Begin the year fasting - Jan 2013 fasting thread - join ANYTIME of the month!

[Aleesha Sattva]

cantaloupe for me in a few minutes... i'm off to make some now

[MysticTree]

Smoked Paprika is lovely and the one I get is not hot. I haven't added it to juices though. I'm juice fasting tomorrow for I'm not sure how long but probably up to three days as I want to crank up the D this week to make yummies for the weekend. If I can juice though the making stuff then I will try for 5 days even but we'll see.

[robh]

Aleesha, that other version is much more do-able. I need curry I don't help kelp powder. The smoked sea salt sounds very interesting.

I'm at the in-law's house. They just ate their SAD food. I finished drinking the juice I posted before.

I have some delicious pineapple to juice and its really calling my name. We shall see if I make it when I get home. I really should do some greens. I'm not sure if the pineapple would jive with kale or collards (greens I have currently). I was also kicking around the idea of hitting the store after we leave here and get curry powder, limes and mint. I could use the curry powder and make the tom blend (less kelp powder).

Not sure what I will make. Honestly, I could drink water the rest of the day. I have no hunger.

Good luck everyone.

[robh]

MysticTree, is it hard having all your equipment work? Juicer, bullet and D are all there, I think. That sounds challenging.

[GoodCat]

I've had 2 qt. of watermelon juice today and a qt. of pineapple/apple/cucumber/coconut water (its yummy robh :) .. I'm going to have another pineapple juice in a few minutes. I'm feeling a little tired and yucky but I wasn't feeling that great when I started. It's all good!

~The Lady Aredhel

[Aleesha Sattva]

pineapple with greens is lovely. ANY greens.

we had a challenging day. parz talked me off a ledge (so to speak) but we are good here. had a lovely detox bath and are cuddled up in bed ready to do some more PaRama correspondence.

[MysticTree]

MysticTree, is it hard having all your equipment work? Juicer, bullet and D are all there, I think. That sounds challenging.

it's not ideal and my locker isn't very big but they are very understanding and accomodating. There is talk of us getting a generator and having electricity at home but I don't know if a dehydrator will be able to be on for hours and hours. That may have to stay at work. We have a tiny bath now with hot water. It feels like a giant leap forward:)

[MysticTree]

The day started of rather hectically. BF got a nasty burn at the weekend and he got up late so the dressing had to be changed in work during the time I normally reserve for making juice. So I had water until lunch. I am now sipping on apple, celery, kohl rabi and romaine in mine with added citrus of lemon and ruby grapefruit. I rather wish though that I hadn't put the lemon in whole. It's a bit zesty!

[robh]

MT, sorry hear that your BF got hurt. That is good news on the hot water. Will any of the new amenities change once the weather warms up?

Last night I made the kids a smoothie and nibbled a little (more than a little, maybe). Also, I was blended the babies avocado and had a small bit of that as well. Not a huge deal really but I just drank water for the rest of the evening.

This morning has water and the juice I made for work:

Parsley, celery, cucumber, red bell pepper, orange, ginger

Tonight I'm going to try a combo with pineapple and kale.

[Aleesha Sattva]

Remember... when we have a "Hiccup" as we refer to them in the fasting world... we tell our body that it's time to eat. This can sometimes be a simple thing but most times it turns into a fast being broken completely and usually not well (see faster take a taste. see faster eat pantry.) LOL

I make a point of never putting my fingers in my mouth when I'm fasting. Not even a smidge of a smidge as this can cause problems. I find the 'cleaner' I have my fast (no tastes) the easier my fast is. It's how I did 209 days. Not even a lick of a finger...

Another day of fasting is here. I'm super excited about our juice blend from yesterday being created again only with mint this time!

apple/cantaloupe/ginger

apple/cantaloupe/pineapple/ginger

apple/pineapple/ginger

They were so yummy! But needed some greens to bring them down a bit. I wanted mint but didn't have any - fortunately I picked up some up yesterday so today they will be made with some mint.

[robh]

Thanks aleesha, thankfully I didn't eat the pantry, but I wanted to. Lesson learned :)

I have added ginger to a few juices now. I must say that I find it nasty. It's the only thing I can taste. I am juicing pieces the size of my thumb. Is this too much?

[Aleesha Sattva]

in how much juice?

I use a piece of organic (stronger than non-organic) ginger in every litre. The piece I use is the size of the end of my pinkie. I am also using a juicer that gets the juice OUT of stuff - doesn't just swirl it around and around and spit it out mostly chewed and not well juiced.

My suggestion... use 1/2 that and see if you like it?

[GoodCat]

MT.. I'm so curious on your living conditions. It sounds like a way we are wanting to go. Its neat that you are making you raw life style work even without all the gadgets and electricity. So many people feel you need to have all these things to be raw, and really you don't :)
robh.. It is a victory you didn't eat the pantry :) Every time we make a good choice, its a good thing:)

Boy did I not feel that great yesterday. I had a head ache all day and night, but I'm feeling a little better today :) I'm drinking some watermelon juice and I'll be making some green lemonade a little later. I have Krav Maga tonight, so I'll see how I feel after that to determine what juice/smoothie I may have.

~

[MysticTree]

I think the only thing you need to follow raw is a desire to follow raw. People have gotten used to buying what they want - this is especially true of people wanting to lose weight for example - if you have the desire AND the gadgets then maybe it's easier but the gadgets are not essential.

[MysticTree]

I think way too much Rob. I like ginger but I can't take a lot - like chillies :)