#happinesswatts

[youcantbuyland]

#Repost @ellenlikesbikes ・・・ Get to adventure around Girona this week has been amazing thus far! 🌞💫Great way to recharge the batteries before the last 2 events of the season 😍🚲 #happinesswatts #happyracersgofaster #thisendlessadventure #bepositivebepresent #cyclocross #girona #aspireracing #focusbikes #rapha #shareyourkask

[berkeleybear]

Been riding the high of last weekend’s wins 🚴🏻‍♀️ I must say feeling the love from my @jlvelocycling teammates makes the victory so much sweeter ✨ . . #optoutside #dancelikelance #paintrain #wattagecottage #wenteroadrace #catshillclassic #cat5 #cyclinglife #lifeatracepace #ridebikes #roadcycling #roadslikethese #liveslowridefast #instacycling #bikestagram #outsideisfree #wymtm #hivizkits #kitdoping #happinesswatts #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #teamwork #everythingjlvelo #fluidnutrition #teamzealios #livefluid #lezyne #jlvelo #guforit (at Wente Vineyards)

[lwcoaching]

Big congrats to @mtbgirlsrule for her Sea Otter win!! We ❤️❤️❤️ getting tagged when athletes smash their goals!! #youwinwewin Happy dances 💃💃🏻💃🏿 and fist pumps all day long ・・・ Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! Took first place in my age group Cat 1 XC at Sea Otter 🚴‍♀️So hard! The woman who came in behind me didn’t go down without a fight 🥊 Best part was finishing to a cheering Redwood High School MTB crowd of riders and parents #happycoach #tiredlegshappyheart Thanks @lwcoaching for a great training plan. #thisisfifty #momswhoridebikes #happinesswatts ・・・ #Repost @mtbgirlsrule with @get_repost ・・・ Thanks for tagging @lwcoaching ・・・

[foxbikersteam-blog]

#Repost @carlansworld (@get_repost) ・・・ few of my favorite things 🎵🎶🖤 * * * * Chillmode into the weekend, have fun guys☀️👊🤘 * * #trainhard #lifebehindbars #cyclingkit #bikestagram #roadbike #cycling #happinesswatts #cyclinglife #womencycling #bikegirl #bikephotos #instacycling #outsideisfree #ridelikeagirl #motivation #cyclinglegs #rideyourlife #cyclingstyle #italianbikes #tricolore #ciclismo #bici #wielrennen #Ciclismo #dedacciai #garmin #stravacycling

[lwcoaching]

Big congrats to our new Colorado State Champ @kjarchow 💥🚀💥Congrats!!! ・・・ #Repost @kjarchow ・・・ Such a fun battle with Katie Compton today for the USA Cycling Colorado State XC Championships. Stoked to come out on top! Big thanks to my boss man Mike McCormack for letting me race an event that I also work. #happinesswatts #racebikes #womenscycling ・・・ Thanks for using #lwcoaching

[carbsncadence-blog]

Diagnosis!

Ladies and gentlemen, after years (4, to be exact) of literal inner turmoil in my poor tummy, we have a diagnosis. Of course, this isn’t a cure-all, and I’m not sure if it’ll “fix” everything; but a real, verifiable diagnosis is a comfort to have after years of being told “nothing is wrong”, “just take this prescription”, or “you just need to relax”. Drumroll please…..Systemic Candidiasis! Now, before you google this and get a bunch of results about yeast infections and some unwarranted sex-ed lessons, let me tell you what I know.

Again, we return to my stint with the eating disorder. For those who don’t believe anorexia, bulimia, EDNOS, etc. are REAL diseases that have LIFELONG consequences, do I have a lesson for you. Four years ago, when this tummy nastiness all began, I was coming to the end of my tireless battle with an eating disorder. Finally. Though I have moments here and there, for the most part I am free from it’s grasp. But something else followed in it’s path. In retrospect, what we (my doctors and I) think is that my little gut bugs went through a whirlwind of chaos between the lack of food (in the midst of the disorder) and abundance of food (in the midst of recovery), never quite balancing themselves out. Candida albicans is one of these gut bugs that is usually kept in check by the “good guys”. Everyone has some level of Candida in their system, it’s just part of being human. It only becomes a problem when these guys start screaming anarchy and throwing your whole system out of whack. At first, this presents itself as every day issues we all face from time to time: gas, bloating, indigestion.

Fast-forward to around a year and a half ago, some real problems start popping up. Severe cramps, bloating, and days where eating a real “meal” is just a thing of fantasy. I finally decided to get some real help, seeking out several gastrointestinal specialists, nutritionists, anything I could get my hands on to figure out what in the h*ll was going on. I was met with expensive experimental medications that insurance wouldn’t cover, countless over the counter “remedies”, and even underwent a dual colonoscopy/endoscopy that delivered no further information except for a suggestion from the doctor to “drink some more MiraLax, that might help.” After several months of this going-nowhere approach to solving my problems with conventional medicine and constantly being keeled over in pain, I sought help from CentreSpring MD at the advice of a close family friend. After two months of working with them, as well as weekly visits to Clean Start Cleansing Atlanta, they nailed it. I have Systemic Candidiasis. When left untreated for as long as I had (2.5 years), the Candida yeast can spread from it’s home in the large intestine to the entirety of the digestive tract; sometimes further (there’s a lot of research being done right now on systemic candida reaching as far as the blood stream and being a possible carcinogen). Good news is, mine has only gone through my digestive tract. I’ll be fine. Bad news is, it’s still pretty pervasive (and icky).

So, how on earth do you treat it? Candida is like every other living thing in the history of ever, it needs to eat. And it likes sugar, a lot. In fact, it can only metabolize simple carbohydrates. The problem here is I also happen to like carbohydrates. Fortunately for me, I can also metabolize proteins and fats (yay humans!), there are some carbs that the little buggers have a hard time with. With a little tweaking of my food choices, I should be fine. Food, however, is not the only plan of attack. I am now on a natural antibiotic called Berberine; it kills the bad guys, and leaves the good guys relatively unscathed. Finally, coconut oil. Yes, it’s true, coconut oil can quite literally do everything. +1 for mother earth. I jump-started my candida killing spree this past weekend by doing a brief, day and a half long coconut oil fast/detox/whatever you choose to call it. I only did a day and a half, mostly because I thought I was going to die. When a large number of microorganisms die they produce a large number of toxins. If you have a REALLY large number of microorganisms dying, you have a lovely little experience called a Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction, often referred to as “die-off” or a “herx” reaction. It’s different for everyone, but you can read more about the general concept here… http://bit.ly/1tWbAcw

Mine was particularly gnarly, as I was laid out in bed for three days straight, very confused, and had sporadic episodes of extreme nausea and fatigue. I have never reacted to any sort of medical treatment so strongly in my entire life, and all I am taking is herbs and coconut oil. Major props to my boyfriend for both tolerating and taking care of me through it all; the entire past year included. So, I brought the coconut oil down to 3-4 tbsp per day on Saturday and as of yesterday, I became a functional member of society. It’s expected that I’ll feel a little off for the next few weeks; easily fatigued, a bit dizzy, and pretty nauseous/crampy at times until the candida is lowered to a natural/homeostatic level. Luckily, it means this long battle with my own innards is coming to an end. Until then, I keep on plugging along with the supplements, therapies, and self-care strategies put in place by my healthcare team.

Cheers, 

Madeline

[youcantbuyland]

#Repost @coachism ・・・ Showing these two Brisbane. 👍😎🚲🚲 #happinesswatts #wymta #baumcycles #coachcyclingtours #prohours @shari.aubrey @chloelizmanuel

[concledoc]

04/06/2016 | To Hampton Court and back

In an attempt to prove to myself that every ride doesn’t have to be randonnée, I went for a 70km jaunt through Richmond Park to Kingston to Hampton Court and back. Punctures: zero. Happiness watts: oh so many!