FertilehealthyAiming for success, not perfection…

What I consumed today: 

• 250 ml warm water, lemon  juice, cayenne pepper
• 500 ml Barleylife
• 250 ml Herbal Fiberblend
• 2 liters orange, carrot, celery, cucumber,
• 1 liter spinach, apple, green pepper, spring onion, tomato, chili
• lots of water
• MSM
• Flaxseed Oil

Weight: 

• Starting weight  – 157 kg.
• Weight on Tuesday 26 Feb – 145.5 kg
• Total loss – 11.5 kg

Exercise: 

• Much needed Kegel exercises!

Energy levels:  I was wiped out after my grocery and post office trip. 

Positive Changes: 

• My skin is soft and smooth all over.
• I am no longer retaining water
• My hair and body stay clean longer
• The skin condition on my hands is healing again. 
• My face is no longer oily.

Detox symptoms: 

• My tongue is only slightly coated now
• My skin has broken out in pimples.
• I feel puffy and have lost the “glow”.
• I have the flu.
• The lymph nodes in my left armpit are swollen and very painful, probably due to a lack of exercise and body brushing.  I used to have this often in the past for about 2-3 days before the onset of my period, but since using natural progesterone, I haven’t experienced this.  Of course, I’m  not using the progesterone during the juice feast, so this may be hormonal, but my period is only due in about 7 days.  I’ll try and do some body brushing tomorrow (it’s not so much fun when your head feels like giant oozing pumpkin about to explode!)

Food cravings:   Nothing.   

Self Care: 

• An inspirational video.
• A long sleep this afternoon.

Emotions:   I’m excited about the Global Juice Feast starting tomorrow.  I think it’s going to be great!

Thoughts on the Day:

• I feel as if a train’s gone over me.  My body is so sore from all the violent sneezes.  Sadly, all the Pilates I’ve been doing these past six weeks has still not tightened my pelvic floor muscles enough for me to not wet my feet in the post office this morning following another hurricane-strength sneeze.  Fortunately I was the only person in the post office!  Just as well I’m not pregnant, the little tyke would just fall out, as happened here!  Do your Kegels!
• As I’m sitting here, my friends are at the wedding that I had my own private reasons for not wanting to attend.  Don’t get me wrong, I love the bridal couple and I dearly wanted to see Lizana, but I think I was slightly resentful about being coerced into going when I really didn’t want to.  Which makes me think I’m a nasty, selfish bitch, but also that I probably created this flu as a way out!  I was watching an old (for you guys, we’re about 4-5 months behind) episode of Oprah with Dr. Christiane Northrup, whom I love!  And having listened to CD’s of hers, and having read her book “Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom” (this will blow your mind!), I know that every condition in the body has an emotional root.  Conversely, healing is as much an emotional as a physical journey.  I know that I’ve been shying away from emotions on this journey so far, which is very telling.  It has definitely slowed down my detox… in fact, I’m fairly stuck right now.  But with the Global Juice Feast starting tomorrow, I have decided to throw myself wholeheartedly back into the fray again.  I will survive the bad feelings that come up!  They will not send me on a path to self-destruction again!  I can do this!  I can heal!
• I only had about half of my green juice today.  My taste buds still want the orangy juices, not the green ones (except Barleylife, I can have that all day, and I should, until I’m better).  I’m still drinking a lot of water and expelling a lot of mucous.  I suspect that my chest is about to get in on the action…  I smoked 20+ a day for 19 years and there must be a ton of toxins waiting to get out.  Bring it on, I guess!
• So, all in all, I’m not in great shape, but I’m optimistic and in good spirits.  This is what happens on a detox!
• Remember, tomorrow I will be doing my Weekend Roundup post again, where I answer all your questions.  So, if there’s anything you’d like to know, ask now or you’ll have to wait another week for the answer!
• Hope you had a great Leap Day!
• Thanks for all the encouragement and good wishes! You rock!