Day 2 Juice Feast

I really want to do a juice feast and 2 liver cleanses, my body is craving it. I decided to do a somewhat modified juice feast and to ease myself into it. I started yesterday with 2 quarts of green juice and about 3 tablespoons of sprouted flax meal. When I felt nauseous I would munch on a couple of bites of organic rice cakes. I only ate a half of rice cake yesterday, but it really helped me ease into this feast with minimal discomfort.

I have decided not use any fruit for this feast as I'm wanting to balance out candida issues. The sprouted flax meal feels so right to me. It adds some fat, fiber and protein. I notice that I stay full and have no cravings with adding the flax.

This morning I had 2 cups of green juice with flax and was completely full. It's lunch time right now and I'm still full from this mornings juice.

I'm really feeling the shifting of energy for the New Year. Today I'm cleaning my place and bringing some stuff to the Goodwill. I'm also making some resolutions.

1. At least 1 quart of green juice per day ( after my feast ).

2. 2 spinning classes a week, more if I have the time.

3. Walk for a half hour when I get home from work

4. Meditate for 20 minutes a day, more if I have the time.

5. Remember how joyous my soul is and work on personifying that joy.

6. Remember that I can manifest anything I want and to just relax.

7. Laugh with friends and often.

8. Appreciate my wonderful abundant job and paycheck.

9. Get out into Nature, even in the winter months.

10. Have the best year ever!!!!

Here's to day 2 of Juice Feating!

Until next time.....

S.M.

Chocolate tauntings

LOL! I really am laughing out loud right now. Today was the first time in about 22 years that I over slept. I need to be to work at 8am - my alarm went off at 6:30--I turned it off and put my head down for a few more minutes ( as I always do ). Yup, you guessed it, I woke up at 7:50am. Somehow I brushed my teeth, used my crystal deodorant and brushed my hair back in a pony tail and arrived at work at 8:03 ( I have no idea how I did it ). Needless to say, I wasn't able to make any green smoothies to bring with me. I did take a whole cucumber and chia seeds hoping that would hold me over until I returned home tonight. It really did hold me over until....... someone brought a triple layer chocolate truffle cake into the all day long meeting I was in. I fought the craving for 6 hrs and then..... I'll have 2 BIG pieces of cake please. Once I'm on a green smoothie feast for about 3 days all of the cravings disappear, but the first day is a challenge. I'm not sure if I'll start tomorrow or Saturday ( I have another long meeting tomorrow ).

Okay, on the baby front... the baby is not here yet, but the Doctor said within the next 2 weeks we should have a new bundle of joy. It is such short notice, but another friend and I are throwing a co-ed 'PARTY YOUR HINEY OFF FOR THE LAST TIME' baby shower next weekend. So I'm very busy with planning and pulling this all together in such a short period of time.

Okay, off to make some green smoothies so that all I have to do in the morning is grab them out of the fridge. Until next time..... SM

Manifesting Mania

Oh, I know, I have been MIA for much too long. So long infact that I forgot the password to my blog. Wow, what a magical time we are living in. I am seeing incredible manifestations all around me each day. My friends who have been unable to have children naturally and couldn't afford adoption at this time dropped a light bomb on me today. A mutual friend's teenage daughter hid her pregnancy from her Mom and is actually in labor as I write this. Her mother found out this Saturday and the pregnant daughter stated that she wants to give the baby up for adoption and that she wants my friends to have the baby. This will be an open adoption and the father has already signed away his rights to the child. Everyone met with the lawyer on Tuesday and it's all set. On my way home from work this evening I kept thinking that I needed to invite my friend out to dinner to find out the details because at that time I didn't know the whole story. She had emailed me at work stating that she was going to be a Mommy at the beginning of October and that's all the info that I received. I had a hair appointment and as I drove into the parking lot I saw my friends car, she was the appointment before me ( how awesome is that?). She told me the whole story while we were getting our hair done and then her phone rang " Oh my God!, Oh my God!, Oh My GOD !" That's all I heard. When she finally got off the phone she was crying " she's in labor right now!" she stated. She called her husband and off to the hospital they went, that was about 4 hours ago. I haven't heard anything yet but I'll let you know when I do. She always stated that she knew she would be a mother someday, but she didn't know how it would happen. She Believed, no, she BELIEVED ! I love this Universe!

I am mainfesting a bushel and a peck of universal abundance as well. I will be posting daily starting tomorrow as I start another magical Green smoothie Feast. Every fiber in my being is craving a GSF at this time. Now that I know my password I will be seeing you all tomorrow, sleep well and manifest your dreams.... SM

Green smoothie feast day 5 " Mache Musings"

I first learned about Mache from an Elliot Coleman gardening show ( BTW my Mother is offically an Elliot Coleman groupie ). He walked through 2 feet of snow in his backyard to his greenhouse ( He lives in Maine ). Once inside he lifted the top off of a cold frame box and there inside was a bunch of cute little greens called mache, I've loved them since.

Okay, Day 5, let's get real here. I WANT FOOD !!!!! Chinese, Italian, Mexican, it doesn't matter I just want food. Yes, I'm having a few cravings. All day I was toying with the idea of eating something small tonight and continuing with the GSF tomorrow. I thought a few days on, one day off, no biggie. I then remembered Valerie from the green smoothie experiment. She had over 300lbs to lose and lived and thrived on GS alone for 5 months. I thought,"surely if she can do it I can do it" and I gave up on the idea of eating. The only time I will eat is if I'm out to dinner socially or for business and again it will only be food that I would normally put in a GS.

I didn't sleep very well last night and I have felt tired and very fatiqued all day... hello detox. I gave the Green for life book to my office partern and she went to town last, almost read the whole book. She looked a little ragged this am and she said " I think I'm detoxing", ( I didn't even know she knew what detoxing was ). She also told me that she gave up meat and coffee ( as well as adding 2 GS a day to her diet ) this past week. I had no idea that she had come on board the raw vegan train. She is consumed with all of the raw information, it's so much fun for me to share websites and books and my general knowledge about raw food.

She did ask me a question about colonics. See, I used to be a colonic irrigationist and owned my own business for 6 years. She didn't even know what one was but was interested in how we dump our toxins into our colon and how colonics wash all of the toxic waste matter out. It is so much fun sharing. Oh and I forgot, she brings her GS to work in a mason jar just like me, how cool is that?

I've realized that during this feast I'm going to be hungry ( probably false hunger as I'm drinking more than enough GS ). I've realized that I'm going to have cravings and detox symptoms. I just need to remember that this is for a short period of time and I will be healthy, vibrant, glowing and balanced after this feast. I have to remind myself of this almost every 5 minutes during my cravings.

That's about all today, until next time........

Many Blessings,
SM

Collards Calling Green smoothie feast day 4

I just love Collard greens! They are so much fun! I love de-ribing them and washing what looks like green elephant ears.

So, today I was in meetings all day. I had my first GS at 10:30am and around 2:00 I was extremly hungry. My GS was in my office so I had to wait it out. So many cravings came back. I would have dived in a tank of spiders for some spagetti and meatballs.

Once I went back to my office I drank my 2nd GS and after only finishing 1/4 of it all of my cravings and hunger went away. Drinking about every 3 hours is truly the key for me.

I have a new office partner and in the 5 wks that she has worked with me she has;
1. started drinking green smoothies
2. eaten a portion of all of my raw meals and loved it all
3. ordered raw e-books and uncook books
4. started watching a raw uncook show on a satellite channel ( I think it's called Viera )
This is all from someone who never heard the concept of raw food before.

I never preach, infact when people ask about my concoctions I usually give them a short answer and leave it at that. I would have to say that her interest peaked when she tasted the raw lasagna and it hasn't stopped. She said that she eats mostly raw food at home now and has so much more energy. I feel honored that my path has inspired someone else.

My body thermostat is messed up again, I'm sure it's candida leaving and hormones balancing..YEAH!!!! I was sweaty all day and now as I sit at my computer I'm ready for a hot bath because I'm soooooo cold.

This is fun, this is easy, this is whirling happy energy... I love green smoothies!!!

Until next time......

Many Blessings,

SM

Green Smoothie Paradise

Day 3 of my Green Smoothie Feast! I feel gratitude, so much gratitude. As my bath was filling up tonight and I looked around my purple bathroom, I felt like I was at a spa and I was grateful. Today I was sweaty all day, it seemed like some sort of detox. Tonight I realized that I had the heat set to 72 and I was still cold ( mind you the temp outside was 68 ). I took a hot bath and I'm feeling more balanced with my temperature.

I have a few cravings, but they only seem to come when I'm hungry. I've learned that I get hungry about every 3 hours with the green smoothies.

I have to say that this green smoothie feast is so much easier for me than the juice feast. It's less expensive, I'm hardly ever hungry, I have more energy ( slower detox I suppose , It takes much less time and my body is loving it!

I truly believe in juice feasting and hope to do a longer one in the future, but for now this is what my body and soul is craving.

I went out to lunch with my boss today and being true to my word I only ate that which I would normally put in a green smoothie. I had a salad with lemon and a fruit cup. There were only positive comments on my lunch choices and no fear talk about a " liquid diet ", it went very well.

I really really really really want to do this green smoothie feast for 60 days. I even joined weight watchers just for the motivational weigh in. I listened as I was told of all of the wonderful processed food I could buy ( cakes, candies, high sodium pretzels, dairy and meat laiden tv dinners and powdered smoothie mixes )and I thought to myself, " just green smoothies for me thank you, but I so appreciate the support and motivation ". Do you think any other raw foodist has ever joined weight watchers? I may be the only one. No, honestly, I think it's a wonderful program for people to create a better relationship with food ( we all have to start somewhere ) and I honor them for that.

Well, it's about time to make my green smoothies for tomorrow, until next time......

Many Blessings,

SM

Green wonderment

I am on my second day of a green smoothie feast. My goals are; to lose weight ( the elusive size 8 ), clear any dis-ease from my body, be vibrantly healthy and balanced in everyway.

I tried to juicefeast, but I found that is was very expensive, I was always hungry, I had blood sugar issues ( even with just green juice ), and I was detoxing ( physically and emotionally) very fast and furious. I stopped because of all of these reasons.

I intuitively realized that a green smoothie feast would work great for me. I will be drinking about 3-4 quarts of GS a day ( just greens, fruit and some sprouted flax seed ) . I will also be adding all of the supplements from the juice feast to my diet ie; bee pollen, dulse or kelp, vitamineral green, ( MSM maybe ), spirulina and Colosan.

I have alot of energy on green smoothies and they really fill me up. My detox symptoms( physicaly and emotionally ) are less, much more manageable. I can also exerise without feeling lightheaded which is a plus.

I would love, love, love to do a 90 day green smoothie feast, but I'm taking it one day at a time. If I go out to eat with friends I will allow myself to eat anything that I would normally put in my GS. I decided that being the social outcast and having fear about going to dinner wasn't serving me. In the past I would decline invitations because I was so afraid of " falling off of the fast/feast/raw cleanse or whatever. Again, this time I want to become balanced in everyway, friends are a large part of my happiness and balance.

My boss is taking me out to lunch tomorrow so I'll have a salad with lemon or a fruit bowl.. see how easy that is, I love it!

Many Blessings,

SM

Good byes

So much has happened in the past few weeks. I had a new office partner start ( Yeah ), we had our annual health dept survey ( and passed, double yeah ) and I switched to a modified juice feast.

My body wants to do a full blown juice feast, but my emotions are not ready for it. With the addition on 2 quarts of green juice daily my whole life is changing. Physically I'm losing weight, albeit slowly. My eyes are becoming greener and my skin is becoming smoother. The other big thing is that I'm having alot of old fears and emotions coming up to be released. Normally I would say this is a good thing ( and ultimately it is), but it is very hard to go through heavy emotions when you don't really have anyone to share your feelings with. My family and closest friends live out of state, so I have been feeling quite alone. Actually, this is one of the biggest emotions that I'm working on releasing and it is also why I switched to a modified juice feast. I really felt like I needed something cooked to ground me ( or push down the emotions ), I guess it all depends on how you look at it.

In the past I have been unavailable to friendships and romantic relationships, this is something I have been working on. I have recently found that some friendships are slowly leaving my life and I have been looking closely at this. I actually took some big steps to try and keep these friendships in my life because afterall, I want to be available for relationships, be it friendships or something more. I have found that no matter what I do or don't do, they are slowly leaving.

These friendships were wonderful and nothing bad happened, just people moving away and moving on. Thank you God for blessing my life with April and Peter, they will forever be in my heart.

Until next time.....

SM

Day 7, What's a parasite to do?

Oh Boy! I am learning so much about me and my body every day. I am having some difficulty with juices that have fruit in them. It's not really blood sugar issues, ( as I check my blood glucose )It's more symptoms from Candida. My eyes get blurry, ( which is my common symptom of candida )I get foggy headed, I lose my energy, I get depressed and I get super hungry. So, I've been figuring out what I can do to modify my JF with keeping as much of the cleasing and rebuilding benefits as possible.

The absolute best option would be to make juices with no fruit in them. The only problem is that I don't like those juices so it would be hard for me to consume what I needed to each day. The second would be to add a tablespoon of raw hemp powder to each juice. This would add the extra protein and some fiber to slow down the absorption on sugars. The third would be to drink one or two green juices a day and then add a green smoothie with fruit for the rest of my intake ( Green smoothies with fruit never seem to exacerbate the candida ).

I will be working on clearing candida out of my body with colon cleasing and herbs. I believe that my body will become clear enough for me to add fruit to my juices at some time in the future, just not right now.

I will be thinking of my options, but for today I am going to be just doing green juices. Who knows, my taste buds might change so much that I may start loving green juices without the fruit. That would be wonderful.

I should mention that I am also PMSing right now, so, that may be why I am having some hunger and depression. It's not bad, I just don't feel like my happy self.

This morning I had 2 heaping tablespoons of Vitamineral green in a pint of water. My green juices for the day will consist of, spinach, celery and red pepper.

I am going to start rebounding today, probably just for a few minutes.

Detox symptoms/PMS symptoms are; some sadness, hunger, some pimples on my face and dry scaly skin my cheeks and a little fatique. I will do an enema today for sure.

I'm still dedicated to the JF, and all in all I think my "bumps in the road" are minor. Until next time.....

Many Blessings,
S.M.

Day 6, Global Juice Feast!!!!

Today is the first day of the first annual Global Juice Feast! I am so excited! I have to admit that I occasionally feel down during the day because, well, 1. I'm not eating, and 2. I don't have anyone to share this experience with. My realization is that I have so many people on the GJF site to share my experience with and who can share their experiences with me. I watched the video " the last supper" from David and Katrina and it almost made me cry. I realized that I'm one of those 255 people from the GJF site who is making history today. I feel really good about that, no, I feel great about that.

So now that I have an extra emotional boost I feel like there's no stopping me.

It is the end of day 6 for me and I have to tell you that juice feasting is so much easier ( on my body ) than fasting. If I start really feeling detox symptoms, I drink more juice and do an enema, WAHLAA!, symptoms gone.

I am starting to get hungry throughout the day, ( which is a good thing, it means I'll consume more juice )but as soon as I drink some more juice, the hunger is gone.

I have a little confession, I don't like celery juice, Bleekk!, YUK!, so I haven't been using it. I started to get some muscle cramps in my legs and I thought, how could this be happening with all of the great juices I'm consuming?. Well, I looked at one of my natural health books and it stated that celery will balance the sodium levels and greens will balance the potassium levels to help combat muscle cramps. In light of that information I will reluctantly add celery back into my daily juices, maybe just one juice a day won't be so bad.

So for detox symtoms I still have a brownish fuzzy tongue, occasional slight headache, some bouts of sadness when I'm hungry and some pimples on my jaw line.

I'm drinking 3 quarts of juice a day and 2 heaping tablespoons of Vitamineral green in a pint of water. Today's blend was apple and Collard green. I drink lots of water throughout the day, infact I'm more thirsty on the feast than before. I suppose my body is washing all of the toxins out with the extra water. I am still taking coconut oil, b12 tab, bee pollen, dulse capsules and some red tea in the evening. I will start taking a fiber and laxative cleanse called colonix. It should really expedite the release of my mucoid plaque in my colon.

I'll start adding some light exercise back into my routine next week. Right now my body is just adjusting to the feast and my schedule with all the juicing that I'm doing.

I'm wearing a pair of pants today that are starting to fall of of me. I have been pulling them back up all day. Hopefully in a couple of weeks I will have to buy a size smaller, WOO HOO!.

All in all the juice feast is going great.

Many Blessings,
Susan

Day of Enlightment

I had such a wonderful realization yesterday. I was a bit out of balance yesterday because of the quart of OJ that I drank the night before. I only brought one quart of green juice with me to work and I finished that off by 11am. I found myself being very hungry and having some blood sugar issues around noon. I found out I needed to stay later at work than I had planned and I wasn't able to run home to pick up another juice. I made a very conscious decision to eat something so that I could make it comfortably through the rest of the work day. I shared some food with a friend and I had some vegetables and noodles. My blood sugar balanced out and I was able to make it through the rest of the day.

Here is the incredible part; I used to be an all or nothing person. In the past I would have had the thought of, " Oh great, I just blew it" and then would eat a pizza and a chocolate bar. In the past I would have used this 'stumbling block' as a reason to sabotage my efforts at becoming healthier and happier. The difference is that this time I made a very balanced decision and I didn't beat myself up over it. I still drank another quart of juice when I returned home ( I did munch on some carrots later that night )and I knew that this was just part of my journey.

Here's what I learned from yesterday;
1. Fruit juice alone is not balancing for me at this time.
2. Always bring at least 2 quarts of juice to work.
3. I truly want to be the healthiest, happiest me that I can be.
4. Self Sabotage no longer serves any purpose for me.
5. If you run into a bump in the road, acknowledge it and move forward.
6. I love myself! I love myself enough to let go of being an all or nothing person.
7. I will let my body tell me what my juice feasting journey will entail, and I will listen.

For those of you who know me, you know this is a huge transformation.

I will not be starting over, instead I am continuing. I believe that day 4 was the most important day on my juice feasting journey and that it should not be deleted. I am continuing with day 5 and I am so grateful for the changes that have already taken place. This is truly a life transforming journey and I am honored to be a part of it.

Many Blessings,
Susan

Sugar Blues day 4

I had a quart of OJ last night and ohhhh it was so good. I felt drugged when I woke up this am, my eyes are blurry, I have no energy and I feel like I could cry at any given moment. The candida in my body is rejoicing but the rest of me feels like I'm in a sugar coma. I've learned my lesson, possibly in a few weeks my system may be able to handle that, but not right now.

Today I started with 2 tablespoons of Vitamineral green in a pint of water. I have 3 quarts of kale, apple, red pepper and summer squash juiced for today. I'll continue to use small amounts of fruit in my green juice as It makes it more palatable for me.

I have a slight headache today and my tongue has some brownish fuzz on it. I slept through the night, but then again my body felt drugged from the sugar. I have had issues with eczema on my face and under my arms, both seem a little better today. I just started using coconut oil on both areas.

It took me 40 minutes to juice 3 quarts and clean up last night. I think I'm streamlining the process.

Clothes are feeling slightly loose today.

After recieving a few comments on the GJF site I have decided to not worry about getting 4 quarts of juice a day. As long as I am consuming at least 3 quarts of quality juice a day I will keep my body in feasting mode and not in fasting mode. My body only wants 3 quarts a day, so for now I'll honor that.

Many Blessings,

Susan

Day 3 well under way

I only drank 2 quarts of juice ( pineapple, romaine,celery and summer squash ) yesterday on day 2. I did have 2 heaping tablespoons of vitamineral green in about a pint of water. For supplements I'm using coconut oil, bee pollen and b12 tab. I tried the hemp oil but I became very nauseous after consuming it. I will switch over to flax oil once I go shopping again.

Now for BM talk, I believe it is incredibly important to clean out your colon during any kind of cleanse. I will do enemas 3-4 times a week and have colonics periodically. I will only post BM talk if I run into a problem or something interesting happens, otherwise you can be assured that I'm keeping up with my colon cleansing routine.

The past couple of nights I have been waking up at about 3am tossing and turning and then finally falling fast asleep at about 6 am ( my alarm goes off at 6:30 grrr ).

I woke up this am ( day 3 ) with a sore throat, slight headache and my tongue now has a mustard yellow colored fuzz on it, Yukk.

I have 3 quarts of juice made for today ( collard greens, tomato, lemon, garlic and basil ). I will have another 2-3 heaping tablespoons of Vitamineral green in about a quart of water tonight to make up the 4th quart of juice.

Emotionally yesterday I was all over the place. Today I feel stable just a little tired.

I am working toward making and drinking 4 quarts of juice a day. Hopefully that will start this weekend.

I forgot to weigh myself when I started, but I've decided that I would give you a clothing update weekly ie; clothes fitting loose, clothes falling off, buying the next size down, ect... I don't want to get caught up in numbers but I will tell you that my goal in general is to be in a size 8.

I should mention that I'm not hungry at all. I am having some flavor cravings such as potato chips and dip sounds really good to me right now. Oh well, It's about time for my liquid lunch.

Many Blessings,
S.M.

A Day of firsts.

Monday was day one of my juice feast and day one of this blog. I had planned to start the Global juice feast on 3/1/08, but God had different plans for me. Sunday night I had such vivid dreams about me trying to find food and being handed juices instead. I was even handed this dark purple brew with gold stars in it. When I woke up Monday morning I knew what I had to do.

I woke up late so I went all day without juice I just had water and some Vitamineral green. I ordered my mason jars online so I'm using polycarbonate bottles until they arrive, ( I know, I know ) I just wasn't prepared. I finally began juicing around 7pm and learned real quickly that I need an apron and a few paint straining bags ( as they are bigger than my little nut milk bag ).

Every juice I made was only about 28 oz instead of 32 oz. I suppose I will perfect that as the time goes on. I am going to make all of my juices at night instead of in the morning, it just works better for me.

I had very vivid wild dreams last night, but all had a personal meaning to me. I feel great today! I do have a white coated tongue already and used my tongue scraper this am. I started skin brushing this am too. When I started it I realized that I'm not really sure on the proper way to skin brush, I had heard long stroked towards the heart and I had heard small circles. I stuck with long strokes it just felt right.

I ordered a bathtub filter and I still need to get a shower filter so that I'm not contaminating my body with Chlorine while I'm trying to detox. I have a special friend who will be coming to visit soon and hopefully he will be able to put all of my filters on for me :).

So, that's how my first day went. I'm feeling good and I'm excited for this journey.

Many Blessings,
S.M.