3rd day! Still Smiling

Today is my third day of my juice cleanse and I am scheduled for my first colonic tomorrow!! (sorry for too much info) This morning was tough. I dreamed I ate a raisin bagel and Panera soup?? These are two food items I have not craved in years so it was interesting they came up in my sleep. Panera soup in particular is something I do not want in my body because I have seen how they heat up their soup and what they do is place the soup (which is in a plastic bag) in extremely hot water to heat it up. Think of all the BPA chemicals released into the soup from the plastic melting in hot water! No where close to home made. 

Anyway, this morning I felt super hungry and my stomach ached in a why I thought I might get sick. I felt better once I drank my freshly made beet/carrot/ginger lemon juice! After that I was able to visit some clients and shop for a wedding shower present and go on a walk. I have not had any juice since this morning and it is 7pm now. I am about to drink some green juice. Something I have been working on is "chewing" my juice which I learned helps you salivate so your stomach begins digestion. I have been drinking a lot of water and have not felt the need for more juice. I am now used to the hungry feeling and it is something my mind has accepted. Which is nice because my mind feels it now has the ability to accept other things that occur in my life that I don't have control over. I have only had a couple cravings for solids today. Yesterday all I wanted was buttered popcorn (go figure- my comfort food). But so far this has been a very helpful experience mentally and physically and somewhat spiritually. And a good learning experience too! I would like to help others try this and emotionally make it through!

The dream I had the night before I started my juice cleanse: I kept shoving handfuls of this poisonous berry plant into my mouth that grows in my front yard. I thought the berries tasted delicious but I was concerned because I could not control myself and I knew I would soon die from it... Does this have any connection to me feeling addicted to the standard American diet (SAD).. I think yes... 

Recipe for:

My Morning Wake Up Tonic

4carrots

2 beets ( or 1 and a half if large)

1/2 lemon

Ginger (the more, the spicier) 

sometimes I had a little Sweet Potato (but some people's stomach's can't handle the type of sugar in sweet potato)

Juice all, stir and drink slowly while chewing to activate stomach digestion!

Peace!

Allie

3 day detox/spiritual cleanse

I have started my 3 day wellness cleanse. Earlier this week, my body felt polluted and I was not eating as healthy as I could have been. My mind felt negative and lazy. My house was a mess and I did not have energy to clean it. Plus, I felt my spiritual connection with God/Universe was weakened. I decided to do a 3 day juice cleanse, starting off with two days of smaller proportions and 100% raw vegan food and then into the 3 day juice fast. Those two starter days were more of a challenge than today (the beginning of my juice fast). I think my body was going through heavy detoxification as I was taking many naps and feeling many negative emotions and restlessness with just being. 

Today is the first day of my juice fast. I am taking bentonite clay along with the juice. I am reading Cherie Calbom's "Juicing, Fasting, and Detoxing for Life" for inspiration and motivation. I still have to work and be out and about around the community for my job and so far I have not felt the lack of energy that I anticipated. Although my spiritual mind has not been completely enlightened yet... I do feel a calm sense of caring about slowing down and appreciating my surroundings. I do feel more connected and patient and my focus is turning to cleaning up my messy house and organizing my priorities, which I had trouble focusing on earlier this week with my lethargic mindset. Most of all, I have the desire to let go of material things as well as negative thoughts that are not serving me justice. My mind is telling me to live more simply. I plan on going through my house and donating everything that does not have a purpose or I use on a weekly basis. I had this idea when I was hiking in the mountains in Montana a couple weeks ago. However, once I came home, got back into society and my job, my mind became overwhelmed and polluted with things it thought it needed. Once I do my "fall" cleaning I think my mind will feel more organized because I will have less stuff to worry about. How can one 's mind be organized if their environment is a mess?

That's all for now. I will post my thoughts as I continue along with this juice fast. If I can make it through these 3 days and still have the willpower, I might two 2-3 days blended foods.

Allie (Virginia Lilly)

Montana: Red Eagle Lake, cold!!! but the bluest water I have ever seen!!!