Soon.....
Peace.
I said I wasn’t going to do a bunch of blogging about this fast, because there is really not much new to talk about. I do this every year. Every year it’s the same. But… I don’t do the master cleanser every year. I have attempted it only once before and made it 5 days. The salt water flushes did me in. The SWF caused heart palpitations that lasted for 12 hours. I had the shakes too. It was too much for me. According to research maybe I was too dirty to master cleanse. Well I hardly believe that!
So this season, I decided to master cleanse at the end of my fast. This way…. I’m cleaner and then I can reward myself when the fast is over. Also… I’m not doing the SWFs. That’s too much for me. I will take the laxative teas but not the SWFs. No. Not gonna do it. Even with the laxative teas… I’m amazed at what’s still inside. I haven’t eaten in over 2 weeks… I assumed everything was out! It’s not….
So far…. The regular fast was fine with the exception of all the free food being thrown at me left and right when I fast. My boss took the entire office to a seminar with gourmet breakfast and lunch. And I just sat there and watched them eat. He never does that. Seriously, the last time we got food from him was at least 4 years ago. A local sandwich shop brought the office free sandwiches. And they had vegetarian sandwiches. Now come on! It’s just how it is…. Other than the missed freebies, I have been good. Until I started the master cleanse. I was running and doing yoga and feeling light and fluffy. The MC has truly zapped my energy. I feel weak all the time. I look weak according to other people. I sleep all the time. So I’m not running until I get my strength back up. It’s too much. My skin is sooooo dry and flaky. It doesn’t itch, though. Rich emollients do nothing to aid the dryness. This is a new symptom. I went as far as to drink a gallon of water and still I’m dry and flaky. I used Vaseline on my face and that didn’t even help. Maybe I need to drink some oil or something. And the weather has been pleasant.
Other than the crazy weakness, I feel good mentally, very clear and very calm, though often forgetful. I’m very cold too, but I expected that. I’m always cold and fasting makes me colder. Now here comes the crazy part… even though I’m weak, I am very energetic. Does that make sense? I may not be able to run and play, but I want to and feel surges. But even with the surges, I find it a task to keep my eyelids up. I had crazy headaches from MC day 1-3. Now nothing. But I have killer heartburn. KILLER. The kind that wakes you up out of a sound sleep.
In conclusion, I’m only going to do this MC every 5-7 years or so. My lifestyle is clean enough to not have to go this deep. I just want to get to 7 days of MC, though my goal is 10. Maybe in 5 years I can do the entire 10, maybe not. If I come off the MC early, I’m still going to fast until 3/17/14. That makes a full 3 weeks of fasting. I am also doing a liver flush over the weekend. I like to do this once/year. Some folks do this every month…. Damn! IJS. And….. My fasting reward is a visit to a sweat lodge!
Oooooohhhh!!! I am so geeked about going to a sweat lodge. It’s my 1st time. Even though it’s on a Monday/School night I don’t care. I was doing the Knowledge to sweat lodges and it gets all the elements involved. Stones = Earth. Fire = fire. Sweat = water. And steam = air. So cool. And it is on the full moon. VERY hippie-esque. Ad you know I want to do more hippie things. So Monday, my 1st non-fast day will look like this…. continue juice fasting…. Work until 5 pm…. Go to Whole foods and drop a ridiculous amount of gold on a salad, olives and kombucha….. drink the Kombucha…. And go sweat! The session is 4 hours long. I don’t envision that I will be in there sweating for 4 hours. Even though they were supposed to send me a package and haven’t, an internet search says after sweat, there is usually food offered. I paid $20. I’m not bringing anything but eating everything. I’m quite sure there will be other things to do. But I’m prepared.
I always have scheduled the end of my fast to coincide with the Asiatic New year or the Spring Equinox. But even though this is GA, it is cold most of my fast. That has been very uncomfortable at times. February and March are always the 2 coldest months. Also, shark week hit right smack dab in the middle of my fast. I never fast during my period during the year. It’s too much. But I fasted right on through it this year. Huge mistake. I contribute a lot of my weakness to fasting on the moon. Next year, I’ll wait until my cycle ends before fasting. And not pay so much attention to a solar calendar and go in on my lunar observances. Another thing, this year I’m a make a concerted effort to go off fasting the right way. Normally, I go to BK and get a veggie whopper with onion rings and a coke at midnight or eat a bag of chips. I am not proud of that behavior, but after not eating for 21 days I feel like I deserve it. But this year I’m a be a big girl and end the MC with juice and salads. But I am getting a veggie corndog at some point.
Peace!
I said I wasn’t going to do a bunch of blogging about this fast, because there is really not much new to talk about. I do this every year. Every year it’s the same. But… I don’t do the master cleanser every year. I have attempted it only once before and made it 5 days. The salt water flushes did me in. The SWF caused heart palpitations that lasted for 12 hours. I had the shakes too. It was too much for me. According to research maybe I was too dirty to master cleanse. Well I hardly believe that!
So this season, I decided to master cleanse at the end of my fast. This way…. I’m cleaner and then I can reward myself when the fast is over. Also… I’m not doing the SWFs. That’s too much for me. I will take the laxative teas but not the SWFs. No. Not gonna do it. Even with the laxative teas… I’m amazed at what’s still inside. I haven’t eaten in over 2 weeks… I assumed everything was out! It’s not….
So far…. The regular fast was fine with the exception of all the free food being thrown at me left and right when I fast. My boss took the entire office to a seminar with gourmet breakfast and lunch. And I just sat there and watched them eat. He never does that. Seriously, the last time we got food from him was at least 4 years ago. A local sandwich shop brought the office free sandwiches. And they had vegetarian sandwiches. Now come on! It’s just how it is…. Other than the missed freebies, I have been good. Until I started the master cleanse. I was running and doing yoga and feeling light and fluffy. The MC has truly zapped my energy. I feel weak all the time. I look weak according to other people. I sleep all the time. So I’m not running until I get my strength back up. It’s too much. My skin is sooooo dry and flaky. It doesn’t itch, though. Rich emollients do nothing to aid the dryness. This is a new symptom. I went as far as to drink a gallon of water and still I’m dry and flaky. I used Vaseline on my face and that didn’t even help. Maybe I need to drink some oil or something. And the weather has been pleasant.
Other than the crazy weakness, I feel good mentally, very clear and very calm, though often forgetful. I’m very cold too, but I expected that. I’m always cold and fasting makes me colder. Now here comes the crazy part… even though I’m weak, I am very energetic. Does that make sense? I may not be able to run and play, but I want to and feel surges. But even with the surges, I find it a task to keep my eyelids up. I had crazy headaches from MC day 1-3. Now nothing. But I have killer heartburn. KILLER. The kind that wakes you up out of a sound sleep.
In conclusion, I’m only going to do this MC every 5-7 years or so. My lifestyle is clean enough to not have to go this deep. I just want to get to 7 days of MC, though my goal is 10. Maybe in 5 years I can do the entire 10, maybe not. If I come off the MC early, I’m still going to fast until 3/17/14. That makes a full 3 weeks of fasting. I am also doing a liver flush over the weekend. I like to do this once/year. Some folks do this every month…. Damn! IJS. And….. My fasting reward is a visit to a sweat lodge!
Oooooohhhh!!! I am so geeked about going to a sweat lodge. It’s my 1st time. Even though it’s on a Monday/School night I don’t care. I was doing the Knowledge to sweat lodges and it gets all the elements involved. Stones = Earth. Fire = fire. Sweat = water. And steam = air. So cool. And it is on the full moon. VERY hippie-esque. Ad you know I want to do more hippie things. So Monday, my 1st non-fast day will look like this…. continue juice fasting…. Work until 5 pm…. Go to Whole foods and drop a ridiculous amount of gold on a salad, olives and kombucha….. drink the Kombucha…. And go sweat! The session is 4 hours long. I don’t envision that I will be in there sweating for 4 hours. Even though they were supposed to send me a package and haven’t, an internet search says after sweat, there is usually food offered. I paid $20. I’m not bringing anything but eating everything. I’m quite sure there will be other things to do. But I’m prepared.
I always have scheduled the end of my fast to coincide with the Asiatic New year or the Spring Equinox. But even though this is GA, it is cold most of my fast. That has been very uncomfortable at times. February and March are always the 2 coldest months. Also, shark week hit right smack dab in the middle of my fast. I never fast during my period during the year. It’s too much. But I fasted right on through it this year. Huge mistake. I contribute a lot of my weakness to fasting on the moon. Next year, I’ll wait until my cycle ends before fasting. And not pay so much attention to a solar calendar and go in on my lunar observances. Another thing, this year I’m a make a concerted effort to go off fasting the right way. Normally, I go to BK and get a veggie whopper with onion rings and a coke at midnight or eat a bag of chips. I am not proud of that behavior, but after not eating for 21 days I feel like I deserve it. But this year I’m a be a big girl and end the MC with juice and salads. But I am getting a veggie corndog at some point.
Peace!
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