Crack-cao, Day-44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50!

Seriously, has been 7 days since I have posted? My apologize, I just didn't want to keep repeating myself about how much I wanted to have a drink or coffee. I would have thought that the urge would have gone away by now!!! Any way, enough of that boring dribble, on to more interesting and important matters.

I have been hearing a lot of really bad things about crack-cao/cacao this week for some reason. I've heard some of this in the past but it seems to be more in my focus recently. Cacao is labeled a "super food" by some people. A super food is just a food that contains an extraordinary amount of nutrients. Most of these foods that I am referring to are sold and consumed in some kind of powder or liquid form. They come from all over the world, mostly from what we consider ancient societies. So they have stood the test of time. Examples are: maca, cacao, spirulina, goji berries, etc. David Wolfe wrote a great book called Superfoods, all on this subject. Of course he also REALLY pushes cacao.

Besides all of the wonderful life giving nutrients that cacao contains and delivers, it is still a stimulant. And when we ingest stimulants our body reacts to them as invaders trying to rid itself of a toxin. Our immune system kicks in, our white blood cells increase and the liver release glucose into the blood stream(not good if you already have an issue with your blood sugar). I am not saying that I will stop eating it, it's too much fun! I feel like it is just important to be aware.

It is of my opinion that almost any thing in moderation is not so bad for you. I mean we have to live amongst our family and friends, right? And they are not always on the same path to health. (at least not my friends) The problem is keeping everything in moderation. And it is important to be AWARE and have all of the facts about what we are consuming. I guess it also depends on your goals. Are you looking for the ULTIMATE health? I would like to say that I am and that I am committed to it above all else. But that would simply just not be the truth. I would love to make that my top priority as long as it does not have negative effects on my relationships.

Believe it or not I have chosen a path of moderation. Even though to some people a 90 day detox seems pretty severe, I have been slowly building up to this for years. Experimenting with adding and subtracting foods and behaviors then checking out how they effect my life. I am not afraid of change. I welcome it actually (it's going to happen either way). What I am afraid of is bordom and fear itself.

Anyhoo, here is what I've been eating for the past week.

Day44

H20

B12 and D3

6 chlorella tabs

Ormus Greens in water

cacao beans

green juice with love minerals and zeolites

chocolate hemp milk with maca, bee pollen, vanilla powder, and Sun is Shining powder

digestive enzymes

kelp noodles with tahini dressing, red pepper, and green onion

Day 45

H20

B12 and D3

green juice with love minerals and zeolites

chocolate hemp milk

sprouted pumpkin seeds

creamy squash noodles with dill

digestive enzymes

Day 46

H20

B12 and D3

chocolate hemp milk with maca

a big salad with tahini dressing

Day 47

H20

B12 and D3

Zen omega 3 supplement

tea with coconut milk

cacao beans

green juice (same)

almond milk with maca, vanila powder, and coconut oil

more tea

cashews

8 chlorella tabs

2 nori sheets filled with a curried tomato and olive pate

Day 48

H20

B12 and D3

loaded green juice

chocolate mint shake with spirulina

3 nori sheets with olive pate

lemon pie pudding

Day49

H20

B12 and D3

green juice

7 chlorella

pie filling pudding

big salad

green crackers by Lydia's Organics

mac nuts

tea

zen omega 3

Day 50!

H20

B12 and D3

tea with coconut milk

Ormus Greens

cacao beans

angstrom magnesium

pomegranate juice concentrate

hemp milk with shilizit, maca, vanilla, and zeolites

green crackers

salad

granola with coconut milk :)

Scabs are ugly, a focus on healing-Day 30, 31 and 32

I was listening to a friend vent about her life when it hit me; scabs are really ugly, but necessary for a wound to heal. My point being that sometimes in life when things seem really bad, maybe even the worst ever, it is part of the process of healing. I once heard David Wolfe talk about how all of life is, ingesting, digesting (integrating), then excreting. This works for everything, eating and living. We are supposedly spiritual beings in human form. Our time here in this form is to learn and grow from our experience. Sometimes that learning process is VERY painful.

So in the midst of all of this supposed healing that I am doing, part of my detox symptoms may be the ugliness that I am witnessing all around me. The interesting thing to me is that I am not feeling ugly, inside or out. Not meaning that I am perfect, just that I see it as separate from myself. I feel like I have a choice whether to participate or not. For the FIRST time in my life I feel like I have a CHOICE! Now, I am not positive that it is the detox doing all of this, but I am pretty sure that it has something to do with the amount of strength and power I am building over my every little craving and desire. It is sort of like a parent not giving into a child who is crying for something they really really want at that moment. Every parent knows it would behoove them and the child if they just did the right thing and don't give in. It's tough to do the right thing sometimes, but honestly, it is getting easier the more I practice. COOL, huh?

I will actually give kudos to my former yoga teacher, Jason Schramm for teaching me about the concept of practice. I have found this concept very helpful in day to day living, it applies to everything. It takes the pressure off the final outcome and leaves the enjoyment of the moment. Thanks Jason!

Day 30!

not enough H20

B12 and D3

silica with marine phytoplankton

tea tea tea with coconut milk

cacao beans

green juice with zeolites

a hemp/cashew mint chocolate "shake" with spirulina added

radish slices diped in guacamole and "cheese" dip

a lemon pie filling concoction I invented (sooo yummy)

8 chlorella tabs

Day 31

not enough water :)

B12 and D3

2 mugs of tea

Ormus Super Greens

green juice with zeolites

cacao beans

chia spirulina porrige

a big salad with a new fat free sweet mustard dressing (mmmm, will share recipe soon)

2 handfuls of sprouted sunflower seeds by Go Raw

More lemon pie filling concoction

Day 32

H20

B12

green juice with Ormus Greens added and zeolites

cacao beans

chia porridge made with almond milk and spirulina

2 nori wraps with broccoli and cheese pate' filling

a salad

digestive enzymes

LOVE your day!

Colonics, Cashews and Cacao, OH MY!-Day 17, 18 and 19

It's been three days since my last post because I have been avoiding it like the plague. But than god I am blogging and told EVERYONE that I am detoxing because I would be "off the wagon for sure. Three months is certainly a HUGE undertaking. I have had cravings galore, O.D. on cacao and cashews, but actually have not cheated once according to detox "rules". So I guess that is something to be proud of. As my friend Jill from work so said it today, "if you can do three months, you can do anything!". Thanks for that Jill, I hope you are right and it will definitely help keep me in this.

As I mentioned, I over did it on cacao the other day. I guess there is such thing as too much (sorry David Wolfe, love you, but there is. Or could I have considered that crappy feeling a spiritual experience?). So, the next day I O.D. on cashews. Told you I had an addiction problem, HA! I really just think that I'm at a plateau. adjusting to a different way of life, eating, a new heightened awareness, and there is no where to run. Neither the cacao or cashews really mad me feel any better. They actually made me feel WORSE. But I am very committed to feeling better, so I will stick with the plan! I will eat more greens, minerals, superfoods and drink more water. one thing I will not be doing any time soon though is having another colonic.

Toward the end of this detox I will be juice fasting anywhere from 7 to 14 days. I have decided to put the colonics on hold till then. Part of fasting is not pooping so you have to do daily enemas anyway. So I will save Kristine the headache of my resistant bowels (HA) until then.

Here is to being empowered for better health from this day foreward. First a quote: "If you don't quit, and you don't cheat, and you don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win." ~ Shelly Long

Day 17

silica and marine phytoplankton

D3 and B12

H2O

15 drops zeolites

green juice

love minerals

chocolate chia porridge

Ormus Super Greens in water

cacao beans

raw chocolate mousse

BIG salad with spirulina crunchies

2 TB raw sauerkraut

2 TB raw almond butter

Day 18

silica with marine phytoplankton

B12 and D3

green juice

zeolites

VIVAPURA coconut creme (OMG, heavenly!!!) with bee pollen

a few pieces of eggplant calamari style (recipe didn't work out) :(

Cashews

thai kelp noodles (sauce contains a cup of cashews)

a few olives

a cashew vanilla shake ( TWO FULL CUPS OF CASHEWS IN ONE DAY!)

DAY

Day 19

32 oz green juice

H2O

B12 and D3

Big salad (very simple; lettuce, tomato, and red onion with flax oil and lemon, salt and pepper)

chocolate hemp milk with maca, vanilla and coconut oil

8 chlorella tabs

a few almonds

:) :) :) LOVE