The Bar

It's been 2 weeks since I broke my fast.  Aside from a little bit of feta cheese I've sprinkled on a few salads, I have not had anything dairy.  I resumed having my morning coffee a few days ago but I've limited it to about 1 to 2 cups with almond milk and agave syrup (instead of half n half and Splenda).  I have not gained any weight.  In fact, I think I might still be losing...  I get full really easily and, on a few occasions, have inadvertently overeaten and ended up with a really bad stomach ache that kept me up.  Pajama bottoms that used to fit on me super tight are literally sliding off me.  I haven't weighed myself, though.

Here's what I had yesterday and this type of menu is pretty typical since I broke my fast:

Crock Pot Cherry Popping for Vegans

Today is an exciting day for me.  I am finally using the crock pot I bought a few weeks ago.  My self-made concoction is currently in slow cooking mode.  I finally made use of the two cans of Whole Foods organic black beans which have been sitting in my cupboard for over a year.  No canned anything for me from this day forward... it's all about fresh, fresh, fresh from here on out!

Here's what's currently brewing:

2 cans organic black beans
1 onion & 4 leeks (pre-sautee'd)
3 stalks of diced celery
3 carrots (pre-steamed)
Annie's Organic Smokey Maple BBQ Sauce
Oregano, Basil, Rosemary, Garlic, chilli pepper powder
1/2 pack of Yves Ground Round (vegan ground beef substitute)

This could end up being really good or perhaps not so much.  I hope it's at least palatable.  Will find out at 7:00 when it should be finished.

I plan on serving this over Quinoa.  How's that for healthy, bitches??

Destiny's Child

It's been a week since I broke my fast.  Yesterday is the first day that I've introduced carbs into my diet by eating pasta and bread.  I had no intention of doing this anytime soon but my neighbor invited me to a late lunch.  My stomach is still quite small so I didn't eat as much as I would've two months ago.  I also had a glass of white wine which left me with a headache for the remainder of the day.  It was so bad, in fact, that I broke down and took an Ipuprofen before bed.

While I am really trying to stay away from all of the above, it's unrealistic that I will cut all these things out of my diet permanently.  There is no holistic remedy (that I'm aware of) for headaches and the one I had last night was pretty debilitating.

Turn and Face the Strain

Today is day 4 since I broke my fast.  Each day, I've gradually eaten more.  There were a couple of days that I didn't juice--today included--but I've eaten an abundance of veggies and fruits.  No grains just yet.

My new BFF is my Black and Decker Handy Steamer.  It's the easiest thing to operate.  It's easier than juicing, that's for sure!  You fill up the base with water, throw chopped veggies in the top, turn a dial and voila! There's a little mesh compartment where you can add spices for flavor.  This thing is truly easy and the result is truly delicious.  Top the steamed veggies with vegan spread (Earth Balance) and nutritional yeast which is my other BFF.  You can put it on anything! 

Breakfast for Dummies - Day 1

My imac is asleep most of the time when not in use but every so often it  turns on in the middle of the night.  This happened last night at around 3:30.  For whatever reason, it didn't go back to sleep so I had to get up and shut it down.  Unfortunately, by that time I was awake and couldn't fall back asleep.  I lay awake and thought about breaking the fast and worried because I have read many conflicting things in terms of what should be eaten on the first day. 

Some people claim that raw is the only way to go during the first week.  Others are eating eggs and rice on day 1.  While I have no intention of eating eggs or rice during the first week, I'm uncertain as to what veggies are acceptable to eat in the first day.  Some veggies are harder to digest than others.

Juice Fast Day 30 - the finish line

I made it!  Fasted for 30 days and haven't died.  Overall, I feel pretty good.  Today I had a headache and felt off.  But then I did that thing that I do to aid in the detox--- you know the one that involves caffeine, a bag, my ass and a tube?  As soon as I did that, my headache was gone!  I neglected the CE for two days this week and both times I felt those detox symptoms rearing their ugly heads again (headache and an overall "blah" feeling).  This just confirms that to effectively do a detox fast of any sort, you must regularly do the CE to flush the toxins out; otherwise, those bitches'll make you crazy!!

Tomorrow is fruit only day for me...oh and juice.  Not giving up the juicing.  Going to break my fast with a piece of fruit--probably a golden apple and then have a fruit smoothie in the afternoon and probably another piece of fruit later in the day....  everything I've read states that you must be extremely careful when breaking the fast.  My digestive system is asleep so I need to wake it up ever so gently or it might get really pissed at me and then I'll really be miserable. 

Juice Fast Day 29 - My Body, the Hand Grenade

While America's ignorant homophobic population currently clogs their arteries by scarfing Chick-Fil-A sandwiches and nuggets, my wholesome body purrs gently in approval as I sip my spinach, carrot, celery, red onion and garlic, cherry tomato juice. 

What has always baffled me about these right wing self-righteous bible-thumpers is the fact that they pick and choose which verses in the bible they're going to enforce while ignoring any of the ones that just may incriminate them as being hellbound.

For example, there's that whole Body=Temple of God thing??