Hey there everyone!
I bet you were thinking that I had given up this juice feasting quest! Not even close! Still juicing strong! My days are action packed and I hardly have time to sit for 5 minutes to write a post or catch my breath. I have been working on a lot of projects around the house with my mom. Painting our bathroom, cleaning and redecorating our living room, buying a suit for my brother's semi formal dance, colon hydrotherapy sessions, cleaning the basement, cleaning my room, taking a trip to NY! :-) So many blessings! This past Wednesday I journeyed with my mom down to NY to pick up my Grammie. She had been in the hospital like I had told you about a month ago and she was released after finding out that she suffers from a very common yet serious disease called diverticulitis. Basically it is a disease where you are plagued with herniations along your colon wall that cause pain and bleeding when irritated or inflamed. She was staying with my Aunt Beth who worked during the day and therefore wasn't able to monitor my Grammie's diet. Also, the holidays became very difficult for her when she was "tempted" into eating heavy meals such as lasgna, beef roast, candies and cookies, and even chinese food! By the time we came to get her she was violently ill. She was throwing up and told us that she felt as though she was dying. We didn't know what to do. "Should we bring her to the hospital?" we thought. We decided to monitor her for a few hours instead of taking her back to the hospital and...By the end of the night she was thankfully feeling better and we were able to take the 5 hour car ride back home. We decided that we would put her on a transitional diet with only whole foods and raw foods. NO wheat, dairy or refined sugar! So far she has been on this diet for about 5 days and she already looks and feels better!
ME?!
I feel incredible, my skin looks radiant and I feel light and airy. I feel so spiritual almost like I'm in a perpetual mediation. Pictures to come!!
On Friday, we brought my Grammie for a haircut and shopping for new clothes because on Saturday, mom and I gave a PROFOUND presentation during a monthly living and raw food class that we go to on JUICING and juice feasting. We made a delicious "GREEN LEMONADE" and explained how amazing our experiences have been. Everyone was blown away. They couldn't believe how amazingly different the two of us looked and sounded. The teacher of the class and his son are actually starting today on a juice feast of their own because of our our presentation and encouragement. We aso explained how we cook and prepare food daily for the rest of our family without tasting a thing! Here is the yummy recipe that we shared during our presentation!
Green Lemonade Recipe
1 large handful of spinach
1 lemon, peeled
1 knob of ginger (1 TBL)
1-2 small apples
1 Romaine heart
Juice, serve and enjoy!
Today is day 29 and I am very sad to be coming to the finish line. This may sound crazy but I am toying with the idea of continuing this feast. I want to take each day at a time but I do not want to give up this freedom and detox that I have been having!
With love <3>
Rawkn Yogini~
