It was a beautiful day today with nice sunny weather. Perfect for a walk. I actually went jogging for the first time while on my juice feast. I have been swimming, doing yoga, the Tibetan Rites, taking a belly dance class and working out at the gym a bit. I am fortunate to have all these free classes at school. Everything I have been doing is pretty low impact. So I decided to start jogging to get my heart rate up and help with the weight loss. I also need to be in good "running" order for when my ultimate frisbee class starts in March. Yes, my school actually offers ultimate frisbee as a class. I love the game and am very excited to be exercising that way.
On my jog/walk I thought of millions of things to say on this blog. I've forgotten most now, so I'll just begin with a bit about my juice feast so far.
My detoxing has not been very bad. I have had very tiny zits occasionally and today being my first occasion for a really big zit right on my cheek! I had sleep in my eyes during the first weeks. Actually my first day or two I felt a bit nauseated and tired. I wanted to sleep long for the first week. After that I was up at 7 every morning without the alarm, even when I went to bed late.
My energy has been outstanding and sometime I feel obnoxiously so. I've had a few moments of nauseated feelings during enemas. Around day 12 I went to a sauna and did rotation of sauna and cold shower for a while. It felt good to be in the warmth but when I arrived home I was cold and had to bundle up and stay in for the rest of the night. I get occasional chills but not that bad and not often. My tongue was coated for at least the first week and my teeth get a fuzzy feeling. I try to brush as much as I can.
A funny thing that has happened is that my B.O. sometimes smells like celery. They say to juice one head of celery a day and I have been faithful. Getting two pounds of leafy greens is a bit
more difficult.
I have been using supplements such as greener grasses, msm powder, chlorella, kelp granules, dulse, salt, turmeric, and blue green algae.
I use the skin brush almost daily and use msm lotion on my face and areas of old scares, stretch marks and sore joints.
I do a green juice every morning and every night. I usually add a fruit to my morning greens like pineapple or apples. I just tend to want something sweet at that time. I also have some wheatgrass right now and fortunately I have been blessed with a Greenstar Juicer and can juice it. I just ordered some seeds and I am going to try to give myself a green thumb. I've already been non-stop sprouting.
Some of my favorite juices are:
Carrot/Orange
Apple/Ginger/Lemon, peel and all (make sure it is organic) This one is fabulous!
Grapefruit juice with bluegreen algae and a squirt of stevia
Squash/Carrot/Vanilla/Salt/Cayenne -Inspired by Angela Stoke's juicings during her feast
Everything green in the fridge plus pineapple or apple
Tomato/Spinach/Carrot/Celery/Garlic/Ginger/Parsley/and anything else in fridge plus salt, cayenne, and turmeric.
Fresh young coconut water with Greener Grasses powder. Taste amazing! I also got that one from Angela. It tastes sweet and malty.
I use bee pollen , organic honey, hemp oil and coconut oil although not every day. I use the coconut oil every third day and I love to mix my pollen into it.
Off the subject of Juice feasting, Last night I started something that I am
so excited about. I made my very own indoor worm composting bin. I have been saving all of my pulp in my freezer and then driving it out to my parents home once a week to compost there. My freezer fills up and it is so annoying. I just decided to take care of it right in my kitchen. I learned how by doing a search on Youtube. After a few demos I was ready. I made mine huge! 30 gallons. I took two plastic bins with lids. I poked small holes on the bottom of one and around the top and in the lid. I placed two old Almond butter jars in the bottom of the hole-free bin. Next I placed the holed bin inside of it. There needs to be space for the drippings from the compost. You can use those drippings as fertilizer for your houseplants. Next I put a store bought flower box bedding thing made out of coconut fiber in the bottom of my holed bin. I made a layer of paper shreds. I used old whole foods paper bags all cut up. Then I sprayed it down to moisten. Next I put a layer of Veggie pulp from juicing and another layer of paper. Another pulp layer and another paper layer and then a bit of soil. They say to wait a couple weeks before adding your worms so that the moisture level is optimal. I ordered my worms today and have no idea when they are coming but are going in as soon as they get here. It won't hurt them to go in early. You need to have Red worms, not just any old worm that you find. I found mine on Amazon.
Well, That's it for now.
Thanks!
Elizabeth
