Welcome to a new year!
Finally settled down over the stress of the holidays lol! But all in all had a great holiday with the kids, it’s so magical to see kids on Christmas! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday aswel.
Well, I’m starting my new year with a cleanse, I’m doing a detoxing juice fast. Everyone has their own opinions, but most of the negative opinions come from those people who have never even tried it, so please don’t leave anything negative about it as I’m trying to stay positive throughout this. Most of you know I’m a naturalist, I follow naturopathy versus allopathy, although allopathy DOES have a significant place in the world aswel, it’s a balance between the two that’s important.
This is day 2 of my juice fast and all in all I feel pretty good. I’m a bit tired but I’m also on day two of period, so it’s not shocking to me, I would feel like this anyway. I’m not looking forward to my cleansing crisis and hopefully won’t go through much of one.
I am NOT fasting for weight loss, you do lose weight but it’s more of a perk than a reason. I am also monitoring my lean mass and if I feel that I am losing too much (some people don’t lose much at all), then I will add in protein shakes (mixed with water) and almonds and dates juices into the regime (soaking nuts overnight puts nutrients in the water).
Why am I fasting? For cleansing and detoxing of years of personal stress, sickness and poor diet, personal spirituality (finding belief within myself, not belief in God, I am not religious), to prove my willpower, dedication and discipline to myself.
So day 1 is over and it wasn’t too bad. It was hard being around the family eating but I remembered how bad I would feel if I lost my willpower on day 1, and that pulled me through.
On day 2 now. Aiming for 10 days, if I am feeling good, maybe longer, we shall see.
Happy new year and all the best in ‘09 everyone!
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