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Peace. I have not been feeling well since coming off fast. I am wondering what it is about. Let me share my symptoms….. 1. odd stomach cramps 2. nausea whether I eat or don’t eat 3. headaches 4. REALLY BAD heartburn 5. odd appetite 6. strange cravings 7. no longer regular 8. super tired Now I know what it sounds like…. And you’re wrong. So what else could it be? Do you know what’s funny and consistent in my life? I can’t always tell when someone close to me is pregnant. I get their morning sickness until they tell me. Then I’m fine. I swear I almost died when my brother’s wife was pregnant. I have been striving to be high raw. And I define ‘high raw’ as 51% raw vs. cooked. I’m being generous and not saying 50.0000001%. How’s that going? Not bad. I eat a green smoothie for breakfast and a salad somewhere else in the day. I make raw entrees that are always close by. Unfortunately chips are close by too. But my fetish of choice has been air popped pop corn. that's not...

Peace. All this week I have had 3 shitty runs. Real shitty. I can’t seem to put my finger on why they are ALL shitty. For the last month, they have been really wonderful. Is it my shoes? Is it the fasting? Hormones? I have no real idea. I get that some runs are going to be shitty and some aren’t. I don’t usually get a slew of all shitty ones. I am always trying to zoom on why the runs are bad vs. good. Let me detail it out…. I cannot run the distance I’m used to running. I had gotten back up to my 5k. But now a mile zaps my energy. There is no sweet spot. This may because of fasting, but I ran the 1st week of fasting with no problems. It actually aided my detox. I ran some last week… shark week… and was fine. I am carrying water and make sure to drink a smoothie 30 min before I head out. I haven’t noticed any cramping with that regimen. I am also having some serious calf tightness. The coach/7 said I’m not warming up properly. Well I NEVER warm up and I never had this problem bef...

Peace…… I got the 1st week down. I’m passed detox to the point where I’m not hungry at all really. To the people in my personal cipher who care to pay attention, I am a wonder. It kills me. The human body is capable of so much but we only challenge it but so far. Let me say this… I picked the absolute WORST time to fast. I will keep this in mind for subsequent fasts. I just wanted to be finished by/before the Asiatic New Year. I have so many other things that I am planning for after the fast. And winters aren’t what they used to be especially in Georgia so I wasn’t really concerned about the weather. What I should have been looking at was the calendar… My Calendar! I started my fast when PMS was beginning to rage. So there is a week of PMS and then 5 days of “shark week.” I set myself up to suffer. I find the best time for me to fast is right after my cycle passes or maybe on the last few days. I suffer for those 2 weeks with headaches, nausea, bloat, mood swings, etc. As healthy...

Peace Y’all, Today begins my annual 3 week juice fast. I have been doing this fast since 2002. I did take a year off. One year I didn’t diet at all. (I didn’t gain any weight either that year… go figure) But this is something that I do, and have done for 9 years. I fast as preparation for the spring equinox. A lot of indigenous cultures around the world consider the spring equinox as their new year. And so do I. It is the Asiatic New Year! And in order to properly prepare for the event I fast. Last night was a blast! I was in the kitchen just enjoying and eating any and everything I wanted and felt not the slightest bit of guilt. I had Kit Kats, Triscuts (that I really shouldn’t eat because they hurt my stomach sooooo bad I can’t sleep afterward. And I was up last night in pain), brussel sprouts, 4 cups of coffee cookies and a lot of other things I normally wouldn’t eat at once. I’m okay with that. Though this morning…. I don’t feel well. My stomach isn’t right. But I’m not worri...

Peace. One of my New Years resolutions was to make the blog more interesting by adding more pictures. I don’t generally like adding pictures, not because I don’t take them but because they are a pain in the ass to upload. But…. I personally don’t like blogs without pictures so I gotta do my due diligence and get on board with the current trend. See how much I love y’all? I thought maybe the folks who read this might be interested in where I run. I run in my own neighborhood. I live in the notorious section of Atlanta called “Bankhead.” Not to be confused with Buckhead. T. I. made Bankhead nationally famous because it’s “hood.” And parts are scary rough; but in any neighborhood is cool. We haven’t had a ridiculous amount of crime. Just 1 dead body across the street. Who doesn’t have that? But this is where I choose to live so this is where I choose to run. Why should I be afraid of my own neighborhood? The street I live on is 1.25 miles in length, and I live in the middle. So to run...

Peace. People take these kinds of pics all the time. I see them in all the running blogs. I don't know why they do it but I decided to be a little more proactive with my photo taking. So.... Here are my legs post workout. Speaking of workouts.... One of the New Years goals is to run a race... hell a few races! I was planning to run a particular race in March in Charlotte. For more than just running reasons. My niece lives in the area and she has a new son. It would give me an opportunity to visit with them. The race is at the Charlotte Motor speedway. The God is a big NASCAR fan and this would be a cool outing for him. And he MUST come to all races. He is my unofficial coach. And finally it's a twilight race. I'm not a fan of the morning. Twilight racing makes more sense to me. So I have put myself on a schedule where I go hard for 5 days a week to prepare for these mystery races. That coupled with my yoga streak has made me strangely sore. I say strangely, because...