Feeling Whole

I am heading toward the finish line of this fast... I can smell it and it smells like food...

Last night had a normal night's sleep, which does not mean I slept like a baby, but I slept like I sleep, I guess... like an adult. Decided not to run this morning; yesterday, after I finished running, I felt a little light headed and thought that was my body saying "back off." So backing off, going to spend some time chilling out, after some work stuff, going to read some inspirational stuff, do some thinking, meditating and praying.

Putting all my friends, acquaintances and family deep into my heart.
Lots of Peace and Love

Tough day to fast... long meeting, big buffet, delicious looking dessert and I'm drinking a kale, cucumber, celery juice. Add the heat to the mix. Anyway survived... Looking forward to the weekend to break the fast. Peace 

Start Day 3

Day 3,

I went to bed early last night with the thought of getting a good night's sleep, well I did but it was a little short. I was awake at 3:00 but is has been good, I got a lot done that needed to be done. I drank a little master cleanse while I read. Keep drinking the master cleanse or a close approximation.

I make about a half gallon's worth of master cleanse so I can always have it at the ready. Today, I will go out for an early morning run, some juice of celery, kale, spinach and ginger and then off to a lunch meeting... Yikes; I guess for me it is BYOBOG (bring your own bottle of greens). Happy juicing.
Peace

End of Day 2

Finishing up day 2.
The day was not smooth and it had nothing to do with the fast, it was just a little off. Met a friend for lunch, I had juice and she was nice enough not to eat something in my face. Later I went for a run, but it was already a little warm. I think my body had a bit of a fit, feeling real hungry, and the master cleanse was not helping, so I had this massive veggie juice: celery, beets, spinach, wheat grass, kale and some other green stuff with a hit of ginger. I went to Whole Foods, they call it an Earth Goddess, whatever, some times it is nice to not have to clean out the juicer (all the time). Feeling much better now.

Earlier today had lots of  master cleanse and had 2 cucumber, spinach, apple juices. Take care.
Peace 

Day Two

Feeling pretty good. I woke feeling clear. What strikes me with a fast is how clear I feel, I mean mentally, I just feel clearer and it makes me wonder what am I eating or what is in our food that fogs.

Starting off with some master cleanse, then I will do some celery, carrot, kale with a hit of ginger and after the fog lifts (outside) I go for a run. India, one of my daughters that will not claim me on Facebook, understandable, is doing the fast with me and is out running. I want to have a veggie juice waiting for her when she gets back. Peace

End of Day one

Feeling a little munchie tonight, my mouth is craving flavor. First day is always hardest for me, it is not that I feel hungry, just longing for that sensation; and that is why I do this. The sensation I want is sweet and crunchy, like dark chocolate surrounding a piece of coconut. Does that sound good or is it just me? I call that a vegan fantasy.

I stopped in Whole Foods and they had more reasonably priced cucumbers today. I find my sense of smell is heightened during a fast. I think it is my body reaching out and saying, maybe he can't smell anything that's why he's not eating, so the body kicks up the sense of smell. The smell of strawberries was exquisite.

This evening we had a cucumber, kale, pear juice, it was fine, not as delicious as the juice earlier but a good juice. I have been drinking tons of the master cleanse and visiting the bathroom all day.


Peace and Love

Breakfast

This is going sound crazy but I juiced this awesome juice this morning of celery, yellow bell pepper, spinach, dandelion, apple and a hit of ginger. Delicious. Also just pounding the master cleanse.

Day one - Hot off the press.
Just read an article in the New York Times (Sunday Review) which spoke of the nutiritional value of the foods we eat and how we are "breeding nutrition out of the food." If you can find the articule great but if not don't worry but it has some significance for our juice fast, think about adding dandelions, purple/yellow carrots, crab apples, arugula, scallions, the green parts, and herbs like parsely to your juice mix. Make sure the dandelions have not been sprayed with pesticides. I got a ton of them in my yard.
Remember to drink plenty of master cleanse and water.

I am going out for a run and then going to experiment with celery, yellow bell pepper and spinach with a hit of ginger. Stew Leonards did not have cucumbers yesterday, kind of weird and Whole Foods wanted $2.99 a cucumber, sounds like we should buy cucumber futures.

Happy Juicing

Getting it right -Late Spring Fast

Time to get that body into bikini ready shape. If you live on the East Coast you are thinking you may not need to get your body into bikini shape but "they say" winter will ease its horrible grip and we will have days of sweltering heat.

 So here's the deal... We start off with a Juice Fast for five days, starting Tuesday (May 28)... Just like before plenty of Master Cleanse, fresh squeeze vegetable juices, and what is different, we add one fresh squeeze fruit juice once a day. I am focusing on something like watermelon, not the heavy sugary stuff like orange. I usually have the Master Cleanse without the maple syrup because sugar is my drug of choice.

After the five day juice fast, take a few days to reward yourself for doing well, eat some things you love but keep in mind our next step.

Then we will move into a hunter-gatherer regimen for three weeks. In the hunter-gatherer regimen basically we do not eat anything processed. So you wind up eating lots of vegetables, fruits, whole grains and what I would describe as pure sources of protein. If you eat meat, it can't be cold cuts or processed meats, it also means things like oils are out, let the oil come from the foods you eat. We do this for three weeks, and what I have found is it begins to become a habit, a habit of eating fresh, healthy foods... You start to feel better, you start to feel amazing and you look in the mirror and you say "wow" (in your best Steve Martin voice) I look fabulous. And wham you are on a lifetime of wonderful, until you stop and then we will do it again and again until it finally sticks. The three week target gives us something to gaze upon, but the goal is to positively impact our long term health and really not worry about bikini bodies and the like; in truth your body is beautiful and made perfect, we just want to rediscover the perfect from which it was made.

 On the hunter gatherer regimen keep in mind these are processed foods: candy (eat cherries, blueberries or mangos instead), cold cuts, tofu, olive oil, white flour, white rice, pasta, anything out of a can and many bottles.

 Like before I will be blogging and tracking along on facebook and of course just email me if you want to talk.

 Here are my fasting thoughts if you want to join.

1. So everyday, try to do three glasses of green veggie juice; any combination of the following: Celery, spinach, cucumber, kale, collard greens, green pepper, wheat grass... Anything green is cool. Add some ginger for flavoring or an apple. Go light on the carrot juice, lots of sugar.
2. Add one fresh squeeze fruit juice, as I mentioned watermelon is delightful and real good for you, get some of the greenish flesh in there as well.
3. When you are not drinking the green veggie juice then drink either, Master cleanse, water or herbal tea.
4. Notice the absence of caffeine, if the headaches get bad have some green tea but try to get the caffeine out of your body. .
5. If you need support, you can comment on the blog (http://kgroupltd.blogspot.com/) or you can hook up with me on facebook or just email me (the old fashioned way?) kknight521@aol.com. I think I am Kevin Knight on facebook, look in Norwalk, CT. I am the guy standing in front a mountain.

Master Cleanse Recipe: For every 16 ounces of water, about 3/4 of a lemon, 1/5 teaspoon of cayenne and 2-4 tablespoons of maple syrup (I am not a big fan of the maple syrup but if you need it, try to just put in enough so that you drink a lot, also it should be real maple syrup, preferably grade B, and not the stuff from Aunt Jemima, she is nobody's real aunt). Play with the cayenne and lemon for taste.

Good luck and feel free to share with friends.