Liquid Fast

So when I began reading more holistic nutrition books last year, I noted one very persistent and annoying theme: fasting was a necessary starting point to cleanse the body and truly get well. Baah humbug I said. There was no way I could fast. I've tried it before and I was a holy disaster after a few hours. And anyway, Dr. Oz says fasting isn't really necessary to cleanse. Hee hee. But yesterday, after a week of extreme stress and feeling like my addiction to grains was picking up momentum, I decided to give it a go... never really convinced that I'd get through the whole day. But I did! I did a modified juice/liquid fast that consisted of the following:

AM: fresh orange/tangerine juice
Mid-morning yoga
Mid-day: a few spoons of a smoothie concoction that included sweet pea shoots, avocado, banana, pear, carrots and essential greens powder (It was too sweet so I ended up throwing away about 75% of it)
Mid-afternoon massage (aaaahhhh)
5:00 vegie juice: beet, carrot, cucumber, parsley
6:30 vegetable broth with bok choy

And voila! Now here's the kicker. Not only do I feel monumentally relaxed today, but for the first time in probably 7 years, I slept the entire night - almost 9 hours without waking up. Wahoo!

And so, today, I'm starting off slowly with a vegie juice followed by a fruit smoothie. And then we'll ease back into the wonderful food highway.... lesson learned. A modified liquid feast can do wonders to relax and rejuvenate a tired body and soul... Now granted my first adventure in the liquid feast was a very modest 24 hours. But as Arnold would say... I'll be back!