Hello out there!
Two posts in one day! I know, I know it's amazing.
Well I wanted to have a post on what I've been up to and get everything started off and now I want to focus specifically on what is happening today and for February. So let me start off with my general idea of my plan for the month.
Alright, so in February I find that I tend to want to cleanse and start moving away from the heavier winter foods such as soups to the lighter spring/summer meals. I was having oatmeal every morning, soups for lunch, and then another soup or small meal for dinner because it was so cold this in December that I just wanted to consume foods that were warm and in turn in my head would warm me. With that though, I had gotten to a point where my body pretty much decided that it was content with 165 lbs which I was ok especially since my working out was pretty much nonexistent.
So here is my February plan:
Week 1
Juice (if I can make it through the week I will but if not then I will have smoothie's for lunch)
Week 2
Juice for breakfast and dinner, smoothie for lunch
Week 3
Juice for breakfast, smoothie for lunch and dinner
Week 4
Smoothie for breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Very simple. Nothing drastic in my opinion although I know there are several who are thinking to themselves...wait so you are going to be on a liquid diet? And to that I say....kind of. None of my meals should technically involve chewing but I will be keeping the fiber in with the smoothies soooo not quite as extreme as a complete juice feast. Now I had been planning to do this anyway but Carla Douglin from Raw Raw Life has a facebook page and low and behold she opened a group to do a 28 day juice feast! How perfect! So I joined the group and now I have a bit of a community to talk to about the things that I experience while on this adventure for this month.
Now no plans are set in stone other then that I will do my best to follow my plan and at least remain raw. I believe in compassion and grace because I refuse to falter, fall, or fail. I despise those words. I do what is the best for my body, my sanity, and myself. With that being said, here's to day one.
Recap February 1, 2014
Sooo I had a bit of a moment last night. I'm pretty sure I was feeling anxiety about the fact that today was the first day of my food adventure. So I went to a natural food store and got myself some solids (Beanito's anyone) so that I could live it up before the first. Then I think I've been feeling anxious in general since I have some things in the work that I would like to get rolling but I really don't have much control over the process. So combine all of those things together and I ended up staying awake until 3 ready Spock and Uhura fanfiction (yes I love them, get over it). If you know me, you know I do not stay up past 10 so to be up until 3... I mean I was just having abnormal behavior.
So I woke up in the morning and had accomplished none of the great plans that I had set in place. So I needed to juice today so that I would have something to consume. I had decided that because I knew I was going to be starting my adventure in February I let myself have the weekend off. So no school work just Rose time. With that being said, I stayed in bed until about 9 which is super late for me. But I said that I was going to take things slow and just enjoy the day as it came.
So I got up turned up the heat so I could wander around the apartment comfortably. Pulled out my veggies and fruit and juiced.
Here is my breakdown of juices, now this made enough to last me two days. I cannot see myself having to juice every morning so I make enough for 2 days.
Breakfast-fruit juice
Apples
Eggplant
a couple of grapes
Orange
Tangerine
and a bunch of kale
Lunch-Vegetable
2 lbs of Carrots
2 Grapefruit
1 tangerine
a piece of ginger
Dinner-Green Juice (this juice is divine!)
Kale
Chard
Collard greens
Dandelion
Fennel
Parsley
2 lemons
3 apples
Now I had my juice ready....and around 4 that afternoon...I had a cravings attack! I mean I was just freaking out. I was hungry, I wanted to chew, I just wanted to eat. And the thoughts kept spiraling through my head, "just eat. It's ok. No one has to know. Or you can tell everyone and then it won't matter because what are they going to do? Plus everyone thinks juicing is crazy anyway so they will probably congratulate you on returning to your sanity". I mean it was just an onslaught of thoughts that stemmed from my minds understanding that to be healthy, to follow my normal patterns, I needed to chew and ingest solids. Now I do have a lazy digestive system so I do need fiber in order to maintain regularity but I can get that in smoothies. Actually ingesting solids...that is something that I can choose to not do every now and then (basically when the seasons change). So I had my juice and just kept drinking it and eventually the thoughts went away. It was great! So just another affirmation that when I want to do something, I can. As a powerful being there is nothing that I cannot do. So here I am. On to day 2!
-Rose
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