Day 5
SPRING DETOX w Jem Ah
Well, it's 12:35 at night and I just got home from a huge long day.. this day started at 6am, with working out. Went to a talk on health foods, and had a consultation with a nutrition/fasting expert. Very inspiring.
Work was a long festival/activity day, after which I joined my coworkers at a pub and drank up some herbal teas. It was nice to chat with them and unwind. Wish I had been able to catch a taxi home, but Itaewon on an evening before a holiday, too many partyers out and no taxis to be found. Alas am home.
I made it through the day evenly and am feeling bright. The fasting is over, but the detox is still on - - coming out of the fast is very important. I'm not eating much tomorrow, but have bought some fruit and herbs I will blend into a very watery smoothy for my first meal. Tomorrow just fresh fruit, and then some fruit and soup the next day. That's it! Feel great.
I learned today if one is extremely exhausted on the detox, they are detoxing too fast, or for too long. I felt really good all the way through, so I think it was a good pace and timing for me.
I might post more about afterthoughts and insights I gained on the fast. A bien tot.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Day 4
SPRING DETOX with Jem Ah
It's pushing the midnight hour on day four. I am such a burn-the-candle-at-both-ends kind of person.. It was a busy one. It seems, there is not hunger, and there is not stomach. Instead, I have gotten more spacey as the day went on. My short term memory and ability to manage the temporal world have slid a bit.
Not eating is like not being a part of the normal human community. This is an interesting space to be in, as a faster. I do like it. I think for me this 5 day cruise is a good one. After this experience, I would be ready to aim for a 10 or 12 day fast, if it was chosen at a good time.
As it is, I have a stellar weekend planned, headed to the East coast mountains for some hiking and time by the sea with a good group of people. I want to be able to partake in meals and have enough energy to pike those peaks.
This morning, I went to boot camp (circuit training) and it's tough on a regular day. While fasting, it is similar, if not less sluggish, but by today, the fourth day, I could feel my energy reserves had run low. I did manage to do the exercise at fairly good speed 80 percent of the way through, and then it was, reerrrrrrrrrr. And I had to stop. I was a little light-headed, so I rested, and after 5 minutes felt good again, and glad for the exercise.
Fasting makes you more conscious of the energy you have, and consider your choices you make throughout the day. I had planned to go right into an appointment on the other side of the city before work, but when the time neared, I gauged that it would be better to just be lazy for a couple of hours before work, and it was just the right adjustment to balance the energy scales to propel me through the rest of my day.
Overall in my classes, I felt cheerful and light. For a few days, fasting can enhance performance. I had some creative ideas about a couple of new articles I want to write. This feeling of lightness is a good time to be receptive to catching new habits or plans.
I will definitely want to try this again. I have done it before, but this time it was very even and graceful, for the most part. I felt aware of my limits and surprised at how much of our daily energy is pretty much just prana, give or take.
So that's it. I have lots going on, but after our fast we have a day off, "Children's Day," which will be nice to cook up a little bit of broth to ease back into the eating world, so by the weekend I'm good to go on my trip.
Tomorrow's the last day! See you tomorrow.
SPRING DETOX with Jem Ah
It's pushing the midnight hour on day four. I am such a burn-the-candle-at-both-ends kind of person.. It was a busy one. It seems, there is not hunger, and there is not stomach. Instead, I have gotten more spacey as the day went on. My short term memory and ability to manage the temporal world have slid a bit.
Not eating is like not being a part of the normal human community. This is an interesting space to be in, as a faster. I do like it. I think for me this 5 day cruise is a good one. After this experience, I would be ready to aim for a 10 or 12 day fast, if it was chosen at a good time.
As it is, I have a stellar weekend planned, headed to the East coast mountains for some hiking and time by the sea with a good group of people. I want to be able to partake in meals and have enough energy to pike those peaks.
This morning, I went to boot camp (circuit training) and it's tough on a regular day. While fasting, it is similar, if not less sluggish, but by today, the fourth day, I could feel my energy reserves had run low. I did manage to do the exercise at fairly good speed 80 percent of the way through, and then it was, reerrrrrrrrrr. And I had to stop. I was a little light-headed, so I rested, and after 5 minutes felt good again, and glad for the exercise.
Fasting makes you more conscious of the energy you have, and consider your choices you make throughout the day. I had planned to go right into an appointment on the other side of the city before work, but when the time neared, I gauged that it would be better to just be lazy for a couple of hours before work, and it was just the right adjustment to balance the energy scales to propel me through the rest of my day.
Overall in my classes, I felt cheerful and light. For a few days, fasting can enhance performance. I had some creative ideas about a couple of new articles I want to write. This feeling of lightness is a good time to be receptive to catching new habits or plans.
I will definitely want to try this again. I have done it before, but this time it was very even and graceful, for the most part. I felt aware of my limits and surprised at how much of our daily energy is pretty much just prana, give or take.
So that's it. I have lots going on, but after our fast we have a day off, "Children's Day," which will be nice to cook up a little bit of broth to ease back into the eating world, so by the weekend I'm good to go on my trip.
Tomorrow's the last day! See you tomorrow.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Day 3
SPRING DETOX with Jem Ah
Ahhh, getting ready for bed. What happened today?
I was up at 6 and did boot camp at 6:30. It wasn't so bad. Felt very invigorating; not any worse than waking up at 6 usually is.. :-)
After that I came home, showered, salt water flushed. Out the door by 9:30, taught a private (language lesson) at 10:30 for an hour, and was at work from 12-7pm. Teaching on a Monday was pretty much the same as always. I wasn't really tired, just bored of having only lemon juice to eat on breaks. I think part of what happens when we fast is that we realize how much food is entertainment for us a lot of the time. Easy to get out of touch with our true hunger rhythyms.
After work I went to the sauna. Did some sweating out of toxins, then got a scrub down (most of body skin loofahed off by ajumma.) That was a delight as usual (it's always worth it in the end).. came home, had a bit of fresh juice. Did a yoga session, now drinking my tea and thinking how fast the day went. Monday is slain! Yeah hooray.
Time for some shut eye. ~. ^
SPRING DETOX with Jem Ah
Ahhh, getting ready for bed. What happened today?
I was up at 6 and did boot camp at 6:30. It wasn't so bad. Felt very invigorating; not any worse than waking up at 6 usually is.. :-)
After that I came home, showered, salt water flushed. Out the door by 9:30, taught a private (language lesson) at 10:30 for an hour, and was at work from 12-7pm. Teaching on a Monday was pretty much the same as always. I wasn't really tired, just bored of having only lemon juice to eat on breaks. I think part of what happens when we fast is that we realize how much food is entertainment for us a lot of the time. Easy to get out of touch with our true hunger rhythyms.
After work I went to the sauna. Did some sweating out of toxins, then got a scrub down (most of body skin loofahed off by ajumma.) That was a delight as usual (it's always worth it in the end).. came home, had a bit of fresh juice. Did a yoga session, now drinking my tea and thinking how fast the day went. Monday is slain! Yeah hooray.
Time for some shut eye. ~. ^
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Day 2 - SPRING DETOX with Jem Ah
Another great day. It was a Sunday, so of course relaxing. Woke up at 6am and took the salt water flush, then lied down for half an hour. It did it's deed! I was up and puttering around til about 9:30, then crashed and had a snooze for half an hour. Up and out the door for yoga class at 10:30. Massage at Healing Hands at 1:30pm, precluded by a little post-yoga walk in the sun and browsing at shoes with Jema.
Post massage came home to stock up on lemon water, change laundry, then ventured to Anguk-station surrounds, to pick up Olive Leaf extract, which I'm supplementing my cleanse with now, and will in the future. Also found there: organic cacao and organic crunch peanut butter. Will put that to good use later!
This evening I made a veggie broth using:
1 potato, halved
one whole onion, decorated with cloves
red pepper, half
fresh spinach, half a pack
celery stalks, half
garlic cloves, 7
fresh ginger root, one
I also made a pot of Indian chai, without the tea and the honey. So my menu choices while working tomorrow include the Master Mix, chai, and broth. I may leave the broth at home til the evening.
During a cleanse it's nice to indulge in fragrances: I dug into some coconut oil after a dry brush. It's much more tropical in here!
Going to bed eeeeeearly though not so tired. Pranayama and short meditation, then lights out by 10pm.
Morning plan is to attend boot camp at 6:30 at Studio X as usual. Not sure if this will continue throughout the fast or not.
Bring on Day 3, and Monday! Aoooo how will it go?
Another great day. It was a Sunday, so of course relaxing. Woke up at 6am and took the salt water flush, then lied down for half an hour. It did it's deed! I was up and puttering around til about 9:30, then crashed and had a snooze for half an hour. Up and out the door for yoga class at 10:30. Massage at Healing Hands at 1:30pm, precluded by a little post-yoga walk in the sun and browsing at shoes with Jema.
Post massage came home to stock up on lemon water, change laundry, then ventured to Anguk-station surrounds, to pick up Olive Leaf extract, which I'm supplementing my cleanse with now, and will in the future. Also found there: organic cacao and organic crunch peanut butter. Will put that to good use later!
This evening I made a veggie broth using:
1 potato, halved
one whole onion, decorated with cloves
red pepper, half
fresh spinach, half a pack
celery stalks, half
garlic cloves, 7
fresh ginger root, one
I also made a pot of Indian chai, without the tea and the honey. So my menu choices while working tomorrow include the Master Mix, chai, and broth. I may leave the broth at home til the evening.
During a cleanse it's nice to indulge in fragrances: I dug into some coconut oil after a dry brush. It's much more tropical in here!
Going to bed eeeeeearly though not so tired. Pranayama and short meditation, then lights out by 10pm.
Morning plan is to attend boot camp at 6:30 at Studio X as usual. Not sure if this will continue throughout the fast or not.
Bring on Day 3, and Monday! Aoooo how will it go?
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