Juice Feasters Chat - breaking your feast

[Aleesha Sattva]

This thread is for our little group of juice feasters to talk about breaking our fasts/feasts... perhaps recipes we are finding easier to eat right after our feast etc.

Welcome!!!

*Of course EVERYONE is welcome to join us!!!*

[ebcl]

So on that note Aleesha, what are you finding to be the most challenging/easy aspects about transitioning back to solids?

Beckx,
How's your feast-breaking going?

[Aleesha Sattva]

tonight i went to the beach. i feel yucky today cause my neck has a kink in it and it's soooo sore. have no idea why. anyway, i really didn't want to go out but we have a deal, my daughter and i, that we are going to beach every single nice day since our summer is soooooo short this year AND we live 7 minutes away from the beach.

so off we went and i found the same stillness within me on the beach that i did when i was feasting. oh it was bliss. i enjoyed it soooooooo much. i missed that feeling and when i found it, sitting there waiting for me tonight i fell in love within that moment.

i laid on the beach, doing yoga... meditating... feeling the sun on my body. ahhhh it was bliss filled... absolutely bliss in that moment. very nice gift to realize i can get that same feeling without feasting!

my most challenging aspect about transitioning is drinking enough fluids. i'm soooooooo done going pee every 15 minutes that i find i don't want to drink anything LOL but i am getting my green smoothie into my belly every morning again, which is wonderful.

the easiest aspect about transitioning is that i can still have my spicy tomato blend. now it's salsa instead of juice LOL i am in love love love with tomatoes and i'm in love with cayenne as well. never liked cayenne at all before i juice feasted... did like tomatoes but didn't love and crave them like i do. so this has been nice... i eat my salsa with either celery sticks or flax crackers and i feel a deep connection to my juice feast.

i haven't weighed myself. i don't think i've gained much weight to be honest but that old 'programming' - my mind saying "of course you have, you are eating now" has been playing over and over again. so i'm kinda afraid to weigh myself.

i've decided i'll do it once a month... that way i can get an idea of where i am without getting too caught up on it. after all, i'm happy with how i LOOK and how i FEEL which is what really counts... way more than numbers on a scale! :P

[NYbutterfly]

This is a great idea for a thread, Aleesha! Thank you!

I only had time to scan the last 4 pages of the juice feasting thread, but I think I have a good idea of what's going on.

I love great quotes, but for some reason the ONLY one I can remember is this: "Feel the fear and do it anyway". It is the first quote to pop into my mind whenever I feel fear, nervousness, anything. Ellen- that could be helpful to you, my friend ;) Now, I don't know what you are feeling, of course, but it seems that the feast breaking is scary to you (it was for me) and that you don't know how it will be when you are done... are you going to cave to SAD since you still have those cravings or stick with raw, so on and so forth. Well, I know we need to come off of these fasts with a plan and all, but sometimes we think too damn much and end up totally scared of NOT fasting... we don't trust ourselves. So just feel the fear, embrace it, and go for it! Try not to think about anything anymore... just do it (as Nike would say) and go with your gut (literally). It knows best. Keep juice at hand, that way when transitioning to solids, if you crave something "bad", grab the juice and gulp!

Sorry, it's 2 a.m and I might not make any sense.

Also, you should know that when I did my big long fast in November, it was coming from a SAD diet, too! I was toying with raw since April '07, but still eating all of my SAD comfort foods. Not to mention I was coming off of a very long and traumatic 7 year battle with anorexia and bulimia. My emotional eating had gotten out of control and I found myself eating things I never would have touched... lots of SAD junk food. Mix that with all the raw dehydrated goods I was experimenting with and it turned into a whole mess of weight gain. So I jumped on this month long fast with no plan, no transition, just did it and kept on going till I felt done! It was awesome! I even cooked an ENTIRE thanksgiving day meal (SAD) without an ounce of craving!

When I broke the fast, I did it with some grapes and was on the toilet all day. It was awesome... felt so clean and empty! The next day I was throwing out some old thanksgiving day leftovers. I opened up the box of apple pie and started scraping it out of the box. As I smelled it and stared at it, all those old dirty SAD feelings came back... I grabbed the pie, took 3 huge bites of the crust and tossed the rest.

BIG MISTAKE! Boy was I ill! But it was a wonderful experience and I do NOT regret it! I juiced for the rest of the day to reverse the damage (in my mind at least) and moved on. From that day forward I lost an additional 10 lbs bc all I wanted was veggies with ACV. That's it! Eventually I began to eat raw gourmet foods, but not much. I was SO in tune with my body. The cravings vanished. The eating disorder vanished. It was crazy.

I guess my point is this... don't pre-meditate your failures and slip ups. You may be craving SAD, but that doesn't mean you are going to eat that way. When we detox, we have some CRAZY cravings... it's the norm! And if something happens and you DO slip up and have some SAD food, your body will teach you a lesson indeed! No biggie, we move on. This is my experience. I am very much an "all or nothing" girl. Pre juice fast, I would have ended up eating that ENTIRE apple pie. Post juice fast, I took a few bites, decided that that was not the best thing for me, and that was the end of that.

I don't know if this helps or not. But you should know that I was not raw before my fast in November and it all turned out well. After that apple pie incident I was 100% and never turned back. Next thing I know, I'm working for Alissa Cohen, and yesterday I just landed a job at Pure Food and Wine in NYC!

[ebcl]

NyButterfly,

Thanks for ALL of your great advice. I really find everyone's comments incredibly supportive and helpful. I'm learning so much! Congratulations on your new gig! Yippee for you!!!!! I have been contemplating a trip to NY City for my birthday in Jan. I have heard so many fabulous things about that place...maybe I'll come and visit you!

[ebcl]

Here's some of what I posted on my blog today. Gives you an idea about where I am mentally...

"Today, for the first time, I've reached a place of acceptance. A plane of patience. A state of surrender. I know that even if I'm unaware of it, detox on all levels is happening. Toxins are leaving my body (along with unwanted pounds), emotional wounds are healing, and spiritual channels are opening. Today I woke up knowing that I'm now ready to fully commit myself to the responsibility of maintaining this new level of physical, emotional, and spiritual healing when this feast is over. This is suddenly not a race to the finish anymore. It has become a new way of BEING. The old Ellen is falling away forever. I AM becoming a new BEING."

I'm ready for RAW (in solid form...when the time comes!)

[NYbutterfly]

Yayyy Ellen! That blog post is so beautiful. I feel so happy just reading those words, and I will most likely re-read that every time I have a SAD craving or negative food thought. Thanks!

[deberaw]

I have a lump in my throat as I read your latest post Ellen! What an absolutely Blissful place to be.....I'm so glad you have broken thru to that place ((((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))

With all of the sharings and wisdoms, ALL of you help me with my journey....where ever it is that I am!!!! warmly, Deb

[Aleesha Sattva]

absolutely beautiful blog posting ellen. so glad to hear you are 'there'. cool isn't it.. when you are there, you just know it!

namaste'
aleesha

[Aleesha Sattva]

nyb, i have to say i love your nice long post. so honest and real. i too came to raw foods from two short 9 day and then 8 day juice feasts (ate for a few days between them)... and it soooooooo assisted me to become raw.

i've heard many people say that they recommend people begin raw by fasting/feasting... as it assists the taste buds to change to accept the flavours of raw foods and begin to crave them!

[beckx]

thanks for starting this thread, aleesha.

ellen, congratulations on the breakthrough! glad to know you're sticking around with us on this board :)

butterfly, congrats on the new job!! that's awesome! :)

i've been doing fruit the last few days, added a couple of raw olives yesterday and felt great, and today (i think day 4 of the feast breaking?) saw the first adverse effects of food. i went to a raw cafe with my brother this afternoon and had a green smoothie and a few bites of the totally amazing raw ice cream sundae my brother got. wow was it good. i felt totally fine right after (kind of ecstatic actually) and continued to feel fine.

then tonight i made lettuce wraps with a little pesto and a couple raw olives (delicious) and made the mistake of eating a couple of fresh figs pretty soon after... after that i felt sleepy, bloated, really thirsty, some stomach pains/nausea... guess i got too brave after handling the sundae so well. ah well, live and learn. not sure if the meal was too complicated or if it was just the bad food combining but i think i'm going to stick with mainly mono meals for a little while.

in much better news, my leg is finally healed enough and i'm so psyched to do some exercise tomorrow. :)

[ebcl]

This is sure a fun new thread. Nice to have a change of scenery, no?

Thanks for the kind words, everyone. It's good to finally be in a good place again mentally! I'm happy to say that I'm just...well, happy :)

Beckx,
Interesting about your experience. Makes me think feast-breaking properly takes a good amount of patience and a lot of baby steps. Super glad to hear your leg is healing well!

I found this blog post from Santi at the Tree of Life. It may not be everyone's experience (she was on an individualize juice feast/feast designed by Gabriel Cousins), however, it's my attempt to add something to this discussion:

"...Long feasts in particular activate the light body in an individual, opening channels to higher frequencies of light and energy as the body purifies on subtler and subtler levels. During a feast/fast, the f(e)aster may or may not be aware this is happening, however, the level of frequency one was operating on during the f(e)ast becomes quite apparent when food is reintroduced to the body. You don't really know how good you feel until something pulls you down to give you a comparison.

Breaking a f(e)ast takes an enormous amount of discipline and patience, tuning into a different vibration the body now resonates on. This means that what was once serving to the body in terms of types of foods, quantities of food, and sometimes even meal times, no longer serve as well as they once did. So, if one continues to consume their food in the same types and quantities as before the fast, the body will go through a slight REgression, as the body has just made a huge PROgression during the entire fast, putting the body at a new, more efficient level of operation. Eating food in the same way as before means the body is now going to go through a process of downgrading back to the level it once was at before the fast...."

Read the full post here (http://soulingsanti.blogspot.com/2008/03/breaking-feastfast-smooth-transition.html)

[Aleesha Sattva]

wow that is powerful and so true... (her blog posting) - i've attached a link to my last blog so others can read it as well. thank you ellen.

i have to say... i am deeply disappointed that my body wanted to end my feast. although i know it was right in doing so... i so wanted to continue and still would like to go back to feasting now. but i know i need to wait for my body to want the same thing. i love the way i feel feasting. i love the higher connection i feel to Self and the lightness within my body. the serenity even within the difficult times. - it's like i experienced difficult times at a higher level... if that makes any sense to anyone who hasn't experienced it to understand what those words are saying...

[Aleesha Sattva]

beckx, good to hear about your knees!!!!!!!!! heal on sista, heal on!

[rawstrength]

in much better news, my leg is finally healed enough and i'm so psyched to do some exercise tomorrow. :)

beckx - that is tremendous!!!!!!!! Congratulations :D
http://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/images/2007/09/28/sunrise_01_406x304.jpg

[deberaw]

Wonderful Beckx on the patience with feast breaking and for listening to and learning from your body....It is sooo true isn't it about the discipline in feast breaking...I know some do not have problems...but for stress/emotional eaters like me....whoa! ......After my first 12 day feast I did pretty good the first day...but slid after that....funny, my mouth wanted to try almost everything...my body didn't....found a compromise....my body KNEW what it wanted....my mouth didn't want to listen...yet......didn't want nut dishes, just light dishes....but I sure 'tried' various baked snack crap when at relatives...and what a reminder how crazy addicting some can be....and when I felt so gross later...another reminder. I never pig out on Raw...{well, I had one too many of a delicious Raw cookie I stumbled across}....and yet on Sad Crap...I just can't have it around. I also recently cleaned out my kitchen...put most of my cookbooks away except for a Vegan one and a healthy eating one {for family ideas}......and have all my Raw Books in plain view now in my kitchen....instead of by my bedside or in the family room. I also rounded up all the recipes I've copied from this forum and put them together. I feel more in control now.....back to 100% or as Aleesha puts it: 100% 99% of the time {I love how that is put!}...............so, the next time I juice.....I feel ready to break fast in a better way.........

Aleesha ((((HUGS)))))...I totally understand your feelings about ending...try not to be hard on yourself though...you gave yourself an amazing gift...and listened to your body. Express it, let it go....I know you will......it sounds like when people juice they learn something about themselves...it will be neat to look forward to the next experience.

I was wondering about juicing in the Fall...we have apple cider mills here with fresh, unpasturized juice...couldn't I buy that for my fruit and just mess with juicing the greens???? hmmmmmmmm

Welcome all newcomers!!! warmly, Deb

[Aleesha Sattva]

you sure could! you would need to drink it within hours of being juiced though!

very hard day today... not much to say. night all...

[deberaw]

Hope you're feeling better Aleesha.....(((HUGS)))

I'm going to keep that in mind for a short Fall Feast.....afterall....while juicing, I'd usually make all juices in the a.m.....so as long as it's pressed that day.......wow! That would make just making greens easier!!!!..............:D

[beckx]

body's still adjusting to food; had kale salad today and had some gas tonight. i've been making tons of recipes and have been good at restraining myself from overeating but still doing some tasting. i have been noticing that i'll get these bursts of really intense energy that i didn't get while feasting (i ran 4.5 miles today!! with a break in between but still!), and i'm still having pockets of that blissed out feeling. running is soooo much easier not carrying those 20 pounds with me. amazing!

aleesha i'm so sorry to hear about your loss :( *hugs*

[Aleesha Sattva]

every pound of fat you release makes your heart happier, your organs work better and your joints happier. i am sooo happy for you!

i'm still numb... attempting to cope... i believe fasting will help. thank you for your support beckx! (((hugs)))

[deberaw]

Ohhh ALeesha...I could tell I missed something...went thru this thread and then to the original one and found out about your friend...I am so very sorry....I've been there... (((HUS))), you and your friends mom and family and loved ones are in my thoughts and prayers...peace....Deb

[Aleesha Sattva]

thanks Deb.

off to have a bath...

[beckx]

hm, it seems all the feast breakers went back to the feasting thread :p

this weird thing has been happening since i've been breaking my feast where everytime i finish eating a meal i have to have a bm.

i think i've heard of this problem before... it's called A HEALTHY DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. stuff goes in, stuff comes out. who knew? :rolleyes:

i've lost another pound this week (8 days out of the feast), which i really think is a proof that breaking the feast gently is important.

also i started spotting yesterday... but it might be my period, a week early. it could be syncing with my roommate's (her's also came yesterday). if it is, it would mean that since feasting my period has become extremely light and totally painless. i wouldn't complain...

[Aleesha Sattva]

i know... that's what i was thinking as i was reading your post and then you said what i was going to.

guess you don't need me anymore *kicks ground... shuffles feet*

[beckx]

aw, aleesha next time i realize something obvious and decide to post it here i'll set it up just like that so you can complete my thought. deal? ;)

i made a really simple lasagna tonight with some local cucumbers as noodles. drool.

[Aleesha Sattva]

deal! *giggling*

sounds delish! i had 36 ounces of strawberry/pineapple juice!

[Aleesha Sattva]

decided i was done fasting this time around. i can see myself eating for 2 weeks and fasting for a week or so for awhile... at least that seems to be the cycle i've been on for awhile now.

so some lovely blueberries were enjoyed by me and i'll continue to break this fast gently!

[beckx]

congrats, aleesha. hope the blueberries treat you well - i found them to be a really gentle way to ease back into food, personally.

still trying to figure stuff out here. another rough day today, not many insights except one - maybe i'm eating more because i'm mistaking dehydration for hunger. i was so super hydrated on my feast, and the out of control eating has only started since we got another heat wave a few days ago. hmm. gonna try drinking a glass or two of water tomorrow everytime i want to go for food and wait a little while after that before eating/snacking.

eating shouldn't be this stressful, i hope you have a much more peaceful time with solids.

[Aleesha Sattva]

i hope i do as well. although... i don't expect to. i never felt this way until after my 45 day juice feast. perhaps it has something to do with the lengthy feasting?

the blueberries were gentle on my belly. had a bit of watermelon tonight - made some tomato juice but forgot about it. now it's frozen (i put it in the freezer to chill) LOL - so i'll drink it tomorrow.

[beckx]

partner brought me a salad last night knowing i wouldn't be out of the office until 8 pm... had tomatoes on it, thought nothing of it... today i think i might have salmonella or whatever is going around. :/ oh well, when i first went 100% raw in december it was after a terrible bout of food poisoning so maybe this is happening to help me refine my diet further. wish the headache would go away though.

yesterday was a much better day as far as food goes... drank more water and also kept busier than usual. i've been working from home a lot lately and it definitely facilitates my eating way too much/snacking constantly problem. don't think that'll be an issue today.

[Aleesha Sattva]

so i guess that's the bright side???

sorry to hear about this. that's still going on down there eh? we canadians grow our own... so it's not an issue up here (importing/exporting)

just had a glass of coconut milk... so good and yummy esp. when it's hot.

[beckx]

i think its still going on, saw something about it on the news at the gym last week. guess it could have just been some other kind of food poisoning; makes me never want to eat out again - food poisoning from a raw salad means someone didn't wash their hands or their prep area after handling raw meat/eggs/fish... or after using the bathroom. gross.

feeling better today, the headache is gone - no idea how rawdancer dealt with five weeks of headache, i could hardly stand one day of it. just some lingering stomach pain now. seltzer is sitting really well but everything else seems to irritate it, even water.

how's it going aleesha?

[Aleesha Sattva]

not well. i'm in a fog today... missing darryl and grieving some more.

[beckx]

i'm sorry to hear that aleesha. read your blog as well. i think the feelings you are having are all completely valid and i wish you strength in dealing with them. i hope you went to the beach today and that you're feeling much better by the morning. wish i could drop by and give you this but, *so many hugs to aleesha and a couple of quarts of watermelon-strawberry juice as well*

[Aleesha Sattva]

ah thanks beckx. i went to the beach... twice. figured once wasn't enough today.

and as a treat... at 9pm i made a huge batch of pineapple juice. mmm nice.

i'm really trying to pull my head outta my butt... but it seems stuck. hopefully i'll be somewhat normal by tomorrow. cause i sooooo need to be 'here' for bev (darryl's mom) so we can get his stuff moved out.

[beckx]

girl, i think it IS normal for you to be sad and to have a hard time with this. if you weren't - pretty sure that wouldn't be normal. you're human... a goddess... but human.

[Aleesha Sattva]

i have such high expectations of my Self beckx. being there to assist everyone else is a priority and normally i deal with death almost robotically... i feel (a) and then (b) and then (c) and then i'm done. but this is different. darryl and i are so close. we've always been there for each other... we don't see each other every day... but we do see each other often.

it's hard to explain... but this time... abc didn't work. i thought it did and then (a) came back and then (d) showed up and then there's this (lmno) which is wrapping itself around my heart and won't let go.

but today i have to be there for bev (his mom)... that IS my priority. regardless of how i'm feeling... she needs me and that must come first. darryl wouldn't expect any less than that from me... and i plan on delivering!

so... send me love and light to get through this in a way that will make darryl proud. :hugggggs:

[Aleesha Sattva]

hey beckx... how's it going?

[beckx]

its going. struggling with cooked food some days... i'm not sure how it happened and i feel a little bit disappointed in myself but i'm trying to be gentle. looking to juice again because the cravings are so out of control at times that i don't know what to do with myself.

oh well, it's a process, right?

[Aleesha Sattva]

i hear ya beckx. i had the same problems when i ended my last feast... hence why i started fasting again. i think that perhaps i was in the process of healing stuff and wasn't done... so now i'm healing it deeper???

anyway, don't beat yourself up... it's all part of the process. i hold you hand and support your regardless my friend. (((hugs)))

[beckx]

ended a short fast a few days ago. i was getting some really intense emotional clarity, which was amazing, and i was getting a really strong feeling of interconnectedness... but also having a lot of thoughts of binging. it got to a point where i was going to the market with my partner and wishing i were alone so i could buy every single thing i wanted and eat it all in secret. and at that point i realized i need to start working on building a healthier relationship with food before i try to do another long term fast/feast, because while fasting is amazing and healing i don't know if it is a good means to that end (healthy relationship with FOOD - as my issues are with food and not juice) for me. for other people it may help resolve emotional and nutritional causes of binging/food issues... but i don't know if that is my truth. my relationship with food has been really obsessive-compulsive at times - it can become all consuming to a point that seems like more than emotional eating.

i also need to work on incorporating juicing into my days even when i'm not fasting rather than having an attitude of being on all liquids or all solids... like i'm wasting my juice if i'm also eating or something, which is a little bit of a silly way to look at plant blood. i had a vision a couple days ago of what my diet should look like right now so i am trying to live it. so far so good, and no binges. :) also trying to work more with being intentional about eating, sharing meals with others, prayer/thankfulness/mindfulness practice, journalling... a lot of work but i'm very happy to do it if i can finally have total peace around this stuff.

any thoughts on this would be appreciated :)

[Aleesha Sattva]

something i'm planning on doing on this fast beckx is... for the last 2 or 3 weeks i'm going to add in one food item, once a day. for example... one tomato cut up. tomorrow perhaps 1/2 a papaya.

i'm going to do this for a few weeks to assist myself to have a better relationship with ending a fast. by mentally thinking "i'm fasting" and physically allowing my body a little bit of food... i'm hoping that it'll create a healthier way for me to end the fast. in essence i'll be spending 2 or 3 weeks ending my fast but mentally i won't look at it that way. i'll look at it as fasting.

does that make sense?

i hear ya about a healthy relationship with food. i've never had such an unhealthy relationship with food as when i ended my 45 day juice feast. never ever. it was like my body neededneededneededgottahavitnow all the time. so weird.

so i read some books and talked to melissa (a friend who does a lot of fasting) and she said she has the same problem and so... between everything we've read lately... we decided on doing this...

she's currently been fasting for 4 months i think... and i'm not sure how much longer she's going for... i don't think she knows. she feels more 'complete' when she's fasting. i'm almost done my 4th week of fasting... so 8-15 more weeks for me.

i figure though... unless my body decides differently... that about week 16 or 17 i'll start adding in some solids. cause christmas falls in week 20 for me and i know i'm going to want to at least eat something then - so i'll need to be a fair way along my fast breaking by then.

of course, at this point it's all just speculation... who knows what i'll do when the time comes. i'm still researching. you know me... i love to research and learn... it IS one of my passions. :D

don't know if any of this resonates with ya beckx... as we all have our own path to walk... but thought i'd share. ;)

(((hugs)))

[Aleesha Sattva]

oh i forgot to mention:

i totally agree with adding juice into your daily regime without fasting. i find that when i do that... my eating is so much more 'calm' and much less binged.

so i think that's a great idea and i'm thrilled to read it's working for ya!

[MOTH]

I went FIVE DAYS WATER ONLY and caved today. With purposeful steps, I marched into the kitchen and ate some watermelon. It was just sitting in there. I meant to get rid of it but turns out it was there for me today.

I don't think I'll fast for awhile. Already after coming off of my fast I feel the urge to binge and I'm just barely holding it in check. Also my job is pretty physically demanding. I just found out I am moving to Hawaii and will have to work extra to get the money I need; kinda need my energy for that.

It was a good run though; I enjoyed it sometimes; it was a serious challenge. I feel like I got what I wanted out of it. PEACE! :)

[MOTH]

I know it was the right decision but I feel very sad right now. :(

My energy feels all whaky. I know my body is transitioning back into "digestion mode," but why would this make me feel so sad?

[Raine]

I know it was the right decision but I feel very sad right now. :(

My energy feels all whaky. I know my body is transitioning back into "digestion mode," but why would this make me feel so sad?

Maybe it wasn't time to stop fasting? Perhaps you had a goal in mind and you are disappointed it wasn't achieved? I don't know the reasons for your fast so I am just guessing.

Perhaps some meditation time is needed for you to get in touch with what your body is truly craving whether that is fasting or eating.

[Aleesha Sattva]

Only you will truly know the answer but I know that for me... when I complete my fast and bring food back into my body... the vibration of my energy changes - it lowers.

This takes the 'high' of my fast away. My body is now in "digestion" mode instead of gifting me all that wonderful energy to raise my vibration.

You will adjust to the lower vibration... just as you adjusted to the higher vibration. ;)

Be kind to yourself and watch how quickly you bring food into your body. Try to go a few hours between small amounts of food... so your body is able to completely digest what it is you put it into it instead of making it work even harder at digesting a mass of stuff.

Congratulations on 5 amazing days of water fasting. (((hugs)))

[MOTH]

Thank you...I've been balling my eyes out all night. Something just does not feel right. Wondering if I broke my fast too early. I guess I can always go again. I'll see how I feel in the morning.

[MOTH]

After some thinking, I believe I have fasted enough this month and will do another water fast next month.

[Aleesha Sattva]

(((hugs))) Hope you are feeling more grounded and centred today Moth.

[MOTH]

Thank you Aleesha, I am. :) If anything I have even MORE respect for fasting right now, after breaking the fast and seeing how turbulent that breaking can be. You really gotta be on your game with awareness.

Fasting is serious business.

I'm taking it easy with refeeding and am pleasantly surprised at how yummy everything is (oranges). My body still isn't sure it wants food, but I'm being gentle with it.

[Aleesha Sattva]

The more juice you drink during the breaking of your fast... the better. So remember to still consume 50% juices if you can (at least)... it'll really help your body not go into "oh my goodness i have to eat eat eat to get my nutrients". i know you were water fasting... but if you wanna add juices now... it would definitely be a good thing - body wise. (((hugs)))

[MOTH]

Great advice, Aleesha, thank you.

I've restarted my fast. My body is still in major cleansing mode. Nothing tasted right to me and I didn't like the feelings I was getting.

I will be doing round 2 of water-fasting in private, taking a month or so away from the internet. I know it'll be good for me.

Take care everyone, and thanks.

[Aleesha Sattva]

Take care... I'll be with you... in spirit (((hugs)))