DAY 9/103 THE YELLOW FLAGS ARE UP

I am doing well on this juice feast, but I had a cheat today, 2 frozen fruit bars, 1 coconut and 1 mango.....and they were not raw or juicy. But it was a beautiful warm sunny day, and I have a sneaky side that talks me into these things....oh so easily do I pursuade myself it's ok even when I know it's not. I have to have a talk with myself.....ask myself what it is I truly want? And then , just do it. I know what I want.....I want to be a beautiful juicy raw goddess......and I am....but I have to have a talk with that self that is not with the program....that doesn't like change, even when it's change for the better.......that deep inside of me self.......that needs to relax and let go.

Other than that, I am doing well. Making my juices, drinking them, feeling good....had a nice poo this evening....my colon is smiling......so.....the impact of my cheat was minor in some ways, and I intend to be 100% raw juicy juice from now on.........as I want the full benefits of this juice feast.

Ciao bellas.......and must say.......it's so nice to have a forward thinking, intelligent, great president for a change.

One I can look at and listen to. And smile even.

JUICE FEASTING 6/106

I am having a 16 week long juice feastival.....care to join me? Today is my 6th full day of juicing and it is going very well. I stopped at the store on the way home tonight and bought more greens...I love buying fresh fruits and vegetables...it just feels so good to know I am feeding myself such healthy foods. I got spinach, lacinato kale, dandelion greens, romaine and broccoli. I have zucchini, parsley, carrots, granny smith apples, celery and cucumbers already. I also have ginger..I need to get a bit more creative with my juices, though I like them just fine. After a week of drinking thawed frozen juices....I would like to figure a way to do all or mostly all fresh juices...but time is a serious factor and rising early is a possibility, but I like my sleep and my husband likes a quiet morning....so....not sure what I will do. I am feeling fine, but wondering about the long term effects of drinking frozen juices...are they nutritious enough? Would love to get some feedback on this...I started a discussion about it on the global juice feasting website, but haven't received any comments yet.

Feeling a bit cold....normal while juice feasting....feeling moments of bliss interspersed with crabbiness....lol....hoping to lose the crabbiness and keep the bliss....so love it. Keeping myself smiling by envisioning the new me.........so looking forward to the transformation....heaven knows I have attempted it so many times before. This is to be the time. Quitting would be so boring.
Not in the least tempted to quit......here's to amazing transformations....to becoming a juicy vibrant sexy lithe raw goddess.....here's to living an amazing life.

Day 3/109

hmmm...have had some nice little bm's......and feeling and looking good....on day 3. I made a quart of orange/grapefruit juice this morning, had a quart of carrot/apple juice I made last night, and a quart of thawed green juice during the day, then came home and ate some coconut oil...with a bit of stevia powder...while it's not juice, I don't consider it really eating, but I don't think I am going to make a habit of it either. Did a bit too much food tasting while making dinner, even with spitting it out and rinsing my mouth out with water....it just was not a good thing. I did not actually 'eat', but I feel a bit like I did...my stomach doesn't seem to have noticed, but my body did. It's amazing how such a tiny amount of cooked food which did get absorbed has such an effect. I feel down...I lost my vibrant look. It will be back tomorrow, as this was indeed a very minor, tiny, transgression, but I am going to be much stricter with myself......it's hard to cook for your family and not at least taste what you are cooking...I need to know if it has enough salt, enough flavor...etc. But I think I will just have to go on faith and memory from now on.

I have got a spot on the global juice feasting site....it's great to interact with others who are juice feasting the same time you are....2 people even started the same day I did. We are all determined to do a full juice feast.

My frozen juices are o.k......not great, but okay at least for palatability....the freezing process does tend to make them a bit wierd....they separate out....but my body feels fine with them, and I do have fresh juice each day...of varying amounts. I think this is a good plan....as it really makes my week much easier...makes it much easier to stay on juice as generally juice is readily available.

So......on I go......and I have lost weight.....I forget my starting weight but I appear to have lost at least 3.5 pounds if not 5.5 pounds. My goal is 10 pounds per month. One I think I will easily attain. So looking forward to having my body back this summer....I hate having a fat middle....it really ages one...and it is so bothersome to me, as otherwise I really don't look my age.
Looking forward to turning back the clock.

Time to go make some juice!

Ciao bellas!
Alessandra

DAY 2/110

Today was a good day...very busy at work...so nice to just get my jars of juice out of the refrigerator and go....no need to juice in the mornings......felt a little hunger but not much, slept well, have peed alot, had a good bm......doing fine...busy and it's late and I'm tired...and need to make a little juice....so very short post today.....so loving this juice feast! I can already see a difference in my face.

JUICE FEASTING 1/111

Today is day 1 of my 112 day long, or 16 week, juice feast. Through it I hope to be transformed by the time my next birthday arrives. Working all my life for this. I have done one 17 day long juice feast in the past, it was all going just fine, not sure why I stopped. Not sure at all. I do know that I did find the daily juicing a bit tiresome, but I am trying something new this time, I am making most of my juice for the week ahead of time. This takes a bit of work, but doing it all at once and freezing the juice, means my week is that much easier. I still do juice some each day, but it isn't as much....today I had 1 quart of orange/grapefruit juice which I'd made yesterday and 2 quarts of green juices made yesterday, then when I got home from work I made a quart of fresh carrot juice...and just had about 12 ounces of fresh orange juice. Should be enough for today. I also made a new quart of orange/grapefruit juice for tomorrow, and took 2 jars of green juice out of the freezer to thaw for tomorrow. I am feeling good....a bit of stomach feeling like it's hungry, but I know better...I know it's just cleansing.....and I am feeling a bit chilly but I have gotten very good at dressing warmly.....so juice feasting here I come! Here I am! I am a raw and juicy goddess! I am also getting more clairvoyant....thinking thoughts that very soon show themselves to be true..mundane things...like the light is going to be green.....which is a bit clairvoyance and a bit just being familiar with the lights, but tonight as I was coming home everything was slowing me down...and I thought to myself, that's because there is going to be a police car up ahead, and I didn't really pay any attention to this thought, but when I turned into our subdivision and went around a bend....there it was...the police car! Put on the brakes, smiled and them, and luckily no lights came on. I was going a bit fast, but not all that fast......I am going to pay more attention to these thoughts. I have been having more vivid dreams recently also, and remembering them....though I only sort of remember last nights....last night's dream was wierd, distressing, hiding from aliens or someone/thing which was trying to get us, inslave us...the dream ended with hiding......think that came from a kid's sci-fi book I am reading...not sure. Just interesting to be having more vivid dreams. And until today, I have only been high raw...not 100%......imagine how things will be one week from now! I am happy to be juice feasting...I love that place it takes me to.....and I look forward to all of the cleansing and changes my body is going to be going through......love love love it! Will definitely have to take some before and after pictures. Most definitely.

Ciao bellas......
have a joyfully juicy day!
xxoxxox
Alessandra

THE STORY OF STUFF

I sent out an email to a bunch of people who happened to have gotten captured by my email site...and got one back as an autoresponse with a link to a great website and video. The video took forever to load (on my computer) but was a great video...I have to show it to my kids. It shows why we shop, and the complete picture of what our rampant consumerism does to people and the planet. Here is the link. http://www.storyofstuff.com/index.html It is called.."The Story of Stuff". Very nicely done...good for kids and adults. Makes you really think about what you/we are doing to the planet....buying 'stuff'.....throwing it away...where does it all go....yeah.....it has no where to go......and we keep throwing away more and more stuff....til soon it will literally be in our own backyards. I have felt bad about this for awhile now....hate having to throw away stuff. We throw away lots of paper and plastic....and compostable food scraps....I try to recyle the paper and plastic and glass and cans.....and plan on building a compost heap this spring....and we don't buy alot of 'stuff' we don't need....which makes it all more alarming, as we still have plenty of 'stuff' we throw out...that I can't imagine where it goes. Lots to think about, take action on.

Today was a good day. I had 1 quart of green smoothie comprised of 24 oz of orange and grapefruit juices, 2 bananas and a bunch of mixed salad greens. I have been making them in my new chainsaw blender......chainsaw as it is so loud....and then 1 quart of the MC lemonade leftover from yesterday. This lemonade is what I call dragonfire lemonade as it had a lot of cayenne in it. 1 Tablespoon of cayenne in 2 quarts of lemonade. Yowza. I find that once I am used to there being cayenne in it, I can increase the amount quite a bit. It is very cleansing to use lots of cayenne. I have been taking fiber daily....but am out of my Ultra Colon Cleanse herbal laxative capsules...I have some other ones....the ripped me off royally ones....but I don't think they are very effective.

Today was a good day because I have stayed 100% raw and because it just was. I have felt a bit off at work...as it is a bit boring, not really what I want to do, and I have been feeling that I don't want to be there....but I am not 'ready' to leave, so I can't be putting that vibe out there, so I had a good meditation on it last night when I couldn't sleep because my feet were f'ing freezing, and I came to a good place about it, about how I was feeling....as it is a good job, 'secure' if there is such a thing, nice people, and it has interesting aspects about it. Partly I have been off because I personally have just been off and partly because I really do want to do something different with my life. So, today I went in with a good attitude, lots of positive affirmations, and had a really good day. Learned how to do something that I've needed to learn but the right moment hadn't come up....got things done that I needed to get done...felt good about my interactions...the one woman who seems down on me was nice to me today.....traffic was good coming and going and just now when I went on my email to get that link, my computer said the time was 7:17 (very special numbers to me...17...7...and I had 17 new emails in my inbox....at 7:17...a wonderful synchronicity. I am calling that number to me...17,771.....yes yes yes.....

So...dinner was a yummy little pudding of a handful of cashews with a couple of tablespoons of coconut oil, a bit of apple cider (raw) and some cacao nibs...that my blender only sort of blended...I was hoping for more of an incorporated chocolate pudding but it was more like chocolate chip pudding. Then I made a bit of guacamole with 1 small avo, 2 med tomatoes, a bit of cilantro, poblano pepper, lime juice, cayenne and Mrs Dash's extra spicy seasoning. Ate that with some of my flax crackers...the green ones that taste like they were made with grass and apples....lol....they give me gas and move my bowels...that works for me, though I doubt I make these again.

You are a beautiful spirit....thank you for reading my blog.

Ciao bellas!
love and blessings
Alessandra

COO COO FOR YOUNG COCONUTS

Okay, so after the waffles I was 50-75% raw for 6 days and now I am back (today is day 4) to 100% raw. Over the weekend I had a couple of young coconuts and ooooh they were good! So full of that wonderful coconut water....nearly 2 cups in each coconut...which means there wasn't all that much meat, but that's okay. With the first one I ate a bunch of the meat, then took the rest and made a coconut pudding with the meat, some coconut oil and a bit of raw honey. Oh my. With the second coconut I used the meat like noodles and had them with some pesto. Yum yum. I have been having mostly the MC lemonade with a little bit of food. Today I had 32 oz of the lemonade with lots of cayenne, then came home and made a tomato soup with 3-4 med tomatoes (forget how many) about a cup of raw macadamias...didn't measure....almost a cup of my spicy MC lemonade and an avocado. Yum. I also added a bit of Mrs Dash's extra spicy seasoning. Ate all that with some flax crackers made by yours truly.....and I am still hungry. However it is just my stomach talking I aint' listening. May have a bit more lemonade....but no more food. um...maybe. I hate feeling hungry even if it's just my stomach talking.....detoxing....hmmm...will either have to find some distractions or feed my fool stomach. I am trying not to as I want to lose 10 pounds asap. It will greatly help my morale.

I have lost a couple of pounds....I want to lose more. Didn't go to the gym tonight as we are all fighting off a cold, and as I am semi fasting my energy is a bit low. Didn't drink that much lemonade during the day....work keeps me busy and distracted. The big challenge coming up is the weekend. I am going on a retreat with my women's chorus...will need to be prepared foodwise. Dinner time for the 'boys'.....gotta go

Ciao bellas!