That's it...it's all over...my ext-RAW-dinary 92-DAY Juice Feast has drawn to a delightful and fulfilling closing point...
it seems at once all so huge and yet so fleeting…
February the 19th was my last full day of juicing...this whole experience seems to have passed so quickly…and yet I look at my chopsticks and eating with them seems like a distant memory, from a by-gone era…lol…
I have been thinking a lot about my desire to keep things simple post-Feast…it
is going to take so little to physically satisfy my stomach – that is
not really the issue – the issue will be with my mind
–the longer I can keep a simple focus on things and remember how easy
it has been to nourish this body optimally on plain juices for 3
months, the better…this body doesn’t need complicated foods or recipes – in fact, quite the opposite…long may I remember that…
Over the last three months I have lived and juiced through the ups and downs of green juice rejection, pancreas
issues, sugar withdrawals, massive mucus expulsion, intrepid hiking
trips, housing upheavals and more… You could probably fill a swimming pool
with the amount of juice I’ve consumed…and going by the theory that we
‘go back in time 120 days for each day of juice feasting’, I have gone
back in time over 30 years
now…which means…I am pre-birth again I guess… ;) well, that’s nice…time
to rise like a phoenix again… and so I emerge now on the other
side of three months on just liquids feeling clearer, happier, more
balanced, calmer, 18lbs lighter and extremely thankful for having chosen this experience…
...and so it was that on February the 20th, I ate solids for the first time in 3 months…and I felt GREAT :)
I woke feeling reluctant
that day to get up and face the prunes I’d put to soak the night before…more
than anything else, I felt fear of them…lol…I avoided them all morning…
Then the energy started to shift for me…I started to feel like it was my birthday
or something – I felt a special glow inside and a joy and appreciation
for all this Juice Feast has brought into my life…I did a really
enjoyable radio interview with the delightful Dagger of HighVibe.com in New York, which will be available on internet radio next week, then it was time…time to face the prunes…
They tasted sweet and simple to me and felt soft and enjoyable in my mouth...I sat with them in a beautiful Zen garden and reflected on the wonders of this Feast so far and my intentions for eating from here on in...I made a little film of the experience, which you can see below...
I felt SOOOO buzzed
after eating…really happy and excited and high on the joy of life…the
prunes felt kind of ‘full’ inside me – nothing unpleasant, just a bit
unusual somehow…and it was all such a transformation from the fear and
reluctance I’d felt in the morning...now I was just delighted with life and the choices I have here…wow, what a great experience…
Here is the link for the Feast-Breaking Video online:
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=2055968753902029556&hl=en-GB
and I have also embedded it below for those of you whose browsers will allow you to see it that way…
It has been so much fun to share this message
with the world and put this video out there – thank you all SO
much for all the wonderful feedback – it has been quite amazing…
I can really anticipate remaining with a high juice/liquids intake post-Feast…I am taking the view in my head that I am pretty much just carrying on with
a liquid-y lifestyle, just adding in bits and pieces of fruit etc on
the way as I work through the Feast-breaking protocol – that helps me
keep perspective…
I completed editing of my new e-book this week too – ‘A Juice Feaster’s Handbook’ – YAY :) Thanks to all those who have already pre-ordered this book – you have all been entered into the prize draw
to win one of 6 hampers of yummy raw treats, chocolates and snacks. If
you have not already placed your order, there is still time to get an
order in and your name into the prize draw – just click HERE to pre-order the book for $10 and you will automatically be entered into the Post-Feast Feast giveaway…
I’m really
excited to be able to offer this information like this – there have
been so many emails and questions during the course of this Feast and I have combined all of those answers, plus all of the things that I too wanted to know and also came to understand/realise during the course of Feasting, into one volume…I feel it really is an indispensable little guide to Juice Feasting…hurray :)
So, what's next...? Well, I'll definitely continue to blog my unfoldings as I work my
way back into the world of solids, so stay tuned for all my latest news and updates both here and at
http://rawreform.blogspot.com...
All blessings,
Angela. xxx
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