Round 3

This is the eve of the New Year 2010. This is the funfire... signaling the beginning of another stab at the old juice feast. I think it will happen this time. How I do love a good cleanse. And I have literally spent the last year of stops and starts trying to make it fit into our little life. And finally...surrender.
To be honest, I really don't feel right these days. My body has lived another way, living on live foods and earth's bounty. And it is fully rebelling. Letting circumstance rule the way you nourish yourself is the worst kind of neglect. Especially when you have introduced the 'richest of fare' along the way and then revert to unintentional eating habits. Whatever is easiest, whatever is there...usually not the best choice.
I must find kindness and consistency and give them to myself as a gifts. This will be my logging post...and faithfully...a sign of brighter happenings in this skin. Life is too short not to LIVE.
I want to wake up and welcome the sun. I want my candle to burn deep into the night. I want my energy to meet the day's requirements. I want a clear mind and an open heart. I want ever-expanding capabilities and happy thoughts to brighten everything. All of these things have been my experience...
And so...the re-initiation...into AMAZING.

Day #1

Unfortunately, this day was spent wrestling with a demon-migraine who I picked a fight with by opting out of caffeine world ever so gradually over the last two weeks.  Yesterday was my first official day with 0% of the drug coursing through my veins...and I boasted out loud to my husband..."hey, off caffeine, with no headaches."  And SUDDENLY out of nowhere I had a specific and spectacular headache that progressively grew to epic proportions from 10:00pm through the night and all day today...finally leaving my body at 4:00pm.  That's 18 hours of PAIN...the kind that makes you want to beat your head against a wall...which I actually did a few times.  And that is all I have to say about that.  I'm very glad to be relieved of that madness.

So here I am at the start again...trying this juice feast AGAIN.  I've been trying to get the ball rolling since March 7th of this year.  Guess I just had to work myself into it.  And Day #1 is now done.  Since I spent most of the day in BED, I don't have a long list of juicy delights for show...

But I did manage to consume:  1 quart of watermelon loveliness and 1 quart of romaine, celery, apple tolerable tonic.  Tomorrow will be a beautiful day.  I just know it.  Right now I'm sleepy.

Hazelnut Chocolate Cream Pie...raw vegan version

Okay, here's a link to a recipe for my favorite pie of all times.  It is from the I AM GRATEFUL recipe book that features recipes from the raw restaurant Cafe Gratitude.  Terces and Matthew Engelhart opened a few Gratitude locations in the bay area and they have since grown into a regional chain with 6 thriving locations.  How's that for success!  You can find them in San Fran, Berkeley, San Rafael, and somewhere in southern CA (can't remember).  Look them up.  Check out how cool their restaurant concept it.  See WHY they are vibrantly flourishing.  And go eat there as often as you can.         rawfoodtalk.com/showthread.php?t=36698

In the Center of the Ring

Here goes...Global Juice Feast 2009...I'm in.  I'll be posting the progress.  If you want a more detailed description of this feat...go to juicefeasting.com.  There's more info there than you'll be able to digest in a lifetime.  I did this last year for 27 days.  It was amazing.  This year I'm going for it all.  92 days of JUST JUICE.  Hop on the train if you're brave.  It starts tomorrow.  Yippee!