Master Cleanse Day 2

Day two started great! I was feeling good. I was ready to clean. I got up out of bed and I said "Laundry has nothing on me! Ha, ha ha" (Monday's are laundry days). Man, sure enough I've kicked my laundry's butt and we now have clean sheets! My bathroom is clean and THAT is something to be excited about. My mirrors were so clean I realized my tongue was white and I got even more excited about that since it means I am detoxing Yay! (I did scrub it off)

Anyway, that's how I felt all morning, in the afternoon I was feeling not so excited. I had made breakfast for the kids and while making lunch and prepping for dinner I was like "That looks pretty good" and I started to loose focus -on my second day- so I drank instead. Yet physically I felt great it was just my mind weakening and by 6pm a gallon of lemonade had disappeared.
After I finished the last quart I was feeling pretty good again but I needed to work out. I have a PT test in Dec. (That's Army talk for fitness test) and not even a fast will keep me from my push-ups. I then remembered a video blog I had seen were they mentioned sipping a tbs of maple syrup for extra energy, that I did. Holy smokes, I was WIRED! Well, needless to say my work out went great today. I feel good and not even close to being tired and it's just my second day!

I was really ready for this and I am so glad I made the decision to do this now. I had tried before but it wasn't right now it's the perfect time.

Master Cleanse Day 1

I've started the Master Cleanse and this the end of my first day. I fell pretty good as I've not missed food all day. Then again, I was feeling crappy all day too. I don't know if I should "officially" call it my first day since I had no lemonade today, I had herbal tea and OJ with grapefruit juice. I wasn't prepared so I made due with what I had until I got maple syrup.

I'm really excited about doing this because my body has been asking me for it for a while now. I don't know just how long I'll do it for but at least 10 days, once I get there I'll decide if I want to go longer. This is definitely the right time for a juice fast (I'm not going to be following the rules exactly, never was one to follow the rules!) for many reasons. The past year has been quite a roller coaster and I feel like I've been screaming the whoooole way. I've gained almost 30lbs and I can't seem to lose it. I'm working out more than before and watching my diet, although my figure has improved I still can't get into my jeans. Mostly, though, I just need a new start. I feel heavy, foggy and depressed and I want to change that. I want to come back to raw foods like before (only better). I want my body to do the things it used to. I want a clear mind and then I want to travel :-). I don't think fasting will help me travel, I just figured I'd through that in there for good measure.

Oddly enough, since I've been in and out of bed all day I've found myself daydreaming of the future. That felt good. In just one day my daydreaming is coming back. I'm very excited to see how the next 9 days will b.e

Outward Thursday

Hummmmmm??????

I’m having a difficult time figuring out how to be outward focused this week since I feel so overwhelmed with my own baggage.

Hum?

Well, since my creativity is running empty right now I am going to do a little experiment. I just finished reading”The Five Love Languages” and for the next few weeks I’m gonna do my darnest to speak one at a time and see if it makes a difference.

I think this week I will practice ‘Words of Affirmation’ (this is NOT my love language by faaar). It will be my goal to build up the people around me with affirming words and we’ll see how it goes!

Oh, have a wonderful day! You are great!!!! 

Buddy

I found these pics of Buddy eating my wheatgrass and I thought it was so cute.

He loves it so much he couldn't wait for me to cut it.

Anxiously waiting

Now that he's full he'll sun himself.

Life doesn't get much better than that.

Stuffed Apples

I love these, me and my baby girl. Ryan doesn't like them so much but I'll post his favorite later. Anyway, these take like 3 minutes to make and are sooo filing. It's like eating apple pie in an apple cup.

These are the suspects:

* small food processor or hand blender

* melon baller

*two medium apples

* 1/2 cup raisins

*1/4 cup almonds

* dash of cinnamon

put almonds and cinnamon in processor

grind


add raisins and leave to the side


cut apples in half

core them with the scoop thingi

scoop out the inside of the apples leaving a firm cup behind

place apple guts in processor

and blend blend blend

if the raisins are not breaking up add a dash of water and blend until they do

be careful with the water though you don't want your stuffing too soggy

stuff apples

Eat!!!