Today is the day when I will feel transcendence! … or not. As suspected I feel pretty much like I did yesterday, although, I do feel like I have a better control on the cravings. Saturday i wanted everything in the world from chinese good to burgers to pizza and sunday was then comparatively much better. In the morning I hallucinated that i was smelling grilled cheese sammiches (or maybe my neighbors were making lunch?) And I really wanted one, but it passed and the rest of the day was pretty straightforward. Drank my lemonade. I couldn’t bear to have tea in the evening saturday night, so I made it around noon sunday. And then, around 3 the cramping started and got really bad around 4 and then … just kept going. I couldn’t leave the house because my body wasn’t done shuddering till almost 6 and if I walked around too much before long a cramp would send me back to the couch to lie down and wait it out. Pretty miserable. And I was like .. you know what? I’m done poisoning myself every day, this is just not worth it. That and the damn salt water flushes which also failed to work for me. Maybe I needed to drink more salt, or down it faster but … whatever. The willpower and paring down aspects of a fast I think have accomplished everything I wanted, and I’m looking forward to resuming real food! But the purging / salt water / laxatives half? Yeah, no thanks. Not doing that again and couldn’t really be said to recommend it. Where I am now, is, are there fasting regiments that don’t feature the torture of willfully-inflicted diarrhea every day? Is harsh herbal stimulation really required or will you be just fine without it? Who knows. The crackpot websites claim that if you don’t flush all the toxins out that your lemonade regiment has freed up, they’ll just accumulate in unsavory places or .. something. I don’t know.
So anyway, having decided I won’t be doing the internal garden hose washing of my pipes any more, I could either continue to eat lemonade for 2 more days or just feel good about doing a full week! I have chosen the latter. Consequently, I bought like 10 lbs of vegetables late last night (the best time for shopping!) in order to make some vegetable soup tonight. During the day I’ve been alternating some lemonade and some orange juice, as various sites recommend coming off a fast with juice for a day or 2 and progressing to raw fruits and veges for a day and then some broth. To which I say: eh! Maybe I’ll regret that later but seriously I’ve reached the point where I cannot drink any more acidic beverages, or peppery acidic beverages for that matter. My mouth hurts. So I’m just making soup tonight.
Anyway, although I didn’t see the “detoxing” effects and results indicated for a master cleanse like headaches or nausea or other aches and pains, nor the white tongue (ew) or the black tar poops, I do still feel like it was a good experiment in two regards: A) now I can opinionate loudly about it in conversation should the topic come up and B) I actually feel pretty good.
What I should do in order to keep the good healthy eating moving forward is plan a weekly menu and shopping list so I have all the appropriate materials and a plan on hand at all times! We’ll see how that goes. And I can plan around skate practice in santa fe to get truly delicious produces and meats at the TJs or whole foods. When I was living in MD I shopped at whole foods all the time. I must have been rich back then! Hopefully for just produce / meat and not the glorious prepackaged or prepared foods it’ll be ok! heh.
So for this week what I’ve picked out so far - (starting with soups for EZ digestion)
Vegetable soup with pistou looks basic and good although I wish there was some barley but that might make it too busy with the beans, so next time.
Roasted carrot and tomato soup with basil definitely into the fresh basil for the first 2 nights. This also adds a bit of milk, I was going to hold off on dairy but depending on how much the first soup makes this might not be till thursday.
Speaking of basil, this reminds me to mention my favorite new website, stilltasty that has guidelines on how long various food products will remain good for eating under different storage conditions and what the best way to store them is! How to store basil. Turns out I’ve been doing it all wrong.
Also going to make more exciting salads, so when this recipe popped up today, it seems like an easy win: Green salad with almonds, goat cheese, and dates. Mmm. Also as silly as it sounds I’ve never actually just made a salad dressing with vinegar + oil so it seems high time I look into that! Anyway a nice salad seems like a good way to reintroduce some meats like a little grilled chicken. I’m also liking the looks of this pea salad! But I’ll admit I will be adding some bacon to it.
And lastly in terms of baked goods goodness, this recipe for apple and oat muffin top cookies looks like something I need in my mouth sooner rather than later.
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