Day Nine

Hello everyone! I am writing you today from the comforts of my couch and PJs... I woke up many times throughout the night to the horrid smell of a recent mess Buddha had made in his cage (without alerting me he needed to go, which he is VERY capable of rousing me from my slumber). I would wake, smell, try not to vomit, place him outside, clean the cage, bring him back inside, bathe him, re-comfy the cage and place him back in it... only to be woken up in another 3 hours to do it all over again. By late this morning I felt as used as our washer and dryer... :-) Not to mention I woke up with an extremely sore throat and deep chested cough, which I have been battling all day. When I decided I was finally hungry and willing to make something, it was closer to lunch time. So I made my first brunch!

2 Leaves of Romaine Lettuce

8 Stalks of Spinach

1 Orange

1 Apple

1/4 Lemon

4 Carrots

1 Pineapple Spear

1/8 Cantaloupe

1/4 Watermelon

1 Small Ginger Root

Handful of Strawberries

Blended well in ice and cinnamon

I decided to add more veggies than I usually do to my morning drinks since this was later in the day and I was feeling so lousy. The drink was okay... I simply cannot handle that "grass" taste you get from lettuce or celery. Yes, add an apple or orange... then you just get sweet grass flavor. Add 1/4-1/2 lemon... then you get grass with a brisk twang at the end. No matter the advice or ingredients I try to add, I still can't surpass the "grass" taste! I love lettuce by itself as well as celery, but juicing them is just not appeasing to my taste buds. I really am trying to push myself and drink the whole of these juices that I make because I know that I am trying to retrain my taste buds to crave that flavor... but then I start thinking. My taste buds like and crave the flavor of lettuce and celery raw... they hate it juiced. Maybe I should just eat lettuce and celery raw to get my intake, and juice all the rest. Then I argue with myself about the point of me doing the fast then.... today has not been a good day in juice fasting in my world. Constantly questioning is it better to eat them, better to straight juice, or even better to have my 3 juice per day and ALSO eat raw veggies when I am still feeling a little hungry after juicing. Along with, what can be juiced, what can't be, and why aren't those included in my diet just because they can't be juiced? I love bananas, but they can not be fed into a juicer. Yes, you can blend them into a juice that you made, maybe along with some ice, but aren't you technically eating it? I've also heard recipes of people blending the banana until it is nice and smooth and then freezing it long enough for it to solidify and then eating it like it is ice cream! All the benefits of tricking your mind and cravings without the bad side effects of actual ice cream... but you eat it!!! I guess I am just bummed because I can't handle the juice of the "green" veggies, but they are the ones that melt the fat away! I have been able to handle or love every other juice I have concocted, but I simply cannot drink the green vegetables! I either have to be patient and keep trying or figure out some other way to get that intake.

I must be rambling on in my crazy cabin fever sickness. :-) Anyways, since I wasn't up to snuff today I decided to take an off day and lounge around the house. Housework was kept up, juice made, chores done, dogs taken care of... I was going to take a me day. :-) I also reasoned that it may help with the healing process before my doctors appointment tomorrow. I would really like to go and not get sent home with antibiotics or other medications I have to take with food. :-( I guess we will see...

I decided to watch a couple episodes of Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files on Netflix. I got to episode 8 in season 1 and realized that they chose to research the Haunted Rail Road Tracks in San Antonio, TX! My grandmother had taken me and my mother there when I was really young. I only remember a few details here and there. The story goes that there was a bus full of children that had stalled on the railroad tracks and did not have enough time to evacuate before being hit by and train and everyone perished. Now you can pull up to the tracks, put your car in neutral and turn it off, and the children and buss driver will push your vehicle safely over the train tracks. Also, if you put powder on the back of your vehicle, if you looked after being pushed you will see little hand prints in the powder. Well, I remember putting the Mary Kay foundation all over the back of Grandma Chris's dark blue Suburban and I remember the ride across the tracks and all the little hand prints all over the back of the Suburban doors. I even remember my mom and grandmother using a basketball and various other round objects to prove that you were actually rolling down hill instead of being supernaturally pushed up hill and they had no proof at the end of it. So naturally I was glue to this episode! :-) I watched how they tried to disprove everything, but you will have to watch it to know what the outcome was. ;-) On a side note, I decided to get Buddha back and gave him his first dose of peanut butter... in a Kong! I laughed silently for a good 30 minutes watching my 2 dogs lick, lap, and fight over this impossibly sticky treat!!! Simple things.... :-)

Anyways, my brunch juice lasted me all through the afternoon and evening... it's still sitting here staring at me. I'm not hungry and find it hard to drink anything with this sore throat. :-) I still have another glass frozen in the freezer in case I decide that I am hungry or I need one ready to go for my doctor's appointment in the morning. For now, I am going to say goodnight to all of you, jump in a nice hot bath, and then to bed for (hopefully) some much needed rest and recuperation. Until tomorrow night, goodnight all!