Time to Eat Again

Well--Stef broke her fast on Day 5

And Ben and myself are breaking our fasts today, Day 7 (with me fumbling on Day 5).

It's been a long and windy road...glad I had the motivation to push through, and glad to return to the world of normal eating and social interactions (non-cleansing friends have only so much patience for this sort of thing). I'm very thankful to my partners in crime, Stef and Ben.

"Retox" will be an effort in itself. I'll have to try hard in order to do the following during this time:

1. Keep off 4 of the 8 pounds I loss leaving my body weight around the low 120's (I started at 126 went down to about 118)

2. Stick to wine over beer when possible--tastes a lot better and packs on less empty calories

3. Cut my addiction to carbs: I'm currently not craving carbs like I did at the beginning of this thing. Hopefully that's a habit this cleanse will have alleviated me of.

4. Get back my freakin' muscle while staying slim: I fear some of the 8 lbs was muscle...I want it back w/o the fat. I need to start working out again while keeping food consumption to a minimum, and ultra healthy in order to do that.

5. Keep drinking lots of juice: Now that Stef owns one, and we've tasted it's wondrous results, I want to juice frequently replacing meals when possible with juice.

6. Chill out on the meat and diary products: they're harder for your system to digest. Go with vegan meals when possible.

That's about it. Over the last 4 days I've felt awesome and have loved not needing to eat--I thought "Eating is for mortals!!" ha-- but of course it's necessary, and it's time to put my system back to work.

Cheers!