Feeling symptoms already

It's 7pm on day one of my water fast and i'm already feeling two very noticeable symptoms. My tongue has the most disgustingly heavy coating on it! YUCK! And my hunger is through the roof. But am I giving up? No! I know these are normal symptoms, and I am not letting them affect me.

I've decided that i'm not putting a set length on this fast. I'm just going to go with the flow and let my body tell me how long I should be doing it. :-)

Peace & Love,
-- everclear

Two day water fast this weekend

I'm doing a two day water fast this weekend. After yet another failed attempt at a fast (remind me not to read yummy raw recipes while fasting! lol) I need to do this. Not only for my body, but I feel I could gain alot spiritually through this and I need that. Failure at this is not an option this time! Whenever I feel the need to eat, I will do one of a few things: take a nap, blog about it or meditate.

As for what I broke my fast with the other day (when I was reading recipes) I made my first raw cake! I was reading 12 Steps to Raw Foods: How to End Your Addiction to Cooked Food by Victoria Boutenko and I saw her "generic cake" recipe, and since I had all of the ingredients... I had to make it. Mine had a sunflower seed crust with a blackberry/cashew topping. There is still most of it left. I'm gonna take a picture of it later on and post it! I'm proud of it haha.

I woke up way too early for a Saturday, so i'm going to try and get a few more hours of sleep. I only managed about 3 last night! I'll write more later on with how the fasting is going. :-)

Peace & Love,
-- everclear

Fasting... day two!

Yesterday (well, today for me still, I haven't been able to sleep yet lol) was okay... although at night I was starving so I ate a little bit... oops. But today it's back on 100% fast.

Today I think i'm going to do a water fast. Maybe i'll do a 3 day water fast. I just feel I need a break from anything that has calories... if that makes sense lol.

It snowed yesterday! But now the little bit (about a half an inch? maybe...) that stuck... is now ice! Yuck...

I'll write more later. :-)

Peace & Love,
-- everclear

Fasting... day one!

I woke up this morning and was sooo tempted to eat something... but then I saw my juicer that I had put on the counter last night and stuck to the plan! My "breakfast" was a glass of apple/carrot juice. Yummy! And i've come to the conclusion that my juicer (cheap one from Walmart) is a piece of junk... I need to get my Jack LaLanne juicer from my moms house... maybe i'll stop by there today and get it!

I'm so happy to have a fasting buddy! Thelma "travelingtoes" is joining me... we're gonna do great!! :-)

That's all for now! Gotta get ready to go to the grocery store to get more stuff fruits/veggies to juice!

Peace & Love,
-- everclear

I had a job interview!

Today I had a job interview! My first ever! I was so nervous about it last night that I couldn't sleep AT ALL... not fun. But of course, as usual, once I was actually in the situation, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I think it went pretty good... but we'll see. I hope I get this job, I really need it! It's at Safeway, by the way.

After the interview, we (sister + me) stopped by my moms for a bit, then we went to Trader Joe's. I got 3 Lara Bars! I already ate one, a cherry pie one... sooo good!!! I also got cold pressed extra virgin olive oil, raw almond butter and a mango... the mango only because it smelled good haha.

Tomorrow i'm starting another fast! Very excited about it. I think i'm more mentally prepared for it this time.

Ya know... I thought 2007 was going to be a great year... and already, just 9 days into it, I can tell I was right!!!!! AND it's supposed to snow tonight... can't get any better than that! I LOVE SNOW!!!!

That's all for now! :-)

Peace & Love,
-- everclear

I think I need to give fasting another shot.

For the past few days, my body has been telling me that it's time for a fast, but I haven't been listening to it. Now, though, I think I need to! I've been having the most awful cravings for cooked food, and a few times i've given in. :-( I know I need to cleanse my body so I can get rid of these awful cravings! I know it will be easier to make the complete transition to raw foods once my body is clean. So i'm going to do a green smoothie + juice + water fast for however long it's possible starting on Wednesday. Now I just need to get my juicer out from the hall closet! I feel good about fasting this time.

Also, I made flax crackers... and now I have no idea what to do with them! I have to eat them before Wednesday, but I don't have anything to eat ON them (should have planned better? haha) ... I tried them by themselves... and no thank you! Hmm...

30 days until my 21st birthday! (the 6th)

Peace & Love,
-- everclear

Cashew butter makes me full!

This morning I was having a craving for apples with peanut butter, but since I don't have any raw peanuts, I decided to make some cashew butter. I have no idea how to really do this, so I just threw one cup of raw cashews in the food processor, then added a tiny little bit of raw honey for sweetness and a bit of water because it didn't look like it was turning into "butter" ... it turned into one big blob haha. Anyway, I put a big spoonful of it on a plate with my cut up apple, and I wasn't even able to eat a 1/4th of it because it made me feel so full! Not uncomfortable full, but full.

I have some golden flaxseed soaking right now so I can make some flax crackers later on! I'm excited about that.

I'll write more later!

Peace & Love,
-- everclear