Day 8. 124 Ounces, in your face!

Yes, that's right.  Finally, on day 8, I consumed 124 ounces of juice in one day.  It wasn't easy and it involved me purchasing a juice at a juice stand in the middle of the day.  But yah, I did it. Right after I let go of making it a huge priority, it happened accidentally.  Of course.  That's how things work a lot, it says a lot about grasping and what happens when we let go.  I should have let go of it right at the beginning.  (oooh, look, I'm getting all deep now)

btw- the vocal version of Marvin Gayes Sexual Healing is fantastic- it's playing right now and makes me  think sweet things.

Anyway, the juice I purchased was a big disappointment.  When you order the Apple, lemon, spinach, I think they should warn you that they're just putting enough spinach in to give the juice a light green tint.  I couldn't taste it at all.  Not much lemon either, mostly apple juice.

Overall, things are going really well and I'm feeling pretty high right now.  Mentally I'm strong, but I have noticed some serious internal questioning over why I'm doing this and if I really need to go past 10 days.  It's funny to watch your mind try to play tricks on you.  I feel like part of me just stands back and watches the other part try to come up with excuses and trick me into thinking that I could just break after 10 days, or that the left over macaroni and cheese that's rotting in the fridge (i really should pitch it) would be a good thing to eat when I finally break my fast.  I see it going on like an observer, and eventually get bored and think about something else. Physically,  I feel like I'm still dragging a little.  I've been pretty gentle with myself and my time this weekend.  I even dropped the blogging discipline for a couple of days but I'm not proud of that.  I took a really long walk around town lake with my good buddy Steve, had a great yoga practice, and went to bed early with a book.  And that's mostly what my days have been like, if you include a little work here and there.  I'm functioning at a steady slow pace, haven't been too social, just a little.  So if you're curious, that's what it feels like to fast so far.

Ooohh- That's the Way, of the World- Earth Wind and Fire   Yes.  It's so perfect!

I'll go ahead and admit it I've been putting off the enema.  But it's kind of out of curiosity more than aversion.  To be really blunt, I've just never kept shitting during a fast and this time I have.  So I'm just kind of paying attention to whats going on.  The theory is that when you stop giving your body fiber, it stops your digestive precesses and elimination slows to a halt.  This means that the little person assigned with the duty of removing your trash goes on vacation, and so you need to step in.  I mean at this point, your body has begun to eat itself, to turn inward for nourishment and it digests itself, pulling out toxins and sending them toward to door.  You need not only open that door, but stick a hose up there and get it all out, so that you don't reasorb or start feeling sick.  But this time, my sanitation officer is still busy at work.  Which is nice I suppose, but, am I doing something wrong?  I'm thinking either I've got to strain my juices more, which is a pain, or ????  Or what?  Do I let things just continue naturally?  If it aint broke don't fix it? I don't know. I'm curious because this goes against my experience and pretty much everything I have ever read.  Any experienced fasters still reading, I'd love to hear your advice.

A friend of mine stopped by tonight and we had a lovely discussion about many things. The love for enemas was one of the topics.  I'm so glad I have friends I can talk about shit with.

And so sorry for ending on that note- clear your mind, think about kittens.  two kittens.  and catnip.  two kittens, one catnip.  Juice recipes follow the picture.

These are kitties who were living in Costa Rica, at Finca Fruicion when I was there

Weight: Still haven't been around a scale, will find one tomorrow
Energy: I can do things, in my own time.  Moderate.

JUICES

Grapefruit Orange
26 oz grapefruit juice- 312
22 oz orange juice- 308
8 oz strawberry juice-71

56 oz at 691 calories

Apple, lemon, spinach
23 oz apple- at 360 calories
1oz lemon
1 piece spinach

24 oz at 360 calories

Carrot apple beat thing with brussel sprouts and sweet potato
1 oz lemon-none
4 oz sweet potato-47
6 oz beet and beet greens- 32
2 oz kale-9
11 oz carrot- 129
6 oz apple- 90
8 oz pear- 150
1 oz parsley-4
4 oz celery-21
1 oz brussel sprouts- 10
thumb of ginger
half inch of jalepeno

44 oz at 492 calories

Total: 124 oz at 1543 calories