- Celery
- Berries
- Grapefruit
- Carrots
- Tomatoes
- Cucumbers
- Watermelon
- Peas
- Apples
- Lemons
- Limes
- Water
- Seltzer
- Plain Tea
- Black Coffee
- Herbs
- Hot Sauce
- Chiles
- Mustard
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Onions
- Spinach
- Alfalfa Sprouts
- Salsa
- Lettuce
- Bok Choy
- Squash
- Mushrooms
- Eggplant
- Asparagus
- Cabbage
- Bell Peppers
- Cantaloupe
- Peaches
- Honeydew
- Grapes
- Pineapple
- Kiwi
- Brussel sprouts
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is a nutrient your body needs to form blood vessels, cartilage, muscle and collagen in bones. Vitamin C is also vital to your body's healing process.
Vitamin C is an antioxidant that helps protect your cells against the effects of free radicals — molecules produced when your body breaks down food or is exposed to tobacco smoke and radiation from the sun, X-rays or other sources. Free radicals might play a role in heart disease, cancer and other diseases. Vitamin C also helps your body absorb and store iron.
Because your body doesn't produce vitamin C, you need to get it from your diet. Vitamin C is found in citrus fruits, berries, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli and spinach. Vitamin C is also available as an oral supplement, typically in the form of capsules and chewable tablets.
Vitamin E-
Vitamin E is a nutrient that's important to vision, reproduction, and the health of your blood, brain and skin.
Vitamin E also has antioxidant properties. Antioxidants are substances that might protect your cells against the effects of free radicals — molecules produced when your body breaks down food or is exposed to tobacco smoke and radiation. Free radicals might play a role in heart disease, cancer and other diseases. If you take vitamin E for its antioxidant properties, keep in mind that the supplement might not offer the same benefits as naturally occurring antioxidants in food.
Foods rich in vitamin E include canola oil, olive oil, margarine, almonds and peanuts. You can also get vitamin E from meats, dairy, leafy greens and fortified cereals. Vitamin E is also available as an oral supplement in capsules or drops.
Vitamin E deficiency can cause nerve pain (neuropathy).
The recommended daily amount of vitamin E for adults is 15 milligrams a day.
Biotin-
Biotin (vitamin B7) is a vitamin found in foods like eggs, milk, and bananas. Biotin deficiency can cause thinning of the hair and a rash on the face. Biotin is an important part of enzymes in the body that break down substances like fats, carbohydrates, and others.
Collagen-
Collagen is a protein responsible for healthy joints and skin elasticity, or stretchiness. It’s in your bones, muscles, and blood, comprising three quarters of your skin and a third of the protein in your body.
As you age, your existing collagen breaks down, and it gets harder for your body to produce more. As a result, many people turn to collagen supplements. These supplements are usually powders, though there are also capsules and liquid supplements available.
Collagen is also produced naturally in the body by combining amino acids, the building blocks of proteins found in food.
I am still being a good fat girl and eating right and exercising. I did take off one more day from riding the bike because I ended up having some oral surgery a few days ago and just felt like hell that day. I have ridden it 23 days out of 25 days though which is awesome for me. In the past my exercise record was like 2 or 3 days in a row and then a few years off. I hate the bike more and more every day lol, but I think it is because I am pedaling harder and faster, so it never feels easier. This is one of those bikes that has the moving arms too, so I am getting a really good workout on this bike from HELL. I also have changed up my physical therapy exercises to a higher impact than usual. I am wearing myself out, but I do feel a little more muscular and a little more cheery. I am eating well and exercising and working like a fiend...Life is starting to have a bright side again.
I am also working on a mermaid project. I have always loved mermaids. I call myself a land mermaid. This project is gonna be awesome! I am very excited.
5/292022
Today’s lunch was a bowl of pineapple with some vanilla Yoplait yogurt on top of it and it was delicious! It was very dessert-like tasting. I felt like I was cheating. I also rode the damn bike today. I am just gonna keep chugging along. I added a new exercise today. Some weightlifting. 3 sets of 10. I realize 5-pound weights are not really heavy, but ya know what? They’re heavy to me and every person has to start somewhere, and 5-pound weights is where I am starting. Feeling tired today but still happy about my new life plan. I am sticking to it, and I am slowly getting stronger which has got to mean I am getting healthier too. I am pretty sure the two go hand in hand.
Doing a mermaid shoot today for a new website and magazine. Sooooo excited! I love mermaids and have always wanted to be one. This is going to be so much fun! https://www.mermaidz.us/ it may be a new site and magazine, but it is gonna be awesome!
6/1/2022
A lot of people who are severely overweight or underweight come from abusive lives…the first time I was raped was by a man named Brian Hall. I was engaged to him at the time and actually didn’t realize it was rape for a long time. I’m not even sure if he was fully aware that it was rape. He and I were engaged. We had been together close to a year, and he wanted to try anal sex and since I loved him, I said yes. We started and it hurt so badly I cried and said “no” and cried “stop” and tried to get him off of me, but he kept going until he was finished. When he finished, he said “I heard you say stop, but it felt so good that I couldn’t.” This was 25 years ago, and I still remember those exact words. He knew I didn’t want it. He knew it was hurting me. He didn’t stop. That’s rape, and by a man I loved at the time. We broke up shortly after that. I started catching him in lies and other childish crap. He just was not the man I thought he was.
My brother molested me for years and beat the crap out of me quite often.
My father beat the crap out of me from time to time and mentally and emotionally abused me as much as possible. My mother was mentally and emotionally abusive too. No one ever listened to me. No one was kind to me. All 3 husbands abused me in their own ways. Yelling, screaming, insulting, pushing, hitting, lying, cheating, raping, destroying…You know who never yelled at me? A Snickers bar…People eat their feelings. We all have to find comfort somewhere. Don’t be one of those who then abuses the plus size person more because they found a way to feel some comfort. Body shaming has completely gotten out of hand in this country, and everyone needs to stop!
It took me until I was 35 and married to husband #3 to get some self-esteem. He punched me in the face 2 times in a row in front of my then 9-year-old son…on our first Mother’s Day together. I was just done. I had him arrested. I did a lot of writing and thinking and crying and I decided, I am too good for this shit. I deserved better than wasting my time and tears over a piece of shit that would beat me for no reason in front of my child while destroying all of the things I had left to me from my mother after her death. He was garbage, I was not going to take it anymore, and a new me was born. The phoenix rises from the ashes indeed!
6/14/2022
Been sticking to my healthy eating plan for about 6 weeks now. Other than my usual allergies and pms/menopausal issues I have been feeling better and healthier. I hurt my leg a bit on the bike a couple of days ago, again, so I gave up the bike because my leg is still fucked up from it. I have gone 5 days with no bike. I am giving myself 2 more bike free days and then I will start again. My goal is to ride a mile a day…A slow-ass mile, but an entire mile. Wish me luck!
