I'm not sure about this title as I hate for my weeks ahead to sound too competitive, except that the only person I'm competing with is myself: to better myself, to better my attitude, to better my body and soul. With that in mind, I am gently pushing myself to ask "why not?" Why not go a little further, or pump a little more iron, or eat something different, or avoid something noxious, or try a little of this or a little of that. Go ahead! You'll like it!
And so, with that in mind, yesterday was upping my weights. I really felt it--and felt challenged, and as though I couldn't do it, but I did, and . . . that feels great!
So today it's moving into a more veggie/raw food diet. I'm not one for extremes, so I'm not going there in total, but I am beginning to eat more lightly today and tomorrow (Sun and Mon) in anticipation of a three day fast (Tu, Wed, Th) with only fruit and vegetable drinks, herbal and green teas, and water. I have fasted before and found it exciting and mind cleansing, along with being body cleansing.
And so, instead of the traditional exercise each day (though that's part of my daily routine), I'm also note the challenge of the day, big or small. I hope to continue this for the rest of the summer until it's a habit I continue even throughout the year.
Saturday: 1 hr strength training using higher weights for arm exercises (need to find higher ankle weights, too)
Sunday: Beginning detox with emphasis on eating only liquids or soup or raw veggies. Exercise: pilates early (30 min) and run/walk for 40 (later).
Monday: busy day around campus and cleaning at home
Tuesday: 45 min run/walk--hot! Also: day 1 of purifying raw food and mostly liquids; 2-4 is the juice fast ; then 5 is back to light raw foods. I'm not hungry at all and can't imagine on all the fluids I'm supposed to take in (128 oz) of which I've already consumed almost 90.
Wed: First day of fast. I can tell this is going to be hard to do this for three days. Too much drinking which leads to having to use the bathroom frequently. We'll see . . . . .
Th: Second fast day, broken for lunch with Andrew and Rachel--had one pie slice of watermelon and one wedge of an omelet, both chewed very slowly and well so that they were more or less mush by the time they headed down my stomach. Of course, that means I've gotten away from only veggies and fruit, but I'm back on the liquids since and will try the same tomorrow with a break at lunch again. I think that's not a bad way to ease back to regular eating! Had enough energy to do an hour of yoga!
Fri: mostly fluids except for a small plate of the remains of an omelet and cooked turnip greens for lunch, and a bowl of half an apple and some cut celery, and a teeny-tiny slice of watermelon for dinner. 1/2 hr pilates in a.m.; 1/2 hr of walk/run
Sat: 1/2 hr upper body balance ball; 1/2 hr arms and abs yoga; Eating meals; small bowl of steel cut oatmeal and 1/4 grapefruit for breakfast; small salad and veggie broth for lunch. Filling! In between, water or herbal tea or green tea. So far, no more caffeine than that, and I'm feeling awake and alert!
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