Juice Feast: Day Seventeen

Sleep: 11pm-7:45am -- Could have gotten up early, but decided to linger with my thoughts in bed for an extra hour or so..so many ideas reeling in my head these days!
Hot Tea: 16oz Peppermint-- tea seems to appeal to me much more than plain water. For sure it is the warmth I am craving.
Skin brushing/tongue scraping
Hot/cold contrasting shower
Juice: 32ounces "Bleeding Hearts" --beets, romaine, kale, carrot, celery, apple, ginger, lemon, liquid kelp drops, zeolite
Juice: 32 oz "Green Lemonade" -- romaine, kale, celery, apple, cuke, ginger, lemon, pure synergy, zeolite, salt
Juice: 32 ounces "SweetTarts" -- pear, kiwi, cucumber, cilantro, lemon --AMAZING! By far these best juice combo I have made thus far....oh my gosh I want more NOW!
Juice: 32 ounces "Pretty in Pink" --tangelo, orange, pink grapefruit with liquid C and MSM
Yoga: 1 1/2 hrs: I have never been to a night class since being in NYC -- normally I am a morning yogini. It was such a treat to go and see a whole crop of yogis that I have never seen before. Kind of refreshing to be mostly anonymous until Raw B walked through the door! I felt right a home when seeing her face and it was also like seeing the light at the end of the jfing tunnel. Raw B is such a juicing rock star! She made it 57 days (!) and looking damn fine as a raw foods chomper!
Colonic: After loosening up some junk in yoga, I headed off to Gravity to treat a client and then myself. Even though I didn't manage to get much of the psyllium/Intestinal Draw Formula in me yesterday, whatever did go in really got thinks moving and shaking inside. My colonic was back to its usual flowing self. Thank goodness, I knew there was more to go!

So I have decided to devote this post to how I am doing physically. I had an amusing moment today in yoga when doing tree pose. First off, I felt so balanced and steadfast in the pose it was really grounding on the senses, but what shocked me was when I went to put the sole of my foot into my inner thigh to create a resistance, there was no inner thigh to press into!! Normally my thighs are, well, juicy with plenty of flesh to sink my foot into, but not this time!

The weight lose factor was definitely one of my trepidations committing to such a long JF. Normally at around 126 when raw and at 5' 7 1/2" I did not feel like I had too much weight to spare without looking and feeling sickly. So in anticipation of the JF I turned to the cooked food world and indulged in all my old time favorites that I had not tasted in years and quickly put on an extra 7 pounds before the feast started. Mind you, this also made me feel terrible so I don't recommend it!

So as of this morning I have officially lost 15 pounds. Kind of shocking because I thought that I would look terrible this thin, but have been assured by Michael that I look "healthy-slim" and not "sickly-thin." I have to give credit to the fact that I have been diligent about continuing to exercise and do yoga during this feast to insure that don't lose muscle mass - and it has worked! I feel and look strong and healthy despite such a drastic weight lose in just 17 days. With that said, I hope I don't go down too much more. I plan to increase my greens and green powders during these last two weeks and try to get more oils in although my body really feels queasy after taking them. Also, I will continue to take more high calorie juices in like beet and carrot.

Other notable physical changes are:

Nail: SUPER strong and with no new white zinc/calcium deposits
Skin: have a nice glow goin' on and acne has cleared up considerably. Complexion has also seemed to even out nicely. I have a few small eruptions on thighs and chest, but nothing like before.
Sight: Clearer, sharper, colors more intense
Smell: Oh my god, can we say TOO acute! Hey, is that fresh bread baking twelve blocks away??
Taste: Also very acute and can taste when a fruit or veggie in the juice is slightly off
Yoga Practice: Now that I am over last weeks round of detox symptoms I am feeling very strong and brave on the mat. Very "in" my body and connected with what my body wants.
Dreams: Crazy clear and intense. Like I am actually living them....lots of people coming through that I have not thought of in years?!
Cravings: surprisingly for saltier more savory items? Maybe because I am drinking lots of fruity things and that is satisfying my sweet tooth?

For the most part I have not noticed myself having the urge to mindlessly munch when feeling bored or putting off something I need to do, but it does still show up here and there, so I don't think that habit is totally broken yet. I find though if I have some water or tea or get busy with something else it quickly passes, but will I have the will power to do that once I am eating solids again?? Hum, I hope sooo!