Day 15

A quick one here. Day 15. Maybe I've cheated too much. Maybe I have other health issues. The extra few pounds just aren't really moving off. That wasn't the main goal in all of this, but I will admit, it would be nice. I do notice a clarity,  and my hair is growing. I had my second acupuncture session at Pin and Tonic today and that made me feel great. The day became incredibly busy. I visited our friends in the hospital, and chased the kids around all day. I barely had time to make my dinner juice. I'm going to stick this thing out-6 more days-then I will probably take a different approach. I think my timing was off. Oh well.

Day 14

I was glad I went to The Juicing Tree yesterday. I drank my green juice, drove the kids to school.

At 9:45 AM, I was super excited to try a new acupuncture place:

http://pintonic.com

Pin and Tonic was an amazing experience, and I'm going back tomorrow. Ignacia, my therapist, suggested, I have kidney/gall bladder issues and maybe eating cold foods-such as juice-isn't the best thing for me. Ah ha! I told her I had one week to go. She agreed and suggested I wait a few months before trying another fast. 

The energy in Pin and Tonic is absolutely lovely, and I can't wait to visit there more.

After, I ran to Udi's to pick up lunch for my dear friend, Susan-who's husband, Alf was getting the brain biopsy today. 

I was relieved to see Susan in such good humor, and we laughed and caught up over lunch. Yes, I did cheat and eat a beet salad. After, we were able to visit with Alf before his procedure, and joke and laugh. I love our friends! What a truly lovely afternoon. I left at 2:30 to pick up my sweet children and took them for ice cream and to play in a park. 

Later Susan texted to say the brain biopsy went well. It revealed a blood clot and not cancer. Whoo hoo! Alf is eating a left over sandwich from our lunch as I write. 

Great day! I'll be back on track tomorrow with one week to go. 

I'm feeling so grateful. 

Shudders and Flutters

It's day 13 and I have noticed I'm getting cold easily. It's been a heavy day, with snow one minute and sun the next. It's also been a day rife with worry. A close community friend is going in for a brain biopsy tomorrow. I'm still up, drinking green juice thinking about it. I also noticed on this day, my body seemed to process the most. At the same time I got really sick just before Christmas, and one friend passed away in a fire in SF, another  friend started a health journey that leads us to this exploratory surgery tomorrow. I am a person that believes all these things are connected. A part of me keeps wanting to delete as I write this. Some reading will say, no way are these things connected! But I'm doing this because I truly believe that they are connected. I believe that they are. I'm sitting here, chugging my green juice, getting ready for bed soon, thinking of all the prayers I can imagine that they are. 

Day 13

I have been so busy all day, I had no time to make juice, so I went to The Juicing Tree earlier. 3 juices-$29.00-but well worth it. I tried the new one! Yum!

I wish I could say the pounds were just dropping off, but they're not. I do feel a lot more energy, though. 

Day 12

I'm STILL at it. Doing my best anyway. Today was better than most. I didn't really cheat at all-and I made my juice at home:

Day 11

I feel like I've gone way off track because of the antibiotics. Today, I started off by drinking a Green Wizzard juice from The Juicing Tree, but quickly got off track when my stomach was hurting from the medicine, and my husband brought home leftover burritos. I ate a quarter of one. I know I'm just sabotaging the cleansing process, but I do it anyway. For the rest of the day, I finished this painting project. Our new dining room is finished. With 10 days left, I'm determined to do better.

Day 10

I'm still trying to do this juice fast. The antibiotics make me HAVE to take at least small amounts of puréed soup- or my stomach gets woozy. When I began this quest, I had no idea my periodontist would bump up my bone graft dates a month ahead of schedule. I'm not really losing weight, and I'm not really eating much food. Ugh. Thank goodness I'm so used to juice right now. One great thing that's come to pass: I have a ton of energy. We have been wanting to repaint our dining room for years. After reupholstering the dining room chairs Monday, I was determined to make it happen. Today, we started. My husband went to the hardware store and to The Jucing Tree. We are almost done. Just about to roll out one more coat of red paint, and then finish the trim tomorrow. I still have 11 days to go. I know good things are happening as a result of this "fast", just not what I expected so far. But hey-the dining room is finally looking the way we wanted it to, after almost 7 years! I'm just going with it! Back to painting now. One day, my body will look like I want it to. Faith!