Another Update …. consolidation

I’m not so sure I could really call where I am ‘consolidation’ because I’m now eating without being on the protocol. However, I do feel that Cura Romana has put me on a path where I do know what I want to eat and most definitely what I don’t want too.

Unfortunately my second occasion on the Cura Romana HCG+Foodplan is delayed whilst I try to sort out these blasted gallstones! I’ve purchased a rememdy from Alan Hopking at Godshaer’s Medicinal Herbalist – it really does taste absolutely grim, but I’m hopeful that it will work and that I can avoid surgery. He does have a 99% success rate, so it’s got to be worth a try.

I did think I should mention though that I have lost a further 4 kilos since finishing consolidation phase …. this has been without any effort at all, nothing in the form of conscious thought process anyway.

I still continue to feel very well and STILL, fingers crossed, have not had one single migraine since May this year. That is honestly a miracle for me. I used to be plagued with headaches for three weeks out of every four. Painkillers didn’t help to ease them, whether it was paracetamol, aspirin, codeine or migraine medication (sumatriptain). I simply used to have to retire to a dark room, close my eyes and hope that the pain would pass. They were really debilitating and hugely detrimental in terms of quality of life.

FREEDOM!!! The sense of true liberation is spell-binding!

Also other aches and pains have all but gone … still got a very troublesome ankle (but then I have sprained it severely 5 times now), so that’s hardly surprising.

I am still on ZERO medication for anything!!! A miracle continues!

Feeling in very high, motivated spirit and continue to be exceptionally busy, building a new working life for myself which is very exciting.

Hope all the visitors to my blog are finding that they are getting along well on Cura Romana. Please don’t ever hesitate to contact me. I’m happy to answer any questions 🙂

Quote for the Day …

It’s been quite a while since I put up a quote for the day, but I really love this one, by “The Bard” himself.

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft  might win, by fearing to attempt.

~ William Shakespeare

This painting unveiled recently may be the truest likeness of William Shakespeare.

The newly-discovered portrait is the only surviving one of the Bard made in his lifetime and is believed to show him in 1610 aged 46, six years before he died.

It had been in Alec Cobbe’s family for generations after one of his forebears married a descendant of Shakespeare’s literary patron Henry Wriothesley.

He realised its worth when he visited London’s National Portrait Gallery in 2006 and spotted a Shakespeare painting there was a copy.  His picture bears a Latin slogan, Prinicipum amicitias.

Return from the Wilderness ….

Hello everyone

I am hoping that you are all going to forgive me for my extended absence.  I have been so, so busy lately.  This is what Cura Romana has done for me.  I quite literallly haven’t stopped since my last blog entry here.  Loads of exciting things going on and I’m buzzing around, feeling very motivated, excited and anticipating a future that is looking so much brighter than what I could have ever envisaged at the beginning of this year.

There has also been a slight ‘set-back’ with my Cura Romana journey …. I was recently diagnosed with “gall stones” after an awful bout of biliary colic …. I can tell you right now that it is SO PAINFUL!

Anyway, this means that I am having to delay commencing my second ’round’ of using Cura Romana because I’m using a herbal remedy to try and get rid of these horrid stones.  Actually if any of you are interested in herbal remedies, I can highly recommend Alan Hopking of Godshaer’s.  He is a fully qualified Medicinal Herbalist and I will be starting that treatment today.  So, I’ll keep you posted on that too.

Ok … now I want to ask a favour.

Now that I am going to be ‘back in the swing of things’ with my blog, it would be really great if we can get some interaction and feedback going on here 🙂

I’d love to get to know some of my visitors  little better, so do please say “Hello” now and again.

Feedback … a request

Odilon Redon ~ Beatrice 1897

For those of you who have visited my blog a few times, you will know that I am working on this blog very much in partnership with my friend, Jackie.  Her blog is MyCuraRomanaJourney.

The two of us have engaged in conversation between the two blogs and really opened up … placed our souls quite bare actually, hoping that it will be of some benefit to people out in the huge world of ours.

I would like to place a request on behalf of both of us … please if you have found anything useful, or an entry inspiring … whatever your reaction, it would be very much appreciated by both of us if you could perhaps place some kind of comment.  Our hope is that these blogs will provide a ‘Community’ spirit, and that we can ‘meet up’ and help one another.

Also, if you have questions about Cura Romana, Leslie Kenton’s approach etc, then please by all means ask us.

Thank you for reading through this post.  Hopefully both Jackie and I can look forward to some feedback 🙂

Apologies for the ‘postal strike’

I imagine that some of you may have thought …. “Where is Karen” ? ….”Is she secretly munching biscuits and putting on weight, unable to face us?”  “Has she found herself and gone off on a world trip”?  “Has she got writer’s block”? …… what is going on?????

Well, let me explain … Cura Romana has done something that no-one and nothing else on this earth could have achieved.  It has, I believe, completely cured me of a cycle of depressive illness that started in 1993 and thereby prevented me from engaging with life fully.

I am still following the protocol and am in the first three weeks phase of consolidation.  It’s going fine.  There have been a few hiccups, but nothing I couldn’t correct.  I have to confess that it has seemed a little odd not being in contact with Leslie Kenton on a daily basis and also to be eating a wider variety of foods.

My weight has remained constant, although I have actually lost a further kilo in weight.

I can report though that my lack of entries on the blog have been because I have been so, so busy …. LIVING!!!  Yippeeeeeee!!!  I am in the middle of completely re-structuring and planning a new business.  I am organising to have jobs that have been put off and put off finally completed.

I am thoroughly content, living fully in my body, fully connected as a mind/body/spirit and have total confidence that life can only continue to keep on getting better and better.  I am mentally stronger than I can remember being in my life.  Also, without going into too much detail I can also reveal that I am no longer taking any prescription medication for anxiety or depression.  INCREDIBLE!

Cura Romana is, in my view, a priceless gift.  How on earth can you put a price on giving someone their life back?

Leslie and Aaron Kenton are working on something so precious and I have been privileged to be one of the people in the UK to have been mentored by Leslie.  It is something that I will never forget and be forever grateful for.

Recipe Idea for Consolidation …

I found this recipe today online and thought it sounded delicious.  I found it on the “Healthy Cooking Community” section of the MedHelp website.  The receipe was posted by “TrudiC” … so I can thank her for this recipe!

Could be vegetarian if you use tofu instead of chicken.  Served on a bed of nutrient-rich spinach, this chicken is a tasty lunch or dinner!  We had for dinner last night and will make a repeat performance.  Good warm or cold.

Almond Chicken Salad

Ingredients

2 cups asparagus tips, diagonally
1/2 cup plain, non-fat yogurt
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
2 cups cooked skinless, breast, chopped
1/2 cup red bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1/4 cup fresh chopped coriander
2 tablespoons sliced almonds, toasted
spinach leaves

1.  Steam asparagus for 2 minutes or until crisp-tender

2.  In a medium bowl, whisk together the yogurt, curry, lemon juice and salt

3.  Add asparagus, chicken, bell pepper, coriander and almonds and toss to coat.

4.  Serve on fresh spinach leaves.

Serves 4

Nutrition:  Fat 2.3g, Carbs 10.1g, calories 108.2, protein 13.3g

Day Forty-Seven …

My last day of Food Plan without the HCG today.  Tomorrow begins my first 3 weeks of consolidation, so I’ll be re-introducing dairy, other vegetables and fruit into my diet.  I will still be avoiding starches and refined sugars though.

I owe you all an apology and this is my little way of saying “Sorry” for the number of days I missed posting updates.  Jackie has been far better than me at keeping up-to-date.  I have just been so engrossed with everything that I’m learning; I’ve been reading all sorts of interesting books, researching things on the net and generally being an alive and ‘out there’ person for the first time in years.

I have just done an absolutely MAMMOTH update, providing all the information for the last 14 days.  In some ways it may be more helpful to everyone because I have taken the comments from my personal reports to Leslie Kenton.  These will give you a true insight into what is happening on Cura Romana, almost first-hand.

Let me share something with you today, that will hopefully bring a smile to your face.  I’ll do that after I reveal that my weight loss is now 2 stone, 4 1lbs ….. Wowwwweeeeee!

Without further ado, here is my favourite cartoon character from early childhood (and adulthood for that matter).  My mother and father had this book and as children we used to pour over it laughing so hard our sides nearly split.  It didn’t need words or anything … it was just perfect … and as a result universal!  Percile Luigi Giovannetti was his creator.  To quote another reviewer, “Max is a small, round furry creature most likened to a hamster, whose wordless pantomimes were both cute and whimsical and trenchantly self-deprecating. Don’t ask me how a beautifully rendered little puff-ball could stand for pride and pomposity punctured, but he did. It was also blissfully free of mawkish sentimentality, a funny animal for adults.”

Enjoy 🙂

Max Giovannetti by Percile Luigi Giovannetti for Punch Magazine

Day Forty-Six …

You may be wondering why there are fireworks accompanying this post?

Well … today I’m celebrating …..  I have lost 14 kilos in 43 days, which for me is one heck of an achievement.  I’m just so thrilled.  It’s great to be able to discard some of my clothes because they are now too large for me.  Hoorah!!!

For those of you who prefer weights in stones, that is now just over 2 stone.

My embarking on Cura Romana was about an interest/desire to lose weight, but primarily it was all about regaining health, both spiritual and physical.

Cura Romana has achieved in such a short space of time a ‘cure’ for me which has been quite honestly, unavailable … I’d go so far to say as non-existent.

If I were to go the conventional route via the NHS, you’re talking about having some fairly patronising attitudes levied at you, with very, very little understanding of what weight gain is all about, the cause and also the emotional aspects of it.

Cura Romana has addressed all of those issues for me, in the gentlest of ways and my strength and will power only gets stronger day by day.  I hesitate to use the word ‘miracle’, but it truly does feel like that.  Also, for those of you who may have a questioning nature, or wonder why I am extolling Cura Romana in this way, it’s quite simply because it is genuine.  It’s not a fad, it’s not a quick fix ‘rip off’, it’s absolutely the opposite of all that.  I also believe that because the people behind it, namely Leslie and Aaron, are not only very, very knowledgeable in their field, but also have an approach to humanity that is compassionate, giving and loving …. well that is all a part of the reason it works too.  It’s just phenomenal!

Day Forty-Five …

I had an absolultely wonderful surprise this morning.  Almost 1 kilo disappeared overnight.  I have no idea how or why …. I can’t find it anywhere; it’s not in the laundry basket, the wardrobe, under the bed …. no it’s definitely “Gone Man, Solid Gone” as Balu the Bear would say in Jungle Book!  A great way to start the day 🙂  So this is what I told Leslie ….

What an incredible surprise this morning when I stepped onto the scales 🙂

I’ve not been all that hungry today … I had a light lunch which was fine and then went out for a while.

I’ve been doing some shopping in preparation for re-organising the sitting room in our home, storage that will be improved on what we already have and also I’m getting ready to start the de-cluttering tomorrow.  So, I’ll be putting the thoughts into action.  There’s a huge amount to do, but I’m going to take it one room, maybe even one drawer at a time.

….. It’s so great not to have the awful bloating and other PMT symptoms .. I had a mild headache, which quickly cleared.Also, I’m keeping my fingers crossed as I tell you this, I haven’t had one migraine since starting Cura Romana.  That for me is heaven!  I used to get the Cluster Migraines sometimes which were so incredibly debilitating.

I’m glad that the form was useful for you.  It’s the very least I can do, after the incredible support you have given me.  You and Aaron have put together something so special with Cura Romana … the possibilities with it for the future are, in my humble opinion, extraordinary.

Day Forty-Four …

Okay … this really is brave of me to post this one.  It’s almost like laying your soul bare for the world and there’s an element of risk with that.  However, I have weighed up that risk and sometimes, you just have to jump in, go with your gut instinct and just do it!  There’s a book isn’t there, “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway”.  Well, that’s exactly what I am doing right now!

Today was the first day for me on the Food Plan, but without using the homeopathic hcg.  At the end of today, this is what I told Leslie in my report:

I think I am evaluating everything at the moment; future work, family life, home life, where we live, where I go next in terms of work, education and everything else.

I am quite conscious of ‘wasted time’, although in reality I know that it is not wasted.  It it just life, events etc that put one in a situation for a while, which hopefully is useful as a life lesson.

I know that I am at a major turning point of my life at this moment and that I will be able to move forward  from this point on to cultivate for myself the life that I want to lead, the way I want to lead it and to use the skill sets that I wish to use, rather than feeling obliged to comply with what is ‘expected’.  In other words, be completely true to myself.

I haven’t quite figured out what that may be, but one thing I do know for certain is that all this is leading me to be in a position where I can hopefully help others who have been through similar experiences to my own, or at least have experienced ‘loss of self’ etc, whether that be on an emotional level or physical, or even both!

I am finding that I am far, far more in tune and trusting my intuition, rather than ignoring it.

I know this may sound very ‘new agey’, but from being a very young child I was always aware of a ‘force’, something that was far bigger than all of us combined on this planet.  Some may refer to that as ‘God’, other’s perhaps something else.  Perhaps it is simply the force and energy of nature itself.  I do believe in a universal consciousness, and I always have and that energy is continuous and doesn’t need a physical body.

What I mean, and am perhaps not explaining very well, is that so long as I remain true to myself and look after myself, I do want to continue to give and put something back.  It’s the core of who I am and I believe in humanity, justice and freedom … freedom of expression and freedom from chains, whether those chains be self-created by the spectre of depression, anxiety or whatever cause.

There just needs to be a lot more love and giving going on!

Anyway, once again I have you to thank for my re-awakening.  I have been so blocked for years, but now I think I am actually going to be capable of reaching relaxation and even meditation soon.

I haven’t found today a struggle at all without the HCG.  It’s been fine and I haven’t been hungry.