Within/Without

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