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Re:My journey from sad to raw 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago
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I've been juicing every day now and I am pleasantly surprised at the magnitude of the positive difference that it has made in my well-being. Today I rose naturally before 7 am (!) and walked over 5 miles today while running errands. I am so happy to wake up without caffeine. I used to joke that I'm not "solid-state" like my TV - I used to spend at least an hour feeling groggy before I woke up. Now I wake right up, and early, too. It's great. I hope that it lasts. I've been congested and tired so yesterday I drank juice all day (mostly lemonade) and ate some candy made from nut butter, cocoa, raw honey, and mayo. It was good and filling and today I'm feeling much better. I bought some fresh produce this morning: lemons, Granny Smith apples, cucumbers, romaine, carrots, and garlic. I drank some Master Cleanse lemonade, cucumber juice, and pineapple juice today. I love juice!
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Re:My journey from sad to raw 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago
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Yesterday I enjoyed a modified juice feast that included celery, carrots, Granny Smith (green) apples, lemon and grapefruit, romaine lettuce, bananas, raw garlic, coconut oil, peanut butter, cocoa, and raw honey. It rocked. Today I woke naturally at 5:30 am with no sinus/nasal congestion, feeling energetic and happier. I am amazed that there is no garlic odor about me today since I ate an entire head of raw garlic yesterday. That's a pleasant surprise. I resigned myself to dealing with the funk since I have been feeling under the weather and needed to "let my food be my medicine". I walked 5.5 miles today and enjoyed it. I'm eating much more raw produce, drinking more water and no coffee, and walking much more and enjoying it all. I'm also able to rise early in the morning without having set an alarm. Amazing! I'm so glad that I started juicing and eating raw produce.
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Re:My journey from sad to raw 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago
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I'm still enjoying a modified juice feast. I've decided to drink lemon grapefruit juice in the morning and the juice of romaine lettuce, cucumbers, and celery at some time during the day. It's very hot out and I've been feeling out of sorts so I think that it would be prudent to replenish my electrolytes daily. Today I bought, in addition to the above produce, a nice bunch of beets with huge,leafy greens on top and two large Granny Smith apples. I think they'll juice well. I've lost seven pounds and feel much better since I started juicing.
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Re:My journey from sad to raw 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago
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Today I began the day with grapefruit lemon juice. Later I drank some cucumber celery juice. Then, I ate some beautiful raspberries, blackberries and cherries. I browsed through a few raw recipe books and juicing books. I've decided to read 12 Steps to Raw Foods by Victoria Boutenko. I'm enjoying juicing and eating raw produce but I do think that a book of this nature would help me to go raw wisely. I tend to want to eat 100% raw every day and that's not feasible for me right now. I've increased my raw percentage greatly and I've lost 7 pounds. I think that my strategy of drinking more and more raw juice has been a successful way of increasing my raw percentage but lately juice makes me feel nauseous. I decided to allow more solid raw food for a while. I don't miss coffee at all! I find that lemon grapefruit juice wakes me up quickly and there are no jitters and no afternoon crash.
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Last Edit: 2008/06/24 01:38 By Pohed.
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Re:My journey from sad to raw 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago
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I've decided to continue to juice feast in a modified fashion. I don't want to precipitate a healing crisis so I'm following a conservative course of action. I'll be drinking fresh green juice in the morning and fresh purple juice in the evening. I'm going to eat at least one meal of solid food each day. I'm also going to feel free to add additional produce, juiced or not, and raw food as my body requires it. Today I drank: grapefruit/peach/apple juice (a delicious combination) green juice: head of celery head of green leaf lettuce bunch of cilantro beet greens half a small red delicious apple one lime The green juice might taste good with garlic added.
Later today, I plan to drink peach lemonade (2 peaches, 2 lemons, maybe some water, nutmeg and raw honey if desired)
In the early evening, I plan to drink some beet, red grape, and green apple juice. Mmm!
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Last Edit: 2008/06/24 01:44 By Pohed.
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Re:My journey from sad to raw 3 Months, 2 Weeks ago
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Today I drank:
Grapefruit/apple/peach juice Beet/red grape/plum juice Pineapple/pear/peach juice
Mmm! I also ate some cherries. It's been a fruitful day.
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