CHEESESLAVE

Almost every Saturday Kate and I go to the farmer’s market in Santa Monica and eat raw oysters on the half shell. The oysters from Carlsbad Aquafarm are so fresh (just harvested a few hours before) and unbelievably delicious. We are so lucky to live in Los Angeles and be able to eat fresh oysters for breakfast at the farmer’s market.

This post is part of the Natural Cures Blog Carnival at Hartke Is Online!
Last year I started learning about balancing hormones naturally with a healthy diet of traditional food and food supplements. I’ve put together my Top 5 Tips For Balancing Hormones Naturally with Food.
Before I share my tips with you, please note that I’m [...]

I’ve got exciting news.
I weighed myself this morning and guess what – I’ve lost a total of 9 pounds. I’m down to 145 now. This is a new low. Still 15-20 pounds over my pre-pregnancy weight, but still! I’m happy! I had been stuck at 149 for months. I’ve lost 4 pounds just in the [...]

The day before yesterday, I started charting our temperatures using the new Lumiscope thermometer.
You take your temperature every three hours — around 9, 12 and 3. Then you take the average of those 3 numbers.
Me
Wednesday: 97.7
Thursday: 97.9
Seth
Wednesday: 96.5
Thursday: 96.7
Then you chart it on an Excel spreadsheet I downloaded from Dr. Rind’s website. He explains it [...]

I’ve been trying to cut back on coffee. No, not trying. I have been cutting back. I’m pretty proud of myself!
Sally Fallon said that cutting out coffee was the hardest thing she ever did. I’m not trying to cut it out completely (yet) but I am trying to cut back. For the sake of my [...]