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