good start to a short week

Hmmm, gonna try this post again.  I lost it and obviously, nothing saved in the draft.  Bummer.


Okay, instead of the whole long thing I had originally typed up, I'm gonna make it short and just say this:  I will be about 80-90% raw for a long time as it seems I'm already reaping benefits in several ways.


I'm sleeping better.  My skin looks better.  My energy is starting to pick up.  Best of all?  I've lost weight (^_^).  I woke up this morning, decided to start working toward The Liver Cleanse.  I will say this:  half a fresh squeezed lemon with a tablespoon of EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) in 8 ounces of warm water is disgusting.  However, I found out very quickly that even just an ounce or two of orange juice gets the taste out of the mouth instantly.  So I am going to persist.


Went walking with Jamie and her little girl at the dog park while Evie ran around and enjoyed time playing outside without me worrying about her and she seemed to have a great time!  Stopped by Walmart on the way home from the park to pick up a handful of things for my salad and to get Tyson boneless skinless chicken breasts for dinner.


After I got home and put stuff up and, of course as my mom ALWAYS would ask, scrub my hands, I fixed me a green smoothie (bananas and strawberries MY FAVE) and a big mug of ice water and grabbed Evie's food on the way up the stairs.  


I decided since I forgot to weigh-in yesterday that I would do it today:  lost 4.1 pounds!  Yeah, baby!  That is a good feeling to see those numbers go down!  


Like I said, I will be doing the liver cleanse...next week.  Kenny jumped right in and just drank warm water with the epsom salt straight yesterday over the course of the early part of the day and last night saw the gall stones.  I plan on doing it by the book (I can't drink epsom salts with warm water straight...I gag and it comes right back up) and adding the Black Walnut Tincture (the one at Vitamin Shoppe has the Clover and Wormwood which the 3 together help to drive the parasites out of the liver and body and is reasonably priced.  This time next year, I hope to be a LOT lighter!


p.s.  Yes, I have had some really bad headaches, and I know they come from two things:  sugar withdrawal and caffeine withdrawal.  I haven't had any since last Thursday, and when I did have some then, it was very little!  I think I'm over the hump now...(^_^)