poet of my heart.

-green shake
-small salad: spinach, grapes, almonds, snow peas, flax oil and vinegar
-a handful of veggies with (non-raw) hummus: tomatoes, carrots, sugar snap peas, beets.
-orange
-some date/coconut/almond/hazlenut concoction i made
-some more sushi, this time from whole foods (with brown rice!)

so, mostly raw. doing pretty well with this. i also went to the gym, worked out, and weighed myself. i was at 113, but that actually makes more sense to me since when i weighed myself on saturday i hadn't really eaten all day (which accounts for the very low 112). i know a pound or two doesn't seem like a lot to the general population, but remember that each pound for me represents a signficant portion of my weight since i am on the smaller side.

what else? this is going to be graphic. well, i had noticed that the quantity and quality of my shit had declined over the past couple of days. mind you, i was still doing ok, normal even, it was just less than usual for raw. i had attributed this to my high consumption of fruit and discontinuation of psyllium. when i woke up in the morning i felt a weird pressure in my belly (kind of like gas) and then proceeded to head to the bathroom for my morning rituals. i proceeded to have a huge, really satisfying movement. it was very green. (from shake?) interesting. in any event, i seem to be back on track.

oh, and you want an update from our trooper pq, the poet of my heart? well, your prayers have been answered:

I decided midday yesterday that today would be the end of the MC. Under different circumstances I know I would be interested in doing this longer. Maybe this summer, maybe just water? MC had its cool moments, but to hit a deep and more effective detox, I need to really take it to the next level. I found it difficult to be motivated when it seemed like there weren't any obvious benefits. Overall I'm satisfied though. Since the original plan was only the 28 day raw/juice thing, I'm looking at this partial MC as an added bonus. At some point this morning I will indulge in orange juice, and possibly some fruit/veggies later in the day. I have the goods to make more of the lemon drink, so I will transition with that. Oh sweet, sweet food... I will get back on the green shake and other supplement on Saturday. So raw for at least the next week, then raw/macro? What I am most looking forward to: vegetables, sustained energy, and real exercise.

Let's get together soon. I need a meal. I want to check out that second raw plate at Karyn's Cooked. I realized that getting to Blind Faith is going to be a real pain with the red line in the state that it is in... That might have to be a weekend trip or something. There are like six places I have been fantasizing about eating, so I'm determined to go to all of them one by one. I haven't seen you in forever. That makes this little poet very sad.