Gamezorz

Combat Arms (First Impressions)

    At a first glance combat arms is a basic FPS military commando game. At second Glance combat arms is STILL a basic FPS military commando game. This may be due to the fact that combat arms IS an FPS military commando game. Combat arms is however far from basic. Combat arms starts the new player out with an assault rifle, a pistol, a combat knife and a grenade. This starter gear will never expire and can be used non-stop until you realize that the weapons are crap and are almost completely useless even on the recruit starter server. To start a match the player must first start a lobby and wait for other players to take enough interest to join. Until enough other players join your match cannot start at all forcing you and the other members of your lobby to wait instigating them to leave forcing you to start the process over. Alternatively you can join another players lobby and force your self to deal with their idiotic option choices. After the match ends you get money and exp depending on your performance.

    Another interesting design choice for the game is the fact that all the weapons and outfits and armor will expire after a set time. If you pay the starting price you get the item for 1 day, with another fantastically higher price you can get the item for 7, 30 or 90 days. if you spend all your money on the newest item and cant get on the game for awhile due to server maintenance the weapon will not only disappear but you will have to go back to using the crap starters until you can afford the new weapon again. Now if you don't mind i must go back to play it some more because my items all dissapeared

Stomach Issues

My Mike spent hours on the computer today looking up stuff about the stomach. He is having stomach issues and the doctor's response is "here take some drugs, oh, okay, take more drugs."

So he was looking up stuff on how to prevent the problem. So I looked up my stuff on how to cure it. Or actually, enable the body to cure itself.

A lot of people say eat celery. I think it makes things more alkaline. The more your body is alkaline and the less acidic the healthier you will be. That's probably why when I drink my essential greens it helps my stomach problems.

Fitness Center

I joined 24 Hr Fitness Center today. When Mike goes to physical therapy every Mon, Wed and Fri I will be leaving at the same time to go work out. I have hesitated to join a fitness center because like most people I quit shortly after joining in the past. More than once. And just joining the center doesn't work any better than just having exercise videos on your shelf. You have to actually work it for it to work.

Pretty much like everything else in life. My belief is exercising is an important part of being healthy and you can get away with more junky things in your diet if you are working out. The exercise helps clean out the junk.

Plus it should make me thinner. Which is usually healthier.

Anti-bacterial Soap

This morning I read an excellent blog post about antibacterial soap and why it's bad. It was a rant. But a good rant. I have the same opinion so I thought I would link to it and then add my own thoughts. Unfortunately I forgot which one of the bloggers I read wrote it. Can't link to it if I can't find it.

On an up note, I retaught myself how to link in my blogs. As soon as I find it again I'll link to it for you.

In the meantime, quit using so much antibacterial soaps and wipes, etc. It kills the good and the bad and makes super resistant bugs that are as unkillable as roaches.

Essential Oils

I used to do a blog specifically about essential oils. That's the blog I changed to Figments. I quit blogging about it for a couple of reasons. However, I still believe that essential oils are an important factor for good health.

I have dozens of stories, my own and other's, about how the oils enable the body's systems to heal quickly, efficiently. Faster and better than on it's own. 

If you haven't looked into using oils or tried them yourself I highly recommend it. Start with a couple of the common ones. Tea tree for cuts and scrapes and mild infections. Peppermint for headaches and stomachaches. Lemon is antiviral, antibacterial, and antifungal. And it smells good. Lavender for cuts, scrapes, and especially for burns. 

Try to make sure you get 100% oil which is difficult to do. They work better when they aren't cut with fatty oils or chemicals. 

Listen To Your Body

If we could get in touch with our bodies they would tell us what we need. For example, when I have a headache my body isn't saying that I have an aspirin deficiency. It's saying that I ate too much sugar, or I'm dehydrated, or I'm stressed out, or I'm having sinus issues. It's my job to listen and figure it out.

I have to be a detective and figure it out but I think I'm more quaified than anyone else to figure out what might be going on with me.

And it's important to listen while it's still just whispering. Don't wait until it's screaming and in crisis.

Drugs Vs. Vitamins

My Mike asked me why take the long way around and use natural products to get healthy rather than the quick and easy way by taking a drug from the doctor. Well, basically that's what he said.

Here's why. Besides the chance of side effects and having to take drugs to counteract the side effects of the other drug you are taking until it becomes a vicious cycle of dozens of drugs.

When you take a drug that takes over a system in your body and does for it what your body should do for itself it weakens that system. And you become more likely to need a drug in the future. When you use natural products to enhance the body's ability to heal itself then that system becomes stronger. And you become healthier.

Here's two examples. Men that use steroids, among other things, often become impotent. The body thinks it has enough testosterone because of the drug and stops doing what it needs to do to produce the hormone itself. Leads to atrophy of the testes and decreased sperm production.

Diabetes. When you take insulin for diabetes, and I'm not saying you shouldn't if you have diabetes, your body thinks it has enough insulin and the pancreas shuts down completely. That's why you have to watch your blood sugar levels so closely. At a certain point that system in your body shuts down and you become completely dependent on the drug to maintain blood sugar levels.

So the best course is to allow the body to heal naturally using natural products to strengthen and enhance the systems in your body.

Degenerating or Regenerating

There is no status quo with your health. You are either degenerating or regenerating. What creates the difference?

I think it's simpler than most people realize. If you do more things to make yourself healthier than you do things that make yourself unhealthier then you will be regenerating.

Of course there are things that target specific functions in your body to the good or the bad. So you could be generally healthy but not getting enough vitamin A so your eyes aren't doing quite so well. Or you do good most of the week but binge drink on the weekend. How does your liver recover from that?

Generally though, try to do more of the good than you do the bad. And take your vitamins and minerals.

Your Body Can Cure Itself

This is one of my beliefs.

Given the right environment and enough time your body can cure itself of anything. Yes, even cancer. Or Aids. Or MS. Anything.

The problem is figuring out the right environment, achieving that environment, and doing it before time runs out.

What do you need to be healthy?

migraines

I've been getting migraines since I was a teenager. The miracle drug Imitrex works for me and I've been able to manage them. When I was pregnant with Tabitha I didn't have a migraine for months. I was taking the Health Pack from New Vision. It was before the liquid vitamins.

That's my new goal. No migraines for 6 plus months. Goals are supposed to feel reachy but not impossible. 6 months feels possible to me, but it's a reach. Do you know there are people that never have a headache.

My little ones have headaches already. I'm putting them on the health pack, too. Except I think it might be called something else now. But whatever it's called we all need it in addition to the liquid vitamins and minerals we take everyday.

I wish for you health and wellness,

Carol