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I feel like my feast is officially broken. I’m digesting raw vegetables really well (which I had been worried about) and I even had a glass of wine tonight. It wasn’t planned but it was so, SO good for me to go out and socialize with a big salad and some wine. The poor waitress had to put up with all of my *demands* …”no chickpeas, no salami, no cheese, no dressing, just lots and lot’s of veggies!”. I’m definitely still really craving fats and looking forward to smothering my salad in avocado tomorrow and seeing how that goes!

Today was really interesting- after two months of skipping my period it started today! Completely off schedule. I was hoping it would be all magical and pain-free but it was not. I definitely had cramps for most of the day but bleeding was really light and my mood and energy were still excellent.

If hearing about my period wasn’t enough personal information for you, let’s talk colon cleansing, shall we? I had the most ridiculous colonic today. I swear I poured more heavy waste in the first 5 minutes than I have EVER seen in that amount of time. I only had about 20 minutes today but it was just steady, dark matter the entire time. Crazy.

I don’t know if I will post tomorrow- I feel like I should give the blog a rest after daily posting for over 3 months! If any thing momentous happens in avocado-land tomorrow I will let you know

Juice Feast Breaking Yums:

20 oz carrot/lemon juice
32 oz cucumber/pear/kale/butter lettuce/lemon juice
8 oz soaked prunes
bowl of raw soup: cucumber/lemon juice blended with raw corn, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, dill, garlic, Himalayan sea salt and pepper
16 oz pear/kale juice with raw blueberry honey
restaurant salad (romaine, cherry tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, kalamata olives)
a glass of red wine

I feel like I ate a lot today! However, it never felt heavy or like too much and I digested it all really well. I was pretty bloated early in the day and my energy didn’t really pick up ’til mid-afternoon. I had a pretty hearty (all things considered) dinner and felt great afterwards. Even better after I finally got a colonic in at the end of the day. Colon cleansing is pure magic- all the low energy, bloating and pressure in my head was completely gone afterwards. These soaked prunes and figs are kicking up some serious stuff!

I have to agree with Wellah- for as much fantasizing as I’ve done about food, the IDEA of eating it is often more enticing than actually eating it. I’m feeling a little let down in the act of eating- I mean, I’m not going to jump back into juicing (though orange juice and spirulina sound a lot more appealing than soaked prunes…) or anything, and maybe it will be a different story when avocados are in the picture. We’ll see! Tomorrow I’m planning on on more soaked prunes just to use up the ones I have! I can’t imagine that I’ll have any desire to eat them post feast-breaking!

Yums:

32 oz cucumber/butter lettuce/lemon juice
32 oz pear/cilantro/ginger/lime juice with coconut water and cayenne
a bag of cherries
20 oz carrot/apple/cucumber/parsley juice
a bowl of blended soup (cucumber/corn/tomato/garlic/mushroom/lemon with Himalayan salt and pepper)
a cup of prunes with raw blueberry honey
3 small bananas with raw blueberry honey

I think I kinda grossed myself out on prunes yesterday. 8 ounces really is a lot. Last night I soaked some dried figs with my prunes and still couldn’t finish the prunes this morning. This afternoon I just had soaked figs which I dipped in some exquisitely fluffy, raw blueberry honey. It was a strange day. There was the simple delight of eating but I had very little appetite. My stomach was knotted up for most of the day, I’m not sure if it was the spirulina last night combined with the fruit this morning (the spirulina does tend to leave me bloated) or what but it didn’t make eating or drinking very enticing.

I realized today that I haven’t used a fork in three months. I ate the last few of my figs with a utensil, not even thinking about it, but when I brought it up to my lips I realized how weird it felt!

Tomorrow I continue breaking with fresh, juicy fruits. I won’t tell you how much I just spent at Whole Foods on organic cherries but I’m awfully excited about them The only thing I’m more excited about is avocado. It feels like such a long time coming, especially after doing the fruitarian thing for 4 months before the juice feast. At that point I was eating fats maybe once a week and desperately missing hearty, savory salads. I’ve always had more of a pull towards salty rather than sweet which made the fruit thing interesting. At the same time, I really appreciate what it did for my tastebuds. Everything is so flavorful! I made Britney a soup the other night and dipped my finger in to taste. I was worried I had over-salted (which I’ve always had a tendency to do) but when she tried it she thought it was bland! A couple more days ’til avo-time but in the meantime I’ll be savoring my ridiculously priced cherries

Juice and Fruit:

8 oz soaked figs and prunes (and their water)
32 oz cucumber/dill/garlic/lemon juice
8 oz soaked figs (and their water) dipped in raw blueberry honey
5 oz carrot/beet/apple/parsley juice

I have had so many mixed feelings and emotions today. There was a brief period where I considered continuing for 2 more days to make it 92. As long as it has seemed at some points, I suddenly can’t believe I’m here. This whole time, especially these last ten days have seemed so long. Even today I was thinking about how this has not “flown by” in any way but all of the sudden I’m in no hurry for it to end! I feel like I’ve only recently figured out how to use fasting as a tool for growth and awakening and now I’m done!

Enjoying my very last juice- In slushy form!

I feel intensely grateful. Like everything that I’ve been drawn to and experienced has lead me to where I am now and I wouldn’t change any of it. This also feels like just the beginning. I have experienced states of being during this fast that I don’t know if most people know are possible (without artificial means anyways). I have never been more thankful to be alive and I’m so excited to see where life takes me next.

Someone asked me if I would be posting “before and after” pictures. I don’t know that I will though there is a picture that I posted on the first day of the feast where I was looking much puffier than I am now. When I started this I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to accomplish. I knew I wanted to lean out some (I did) and take the cleansing process to the next level (whatever that meant). Along the way I got in touch with a really sweet part of myself that I only somewhat consciously knew I was looking for. I wanted to feel free and peaceful and now I can see that those feelings were always there, I just had to remove the blocks that were in the way of experiencing them.

As far as the nitty gritty details of day 90- I woke up feeling stiff and headache-y. I did a colonic which relieved a lot of it but there was still pressure in my skull. I knew when I finished that something wasn’t moving out and that I’d probably need to do a second session later. I got to spend a lot of time in the fresh air and sunshine today which was really wonderful and after my second colonic I felt a huge amount brighter and lighter. I also experimented with an idea from a friend (Hi, Sarah!) which was blending bananas in my juice and then straining the pulp out. So satisfying.

I’m getting ready to soak a bowl of prunes. 8 oz to be exact. I look at it and it just seems huge! I’ve looked at plates of food throughout this feast and at times, felt like I could devour every last morsel I saw. But now that I’m looking at actually eating, 8 oz of prunes seems like the most luscious, filling possibility and I imagine I will approach eating them with awe and (even more!) gratitude.

Thank you to those who have followed along and encouraged me. It’s time to get some recipes happening around here again

Juice:

8 oz celery juice

44 oz orange/banana juice with vanilla and raw honey

34 oz cucumber/dill/parsley/lime juice with Himalayan sea salt and pepper

32 oz banana/orange/kale juice with raw honey

28 oz cucumber/dill juice

32 oz orange juice blended with 2 bananas and 2 nectarines and strained. Frozen in an ice cream maker with raw honey.