Feeling Bloated and Getting Thinner

Days 5 & 6

Up at 6:30am today.

Yesterday was an interesting day for me! I've been preparing for a liver cleanse that started last night. I had my last bit of apple juice ~20oz around 11:00am. It was my first juice of the morning! I couldn't believe how distended my tummy felt. Oh, I was so bloated I felt as if I was going to puke! OMG it was awful. It was like it was just sitting above my stomach and hadn't gone into the hatch just yet. I did the long walk to the bathroom (i was at work) and had the runs. That helped a little bit but not much. I think I went to the bathroom one more time and finally started to feel good again! Ouch! For the rest of the day I had great energy! I didn't have that much juice considering maybe 2 quarts ++.

The reason I did a liver flush was I read an eye opening article sent to my email inbox from News Target! After reading the article, I went to amazon and purchased the book by the author, The Amazing Liver and Gallbladder Flush. It was quite spendy at 24.95, but I thought it was a small price to pay for my health! Actually, I could have followed the directions from the following link and saved some money because they are the directions given in the book.

Anyhow...I'm here to tell you that it totally worked. So far I've had 5 bms since my liver cleanse commenced last night at 10pm and have observed ~40 pea size gall stones & 50+ smaller (<1cm-2cm). I was skeptical that it would produce any results for me, but knowing my history and the abuse I've done to my body over my lifetime, I was pretty sure I fit the bill to have a lot of gallstones in my liver! I'm just so relieved to on this road to better health and happiness the natural way!

9:58pm
Finally sitting back down to finish this post. What a day!! Man-O-Man the Epson Salt water concoction was brutal! OMG!! That was the worst part of the flush. Oh yeah, and being a slightly nauseated this morning for a short time! But very stoked to know my liver has almost 100 less stones clogging it's ducts!!!

I took a nap today and that felt really good to do! I think the flush took a toll on my body. I guess that's why they suggest you start it on a Friday.

I was going to write more, but I'm all pooped out and need to hit the hay!!

Be well!

Day 4

2:04pm

Thought I'd write a little bit before I get tired. Up at 6:45am. I had a great sleep. I actually stairmastered for 25 minutes. A few days ago I could only go 17 minutes before the outside of my right knee started bothering me! I was really stoked to sweat today! I know I need to sweat at least once per day!

I've been off caffeine since last Saturday! Hurray! I love coffee. I love the flavor and aroma of coffee. I also love the effect of caffeine! Too bad it's not healthy for you! So, so many side effects of caffeine, it's really a bad addicting drug! Oh well! At least I didn't have to suffer through terrible headaches like my wife did! I just get real lethargic for a few days. I often will have a nap around the noon hour. My energy is good now! No nap needed! I like that! Hurray! I'm not saying I'm never going to have a cup of Joe again, but if I do I'll drink it purposefully and really savor it!

10:22pm

Finally sitting down to read some blogs and thought I'd better write now before I get too tired to wrap up my day. I'm finding more juice feasters blogs as well as raw blogs. I love reading about peoples experiences! I sware I can't get enough! I'm totally into a lot of other things too but I love reading your blogs. I'm sure I'll venture out from here at some point, but I especially love the feaster's blogs because that's what I'm doing today!

I drank a lot of juice today! I've got about 10oz of apple juice left and it looks like I'll be juicing tomorrow morning before work. Typically I prepare enough juice for a couple of days because I loathe having to make it EVERY day!

I had a pretty good day overall! I had great energy. I remember thinking around 6pm tonight that I have a ton of energy; I wonder when I'm going to crash!

That's about all I got today!

Be Well and Good night!

Ouch...it's really only Day 3...

That title was hard to write. But maybe this is just what this homeboy needs, humility!!

What can I say; but I've got to reset my fasting clock! I was hoping/praying this wasn't going to happen but it did! I've been thinking about what I was going to write. I was actually going to not be honest and just pretend like nothing ever happened! But then I went back to my first entry here. "This is where I come to be completely honest about my eating NO MATTER WHAT!" It's true. Just because I have a couple of readers that I don't want to let down, I need to stay true to what my original intention was for this blog—to be honest! FUCK! ;-)

I was more worried about letting Jack or Jill down than anything else! I'm fine! I had a weak moment and I put something in my mouth and enjoyed chewing! Yes in deedy! I enjoyed chewing!

Many a times when I first started fasting; after several days, I would put food in my mouth and chew then spit most of it out at the sink! And that's just what I did! Oh well, I am back on track now. I'm a little melancholy about not being at Day 9, but hey it's a journey and I'm totally ok with where I'm at today! It's not the destination; it's the journey getting there that I have always loved!

It was a combination of many factors that led to my slip, but the biggest factor may have been this really great book I'm reading right now: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert! She's such a great writer! At the time I was reading on Saturday she was in Italy doing a lot of eating and drinking. She's so descriptive, I wanted to fly to Italy and find that highly suggested pizzeria that made the world's best pizza! Too funny! I remember reading and thinking to myself "so I really have a strong desire to go raw?". LOL

Deep down I know the answer to my question is yes, I do have a strong desire to eat 100% raw! All I have to do is think about where it would take me! I can never have just one of anything! I'd eat until I was over full, most likely, then I'd crash and want to take a nap! I hate that crash. I'm sick and tired of it. I'm sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. I'm tired of doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results! (I once heard that was the definition of insanity!)

Did I mention that my wife was fasting with me for a few days? Well she made it 4 whole days and broke her fast on Saturday. I know she was feeling a little guilty leaving me behind to fast. I also know she was really pumped to eat! She pretty much met her goal! I'm very proud of her and I fully supported her decision to break her fast! It was probably when she was making a tomato based soup and I tasted it for her to give her my expert opinion! ;-) It was such a tiny taste, I thought to myself, "I'm strong, I can handle this"!

I also quit drinking coffee on Saturday. Hmmm…..normally when I quit caffeine I get sleepy and lethargic! I wasn't doing too bad, but with the all the rain we were getting and being cooped up in the house with the whole family eating and kicking back. I was obviously testing myself pretty good! I've always had a tough time fasting and being with my family on the weekends.

But all that I behind me now! I'm only a little bummed I'm now set back a few days, when my fellow feasters are ahead of me! It's all good! It's the journey and not the destination that I appreciate so much!

So here I am at Day 3! It feels like day 3 too! I'm happy to be back too! So there you have it! I'm feeling good right now so I'm going to go ahead and post this. I'm confident I will make my goal. That reminds me I will be posting my list of reasons and goals for fasting. I'll start working on that for my next post!

Good luck all and congratulations on making to wherever you are! This is not an easy task to undertake!!

Love Doug

Day 4

AM/PM Post:

Up at 7amish. The power had gone out at some point early this morning! It was fun to light candles and think about folks that lived before there was electricity!

I think I'll start writing throughout my day because when I sit down to write at night, just before bed, I haven't enough energy to put into a proper post! I'm going to try harder!

6pm
Well that was a nice thought! Too bad I didn't get a chance to write more earlier in the day. It got busy at work and never found the time again.

I'm doing well overall! So far I've consumed about:

32oz of fruit juice (orange|carrot|pineapple|pear)
48oz of green juice and about (celery|cucumber|spinach|apple)
20oz of coconut water

I love coconut water! I love it, love it, love it!!!

Time for TMI talk: So far I've had BMs every day. Today was much lighter than Day 1. When I stop having them every day is when I'll start the enemas. Probably every other day! I certainly appreciate getting rid of extra crap inside of me! (pun intended) ;-)

I purchased the following supplements:
Bee pollen
MSM
Pure Synergy
E3 Live
Renew Me

I'm taking E3 Live, Renew Me, and MSM every day. I'm alternating the green powders every day as well. I think I'm doing the bee pollen every other day as well.

That's about it for me today! I think I'll post a photo or 2 tomorrow!

Day 3

Hannah & Emily setting the table for Thanksgiving Dinner!
You can see Roxy cruising the table for food. She's such an opportunist!

It's about time for my favorite part of the day; sleep! I get to got to bed, yeah!! I love my sleep when I'm fasting. It's always soo restful, especially when I get to bed earlier than my norm.

Today was a pretty uneventful day! I had to go out to my car and nap around 3:30pm. I think I napped for about 30 minutes. Hopefully tomorrow I'll have better energy! Not too much to report at this time, except that I'm happy to be on this fast.

-Doug

Day 2

New Years Eve with Anita! (My Wife)

We spent the evening in San Francisco with friends. It was a great evening with food, fun, and good friends!

Day 2 is just about over and I'm poopeid! I spent about 3.5 hours in the kitchen preparing our juice. My wife is fasting with me, but only for a few days! Maybe she'll go 5-7, but I don't expect her to get much further! (I would never tell her that however!) I'm sure she'll go as long as she needs to go! ;-)

About done juicing the greens!

Then Anita came in and made something sweet for the kids! OMG, it smelled awful....YUCK!! (Not!) Maybe someday I'll be repulsed by the aroma of freshly baked cookies! (That's my large vat of fruit juice next to the pan of cookies.)

Anyhow...I'm glad this day is about over! Looking forward to getting to sleep! I love my sleep while fasting! It's just so restful!

OK, good night then! I'll write more soon! (Hopefully tomorrow!)

--Dougie Fasting Fresh

Get Ready, Get Juice, Get Fast, GOOOOOO........Day One

Happy New Year!

This is it; today really is the first day of the rest of my life! I've written these words before! I'm sure I wrote them on the first day I started this blog! I've wanted to become 100% Raw ever since I read the book by David Wolfe, The Sunfood Diet Success System, last xmas 2006! A whole year later, I'm finally ready!

I've got many goals for this year and the first goal was to be 100% Raw starting 1/1/2008! The next goal was to complete a 90 day Juice Feast which starts today! I'm soo stoked to be here!

So much more to write about in the coming days as my mind clears!

Thanks again to all who have visited and sent to me well wishes, positive vibes, kind and encouraging words!

More later....