Juice Feast: Day 22

...Where my juicer is used to be our stove. When juicing you need all the counter space you can get!
Sleep: 12:00pm-8:30am
Skin brushing/tongue scraping Hot/cold contrasting shower
Juice: 32 ounces "Bleeding Hearts" -- beet, carrot, celery, kale, ginger, lime
Juice: 64 oz "Green Lemonade" -- romaine, kale, celery, apple, cuke, ginger, lemon, zeolite, salt
Juice: 32 ounces "Pretty in Pink" --tangelo, blood orange, pink grapefruit with liquid C, Vitamin D3 and MSM
Colonic: more solids than mush this time which is interesting considering I am not having any fiber?
Infared Sauna: 35 mins--ahhh took the chill right out of my bones
Clothes shopping: Every thing's falling off, time to get some new duds
Cat Nap: Man, shopping really wears you out! haha

Spectacular day here in NYC; sunny, blue skies and a spring "buzz" in the air. It was as though everyone around me was vibrating with the excitement and anticipation of spring. The Green Market was packed with people, trying to get all their last minutes Easter lilies and fresh ingredients for Easter Brunch. I just love this time of year when the earth comes alive and sends an electric shock through our nervous system! Rawrrrrr

I am loving the 20's so far. I feel really stable and almost want to say that this whole juicy life is effortless and easy ....but......haha

Nothing major going on for me right now in terms of detoxing, although I do have a little skin breakout, but that always happens after I sauna. Being a more fiery constitution, high heat is a bit irritating and inflaming for my skin. So I am pretty sure today's breakout is due to that.

Another physical issue I have been dealing with is super dried lips. I realize that I should be drink tons more regular water than I have been while JFing, but I have had this strange aversion to it. I just don't want it at all! So I have been drinking lots of tea, diluting my juices with water to get more liquid in, etc., but I have absolutely no desire for it straight up.

Hum, actually looking back on my life I have never desired water very much. I would definitely call myself a thirsty person, but not really for water (which is probably why I am thirsty!). I think that being mildly dehydrated is one of the reasons why I over eat. For sure I have eaten thinking I was hungry when really I was thirsty. In fact, 95% of the time my I am positive my cravings would be quelled by water. Good to have clarity on....

One a pleasant note we went to a friend's art opening tonight, which ended up being really fun. I have not been feeling super social since JFing; mostly because I can't partake in any eating or drinking (alcohol, of course) and in general feeling more introverted, but tonight I got dressed up a little and was really up for it. Co-workers of Michael's that I know where at this event so it was fun to see them. They were all very intrigued by what I was doing and couldn't believe I had the energy to even be standing no less out on the town! I told them I actually have too much energy often times and they were amazed and "want some of that." So we little JFers are definitely leaving a wonderful mark on people, which feels really good!

After the art opening we went to a little dinner party at a friends house. It was very causal french countryside fare: Wine, a baguette, cheese, thinly sliced salami, olives, a fig comfit, etc. The way they ate the food; breaking the bread with their hands, passing around a beautiful assortment of hard and soft cheeses, gnashing on olives in between sips of good quality red wine, used to be what I thought of as a healthy, Mediterranean light dinner. Part of me really still wants to think that way; that eating bread and cheese and wine is refined, European, classy and good for me. But I know it's not and that all of those foods are actually sticky, heavy and really unfit for our digestive systems. But how sad! I feel like I want it all right now. I want to dine with ease and in the merriment of friends on foods like that, but I also want to take care of my body, honor it and not load it down with toxic foods and drink. It's so tough living in a two worlds especially here in NYC where you can get the best of the best and easily indulge however you'd like.

All of these issues are coming up as I head into my last week of JFing and thinking about how I am going to eat after all of this is done. The reality is is that I live with a non raw foodist and most of my closest friends are the same way. It's not always fun being the odd ball out or being the center of attention because you come to a party with a bag of "your special foods." Ugghhh

Anyways, now I am blabbing, but all of these questions and concerns are all swirling around in my head. Maybe I need some water?!?! :)