Yes, it has been a while. I feel like instead of enjoying the holidays I'm starting to dread them. My work gets very demanding and stressful during this time and takes a toll on my poor body. I run myself into the ground with 3-4 hours of sleep a night, yes...you heard that right. Then top that off with a poor diet plan and you got a recipe for disaster.
Today is the first day in a while that I actually feel like myself again. You see, I am the only one in my family that follows and embraces the raw vegan lifestyle (this includes my husband) so during the holidays I find myself having to eat what everyone else has prepared even if it is not my normal diet. I have to say that this Easter, out of every other holiday this year, has really thrown me for a loop. I think because I have been on a fairly steady raw diet, that for the first time I actually felt the repercussions of coming off of it. I've felt sick to my stomach on more then one occasion, bloated, crampy, constipated and just not myself. I've felt lost these last couple weeks and it has taken a while to get back into my groove. I've finally brushed off the funk and I am now back and ready to go. This experience has further strengthened my love and respect for my new found raw lifestyle.
I have to start out by saying that there are quite a few things going on lately with me. I will be prepping myself for another seasonal "juice feasting" and detoxification in 4 weeks. (I've been reading this book lately ...it's great, you should check it out) :
I have made the personal decision to take myself off of my birth control pills and because of this I will be trying to flush out all of the harmful toxins build up in my body due to artificial hormones for the last 9 years. This has been a very personal battle for me. I don't believe in medication and at the time when I was prescribed this I really had no choice in the matter. I have a choice now and this will no longer be holding me back from embracing my full healing potential. I will be documenting my experience since after many days of online research I've found barely any information about taking yourself off of the pill, so this may help others not be so scared to venture out and take back control of their bodies. I will get more in detail about this soon. Thanks for listening....here are some posts that I've been collecting for a while on my little hiatus.....enjoy and stay strong :)
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