Day 5 of Challenge

This shit is hard! Ok so  I thought I could aimlessly walk into a nice vegan and raw diet....slam...wrong!

 So Day 3 was alright until at the end of dinner, I got a horrid gas cramp in my tummy, spent about 30 min on the toilet massaging labor like gas pains. Bad pain, fatigue, gas, headache...arg! So the next day (day 4) I went to have a colonic. That was great. I went to Kai Bravo, you have to go to her! See the resources page to find her info. We discovered I have much yeast! She also said to not go totally raw yet...Which we are not going to for more than here and there. She said to do more of a yeast free diet, less fruit, more water, less kale and brasicas due to my thyroid issue. So I already pretty much knew this and so am now backing down on the raw part of the raw/vegan challenge due to Kai's recommendation. She said usually people need to wade in with more trepidation that we had. Go slow, go easy. Well basically we did I thought, the last 3 months doing a lot of veggies, green drinks etc. were a challenge in and of itself. Then we went grain free almost 80%, aside from rice in sushi here and there. So this next step took us to more straight raw veggies, lots of nuts and more dedicated green drinks. We cut out animal protein as well. This did not seem like a big difference to me, but my gut thinks otherwise. Jamie had a colonic, feeling wiped out and achy. He has also been bumping up his lymes herbs and things, so that can be part of this. His stomach is a bit crampy and gassy. He has also had a low grade headache and feeling dizzy also. Hard to say what the symptoms are from, lymes meds or food changes.

 So we backed down, yesterday was a mild raw day, cooked dinner of green beans, mushrooms and garlic saute'd w olive oil and salt, steamed yams, and a salad. Simple yet super good. Felt fine last night, and today am feeling way better. We started with a nice green drink and a bit of fruit. A leftovers lunch and a smoothie.

So the lesson here....do things slower.

I have to cut down on fruit and go yeast free. This is gonna be real hard. So, next level of awareness brings the next level of challenges.

New Green Drink
red leaf lettuce (5 leaves)
pear
mango juice
apple and celery
hemp powder
ice and water

A bit bitter but refreshing.