Day 7... Rest and Relaxation

Sunday is my ultimate day of rest!!

I Slept for 10 hours, and woke up feeling rested and alive!!

Okay so after consulting the lovely rawbies at Give it to me Raw-- It would seem a vinegar bath, running some tea tree oil through the juicer. Should be fine, I am still a bit dubious... but.. shall see.

I blended up some breakfast (juicer fear!) -- 1 Melon, 1 Very ripe Pear(Williams), 1 Lime, 1 Grapefruit

Strained this off, and set it to chill, Melon juicer is nicer cold!

Big pink glass of lovelyness!

I had a litre of water on waking, feeling good and very peaceful.

I am focused on resting my body and allowing my mind just to be still, its something I normally struggle with. So its really nice just to be quiet for a while.

I just made juice for the day ahead; apple and celery, carrot, ginger and apple -- masons to the top and sealed

Then a juice for my supper now: grapefruit, 2 lemons, handful of strawberries! Look at those colours, amazing and so yummy!

Juicy fun...and juicer MOULD!.. (NOT so fun!)

So I left my second juicer under storage for a while, now it has some tiny spores of mould, I have washed, scrubbed with toothbrush, vinegar and sat it overnight. Really annoyed was so looking forward to some serious juicing!!.. Am hoping it will be okay after soaking/cleaning.. doing a lot of googling!! If anyone has the answer feel free to leave me a comment!

Arrrgg..

Anyhoo.. so I went oldschool stylee.. and hand pressed some citrus for tea!

Here we go.. my lovely produce and my blood orange/lime/lemon juice!

The blood oranges taste great!! and I love lemons and limes; I recently read a book that said only 1/2 a lemon, I love them too much for that!! yum!

They are organic and from Italy, taste fab!! A little treat anyway.

Tomorrow the real fun starts!! (juicer permitting!)

Official Global Juice Feast (Day 6)

At last here is the global juice feast!!

I am all ready to jump in!! Yesterday I had 1 litre orange juice along with my normal water and green powder, I kept it simple, I still just wanted water.


Today I am aim to drink a lot more juices, water, green juices as well as going for a run and getting in some extra produce!

I am full of energy, happy, glowing. Vibrant, my kidney infection is clearing up well and I feel amazing right now.

I cant stop telling everyone I meet about how much my life has changed, I was buying tea and told the chappy all about the global juice feast and all the good vibrations, totally awesome chat, look forward to dropping in during my feast and chatting more to the guys at the local health store!!

When your healed nothing can compare to having your health, this time last year I couldn't even go to the store 0.5 miles away without worrying I would need the toilet, my chronic bowel disease was keeping me a prisoner in my home. I was so worried of having accidents constantly.

This morning I went out and just walked around and did my shopping, and it was a total blessing not to have to stop to find a bathroom or carry water and tablets. Raw is TOTAL HEALING. I am so so so pleased that I found raw a year ago! Is just amazing, I am only excited for even more transformation during this juice feast!!

Now ....more prep for the feast!

A gallon is around 4 litres each day, including the green juice and celery heads to be juiced daily.

Okay so here is what I got..at my lovely organic man


Blood oranges -- amazing and 25 p each! Italian, the colour is just amazing!

Grapefruit

Pears (local)

Greens -- lovely local flat leaf lettuce

Celery -- again local

Just to top up what I have, I also got some teas

Senna tea (I DON'T need it yet, no problem in that department!)

Ayurveda Detox tea


I now have a crate full of supplies, powders, coconut oil and various teas as well as the most important FULL fruit bowls.

I will photograph my bounty later, I keep opening the kitchen door just to gasp and peek in wonder!

I got a book today, Top 100 Juices

Just for inspiration on combinations, 92 days of fun! I need lots of inspiration, reading and fun!!


I have also put in my order for Angela Stokes guide to feasting, she is my Inspiration and was on of the big impacts in my raw transition, so yeah. She raw-ks! Big thanks to Ms Stokes!

Will post back later with juicy pictures!


Raw-k on guys!

Day 4.. time for the Juice

Okay so here I am Day 4 water, I am so so ready for some juice.

Infact I woke up and cracked open Detox your World, eager to find some lovely juice to quench me!!

I am feeling emotionally wobbly but physically strong, full of energy and awake, really awake for once!!

I have 101 thoughts buzzing in my mind but its in a totally different way to the noisy clatter of thoughts I normally have! It feels amazing.. I feel like I can change my world and maybe even a little bit of other people's.

Anyway here is all my lovely looty for juicing, tommorow I am going onto the juice. I am ready and waiting to saturate my cells with all the goodness!!

This is seriously amazing, that I dont feel hungry anymore, that I can focus on the task in hand and pull energy from deep inside me to overcome any cravings. Seeing other people eat is the hardest, but now I know I can easily manage the 8 hours at work, its fab!

Anyway happy juice feasting, bring on 1st March!

Water everywhere.... Day 3

Okay so here we are Day 3

Its getting easier but I feel an urge to chew which is hard. I have been chewing bee Pollen this afternoon!

Drinking about 2-3 litres water

Probably another 1 Litre tea/suntea -- green tea and mint mainly.

My stomach is feeling crazy but otherwise I feel stable, not shakey, headaches passed at last!!

Totally looking forward to stocking up on veggies Saturday for the feast, making a big glass of carrot/apple juice, sitting down and enjoying it!! SLOWLY!!

Looking forward to that big time

For now its giving me time to think, relax, have time to myself and get some mental clarity. Which is nice, without food or juice or anything but water.

Feeling very clear in the head, which is nice. Normally I am bubbling with emotions or confused or just so stressed I feel tight and sick. Freedom from that is very nice indeed.

I have been doing a bit of a Mason Jar drive at work, I now have nearly 15 at home!! Thanks to the lovely guys at work. A very good idea, I just dropped an email asking for everyones large Jars, pickles, olive jars etc. Huge wide mouth ones, they are perfect for juicing straight into, Just the right height!! Also, for carrying juice, fab-- fill to the top to keep air out. Fab!




Anyway I am going to get away from the PC ...so more soon.





Love and Light

Day 1 Water/tea

Day 1 Water and tea fasting

Today has been rough, I am not going to lie about that!!

Working 8-5:30 in a busy office, with the phone constantly ringing and feeling like my head was going to explode at any moment WAS NOT fun.

Drunk 3 litres basically

Water

then additional had some green teas this evening to warm me up and stop the shakes a bit.

Curbed the gnawing hunger a bit I must say.

For tomorrow I have a load more water, some teas, Ayurveda and organic green teas, peppermint etc

Exhausted, drained and just a really sore head.

Now off to bed. Lets hope tomorrow is a bit better!!

Some serious Juice feasting Inspiration!

Okay so I spent this morning inspiring myself and figuring out if this was just a short cleanse or if I was REALLY up for juice feasting and changing my life in the next 3 months.

I went on Youtube and watched lots of videos and then checked out Phil's wonderful website.

I am convinced I am ready for this, I am strong enough for this and this WILL be life changing.

Check out the lovely Phil's website its amazing

http://www.lovingraw.com/blog/

I have some supplements already, will try to order some more in the week, my lovely mate Ju has offered to mail me here MSM as she dosent get on with it!! Wonderful! I have a little bee pollen, Green powder and some scraps of coconut oil-- will have to top up on that for sure.

Supplements are AN EXTRA -- to Supercharge your feast!!

The main rules are

1 Gallon a day

1-2lb Greens per day, 2-3 Heads Celery and plenty of it!

Also..get friendly with that Enema bag!

Anyways I am pumped, this week I am going to focus on drinking lots of water, MC mixture and resting as much as I can. Slowing things down before startig to saturate my cells in lovely juicyness!!

Excited, pumped and feeling the global love!!

Here is my first little combo, this week is about playing with combos and ideas before the 1st March start date!

Pomello, limes, lemons, threw in some oranges. The greens are watercress! om om



For progress sakes, here is me. with no make up..on the internet.. Yes I have lost my mind!!

Love and Light!