Day 19 of Juice Feasting - craavings...

Drats, I am craving potato chips big time.  If there was a pack here, I think I'd go through it.  It's intense.  Not sure what I need, or if it is emotional.  Yesterday when my friends came to visit, the young boy was eating corn chips shaped like a scoop, so you can have more salsa, you know the kind?  I looked at them and was just about to grab a handful, when I remembered just in time that I am doing a juice cleanse.   Yes, I know, I can connect to Source and eliminate the craving, which I have started doing, but hey, give me a break, potato or corn chips are my #1 addiction, so there!

The thing is, it doesn't feel like I am doing a cleanse, because my body is taking it all in stride.  No major cleansing reactions, physically that is.  It even feels like I've been eating solid foods all along, because there are no real deprivations, just hunger if I don't have the right juice at the right time, and cravings.  But cravings were there all the time anyway.  I'd say they are actually way less present when juicing then when eating solid food.

I am slowly transitioning to juicing only greens, with no fruits, no carrots and no beets, as per David Wolfe's recommendation.  The idea freaks me out a little : "What?? I'm supposed to eat calories, am I not?  is screaming my inner chatter.  This is crazy, no one can live on only greens.  You are going to staaaarrve!"  Thank you for sharing, dear mind.  But then again, maybe it is the candida talking, influencing my thoughts, trying to convince me to continue feeding it.  Yep, that sounds right, I think that's it.

I'm also pouting because I've just noticed that my favorite drink, the Sunfire Elixir, has vinegar in it, so I'm going to have to cut it out for the next month :o(  I went through the entire bottle in a few days.  It was supposed to last me the month...it's that good!

I went out today into the fields, with a little knife and shopping bag, and collected a large bunch of wild grasses (trimming off the dead parts), real clover and dandelions, and juiced it all, with a lime and a green apple.  It was super yummy!  It's on the menu again tomorrow, for sure.  I also found a new wholesaler in the area, who specializes in organic produces (www.mikeandmikes.com) and went to their warehouse today.  I am now the proud owner of two cases of cucumbers, 1 flat of tomatoes, 1 case of bok choy (the only greens they had apart from lettuce and kale, which grows in the garden) and 1 case of cabbages which have seen better days, that I am going to trim and convert into fermented veggies, along with the bok choy.

I love fresh tomato juice.  Completely different than the commercial one.  It's pink, light and refreshing.  Tomato and celery, with a dash of kelp, makes a dashing drink, indeed.  Very cocktail hour.

I also juiced two bunches of kale with mint, 3/4 quart of green apples (some with the kale, some on its own with ginger), 2lbs of carrots but only had 1/4, gradually decreasing my consumption of sweet juices... I'm so sweet, I don't need any extra.  Maybe that's going to be my mantra to keep me going for the upcoming greens only juices.

I just found this on a flyer.  It is a great motivator to keep going:

WARNING 
Common side effects of nutritional cleansing include:
• A stronger immune system 
• Slowing down the aging process
• Balanced hormones
• Better and more restful sleep
• Increased energy & stamina
• Healthier internal organs
• Reduced stress
• Remove unhealthy toxins & impurities
• Rejuvenated skin
• Feel stronger, healthier & more vigorous
• Increased lean muscle
• Significantly reduced body fat