Its My Birthday!

Yay!  Yesterday I turned 33 years old.  The gang at work took me out for lunch (Cheesecake Factory) and Eric and I are drove up to Boulder and saw a talk by Sergei Boutenko.  The talk was awesome!  Sergei talked about his family’s history,edible wild greens and all sorts of fun things.  If you ever have the chance to see him, you should!

I chose to give myself the gift of real health to myself this year.  I’m not quite sure what that will look like so I will give it some time to manifest and we can see what comes up.  Stay tuned!

Day 3 — end of feast

Well, I woke up this morning and was just not feeling right.  I was dizzy, tired (slept 12 hours) and very dehydrated.  I consulted my pendulum (I always use one for guidance when I feel the ego may be in the way,) and it told me to end the feast.

I don’t think my body is ready to do a feast.  I think I need to look at my hydration — I might be chronically dehydrated like David mentioned — and I am concerned that I don’t have a strong enough taste for the green juices, which means I will fail.  David and Katrina posted in their blog today about starting to build up the desire for greens and I really think that is a great tip.  To all you future feasters, make sure you like your greens!

Well, I will continue to use this blog as a way to share my growth and progress on the dietary journey.  I do see myself completeing a juice feast in the near future; perhaps I will consider starting March 1st with the Global Juice Feast.

Day 2

1 QT of 1 lemon, water, 1 T MSM
2 QT water
.5  QTs of 2 cantelopes, 2 T green powder
1 QT of yesterdays apple, celery, lemon, green powder

The cantelopes juiced up really weird.. their fiber was so small that it made it right through the nut milk bag AND the fine mesh strainer in my funnel. I figure since we can take fiber supplements, the fiber in the cantelope will be just fine for me.  Well, I only made it through half a quart of the cantelope juice and then I started to feel ill…

Slept in this morning.. till about 9:30. Then got up, had my lemon water and just vegged on the couch till noon. Still taking the day real easy.. don’t think I will be doing much but going through emails and enjoying the alone time (the house mates are off doing their own thing, a rare treat.)

Feeling pretty tired tonight, I think I will hit the bed early.  Slight head ache, I think perhaps I am still a bit under on my water intake.  Also, no bowel movements today.. tomorrow I will start the enema process.

And so it begins.. Day 1

Today was the beginning of my second attempt at juice feasting. I was sooo excited to begin, I could hardly sleep the night before and I woke up super early this morning. How is that for crazy? I don’t think I was this excited to begin last time..

1QT of water, 1 lemon, 1T MSM powder
1QT of 12 apples, 2 lemons, 1 bunch of celery, 1 bunch of kale, 1 scoop of green powder (made two quarts)
2 QT water

My day flew by at the office and again, I wasn’t so hungry. My lemon water lasted until about 2pm. I think I should have had more water, because by the end of the day, I was feeling headachy and tired. Around 3pm I started to drink my green juice and boy was it good! I was *very* surprised and excited. Last time I really felt like I was forcing down the juice and even then, not so much. My plan this time is to really enjoy juices that I know I like, and then start to slip in other new things in small quantities to expand my palate. I’m really going to give myself the first few weeks to figure that out, and go with the flow. I have a feeling it will shift quickly.

This evening I took a group hypnosis “class” — “Self Appreciation Thru Hypnosis:”

Are you tired of self hatred and self sabotage slowing you down? In this hypnosis class you let go of the negative thoughts that are keeping you from true happiness and learn how to truly love and embrace yourself. This class is great for anyone and everyone. Presented by Amber Olson, CN

The “class” was great, we learned a lot about celebrating ourselves, rather than judging and resisting.  In the spirit of the upcoming holiday (Valentine’s Day), she chose a hypnosis script that was about marrying yourself to celebrate being in love with yourself.  Totally amazing and fitting way to start off my juice feast!