i am water

Day two fo my Detox program. Talk about living with temptation. This morning I wake up to the smell of coffee, breathe it in, exhale, then remember, no no cup for you! Now Tonight as the nights ending my mother, who is also my roommate, just finished making microwave popcorn!!!! The sounds, the smell, ughhh tug at my every last yum. What do I do, I walk past the smell and just look at the devil, aka the microwave, as I head to my "cupboard" of snacks. Sadness just passes as I reach for my pitted dates and stuff'em with almonds. Now doesn't that just make your lips water. I read about this "snack" in some article on detox snacking which describes it as the same as stuffing a steak with an oyster. Now I don't know about you, but I could hardly tell the difference. Let me tell ya it is no Oyster stuffed steak, but it has become my new "go to" snack. This coming from a woman who up til recently was eating about a dozen or so raw sea on the half shell nightly! My mother proceeds to come in to where i am, popcorn bucket in hand to kiss me goodnight and what does she say about my munchie food, "aw isn't that cute..."

Today I decided everything I was gonna eat was to be completely raw. Breakfast: a protein and fruit drink (blueberry, banana and rice milk), was supposed to be a shake, but my blender, it don't wanna blend no more. Which sucks, now I must go out and purchase a new one.

For lunch a salad of field greens, avocado, tomatoe, cucumber, red onion, tofu, dash of wheat-free tamari and lemon juice.

Dinner: chick peas with tomatoes, green and yellow onion, lemon juice and evoo.

Snacks: a pear, the date things, half apple with almond butter.

I think thats it.

I can't believe how much water I am drinking or should I say how little I drank before! I recently read that our brains are 76% water!
There is so much positive I think that will come from this experience. One for certain is sleep. Sound sleep at that. These last two nights have be so tranquil. I was used to waking up constantly thru out the night, that was after I struggled to just get to sleep! Not now, I am out and out. Hopefully that doesn't go away.

Tomorrow I will make something with grains, try out the Quinoa.

this is my beginning

This is my first blog, its part of an email i just wrote to my friend who is currently in Guatemala.

It pretty much gives you an idea of where i am at right now.

so much i want to write, so stoned. man. here is my top news. I have started a two week cleaning detox program. why, you ask. I really felt like my body needed to get rid of all its toxins, literally. I realized i have all this anger inside me. Plus, I've been drinking way too much.
For what I give up over these next two weeks, I will be rewarded with a clean liver, kidneys, blood. Most important hopefully a renewed mind, body and spirit. The program ends coincidentally the day I get to Guatemala! I may have to treat myself there! This whole detox idea, hit me yesterday morning when I was bike riding... hungover, embarrassed of my actions. stupid overall. again i will explain when i see you. this will be an interesting two weeks.

I do have and have had all day a slight headache, the no caffeine for sure is gonna be the hardest, and yea the no alcohol is bad but actually now that i think about it,SUGAR will be that thorn in my two week detox side! I don't consider my self to have a huge sweet tooth, minus a slight CHOCOLATE addiction! I mean , I don't use sugar in my coffee, ok i should say anymore. I did once upon a day put up to and lots of the time more then ten sugars in a large dunkin donuts iced coffee. Sugar is everywhere. At the photo store candy on the counter! Fuck I just realized its HALLOWEEN, man chocolate is gonna be everywhere. I was at whole foods today, stocking up all the foods I CAN EAT, man i have never read so many labels, and the most common word in everything was SUGAR. Basically I can't eat anything packaged. I bought lots of grains, no wheat, can't have gluten,bread, etc...Ever hear of Amaranth? http://www.chetday.com/amaranth.html I didn't till I decided to venture upon this detox regimen. It tastes good and was once a sacred and staple grain for the Columbian Aztec, but forbidden by the Spanish. Lastly, no dairy. I should have paid more attention when I had that last piece of cheese on Saturday.