Day 3, Kris Carr's 21 Day Adventure Cleanse

Well, it's been a little rougher than I thought it would be so far. I keep meaning to write, but I have been feeling really nauseous for the last 2 and a half days. Actually, I've been feeling so physically crappy that I didn't exercise for the last two days. I did get up extra early and meditate, which has been awesome! I never have been a good morning meditator, but I actually find that I am getting more out of it for some odd reason.

Today I was less hungry, which was fantastic because I was really hungry on days one and two. I haven't done a cleanse for almost 2 years, and the last one I did was Kathy Freston's Quantum Wellness Cleanse which I really enjoyed. CSD is a little more hardcore with the greens, and you are basically eating a 2/3 or more raw vegan diet if you do it strictly. I can't wait to get my juicer on Friday!! Also, I love Kris Carr's daily words of wisdom for the cleanse. She really makes me feel strangely giggly and motivated. I hope by the weekend I will be feeling better physically.

Here's how my day went today:
Breakfast: yerba mate and green tea with peppermint,
No. 9 Dream Green Smoothie (named in honor of the David Mitchell book, not the song):
1 cup unsweetened almond milk
squirt of agave and a splash of apple juice
1 tbs of Barlean's vegan 3/6/9 EFA blend
filled rest of blender with raw spinach and kale
blended, and then added rice protein powder, chia seeds, fiber aktivated barley powder and powdered barley grass
finally, added cherries, strawberries, blueberries and raspberries
Snack: apple juice with kamut grass and aktivated barley powder
Lunch: big green salad with shredded carrots and cabbage, savory baked tofu and vegan "honey" mustard dressing, vanilla coconut rooibos tea
Snack: lara bar
Dinner: big salad with hemp seeds, balsamic dressing, southwest sunshine burger with daiya cheese and a pickle, baked sweet potato fries with truffle salt (OMG!!), teeccino with stevia and unsweetened almond milk for dessert.

Supplements: multi, B12, E3 Live Renew me!, EnergyPlus, Candisol (thanks, surgery and antibiotics! Thank God for this stuff or I would go crazy).

I am going to wait an hour or so and see if I feel well enough to do some Kundalini yoga with Ana and Ravi. Sat nam, bitches!

PS. Speaking of Kathy Freston, I watched a clip from the Oprah vegan episode yesterday. Good for you, 378 staffers who are willing to try vegan! And I loved the clip on her website where she talks about Steadman asking if things are vegan on the plane. So cute! Good for Oprah for getting the word out to more people, although I wish the clips of the slaughterhouse had more impact. It was all a little too peaceful and sanitized compared to most of the undercover video that's been in the news in the past few years. It was very telling that they didn't let them film the actual slaughter part. Imagine that.

Falling for Fall

The weather here is absolutely amazing! I look forward to waking up every day and feeling the chill in the air. It makes me feel like skipping and dancing, seriously.

Still on my vegan rampage, and I love it! Still way into the green smoothies, but also really into kombucha, raw kale in my salads, brussel sprouts (who are you and what have you done with Mo?), rooibos chai, shiitake mushrooms on everything and KOMBUCHA. Oh my god, it is so good. I got hooked on it when I got sick the week before last. Kind of did a little informal kombucha/miso/shiitake fast for a few days and it knocked my sickness right out. I've been trying to eat 10 servings (yes, you read that right) a day of green leafy and red/purple veggies a day. I am on a mission. My weight is kind of stable right now and I am not bingeing, purging or engaging in any compulsive exercise behavior so that's a good thing, I suppose. I would like to lose some more weight, but I am not stressing over it and I figure it will all even out in the end.

I read The Gabriel Method a few weeks ago and I really got a lot out of it. I've been incorporating several of his suggestions and listening to The Gabriel Method night time meditation CD a few nights a week. It makes a difference. Definitely recommend it.

The other thing I am looooooving right now is Kundalini Yoga, esp. the Ana Brett and Ravi Singh DVD's. I can't even express how awesome they are and how good they make me feel. I am all about feeling good right now! I even have a special fluffy bright green yoga rug. Everything in my room is green, green, green. Maybe it's because I'm in the desert? Who knows.

And don't think that because I haven't mentioned it that I'm not lifting. I am. It's just kind of not as serious as the yoga right now, which is fine. The yoga is helping my injuries and well, it makes me hiiiiiigh. The truth comes out!

Food today:
B: vegan blueberry muffin, 2 gardenburger soysages
S: granola bar
L: huge salad with organic greens, purple cabbage, red peppers, vegan ranch dressing, and southwestern black bean salad.
S: 2 granola choc chip cookies and rooibos chai
D: green smoothie! spinach, rice protein powder, pineapple juice, pineapple chunks, amazing grass wheatgrass powder