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3/22/07 - And the results are in

Written by Karen Kingsley | 1 Comment | Category(s) The Process, Action Areas

Well, it’s here. It’s a nice little book, separated into sections. There’s way too much to process here in one write-up so I’m going to do this in pieces.

I’ll start with a confession. I skipped right over the introduction, which looked like a lot of blah, blah, blah about the approach, the system and a context for the results, (I’ll get back to that later), and jumped to my test results. Wouldn’t you?

What you see first: There is a chart which puts “Optimal Health” in the top right corner, and “Action Required” (nice euphemism, by the way), in the bottom left corner, and five different areas of interest are graphed against that. The five areas are: Bone Health, Detoxification, Heart Health, Inflammation, and Insulin Sensitivity.

Still waiting – and some random thoughts about my weight

Written by Karen Kingsley on March 18th, 2007 | 3 Comments | Category(s) The Process, Diet/Exercise

If I’m not completely honest in this blog, there’s no point in doing it, right? So here it is: I’m fat. I’m not obese (yet!), but I’m decidedly, oh let’s be polite, Junoesque, Rubenesque or any other large body I can add “esque” to to make it sound romantic rather than just fat. (No one’s tried Atlanticesque yet, have they?)

Presumably then, once I get my results, they’re going to tell me to lose weight. Right, you and who else? But, as I braced myself for seeing that recommendation in print, I wondered, suppose I were obese? How would that affect their recommendations? And, besides, the obvious “exercise more, eat less” advice, is there a limit to the baseline health someone needs to have for this program to be useful?

So I asked. Their answers:

Waiting for the test results – Supplements

Written by Karen Kingsley on March 10th, 2007 | 4 Comments | Category(s) The Process, Supplements

Ok, so I’m waiting for the results from my test and mentally reviewing what I submitted (to stick with the Xmas package analogy, this is akin to shaking the box before you open it). I can’t remember half of what I wrote and am now regretting that I didn’t copy my questionnaire before I sent it in.

The thing I am wondering about (as I take my daily supplements), is all the things they didn’t ask me. For example, they only asked about fairly mainstream supplements, and I take some more obscure ones. I take colostrum to build my immune system and a bio-green for energy and general wellbeing, as well as a joint supplement for arthritis (I have advanced Lyme and the arthritis is killing me).

So – since I get to be your voice in this process, which means I get to ask the good folks at Sciona whatever questions pop into my head, as well as the ones that pop into yours – I wrote the team in Boulder to ask about my supplement use.

First Post - An Introduction

Written by Karen Kingsley on March 2nd, 2007 | 2 Comments | Category(s) The Process

It doesn’t matter that the package isn’t gaily wrapped like a Christmas or birthday present, there’s something about opening a package when you just know that it’s going to be life-changing that is thrilling. I opened the envelope from Sciona with nervous anticipation. I had committed to write this blog about getting tested, learning my results and then implementing a new diet, exercise and supplement plan, in the interest of living healthier, longer and more in tune with my own body’s strengths and weaknesses. And, with this package, the clock started ticking.

To backtrack a second: I spent far too much of 2006 managing my health. I am already healthier, but it took a team of traditional doctors, a few different hospitals and a couple of nontraditional healers to get me to this place. This experience positioned me perfectly for Sciona’s approach. I believe in both traditional and alternative healthcare. I am committed to living as healthfully as possible. And, perhaps most importantly, I intend to leverage my body’s particular foibles to live life optimally.