Well, I have three more days left to complete my very first 28-day raw vegan food cleanse (Join The Lifeit Detox 28 Days Raw Food Cleanse). If you think you missed it, Chef Latrice actually starts a new cleanse every month on a new moon. The next cleanse is scheduled to start on March 26, 2009.
I don't want to give it all away now because on Day 28 I will give a comprehensive review of my before and after results since I've been on this cleanse. For now I will say that I was a chicken, fish, fried foods, cheese, butter, coffee, candy, and nachos consumer, and now I am about 90% raw vegan. I consume fresh fruits, sundried fruits, fresh leafy green lettuce, fresh vegetables, seeds, some nuts (except peanuts), agave nectar, raw wild honey, spirulina, nutritional yeast, Bragg Liquid Aminos, Bragg Apple Cider Vinegar, and sea salt.
The reason that I became motivated to complete this cleanse is because I had some nagging health conditions that I couldn't figure out where they were coming from. And now after only 25 days most of those conditions have either cleared up or improved.
So what's next? Well, there are some other aspects of the cleanse that I didn't incorporate this time around. For one thing, the cleanse incorporates daily exercise, but I stopped exercising when I started the cleanse (I was already working out regularly before I started).
If you read my posts from the beginning, you saw that I stopped working out because I had a cold and when I worked out my cough came back with a vengeance. But I did not intend to go this long without exercise. I guess I was so busy concentrating on my eating...but now many of the recipes have become a habit so it doesn't take as much effort anymore. I can't wait to get back to my workouts.
Secondly, I want to incorporate other self-healing modalities such as epsom salt baths, self-massage, meditation (I already pray), aromatherapy, herbal therapy, etc. I'm interested in exploring these topics on a deeper level.
Finally, there is so much more that I want to try in terms of the food...I'll probably purchase a dehydrator in a few weeks, and then there will be so many more raw vegan recipes that I will be able to create, such as cookies, breads, crackers, chips, burgers, tortillas...all without gluten, roasted corn, or hydrogenated oils. And with the live enzymes intact.
So, over the next few days I'll give it some thought and decide which direction I want to go in. Should I do a raw vegan cleanse (round 2), a fitness challenge, or a self-healing challenge? We'll see.
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