The Prudent Wife

I  must be the only person in America that can go on a 12 day AM Juice Fast ,eat a sensible lunch and dinner, get a massive 9-12 servings of fruits and veggies in a day, exercise twice a day, have a psyllium fiber/bentonite clay shake daily, and not really lose weight! Had hoped to to have gotten below my current set point.  No such luck! 

It is a good thing I am incredibly STUBBORN and am looking far beyond merely "losing weight" and looking at the overall heath benefit I will get from sticking with this month long plan. If I have a temper tantrum about not losing weight, I will be tempted to quit, ultimately losing the far reaching benefits of the kidney cleanse, intestinal cleanse, gallbladder flush, and overall cleanse and detox. So I do not focus on today's result, which seems utterly pitiful, but on the long term effect and the long term desire, a cleansed system that funtions better, improved health, more energy. Everything I am doing is working toward those goals. Believe me, when  you taste some of my concoctions, as I am figuring out this whole Vita-Mix juicing/Cleansing thing, some have been pretty disgusting. But it is all organic, so I just drink it down and focus on results!

I did find some organic apple juice, a gallon of it for $4.99 at the regular store (as opposed to $11.99 at the HFS) so am now choking down 2 cups of apple juice to prepare for the flush. I am on a roll with this Cleanse - and am determined to see it through to the momentous gallbladder flush day. The Pig Roast (how totally cool is that, and how Southern) is today, and the blockwide July 4th party is Weds, and I know that I need a day or two away from those potentially UNHEALTHY events (where I am going to give myself permission to TASTE stuff - I am a foodie and love to TASTE all the different stuff, but know that means I will ingest chemicals and the un-organics!) so trying to find a day to do the gallbladder flush is quite the thing.  Goal - next Friday. 

Currently drinking juice in the AM - finding that I really like

• I piece of celery organic
• 1organic carrot
• 3 handfuls of organic spinach
• 1/2 an organic apple
• 3-5 sprigs of parsley
•  1/4 organic lemon, with peel (the white part has a lot of vitamin C)
• 1/2 small beet
• 1/2 inch piece of ginger

About half a cup of water and ice. Whir in the Vita-Mix and make sure you grind up WELL! This gives me two large glasses of juice. I feel immediate energy when I drink it, and I know it is cleansing my body beautifully.