Within/Without

Peace! We 5%ers have a degree which talks about going back to basics. 31:40. I'm going to take that advice. I've been either unwell or downright sick since striving to perform a parasite cleanse last summer. One of the things I stopped doing was fasting. Fasting triggered my vertigo and vertigo triggered a lot of other issues. Well..... I'm going to reclaim my sexy and start fasting again. Why fasting? Like I said, I've been unwell for almost a year! I've taken a lot of medication. I want the inside of me redeemed. I was never this sick when I fasted.  The Plan I'm not going to embark on something crazy and drastic. My plan is to master cleanse a few days, juice cleans a few more days, an finally do some raw food for a week afterward. After I'm good and internally detoxed, I will resume normal eating and weekly fasting.... Just like I used to.... Peace!

Peace Week 2 was super drama free. I ate salads most days as my big meal. I'm kinda over salads now. I' have plans to un-cook more dishes. On Friday, I did add a piece of sushi to my salad, but I paid for it later. I'm a pescatarian so I will occasionally eat fish. And I assumed if I ate sushi, than that shouldn't be against my raw diet. BUT... apparently it is. It made me sick to my stomach and constipated. Not a good combination. Other than that, I don't have much to report. My left knee has been giving me a problem. I noticed it clearly this week. I really can't say how long it's been hurting. I have a high tolerance for pain and It could have been nagging me longer than I knew. It's not really a pain, but when I extend it it pops and the popping hurts. It hurts to the touch as well. I'm not going to the doctor. (I hate that I am forced to pay for insurance that I know I won't use!!!!) All they are going to say is lose weight and that shou...

Peace! I made it through the 1st week. The Universe must be on my side because the weather has been super accommodating. I don't like fasting in winter because it lowers my body temperature making me colder than I usually am. Because my fast always leads into spring, I can't avoid fasting through the winter. This year, the weather has taken an upturn to being 10-15* warmer than usual. It's supposed to be 75* today.... Thank You Universe!!!! I haven't stressed out at all over this fast. I have really been going with the flow. If I don't feel like cooking, I eat salad or fruit. On purpose, my salads have been more veggies than fruit. A lot of complaints people have about this diet is that they don't get enough nutrition or it rots their teeth. No. Not gonna let that happen. This week has not been the expensive drama-cooking filled ordeal that I remember raw foods being in the past. I have actually been downright lazy about food prep. And I haven't been buy...

Peace. Well... I have arrived at the sacred time of the year where I fast to detox all the Ama I have acquired throughout the year. I fast 1 day a week every week. That is remove the Ama of that week. But I feel it's necessary to do a longer annual cleansing. And I always do it in the weeks leading up to the Asiatic New Year. This year it's 3/21/16. I was planning to take that day off because it is my observation of the New Year. But my job is closed on 3/17 (we are always closed Fri-Sun) so I feel some kind of way about being off on the Monday after an already long weekend. My boss knows I take off on the solstice an equinoxes. So my question is why is he giving us off on the 17th? I'll figure it out. I have more than 200 hours of personal time. I have been having all kinds of health issues since my last fast. I've found from the day fasting that liquid fasting triggers migraines. I'm not trying to be in that level of pain. Either my body is changing or ther...

Yesterday I had my minimal eating revelation. I'm grateful for that. Lately I've been prompted to make a lot of lifestyle changes that don't look like changes from the outside, but for me and my Cipher they are going to require a paradigm shift. Clearly minimal eating is one change. Another change is reducing plastic ware like tupperware. Another is acquiring more glass and wooden bowls. And getting rid of my metal cookware for glass and cast iron. I don't know what I'm going to do with my flatware. As healthy as I strive to be.... you would think my kitchen would be the primary place where those changes can be seen. It is, to some degree. I made it Kosher a decade ago. But that was a decade ago. Improvements should be an ongoing process. I'm planning to slide into my raw food feast this year rather then be cooked one day and raw the next that may be why I've never been successful at being permanently raw. The internet has raw food recipes listed but the...

Peace. I'm sick. For the last few months I have been feeling bad... really bad. I even went to a physician and submitted myself to her care. I had all manner of tests run. Still I have no definitive answer to the question of what is it. I have professional guesses... but nothing concrete. I gave her a chance. Now I'm a treat my ownself in the way that I have learned through experience works for me.... It's about to get all hotep..... The root of all dis ease is mucous. I reduce the mucous in my body, I should have some relief. How am I planning to reduce the mucous? The primary way is to fast. Fasting is detoxing and cleansing. And I don't need all these cutesy cleansing beverages that you can purchase pre-made. I'll use actual fruits and veggies from the market. (One day I'll have my garden....) My cleanse should detox me of whatever has caused my internal issues in the 1st place. Cleansing is just the 1st step of many. Well not many but 9. This na...

Peace.... I came across the artist, Astarius Miraculli by complete accident. But are there really accidents? Yeah I can be that “Peace Peace” hippie chick at times and I'm good with that. I was looking for some alternative, spiritual, world music and fell into this man. Now I'm obsessed! This artist plays the didgeridoo. I wasn't looking for that specifically but it's what I got. The didgeridoo though???? I don't think Astarius is an Australian Aborigine. He doesn't look like one and speaks American English. He's hard to google though. Couldn't find any real personal information on the man. All I could get at was his work and that's it. But I want to know what his mother and father do. Where was he born? How did he come to play the didgeridoo? No the really but his catalog shows up. Yo.... let me tell you this... I was listening to the music and also his trancey type of meditations, and I started feeling body type stuff happening. Seriously, I...

I really believe (because this is a theory) that the older one gets the less food one needs to eat. There are studies that show people who eat minimally, live longer than people who eat maximally. Ancient medical systems like Ayurveda says that fasting is important because we need to give our digestive track a break. Digestion is the system that uses the most energy. When you are young your are building a body. But all that growing stops around age 25. Childbearing women (or women who want to bare children) need to eat if they are planning to bare children. If you're not planning to procreate, minimally eat. Minimal eating will cause you to either miss your cycle or cause it to be super light and short. It can function as birth control. All the research points to eating estrogen filled foods is the reason for most of the reproductive issues ladies experience. If we minimally ate then we wouldn't have cycles and all these hormone/pesticide/antibiotic/genetically modified/et...

Peace. I haven't Built with y'all through the end of the year. I was celebrating!!! And by celebrating I was eating all the things. But I did indulge in moderation. Instead of eating the entire cake, I ate a slice and so on. I didn't make any resolutions either. Every year I have been making resolutions to make my diet and lifestyle healthier and healthier. I think I've hit the wall on the balance of healthy vs unhealthy. I know I shouldn't eat candy... I shouldn't.... But I will. I should not eat fast food, because food might not be an accurate description. But I do. When I travel, I don't travel with food. And isn't that what fast food is for? So I've gotten to the point where I don't need resolutions. I noticed some stuff.... Firstly.... I can't eat dairy. I knew I couldn't drink milk or eat ice cream. But cheese.... For some reason I thought I could do cheese and the complex dairies. Apparently I can't. I haven't been ea...