details on the cleanse

I wanted to give some more in depth information to those who may never have done a cleanse of this type.
First, I want to mention that when I fasted, I thought of hamburgers and french fries the whole time. Not with the cleanse. I couldn't even think of what to eat when it was over.
.....for starters, the whole idea of "food in, food out" didn't do a thing for me thinking I don't want to poop for a while... but really, just no cravings other than being completely set with having some good easy veges or fruits. I'm just not real hungry.
...I do have a killer headache today and don't ever remember that side effect in the past.
I had some juice and then some onion, carrot soup with miso and seaweed broth. Today some oatmeal (1/2 serving) and now some soup. Hope that helps my headache but I'm not inclined to take advil seeing how I just cleaned out my liver and don't wan't to put anything bad back in so fast.
...Now, a word about how the cleanse works. The epsom salts act as a super flush, so about an hour after taking the first dose, sometimes longer, the bowels clean out - totally. About every 8 minutes it's a rush to the toilet and then everything just turns to water. By the time you've done the second dose, every 8 minutes or so is tiring. I forget how annoying it is.
...The olive oil and grapefruit juice isn't even yucky because I'm hungry and it's very satiating. You have to drink the stuff and lie still for at least 20 minutes. (The ducts are all open from the epsom salts and the concoction works on moving stones out) In other words, go to sleep! It's amazing that I never have a problem sleeping (after taking L-Ornithene).
I woke up feeling pretty drained this time which I don't recall.. usually I feel kind of energized - being all cleaned out. But I was Pooped! hah. I wasn't seeing a lot of gallstones, so I did a second dose of olive oil and grapefruit juice between the next epsom salt doses. Still not big results until I had the tea, so whatever did the trick, great.
I woke up in the night last night feeling achy - maybe from lying around for 2 days. I don't know. Maybe things working themselves out of my body. Told myself to absolutely, no excuses, do yoga this morning, which I did.
I'm sure the headache is food related somehow.
....One other amazing thing is that my jaw, which quit popping a while back but has continued to be sore (like out of whack) is now almost fine. no soreness whatsoever. So, if there was something stuck in there, maybe this cleanse moved it out.
My son said, "what do you care how your bloodwork come out if it's not how you usually are?
Good question. I'll let you know after I get the results back.

whew

I am finished with the cleansing regime but not feeling peachy yet.
I watched the clock until it had been 2 hours since the last dose of epsom salts.
I have had a headache, back ache and severe lethargy.
I have heard of coffee something or other with  cleansing, but what I was craving was tea.
So I had a cup of tea. It was fabulous.
Prior to the tea, I had been quite disappointed in the number of so-called gallstones I was not seeing in the toilet bowl. After the tea, whoosh. I whole bunch came out. I said to myself, "Listen to your intuition!"
I'm having another cup of tea, black, but not Irish Breakfast. It's after 11 a.m., and I don't do well with caffeine too late in the day. However, being that I feel like somebody injected me with concrete, I also feel I need a boost of the juice...a charge of caffeine.
I'm waiting also for the effects of the epsom salts to be over in order to take a nice long soak in epsom salts. Then maybe a walk with the dog, who has been ever so patient with me. It's highly unusual that I am so larthargic.
I don't recall with past cleanses feeling so parched thirsty either. I tried to drink the tea slowly but will also treat myself to a glass of water too. I have one half hour before I'm really supposed to ingest anything. Oh well.
BTW, I dropped 5 pounds overnight, but we know that is all water and will be back straight away. It still feels good to see the scale at 140, even if it's temporary. (if I magically lost 2 more pounds, I would be over the top excited and energized!)
Keeping in mind that I'm doing this so as to get better bloodwork, I also have in mind to stay on a healthy diet regime for the next week and a half. ( have the whole thyroid issue also and want that bloodwork to look good). I'm definitely going to visit the green smoothie website my friend told me about. Thanks Elizabeth.
I'm also grateful for the great library book my neighbor recommended. I've been parked by the wood heater for a day and a half now with a real mover. Thanks Jim.
I am beginning to feel like I can get back into the swing of this whole pound chasing exercise. 

Time for a cleanse

The Health Fair is coming up...the one where I get bloodwork done for $30. A great deal. It's been a few years since I've gone.
High cholesterol runs in my family. One year I had blood work done and my cholesterol was around 350. The following year, I did the Hulda Clark gallbladder and liver cleanse right before the bloodwork, and my cholesterol was around 250.
I wonder what it will be this year. The Health Fair is in 2 weeks. Today and tomorrow are the only days I have open to do this, so I will behave myself until after I get my blood checked.
Sunday I hiked through the trees up to the top of the hill behind our house. It's not real far but a nice diverse trek over rocks and such.
Yesterday I walked the dog up to the mailboxes and plan to do the same today. She has to stay in the house for most of the day, and the mailbox walk is her favorite, and she has her spots to go poop and pee a lot.
I have a pottery class to attend this morning and will be home in time to begin the cleanse.
It consists of having a fat-free breakfast (oatmeal and fruit) and lunch (potato and brocolli) drinking epsom salts after hours of not eating any more, then olive oil and fresh grapefruit juice, then resting and sleeping well, drink more epsom salts the next day. I've had great success with this cleanse and usually do it about once a year.
My weight is still 145.
Today is the first day of spring. It snowed last night. Typical.

here, I'm here

My weight is still hanging around down around the 145s... still for no apparent reason other than my recent fast..
understanding that 145 is not a good weight and I want to be 10 pounds less than that, but I seem to be holding my own in regards to not gaining...
Bread seems to have some effect but not even that much...
I had a lot of extra work this week and just have not exercised but with the nice weather upon us, I should be getting out there more...

A friend came in and told me about Victoria Boutenko's  greensmoothierevolution.com/. The recipes look great.

We're definitely coming into the available greens season... so I am energized toward feeling better and exercising more.

change and more change

For no reason whatsoever I've lost four fucking pounds! O.K., maybe not no reason - maybe the fast did something. I mean, I've eaten nothing but crap practically ever since. Cupcakes (for my grandson's birthday), pasta, potatoes, yummy fried foods all mixed in with big salads and such.
I had a therapy session. Maybe 3 pounds of weight fell off my shoulders. I don't think so.
I am going to continue on and listen to my instincts. I very consciously didn't eat mindfully through my egg and potato breakfast. All I thought to myself was, "Oh, I'm not chewing everything 100 times, yum, yum, yum; gulp gulp yum."
Nor have I been exercising much. Been kinda working a lot and having a disjointed hip-knee thing, so I've been taking it easy.
Off to work I go with a nice apple snack. Big salad planned for dinner using up some beautiful organic brocolli I got last week at the local health food store. And I need to trim my basil plant, so I'll make some pesto this afternoon. Love it!

everything matters

I still have no great revelation about why I felt I needed to fast - but it changed me. I still don't exactly know how yet either, but I feel a shift. I wish I could have kept it going because I felt things changing - toxins easing their way out - and then stopped.
So I will keep plugging away with all the diet and exercise nonsense, for what good it's done me, and I will continue to battle with the societal impacts - a roll of Girl Scout Thin Mints, french fries, all the food and drink that bombards me constantly. My moments with salad and lots of water only to the demise of grease and fat.

changes

It's amazing all the things I noticed during the fast. After 3 days, my nose didn't drip at all. nothing. no morning mucus and nose blowing regime. One bite of food and it was back.
Peanut butter gave me froggy throat. interesting. miso gave me heartburn. sheesh.
Yoga is wonderful and, gee, maybe I was in that bad of shape! my arms and shoulders were so terribly sore, achy...I did yoga. tried the whole time to talk myself out of doing the whole routine (I have a DVD I follow) because my arms were sore, I felt light headed. well, I plugged through and WOW, did I feel great afterwards!!!! and my arms were better. I think I had just not done enough and they were stuck.
so, yoga it is. at the very least, I walk up the hill to the mailboxes (1 mile). but I think I'll hang with the yoga for a while.
I've probably gained all that weight back by now. sigh. so, what did I learn from the fast? hmmm. that I can't do that and work full time? uh, some foods (and beverages) are unhealthy? well, there's breaking news.
EXERCISE is the key. this has been my philosophy all along. However, I was compelled to do that fast, and I did it. goody for me. whether or not I cleaned some old stuff out remains to be seen.
Springtime in the rockies and it's 5 degrees outside and snowed last night. brrrrr.
Warm cup of tea, here I come.

food glorious food

I totally ate yesterday... just knowing I wasn't ging to continue was all I needed! About noon or 1 I had a pear. Later on I had an apple with peanut butter. Interestingly I got a little phlegmy (from the peanut butter I guess). Will note that.
Then, another cup of miso broth turned into the most delicious hot and sour egg drop soup with onion, garlic and carrot. I ate it all.
I have some odd aches in my arm and shoulder joints and almost a pulsing in my muscles. A new and different feeling that I've never had before. I even took advil. have I been so terribly inactive that even getting a wheel barrow full of wood in the house or hanging up laundry hurt me? I don't think so. Don't know what's up with that. My only guess is that my body is getting rid of something, so today, I will take some bentonite clay with psyllium husk to see if I can get it to move out. And watch what I eat. But I tell ya - I am soooo looking forward to oatmeal!
...and I feel good. Not lethargic. I have no time for lethargic. Way too much to do and today is going to be gloriously productive.
As far as what amazing revelations I had through this, I'm going to reflect on that a little bit more. It was a good thing for me to do. That's for sure. What I got out of it, I don't know yet.
Today's weight - 143.5. Back to the old exercise regime.  haha, there's a new one. eat right and exercise.