Well, well, well, here we are then… 3 weeks have passed since the end of my epic 92 day Juice Feast and it’s been quite some time of transformation and adventure…
I broke the feast in the recommended way, following the protocol of incorporating first soaked dried prunes, then juicy fruits, then salads, over the course of 6 days…this REALLY helped me to keep in a great space about my food intake as I eased myself back into solids…it felt like a huge step to me and I was so grateful that I had this protocol to follow…
A few days after breaking the feast I published a new ebook – ‘A Juice Feaster’s Handbook’ – which explains all the basics of this amazing healing tool, to help others incorporate this into their lives and schedules too…it was a great joy to get this book out there and available for people to access, as there have been sooooo many questions over the last few months from my blog – http://rawreform.blogspot.com - and this booklet is now there to answer all those FAQs…there has been a great response to this new book and lots of people report feeling inspired to juice more or start Juice Feasts themselves… :) Great stuff…
For the first week after breaking the Juice Feast, my daily intake tended to consist of 2 fruit meals, which were mono-meals – just one fruit at a time (esp watermelon – yummmmmmmmm ;) - 2 juices and one simple salad, with perhaps 5 or 6 different ingredients. This felt amazing to me – so simple and delightful – my body was running on super-efficient and clean fuel and I love that feeling…my taste buds were so sensitive at this point and I could instantly feel as soon as my body had had enough of something – I felt extremely ‘clean’ and am enjoying taking my time to chew everything thoroughly – ‘fletcherising’…it felt peculiar to get used to feeling heavier again after eating and I was cautious to make sure that each meal felt like it was fully digested before eating again…it was fun too to just pick foods up and eat them at mealtimes, rather than juicing first – that felt very liberating ;)
I left Costa Rica at the start of March, after 4 months of enjoying the beautiful sunshine, juicy fruits and lush greenery…it had been a wonderful experience and a GREAT place to juice, but was time to get back to the USA for more (solid) raw food explorations…I returned to California and felt kind of like I was walking into ‘The Lion’s Den’ in terms of challenges around food…it doesn’t get more ‘raw food central’ than LA and here I was, re-entering not just LA, but the biggest natural food expo of the year, just about 2 weeks after breaking a 3 month Juice Feast…yep…it was not the easiest of transitions to arrange for myself, but…I survived… ;) lol…my food intake rapidly became much more complicated, as I’d anticipated, but it felt ok and after lots of sampling of new products at the expo, I took a step backwards again towards more simplicity…wow…it’s amazing how quickly things CAN change if I allow that to happen…especially here in LA where the amount of raw food restaurants and producers, farmers’ markets, health food stores and so on is so enormous…there is soooo much to explore, but what I really want to choose for this body is simplicity and not feeling weighed down/messed up by complicated food combos…When I left the States back in November to go to Costa Rica, the main intention that was in me was to Juice Feast and take wonderful care of my own health and well-being for some months – which is what I have been doing – and it feels really great to have done that and now be back in the US again, feeling much healthier and cleaner…
One of the strangest side-effects I’ve noticed since breaking the Feast is that I have started setting off car alarms...lol...not on purpose you understand...it seems as if my energy field has become bigger or more powerful or something, as I literally rarely take a walk anywhere these days without setting off alarms as I walk along the street...it's quite bizarre and I find it very interesting...
It’s all a great adventure and I am thoroughly enjoying the ride ;) Hope you are too…
All blessings,
Angela. xxx
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