Cleanse, last day

Well, I kind of ended my raw food cleanse yesterday with Brick Oven Pizza (I was going to have to have to anyway for this trip in 2 days). I wasn't finding it difficult at all to continue, but it was one of those situations when a friend wanted to go to lunch. I really want to be able to do that, eat raw a lot of the time but be able to eat "normal" food once in a while in social situations but go right back to raw, which I did for breakfast and dinner. I ate an appropriate amount at Brick oven. Then tonight at a B-day party I ate an insane amount of brownies. I would call the amount borderline binging, but mentally I didn't feel like I was binging because my stomach didn't feel too full or sickly till later. One thing I don't do however is beat myself up for eating "bad." I used to do that and it created a very bad cycle. Now, if I eat something that makes me feel yucky I stop and observe how I feel and take the time to mentally associate the feeling with the food so that in the future I can look at that food and decide if it is really worth that yucky feeling. The fact that I proabably ate around 1000 calories in one sitting. Well I really don't care, I don't count calories, that never got really got me anywhere except guilty, stressed out, obsessive eating. I will probably try to do a longer more-intense cleanse when I get back, maybe a juice fast and that bentonite clease I wanted to try.

Day 5

I feel good
nana nana nana na,
I knew that I would now
I feeeeeeeeeeel good
I knew that I would now
So good, so good, I got you!

Cleanse Day 4

Physically I feel GREAT today! No more stomach or head ache, no hunger or food craving. I was getting tired of juice and random fruits and veggies, so I started putting together some dishes and they were very satisfying. I made this yumminess for lunch, and for dinner I made an avocado/tomato/basil dip, and dipped cucumber. Yum!

Max loves raw food. He hates baby food. I'm surprised likes such strong flavors like onion and garlic and basil, but he does.

Here's something bizarre; Since I started the cleanse I have had a freaky strong sense of smell! Not just of food but all kinds of things!

On a sad note, Ivan's step dad (who has always been quite thin, btw) found out today that he has to have a triple bypass tomorrow. He only just found out a couple weeks ago that he had high cholesterol! It makes me more grateful for my health and more worried about my parents! How do we get them to take good care of themselves so we don't loose them too soon? None of Ivan or my parents have any health problems right now, but they all eat a "typical American diet" which we have learned by now, leads to heart disease and cancer. I've got to come up with a plan because they all mean so much to me, I need them to be around for a very long time!!!

Cleanse Day 1

Well I started out my day with 32 oz of freshly juiced fruits and veggies (carrots, apple, beets, spinach, celery, lemon) and a fabulous aerobics class. I felt great! My juice hit the spot it was totally delicious and I had no appetite for anything else.

Then I ate 2 bananas and went to work. I absent mindedly popped some of the baby's snacks (cereal) in my mouth and then I wanted to eat it pretty bad, but I soon forgot. I got home and started munching on various fruits and veggies. I started getting pretty hungry at about 5.

At 6 I started to feel TERRIBLE! I my head and stomach hurt bad. I felt hungover (which is essentially detoxing, so that makes sense) So I took a nap an I feel a bit better.

Dinner: avocado, tomato, mango and some chard.

So I called the the Dr's office and was referred to the breastfeeding hot-line which informed me that Bentonite has traces of mercury and lead and I should not use it while breast feeding. But then I did some further studies, and other Drs claim that not only is non-absorb-able, it will absorb any toxins and carry them out. So, I haven't decided if I'm going to use it or not, I'm pondering that one for a bit.

I know I feel like crap because my body is flushing out the toxins in my system but I hope I feel better soon.

Cleanse

I've been feeling sooooo toxic lately! For weeks I've woken up with a headache, a sour stomach, stuffy sinuses and an achy body.

I haven't been eating terrible every day but I have gone on a few naughty binges including practically eating my weight in chocolate over the space of a few days.

So it's time to cleanse. In particular I am going to do a colon cleanse this time. I will do my usually juicing, raw food eating, but I am also going to throw in a bentonite clay cleanse (as long as my dr says it's okay while nursing.) You can get 2 lbs of liquid bentonite at good earth for $16 and psyllium husk in the bulk section.

And I'll top it all of with my first colonic!

Also, there are a lot of great herbs and other foods that help detox the colon so I will share some of those as I go along.

If you are feeling toxic or just want to kick start your summer with some healthy habits feel free to join me, I will try to check in every few days with some yummy juice or salad recipes and other tips!

Happy cleansing!