Day 27 -- The End of the Beginning and the Beginning of the End

So we have reached the end of this excursion. We would normally be doing our last detox for the next three days but I am training for a half marathon next week and don't want to be coming off a cleanse, I want to be building.  So we will do it after my recovery days from the race. 

I have been having lots of questions lately about how I am doing and whether or not I have felt any different since I already did this diet last year.  The answer is a resounding yes.  I have crossed new milestones in my health that I never knew existed.  I have also been hearing a lot about what my wife is doing.  Everyone is noticing her new more amazing figure and energy levels.  We will be doing some tests over the next week or so for her and Ian in regards to dairy.  They have not had any tummy issues since we started all this and both are anxious to know if it fixed their tummies.  I told them that healing might take a little time but a small test shouldn't hurt at this point.

I will say that I was not sure how this was going to go but I am so amazed and proud of my entire family.  Abigail has had few changes but was not really ever sick anyway.  she has had some respiratory issues since she was little and was given steroid inhalers so this was a good way to get those systems clean and healthy again.  And of course, my little baby bear himself... Well, the changes in him are indescribable.  Some are only noticeable by those who spend a great deal of time with him but so many others are plain to see.  It is too easy to just say he is a different boy.  He is more than just a different boy, he has matured, he has laughed, he has learned to be 3, he has found his voice (often too much of it), he has found his feelings and is learning to understand them, he has found relationships he can understand and desires to grow them, he has lost his abnormal tummy but kept his cute 3 yr old belly, he has a bright face and enlightened eyes, he has learned to prosper and persevere, he has learned to do hard things and learned to take care of his body, he has figured out what makes him feel good and what makes him feel bad and is learning to make the right choices for himself.
You may say this is normal for a little boy, and it may well be, but it wasn't normal for my little boy 27 days ago.  All of that in just 27 short but excruciatingly long days. 
I know it also sounds so melodramatic to always be saying how our lives are changed and stuff.  But we made a conscience commitment to change our life and lifestyle not knowing what would lie ahead.  Our lives were changed because we sought to change them.  We put our foot down and crossed the line, never to return.  It wasn't all that hard but it certainly wasn't going to change by itself. 

Our Wellness is Our Responsibility

Not a Dr. or a company or the t.v. or anyone elses, it is ours and we took that responsibility to make our family well and do what was necessary.  The result... Haven't you been reading?  they speak for themselves.

I will continue to post some results, before and after statistics and maybe even some pictures.  The excursion has come to an end but the adventure is just beginning.  Here's to being well!