Saturday, April 5, 2008

Day 35 and 36

Day 35 and 36

I started growing my wheatgrass again and it is ready to add to my juice. When I drink a shot of it, i find it is too intense. It sends me immediately into a cleansing reaction. Today I going to start my sprout garden again. I go through my sprouts so fast I almost need a green house. Lately I have been posting two days at a time because I haven't been able to use my computer.



My sleeping patterns
Last nights sleep: Very Good
Night sweats: None
Chills: None
Dreams: I was dreaming about eating again. I can't remember what it was I was eating, however, I didn't wake up with a guilty feeling. It must have been healthy and raw.
Energy level upon waking: High
Mood level upon waking: Good


Juice Schedule
My personal Juice Schedule:
32 ounces of water w/ lemon and MSM*
Time: 9:00am

32 ounces of green juice (celery, cucumber, swiss chard, bok choy, and green apples ) w/ Nutiva* organic hemp oil.
Time: 11:00am

32 ounces of carrot, beet, and ginger
Time: 1:30pm

32 ounces of green juice(celery, cucumber, swiss chard, bok choy and green apples )
Time: 4:30pm

32 ounces of green juice(celery, cucumber, swiss chard, bok choy and green apples)
Time: 7:00pm

Detox Symptoms: Off and on I have had redness in my right eye. I don't know what causes it. I think it's a signal for me to flush out toxins.

Eliminations: I am back to not eliminating on my own. I wonder why this is?
maybe I do need to try using cascara sagrada.

Food cravings: Yes. I found myself thinking about eating the nuts my spouse left on the coffee table. It wasn't an intense craving, however, as long as they were there I was was thinking about them.

Physical changes: Throughout the entire time of illness. I have had a greatly enlarged lymph node underneath my right arm. Since the juice feast, it has reduced in size. By the end of the juice feast, I'm hoping it will be normal. I also released 2 more pounds as of today.

Emotional changes: Feeling great
Exercise: Walking to regain strength in my legs: 30 min yesterday and today
Belly dancing: 1 hour yesterday
Muscle toning: I really need to do this

Challenges: We are going to have a house guest staying for two weeks. I'm a little anxious about my juice routine being thrown off. I know we are going to enjoy every minute of the visit. I just want to be sure I stay on task with my juicing.

My starting weight: 143lbs
Todays weight: 133lbs
Total weight loss since juice feasting began: 10lbs

My Goal is to create new emotionally healthy eating habits
My future self has a garden full of organic greens and luscious fruit trees .

Friday, April 4, 2008

Day 33 and 34


Day 33 and 34

My significant other says our whole house smells like lawn clippings and that it is over powering. He also says I need to ease up on the garlic. He's not raw and he is not juicing, however, somehow we manage to live together in harmony. I received my dehydrator yesterday and I started making my own green powders from the fiber after juicing. It's just too good to go to waste. Today is shopping day and I'm going to experiment with some new juice recipes.


My sleeping patterns
Last nights sleep: Very Good
Night sweats: None
Chills: No
Dreams: Last night I had a dream I was eating prunes and other foods I recall. I woke up feeling guilty as if I had broken the juice feast.

Energy level upon waking: High
Mood level upon waking: good


Juice Schedule
My personal Juice Schedule:
32 ounces of water w/ lemon and MSM*
Time: 9:00am

32 ounces of green juice (celery, cucumber, swiss chard, collard greens, red green apples, basil and garlic ) w/ Nutiva* organic hemp oil.
Time: 11:00am



32 ounces of Master Cleanse
Time: 1:30pm

32 ounces of green juice(celery, cucumber, swiss chard, collard greens, red apples, basil and garlic)
Time: 4:30pm

32 ounces of green juice(celery, cucumber, swiss chard, collard greens, red apples, basil and garlic)
Time: 7:00pm

Detox Symptoms:
Eliminations: I am happy to say I am eliminating on my own. I chose not to use laxatives while juicing because of past abuse issues. I do an enema every two days to keep my system free of toxins and skin brushing everyday.

Food cravings: None

Physical changes: No specific changes
Emotional changes: Feeling great
Exercise: Walking to regain strength in my legs: 30 min
Belly dancing: None
Muscle toning: None

Challenges: Fitting all my veggies and fruit in with my spouses SAD food. He had been away for two weeks and it was easy then but not now.
My starting weight: 143lbs
Todays weight: 135lbs (Plateau again. It's alright because my primary goal is optimum health)

Total weight loss since juice feasting began: 8lbs

My Goal is to create new emotionally healthy eating habits
My future self has a garden full of organic greens and luscious fruit trees .

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Day 29 and 30

Day 29 and 30

I have been sneezy for a couple of days. I sneezed so much, I threw my back out. I added an extra 1/2 tsp of MSM to my lemon water to help get me through the worst of it. I'm using my hot water bottle to keep it warmed up so I could move around and make my juice. I didn't take any remedies. I want my juice to be the medicine.

My sleeping patterns
Last nights sleep: Rough due to back spasm.
Night sweats: None
Chills: yes
Dreams: No memory
Energy level upon waking: low
Mood level upon waking: fair


Juice Schedule
My personal Juice Schedule:
32 ounces of water w/ lemon and MSM*
Time: 9:00am

32 ounces of green juice (celery, cucumber, swiss chard, collard greens, parsley and green apples ) w/ Nutiva* organic hemp oil.
Time: 11:00am

32 ounces of grapefruit juice
Time: 1:30pm

32 ounces of green juice(celery, cucumber, swiss chard, collard greens, parsley, green apples, basil and garlic)
Time: 4:30pm


32 ounces of green juice(celery, cucumber, swiss chard, collard greens, parsley, green apples, basil and garlic)
Time: 7:00pm

Detox Symptoms: The seasonal allergies are back. The garlic and bee pollen should help get me back in balance.

Eliminations: No enema yesterday or today. When I don't do an enema, I usually don't have any intestinal eliminations.
Food cravings: None

Physical changes: My skin is so smooth and my eyes are bright, even with the allergy symptoms
Emotional changes: I've been a little irritable because of the pain in my back.
Exercise: Walking to regain strength in my legs: None
Belly dancing: None
Muscle toning: None

Challenges: Moving around with ease. I've been struggling to get all my juice consumed.
My starting weight: 143lbs
Todays weight: 135lbs
Total weight loss since juice feasting began: 8lbs

My Goal is to take it easy and heal my back.
My future self knows how to handle a crisis.