind is strong, dearie (I wouldn't want to imagine you being any smaller than you are right now, my dear...I say that with the utmost love, as people have said to me during my times of physical delusion...<3 It may feel like they want us to fail, or that it is jealousy, or that they don't understand, but to LIVE & to BE ALIVE is to NOT be so extreme that you cannot bear to be here, <3 no one sees it but US, remember that, and anyone who needs or wants you to be something other than you are has perfection issues in THEMSELVES that they need to work out ;) <br /><br />CONGRADULATIONS, You Deserve This - This is the perfect time of year to go off sugar....it wouldn't exist if you lived in an igloo! :)<br /> I'm sure you'll conjur up some incredible winter recipes in your journey ... are you allowed cinnamon/nutmeg? how bout coconut oils/butters? meat & yams are pretty darn sweet if you ask a sugar-phobic! <br /><br /><br />PPPS- Faith is the ability to not panic.<br /><br /><br />It was absolutely Wonderful to See You Again, Heathy....<br /><br /><br /><br />Much Love to You Always&Always,<br />VivvieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post-74150438222589277232011-01-04T16:43:31.880-08:002011-01-04T16:43:31.880-08:00Thank you all so much for your feedback.
Sarah - ...Thank you all so much for your feedback.<br /><br />Sarah - I stopped eating spirulina. I was eating boatloads of it, and felt intuitively that my body didn't want it anymore. After talking to Lou Corona about it, he said that there is no truly pure source, because all water is a bit tainted, and the body can't handle the fungus.Heather Pacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16408804213168399473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post-15427550210903198232011-01-04T16:32:45.035-08:002011-01-04T16:32:45.035-08:00I'm 100% behind you, you know that! I'm he...I'm 100% behind you, you know that! I'm here for you for the entire journey :)LizNoVeggieGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00785142908687097216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post-40992437235002676262011-01-04T15:53:57.441-08:002011-01-04T15:53:57.441-08:00Heathy. You are a courageous and beautiful person ...Heathy. You are a courageous and beautiful person and you look amazing - so, so pretty. Be proud of yourself and know you'll be ok :-) x x xRunnerBeanGreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843193636744155727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post-70162733166886076002011-01-04T08:28:34.895-08:002011-01-04T08:28:34.895-08:00hey Heather!
Thanks for your honest, well-written...hey Heather!<br /><br />Thanks for your honest, well-written blog. Was wondering, is spirulina allowed on your new diet? Is there anything to be concerned about with the stuff? Thanks! Love love, Sarah E.Hera Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05739316352078782616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post-23568456269209940152011-01-04T07:30:22.397-08:002011-01-04T07:30:22.397-08:00I have cut out chocolate and caffeine but am slowl...I have cut out chocolate and caffeine but am slowly weaning myself off sugar. I have it down to very small amounts, but I am now thinking I ought to go cold turkey on that too - thanks for the information and sharing your experience! It is so true that sweet things are addictive!Laurel Alanna McBrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08485623472049393176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post-717867276683103522011-01-04T06:25:02.022-08:002011-01-04T06:25:02.022-08:00love you babe...you will make it through...and i a...love you babe...you will make it through...and i am here for you always and forever!<br /><br /><3Nellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449168674433482823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post-58018985217208915312011-01-04T03:36:45.603-08:002011-01-04T03:36:45.603-08:00I think you look fantastic!I think you look fantastic!Denise Duffield-Thomashttp://www.deniseduffieldthomas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post-77045391237850749242011-01-04T03:28:19.921-08:002011-01-04T03:28:19.921-08:00Love the new look blog and the title rocks by the ...Love the new look blog and the title rocks by the way too!!<br /><br />I cut out sugar for about 3 weeks and the difference it made to my weight, skin, mind etc was absolutely amazing, I looked skinnier, had better skin and was just felt so good!<br /><br />I thought that my sugar problem was over, but since Xmas, I have been eating sugary things again, alcohol, food etc and its very true, anything that even tastes like sugar, the body will think its sugar and will want more! the only way to get over a sugar problem is to stop eating those foods that the body thinks are sugars.<br /><br />And now that I have gone back to eating sugary things again, I am a bit tired and not feeling anywhere near as great!<br /><br />Its very hard to give up, Sugar really is like a drug!<br /><br />I have to keep fighting as well - its really hard as sometimes our train of thought just goes 'oh screw it cravings, I am going to give in!'<br /><br />Your an inspiration to so many of us!<br /><br />xxMiss Eco Glamhttp://blog.missecoglam.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post-12355798253788223882011-01-03T22:21:43.424-08:002011-01-03T22:21:43.424-08:00Oh gosh this is so funny heathy when I just wrote ...Oh gosh this is so funny heathy when I just wrote to you saying yay for stevia on my no sugar diet!!!! Good teaching though, I must make sure that I absolutely don't overdo it. Your body is going to LOVE you for this cleanse xFranhttp://www.highonhealth.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290944684870332598.post-8884191039982015772011-01-03T20:27:18.361-08:002011-01-03T20:27:18.361-08:00My doc had me give up ALL sugars and sweet things ...My doc had me give up ALL sugars and sweet things for three months. I went CRAZY! I begged for an apple!!!! When he allowed me back on, i've little by little been sneaking it in more.....i need to get back on track with the sweets too! Keep up the good work! <br /><br />Blessings,<br /><br />BarbaraRawfully Tempting B. Kesslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967478865518216973noreply@blogger.com