Day 24

A very happy and healthy Day 24! I finally went to the bathroom! Yay! I pee normally, but other than that I go to the bathroom maybe every other day. (Which has occasionally been uncomfortable.) I haven't taken a laxative because I'm nervous to irritate my stomach and I'm not sure what the result would be. I got a suggestion for a vitamin that could help - so I'm looking into that. Until then, I took a stool softener which helped a little. I should be good until Friday.

I've noticed that I do not eat for hunger on the fast. I eat for nutrition. I eat because it's time to eat. In the morning I have a juice. At lunch, I have a juice. At dinner, I have a juice. Sometimes I have to force myself to have a juice. I'll notice the time and remind myself that I need to have nutrition to be able to function normally. That's a totally new experience for me.

I've also been a little obsessive compulsive with the scale lately, so I'm making it off limits until my weigh-in on Sunday. It just makes me crazy to weigh myself all day and constantly see different results. As a lifetime weight-"watcher", I know better than that! I know your weight fluctuates slightly throughout the day, and even from day to day. So I need to stop constantly watching and just take my weight once a week to get an idea of where I'm heading.

Thank you so much to Gary Gibson for getting lots of new juice ideas for me and to my mentor teacher for bringing in the raw food recipe book and the vegan slow cooker recipe book! I can't wait to try some of the raw recipes. They looked amazing. Just 36 more days to wait . . .

Finally, I was able to get to the library and pick up a library card. Very exciting. Check out what they gave me: