Daily Digestive-Supplement-Activity Record
Date: Wednesday, 12-5-08
Vitamins & Minerals:
Multi-vitamin: check!
Probiotic: check!
Calcium: check!
Magnesium: check!
Co-Enzyme Q-10: check!
Selenium: check!
B-Complex: check!
Omega-3 (twice): check!
Vitamin C: check!
L-Carnitine: check!
GABA (twice): check!
Potassium: check!
Food Journal:
Morning:
raspberry/strawberry/banana smoothie
hot oatmeal w/ water
sliced apply
mug of green tea
Lunch:
no lunch!
snacked on pretzels, lemonade, bbq chips
Dinner:
white rice
seaweed salad
teriyaki salmon
bok choy (steamed)
watered-down raspberry juice
green tea
Exercise:
What: walk/jog
When: 9:30 pm
How Long: 20-25 mins
Total Hours Sleep Last Night: 9 hours
How I Felt Today:
Was kind of busy running around, but felt good. I'm thinking of switching the probiotic I'm on to something better. The one I'm using now is only acidophilus, but I read that it may help to take something with many different types of live bacteria. I've also been taking it during meals, but they say your stomach acid is at its lowest levels one hour after a meal, so I think I'll start taking the probiotic after dinner instead.
30-minutes Reading/Speech Comments:
Self-Rated Fluency: 5
My self-rated fluency is on a scale of 1-10 (10 being fluent, 5 being my normal disfluency, 1 being my worst disfluency).
I'll be back tomorrow! Thanks for reading...
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
30-Day Experiment: Day 9
Daily Digestive-Supplement-Activity Record
Date: Tuesday, 12-4-08
Vitamins & Minerals:
Multi-vitamin: check!
Probiotic: check!
Calcium: check!
Magnesium: check!
Co-Enzyme Q-10: check!
Selenium: check!
B-Complex: check!
Omega-3 (twice): check!
Vitamin C: check!
L-Carnitine: check!
GABA (twice): check!
Potassium: check!
*I notice it kinda helps to take my vits towards the end of breakfast (except the calc/magnesium which I take at night). If I take the pills just after a couple of breakfast bites, I get a mild stomach ache for about an hour. Not 100% sure if it's the vitamins though.*
Food Journal:
Morning:
oatmeal
raspberries (frozen)
orange sliced
green tea
banana
water
Lunch:
brown rice w/ spices
vegetarian tacos
salsa
chips
Dinner:
brown rice
salmon steak w/ grilled onions
carrots & green beans
green salad
2 glasses of watered down orange juice
green tea
Exercise:
What: short jog to the park and back
When: 5:30 pm
How Long: 15-20 mins
Total Hours Sleep Last Night: 8-9 hours
How I Felt Today:
Normal.
30-minutes Reading/Speech Comments:
Self-Rated Fluency: 4
My self-rated fluency is on a scale of 1-10 (10 being fluent, 5 being my normal disfluency, 1 being my worst disfluency).
Well, it's been over a week with no real change to my speech yet. My body is happier on this new lifestyle though. I feel much stronger emotionally, not taking things as seriously. I feel more physically capable in general. But, I think that just comes with valuing what you put into (and do with) your body.
I'm still waiting for my reading to "feel" better. Tonight I felt like it actually downgraded a little. Maybe I was trying too hard to make normal transition and starter sounds, I was forcing too much I think. I also had to do a lot of "required" talking on the phone today, and stumbled through a lot of it and avoided certain words, which always confuses people and makes them think you're a little scatterbrained... when in my mind my thoughts are totally focused and clear. Frustrating. I think stuttering is like being mentally cut-off from the world in a way. You can hear and think and feel, but you can't speak your mind.
I don't know about you guys, but as soon as Indevus announces who their "outsourcing partner" is, I'm going to be sending them letters thanking and encouraging them to swiftly bring pagoclone to the market. While we sit at our desks, sharpen our pencils, and continuously deconstruct the neuroscience behind stuttering with studies and resonance imaging, looking for answers... I welcome anything that brings us temporary, immediate, albeit partial, 'freedom of speech.'
I'll be back tomorrow! Thanks for reading...
Date: Tuesday, 12-4-08
Vitamins & Minerals:
Multi-vitamin: check!
Probiotic: check!
Calcium: check!
Magnesium: check!
Co-Enzyme Q-10: check!
Selenium: check!
B-Complex: check!
Omega-3 (twice): check!
Vitamin C: check!
L-Carnitine: check!
GABA (twice): check!
Potassium: check!
*I notice it kinda helps to take my vits towards the end of breakfast (except the calc/magnesium which I take at night). If I take the pills just after a couple of breakfast bites, I get a mild stomach ache for about an hour. Not 100% sure if it's the vitamins though.*
Food Journal:
Morning:
oatmeal
raspberries (frozen)
orange sliced
green tea
banana
water
Lunch:
brown rice w/ spices
vegetarian tacos
salsa
chips
Dinner:
brown rice
salmon steak w/ grilled onions
carrots & green beans
green salad
2 glasses of watered down orange juice
green tea
Exercise:
What: short jog to the park and back
When: 5:30 pm
How Long: 15-20 mins
Total Hours Sleep Last Night: 8-9 hours
How I Felt Today:
Normal.
30-minutes Reading/Speech Comments:
Self-Rated Fluency: 4
My self-rated fluency is on a scale of 1-10 (10 being fluent, 5 being my normal disfluency, 1 being my worst disfluency).
Well, it's been over a week with no real change to my speech yet. My body is happier on this new lifestyle though. I feel much stronger emotionally, not taking things as seriously. I feel more physically capable in general. But, I think that just comes with valuing what you put into (and do with) your body.
I'm still waiting for my reading to "feel" better. Tonight I felt like it actually downgraded a little. Maybe I was trying too hard to make normal transition and starter sounds, I was forcing too much I think. I also had to do a lot of "required" talking on the phone today, and stumbled through a lot of it and avoided certain words, which always confuses people and makes them think you're a little scatterbrained... when in my mind my thoughts are totally focused and clear. Frustrating. I think stuttering is like being mentally cut-off from the world in a way. You can hear and think and feel, but you can't speak your mind.
I don't know about you guys, but as soon as Indevus announces who their "outsourcing partner" is, I'm going to be sending them letters thanking and encouraging them to swiftly bring pagoclone to the market. While we sit at our desks, sharpen our pencils, and continuously deconstruct the neuroscience behind stuttering with studies and resonance imaging, looking for answers... I welcome anything that brings us temporary, immediate, albeit partial, 'freedom of speech.'
I'll be back tomorrow! Thanks for reading...
30-Day Experiment: Day 8
Daily Digestive-Supplement-Activity Record
Date: Monday, 12-3-08
Vitamins & Minerals:
Multi-vitamin: check!
Probiotic: check!
Calcium: check!
Magnesium: check!
Co-Enzyme Q-10: check!
Selenium: check!
B-Complex: check!
Omega-3 (twice): check!
Vitamin C: check!
L-Carnitine: check!
GABA (twice): check!
Potassium: check!
Food Journal:
Morning:
ham, cheese, egg breakfast sandwich
1/2 decaf coffee (i know it has traces of caffeine, but i was on the run)
Lunch:
penne pasta salad & green salad
2 pieces garlic bread
mango ceylon tea
Dinner:
2 tacos (vegetarian meat, regular corn tortilla, sour cream, salsa, lettuce, tomato)
1 apple (sliced)
1 tangerine
green tea
Exercise:
What: mostly fast walking, some jogging
When: 8:30 pm
How Long: 35 mins
Total Hours Sleep Last Night: 9 hours
How I Felt Today:
I used to complain all the time about "brain fog" but I haven't even thought about it in a long time. I just remembered today that it used to be a problem for me. I think I attribute most of the decrease of that to the exercise though, I really think I'm just getting better circulation these days.
30-minutes Reading/Speech Comments:
Self-Rated Fluency: 5-6
My self-rated fluency is on a scale of 1-10 (10 being fluent, 5 being my normal disfluency, 1 being my worst disfluency).
Reading is normal today. Still blocking on certain transitions. I'm trying to focus more on the content instead of how I am saying something, and I went lighter on hard consonants, although that just sounds like a differen kind of speech impediment I guess. :) I learned easy onset airflow technique years ago, and I could have sworn Ann Druyan (the late Carl Sagan's surviving wife) used it when she gave a scientific lecture at my school back in '95. Very breathy... like you're on a ventilator and have to come up for air every few seconds.
I'll be back tomorrow! Thanks for reading...
Date: Monday, 12-3-08
Vitamins & Minerals:
Multi-vitamin: check!
Probiotic: check!
Calcium: check!
Magnesium: check!
Co-Enzyme Q-10: check!
Selenium: check!
B-Complex: check!
Omega-3 (twice): check!
Vitamin C: check!
L-Carnitine: check!
GABA (twice): check!
Potassium: check!
Food Journal:
Morning:
ham, cheese, egg breakfast sandwich
1/2 decaf coffee (i know it has traces of caffeine, but i was on the run)
Lunch:
penne pasta salad & green salad
2 pieces garlic bread
mango ceylon tea
Dinner:
2 tacos (vegetarian meat, regular corn tortilla, sour cream, salsa, lettuce, tomato)
1 apple (sliced)
1 tangerine
green tea
Exercise:
What: mostly fast walking, some jogging
When: 8:30 pm
How Long: 35 mins
Total Hours Sleep Last Night: 9 hours
How I Felt Today:
I used to complain all the time about "brain fog" but I haven't even thought about it in a long time. I just remembered today that it used to be a problem for me. I think I attribute most of the decrease of that to the exercise though, I really think I'm just getting better circulation these days.
30-minutes Reading/Speech Comments:
Self-Rated Fluency: 5-6
My self-rated fluency is on a scale of 1-10 (10 being fluent, 5 being my normal disfluency, 1 being my worst disfluency).
Reading is normal today. Still blocking on certain transitions. I'm trying to focus more on the content instead of how I am saying something, and I went lighter on hard consonants, although that just sounds like a differen kind of speech impediment I guess. :) I learned easy onset airflow technique years ago, and I could have sworn Ann Druyan (the late Carl Sagan's surviving wife) used it when she gave a scientific lecture at my school back in '95. Very breathy... like you're on a ventilator and have to come up for air every few seconds.
I'll be back tomorrow! Thanks for reading...
Monday, December 3, 2007
30-Day Experiment: Day 7
Daily Digestive-Supplement-Activity Record
Date: Sunday, 12-2-08
Vitamins & Minerals:
Multi-vitamin: check!
Probiotic: check!
Calcium: check!
Magnesium: check!
Co-Enzyme Q-10: check!
Selenium: check!
B-Complex: check!
Omega-3 (twice): check!
Vitamin C: check!
L-Carnitine: check!
GABA (twice): check!
Potassium: check!
Food Journal:
Morning:
english breakfast tea w/ lemon (slept in)
Lunch:
garlic chicken sandwich on ciabatta bread
small olive plate
lime water
green salad w/ tomatoes
Dinner:
4 boiled egg whites with one yolk
brown rice
seaweed seasoning
strawberry-banana smoothie
green tea
Exercise:
What: none
When:
How Long:
Total Hours Sleep Last Night: 7 hours
How I Felt Today:
Felt relaxed in the morning, I think the vitamins and new foods are making a small difference in my body chemistry. I feel less vulnerable on some level. Maybe this is symptomatic of any regimen. But I do feel less acid-y in my stomach. Less nervousness. I'm definitely eating better now that I write it down after each meal... knowing that I have to face myself is incentive to make better choices in the moment.
I ate lunch at a restaurant today and I didn't feel the need to order a big, heavy pasta like I normally do. Small victories.
30-minutes Reading/Speech Comments:
Self-Rated Fluency: 6, normalish
My self-rated fluency on a scale of 1-10 (10 being fluent, 5 being my normal disfluency, 1 being my worst disfluency).
I had to talk a lot today to acquaintences and family, and though I did well, it nothing special. I have to really force myself use those difficult words these days, to see if I feel a difference, because I'm very accustomed to word substitution and I have my word favorites for all situations.
I'll be back tomorrow! Thanks for reading...
Date: Sunday, 12-2-08
Vitamins & Minerals:
Multi-vitamin: check!
Probiotic: check!
Calcium: check!
Magnesium: check!
Co-Enzyme Q-10: check!
Selenium: check!
B-Complex: check!
Omega-3 (twice): check!
Vitamin C: check!
L-Carnitine: check!
GABA (twice): check!
Potassium: check!
Food Journal:
Morning:
english breakfast tea w/ lemon (slept in)
Lunch:
garlic chicken sandwich on ciabatta bread
small olive plate
lime water
green salad w/ tomatoes
Dinner:
4 boiled egg whites with one yolk
brown rice
seaweed seasoning
strawberry-banana smoothie
green tea
Exercise:
What: none
When:
How Long:
Total Hours Sleep Last Night: 7 hours
How I Felt Today:
Felt relaxed in the morning, I think the vitamins and new foods are making a small difference in my body chemistry. I feel less vulnerable on some level. Maybe this is symptomatic of any regimen. But I do feel less acid-y in my stomach. Less nervousness. I'm definitely eating better now that I write it down after each meal... knowing that I have to face myself is incentive to make better choices in the moment.
I ate lunch at a restaurant today and I didn't feel the need to order a big, heavy pasta like I normally do. Small victories.
30-minutes Reading/Speech Comments:
Self-Rated Fluency: 6, normalish
My self-rated fluency on a scale of 1-10 (10 being fluent, 5 being my normal disfluency, 1 being my worst disfluency).
I had to talk a lot today to acquaintences and family, and though I did well, it nothing special. I have to really force myself use those difficult words these days, to see if I feel a difference, because I'm very accustomed to word substitution and I have my word favorites for all situations.
I'll be back tomorrow! Thanks for reading...
30-Day Experiment: Day 6
Daily Digestive-Supplement-Activity Record
Date: Saturday, 12-1-08
Vitamins & Minerals:
Multi-vitamin: check!
Probiotic: check!
Calcium: check!
Magnesium: check!
Co-Enzyme Q-10: check!
Selenium: check!
B-Complex: check!
Omega-3 (twice): check!
Vitamin C: check!
L-Carnitine: check!
GABA (twice): check!
Potassium: check!
Food Journal:
Morning:
everything bagel w/ light cream cheese
cup green tea
Lunch:
1 orange
salmon fillet
brown rice
salad
3 pieces california roll sushi
2 pieces shrimp gyoza
miso (japanese) soup
Dinner:
leftover from lunch +
vegetarian burrito on spinach tortilla
Exercise:
What: jogged
When: 7:20 am
How Long: 20 minutes
Total Hours Sleep Last Night: 7 hours
How I Felt Today:
Very tired... but alert and ok.
30-minutes Reading/Speech Comments:
Self-Rated Fluency: 5, normal
My self-rated fluency on a scale of 1-10 (10 being fluent, 5 being my normal disfluency, 1 being my worst disfluency).
No diff.
I'll be back tomorrow! Thanks for reading...
Date: Saturday, 12-1-08
Vitamins & Minerals:
Multi-vitamin: check!
Probiotic: check!
Calcium: check!
Magnesium: check!
Co-Enzyme Q-10: check!
Selenium: check!
B-Complex: check!
Omega-3 (twice): check!
Vitamin C: check!
L-Carnitine: check!
GABA (twice): check!
Potassium: check!
Food Journal:
Morning:
everything bagel w/ light cream cheese
cup green tea
Lunch:
1 orange
salmon fillet
brown rice
salad
3 pieces california roll sushi
2 pieces shrimp gyoza
miso (japanese) soup
Dinner:
leftover from lunch +
vegetarian burrito on spinach tortilla
Exercise:
What: jogged
When: 7:20 am
How Long: 20 minutes
Total Hours Sleep Last Night: 7 hours
How I Felt Today:
Very tired... but alert and ok.
30-minutes Reading/Speech Comments:
Self-Rated Fluency: 5, normal
My self-rated fluency on a scale of 1-10 (10 being fluent, 5 being my normal disfluency, 1 being my worst disfluency).
No diff.
I'll be back tomorrow! Thanks for reading...
30-Day Experiment: Day 5
Daily Digestive-Supplement-Activity Record
Date: Friday, 11-30-08
Vitamins & Minerals:
Multi-vitamin: check!
Probiotic: check!
Calcium: check!
Magnesium: check!
Co-Enzyme Q-10: check!
Selenium: check! (< made me feel nauseaus)
B-Complex: check!
Omega-3 (twice): check!
Vitamin C: check!
L-Carnitine: check!
GABA (twice): check!
Potassium: check!
Food Journal:
Morning:
french toast w/ light syrup (oat bran bread)
banana-raspberry smoothie
mug of green tea
Lunch:
tuna sandwich w/ celery & cucumber slices (oat bread)
fuji apple
grapes
water
Dinner:
brown rice
vegetarian meatloaf (tofu)
steamed carrots & broccoli
1/2 orange (sliced)
beets
green tea
Exercise:
What: jogged
When: 6:00 pm
How Long: 25 minutes
Total Hours Sleep Last Night: 9 hours
How I Felt Today:
Felt normal, stressed out for the weekend and coming week for job-related stuff.
30-minutes Reading/Speech Comments:
Self-Rated Fluency: 5, normal
My self-rated fluency on a scale of 1-10 (10 being fluent, 5 being my normal disfluency, 1 being my worst disfluency).
Just read the paper and was kind of in a hurry but no noticeable difference felt either way... just the regular.
I'll be back tomorrow! Thanks for reading...
Date: Friday, 11-30-08
Vitamins & Minerals:
Multi-vitamin: check!
Probiotic: check!
Calcium: check!
Magnesium: check!
Co-Enzyme Q-10: check!
Selenium: check! (< made me feel nauseaus)
B-Complex: check!
Omega-3 (twice): check!
Vitamin C: check!
L-Carnitine: check!
GABA (twice): check!
Potassium: check!
Food Journal:
Morning:
french toast w/ light syrup (oat bran bread)
banana-raspberry smoothie
mug of green tea
Lunch:
tuna sandwich w/ celery & cucumber slices (oat bread)
fuji apple
grapes
water
Dinner:
brown rice
vegetarian meatloaf (tofu)
steamed carrots & broccoli
1/2 orange (sliced)
beets
green tea
Exercise:
What: jogged
When: 6:00 pm
How Long: 25 minutes
Total Hours Sleep Last Night: 9 hours
How I Felt Today:
Felt normal, stressed out for the weekend and coming week for job-related stuff.
30-minutes Reading/Speech Comments:
Self-Rated Fluency: 5, normal
My self-rated fluency on a scale of 1-10 (10 being fluent, 5 being my normal disfluency, 1 being my worst disfluency).
Just read the paper and was kind of in a hurry but no noticeable difference felt either way... just the regular.
I'll be back tomorrow! Thanks for reading...
30-Day Experiment: Day 4
Daily Digestive-Supplement-Activity Record
Date: Thursday, 11-29-08
Vitamins & Minerals:
Multi-vitamin: check!
Probiotic: check!
Calcium: check!
Magnesium: check!
Co-Enzyme Q-10: check!
Selenium: check!
B-Complex: check!
Omega-3 (twice): check!
Vitamin C: check!
L-Carnitine: check!
GABA (twice): check!
Potassium: check!
Food Journal:
Morning:
granola cereal w/ raisins, dates, etc
banana
glass of very-watered down organic raspberry juice
cup of green tea
Lunch:
slice of vegetarian pizza
apple juice on ice
Dinner:
brown rice
tuna steak
steamed carrots, cauliflower, broccoli
raspberry/blueberry smoothie w/ yogurt mixed in
green tea
Exercise:
What: brisk walk
When: 8:30pm
How Long: 30-40 minutes
Total Hours Sleep Last Night: 9 hrs
How I Felt Today:
I noticed in the morning when my significant other and I were talking, I was blocking but was able to get past them with shorter silences. It was a minor difference, but definitely palpable.
30-minutes Reading/Speech Comments:
Self-Rated Fluency: 5-6, normal
My self-rated fluency on a scale of 1-10 (10 being fluent, 5 being my normal disfluency, 1 being my worst disfluency).
I tried really hard not to "read ahead" and just focused on what the words actually meant today. I don't think it necessarily made a difference in my fluency, but it was more enjoyable reading! :)
I'll be back tomorrow! Thanks for reading...
Date: Thursday, 11-29-08
Vitamins & Minerals:
Multi-vitamin: check!
Probiotic: check!
Calcium: check!
Magnesium: check!
Co-Enzyme Q-10: check!
Selenium: check!
B-Complex: check!
Omega-3 (twice): check!
Vitamin C: check!
L-Carnitine: check!
GABA (twice): check!
Potassium: check!
Food Journal:
Morning:
granola cereal w/ raisins, dates, etc
banana
glass of very-watered down organic raspberry juice
cup of green tea
Lunch:
slice of vegetarian pizza
apple juice on ice
Dinner:
brown rice
tuna steak
steamed carrots, cauliflower, broccoli
raspberry/blueberry smoothie w/ yogurt mixed in
green tea
Exercise:
What: brisk walk
When: 8:30pm
How Long: 30-40 minutes
Total Hours Sleep Last Night: 9 hrs
How I Felt Today:
I noticed in the morning when my significant other and I were talking, I was blocking but was able to get past them with shorter silences. It was a minor difference, but definitely palpable.
30-minutes Reading/Speech Comments:
Self-Rated Fluency: 5-6, normal
My self-rated fluency on a scale of 1-10 (10 being fluent, 5 being my normal disfluency, 1 being my worst disfluency).
I tried really hard not to "read ahead" and just focused on what the words actually meant today. I don't think it necessarily made a difference in my fluency, but it was more enjoyable reading! :)
I'll be back tomorrow! Thanks for reading...
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