someone who loves the green kool-aid even more than i do!

i know you've heard about pq, but consider this your official introduction. she has been an enthusiast of this cleanse and a partner as life-giving and refreshing as the young coconut of which she speaks. pq loves psyllium, cats and high elevations. in the interest of getting everyone up to speed, i am going to post the fallout of her first few days of raw:

day 1:
-Filter raw bar - a date and cherry one maybe. It wasn't the usual raw one.
-banana
-2 celery stalks with almond butter
-larabar - a banana one
-a few bites of a failed parsnip and pine nut whip - it was just sort of gross.
-1/2 avocado
-1/2 c. pico de gallo
-1/4 c. cashew sour cream
-3 cinnamon girls

I think I need to eat more produce and less bars. I have a bar addiction. [oh pq - don't we all. -m.]

day 3:
I actually had more energy than during previous days and was in a pretty good mood. Also, as you know, I was out until 2:00 without a single drink, which is a small miracle in itself. Here's what I knocked back instead:

-1/2 cup of mixed berries - raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries.
-chocolate larabar
-1/2 apple
-2 T almond butter
-handful of cashews
-Karyn's raw plate (cabbage, broccoli, nori rolls, nut pate, seed hummus, avocado)
-cranberry juice with lime (not raw, but purposeful)

day 4:
-1c watermelon (yum!)
-handful of cashews
-1/2c mixed berries
-1/2 carob mint cake from karyn's
-1/2 avocado
-1/2c pico de gallo
-1/2c sprouts
-2T cashew sour cream
-water of a young coconut! (Yes, I got a whole coconut and drank its life giving juice!)
-1/2c coconut

Up until yesterday I would have said that I was feeling noticeably better in the tummy region- no bloating, no aching, etc. Yesterday however, I felt really uncomfortable. I was also totally exhausted all day and had the most wicked of headaches. I never get headaches. I'm not really experiencing food craving at all. In fact, most food sounds kind of gross, and I had to really force myself to eat yesterday, even the cake. My sense of smell also seems to be heightened. All else is
well.

day 5:
First things first. As you know, yesterday I still had a terrible headache and felt once again really uncomfortable in the belly. The feeling is like a cross between bloated and full, but I'm not really either. Also, I'm smelling really herbal, but I think my skin is looking good. Here was yesterday's line up:

-ginger larabar
-1/2c mixed berries
-2 handfuls spinach
-1/2c sprouts
-almost a whole avocado
-12 grapes
-1/4c coconut
-Cousins dinner (3 flax crackers, 2 dolma, 1/4c sprouts, a tomato slice, 2 pizza squares, 1/3 carrot cheesecake, clove tea)
-cranberry juice (still not raw, dammit!)