Days 20 and 21

Yesterday, my sleep schedule was thrown off because I had pulled an all-nighter to finish a book and so was my eating schedule. I spent the day watching movies and almost finishing one juice. Last night wasn't much better because I pulled almost the same stunt, only I went to sleep about three hours earlier than the previous night. My mood for drinking juice has also been thrown off because of the time of the month, so I decided to end my juice only part of this journey early today.

My dad, mom, and I watched the first of four discs of a taped Jon Gabriel seminar, and what he said really spoke to me in my situation. I am trying not to activate my FAT (famine and temperature) Program again, which is the entire reason I decided to eat solid foods again today. I didn't want my body to think my juice fast was a famine or diet; instead I want my body to know I want to be a naturally thin person. Juicing should not be a struggle but a joy. I still intend to drink juice and may even go back to juice only for a time. We shall see.

Salmon never looked or tasted so good

After the delicious meal of a marinated salmon filet that I ate slowly, I waited a couple of hours to have some watermelon, which also had never tasted so good and sweet. Now I am having a snack of popcorn tossed in olive oil and sea salt.

The great part of all this is I don't crave sweets at all. Ice cream, cake, candy, none of it sounds appealing. What does sound appealing are nuts, salmon, melons, good nourishing food.

Even though I may not still be only juicing at this point, I still intend to update my blog with my progress, at least once a week. I have lost a few more pounds since my pictures and hopefully will get around to taking a picture of me in my old jeans tomorrow.

Oh! There were two winners of the contest who will be getting postcards in the mail soon. I have also decided to try again with a picture of this furry little creature who likes to hang out in our yard.