It's been really good. The first two prune days had me hating prunes. The first time I ate them it was swell but after that it went down hill. They gave me so much gas and loose bms that were constant throughout the day. It was really uncomfortable.
On the first fruit day, I ate prunes and some strawberries as well as a big juice but I did a liver flush that day so I stopped eating and drinking after 2pm. I skipped the 6pm epsom salts drink because I had been going to the bathroom so much. At 8pm I did the epsom salts. Yuck! I put lemon in the mix and bit a lemon before and after drinking it. That helped a lot. At 10pm I drank my olive oil and grapefruit juice mixture and that was delicious. The only problem was that I didn't take a natural sleep aid. I had a hard time falling asleep and I woke up at 4am feeling nauseated. I had a hard time sleeping in the morning after that too. I got up at 6 to drink more epsom and slept a bit before 8 when I drank it again. When I started to go to the bathroom, my liver had flushed and out came the green goblins. That's what I call them anyway. They are little wasabi-looking balls that get dumped out of your liver. I have no idea how this works but it does. I felt great after my flush. No ill side effects other that those green goblins all day. The first time I did this flush was about 2 years ago and I had so many green goblins. There were considerably less this time and they were mostly much smaller.
The next day I felt great, no gassy feelings from the prunes I ate either. It was a great day of fruits. I ate a strawberries again and some orange. I went to work on a raw cake for my mom for her birthday. I didn't use a recipe so I cannot give perfect amounts for anyone interested but here is it roughly. I made a base cake layer from almonds, mesquite, vanilla, salt, soaked dates, cinnamon, and coconut oil. I made a batch of a cheesecake mix with cashews, vanilla, cinnamon, agave, coconut oil and salt. for one cup worth I added carob. The second cup was plan and the last amount I mixed in blueberries and Strawberries. I added extra agave and coconut oil to this layer since the berries were juicy. I layered it up and froze. It was for wednesday night. I knew I would be eating salads so I prepped some mushrooms in marinade of feast safe items: garlic, olive oil and apple cider vinegar.
Wednesday was not such a great day to start. I woke late and had to run to class without juicing. I brought a container of black berries instead. When I got to painting class I started to get out my things and spilled paint thinner all over my chest. I hurried to wipe it off and clean my shirts. I wore my sweat shit that I brought along after that. I got to work and after a while I started feeling a burning on my chest and below my breast. I went to the bathroom to give it a good wash but it was too late. The paint thinner had soaked into my bra and was giving me a chemical burn. I rushed home to shower and called a friend who said to use castor oil and salt on it. That did the trick. The salt and the castor oil help to draw things out. I was no longer burning but I was in a lull for the rest of the day. I wanted to nap but couldn't sleep because of too many things on my mind... Like my first salad that I was so excited to make.
It looked more like spaghetti than salad but for raw spaghetti, it is only veggies! When I prepped my dinner I put noodles made from zucchini that had been stirred up in a sauce of blended tomatoes, garlic, basil, olive oil, and a dash of lemon, salt, and pepper over a bed of spinach and sprouts. I decorated it with olives, minced red bell pepper, onion, and parsley and the mushrooms that I marinated before. I used nutritional yeast as my parmesan only I didn't photograph that added on. It was very good. It felt very clean and it was so light on salt. I wanted more but decided that the olives were enough. I may make the sauce with celery next time for the natural salt content. I couldn't finish it which felt great too, I knew I wouldn't be able to because it turned out so big. I saved the rest for today. I can't wait for lunch!
I have felt so good. I have been able to stop eating when I find myself full which was not something I could do before the feast. I could just eat and eat and way too much. I really never felt full. I am happy to be kicking this over eating issue in the butt. The thing that surprises me the most is that once I went on solids again, it was so easy not to eat too much. I felt like I wanted to over eat and that over eating sounded so appealing during the whole feast. I was so scared to come off. As soon as I went off those feelings just disappeared. I feel like I have totally been reset.
As promised, here are the before and afters. The first one was taken before the feast. The second was on day 31 and the last is on today, day 67 and my feast ended at 61. I have some other bikini shots that show the changes better but I am a little shy there still...
I lost so many inches! Here are my calculations:
I lost:
bust-2.75 inches
waist-2.75 inches
belly- 4 inches!
hips-3.25 inches
thighs- 2.5 inches
calves- 1.5 inches
arms- 1.25 inches
That is 20.75 inches in total counting all limbs! Wow! I went down a dress size and a bra size. That feels so good. I actually enjoyed shopping on Tuesday. I usually hate it. I remember liking it way back when I was 21 and everything looked good on me. I was the same dress size now as I was then, only I looked way more fit then and I think I was almost a size 9 then. But still, it feels good to be on that track.
I am excited to have my zucchini pasta again for lunch today. Even more excited to try my moms cake that I made her tomorrow for lunch! It may be a little early for sweets, but I figure it's nutritional enough. I'll eat a bit of salad after too! Tomorrow I am also leaving for Italy. I cannot wait! I probably won't be posting for about 10 days at least since I am sure I will be spending every moment I can with my boyfriend. I miss him so much!
Happy Spring Break for those who live by semesters!
xo
Elizabeth
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