{"id":693,"date":"2011-05-01T10:19:06","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T17:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/?p=693"},"modified":"2014-01-18T12:54:25","modified_gmt":"2014-01-18T20:54:25","slug":"thoughts-on-day-21-of-raw-food-cleanse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/health-diet\/thoughts-on-day-21-of-raw-food-cleanse\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on Day 21 of raw food cleanse"},"content":{"rendered":"

As previously posted, my girlfriend<\/strike> fiance and I have been doing a raw food cleanse<\/a>. Well, today is Day 21, the final day. We have experimented with raw in the past, and typically enjoy a mostly vegan diet, though we do indulge in non-vegan and cooked foods with some regularity, but try to keep our center with lots of veggies and organic foods. I had noted that my goals were to “clear my head a bit, get more internal creativity flowing, and to re-kickstart my running and working out.” I suppose in some ways I’ve succeeded, but in others not so much.<\/p>\n

From a health standpoint, it has been a success, and I’ve felt great all 3 weeks. I didn’t have the creative energy boost that I had hoped for, but that may be something longer term, or maybe I just poured all my energy into work and didn’t leave enough for myself… And as far as running, I have actually lost some of my endurance, I think because we did four days of liquids only and a short fast, during which time I really had to lay low. The next week or two will really show whether or not I can do better.<\/p>\n

I knew inevitably I would lose weight on this program, since I followed it essentially to a tee, with the only differences between larger portions and some extra smoothies. And I know part of a cleanse is to release some extra weight and toxicity. As of today I lost about 12 pounds, which I am hoping to add back over the coming month. But hopefully in muscle rather than just extra bulk.<\/p>\n

Near the beginning I had some excessive hunger, but that quickly went away after my initial detox period. The hardest has been the last week as I have been craving some of my old foods, nothing even too bad, but simple things like thai curry or mexican rice and beans. Even though today is Day 21 and we are so close to the end, I allowed myself a cheat of Sunday morning decaf coffee. If that was my biggest deviation from the program I am not too upset. \ud83d\ude42 Over the weeks I did have a few cravings, but I suppose the fact that I was otherwise enjoying and not feeling deprived is a testament to my health on a regular basis. Other than a few minor headaches the first few days, I had no significant change in how I felt or my emotions. (Ok a few times when I was hungry I lost my temper, but not too bad…) I essentially felt great, clean, and energetic the whole time, but typically I feel pretty good so this was expected. The subtle changes I noticed had to do with energy levels upon waking.<\/p>\n

The biggest issue for me was the fact that I didn’t allow any indulgences, which on a normal basis I would. At a bbq party we went to early on, I had to use some serious willpower when all our friends were enjoying a few drinks and a huge food spread.<\/p>\n

We definitely learned a lot of fun and tasty recipes, and though we don’t plan on staying 100% raw, we plan to incorporate many of the meals we made into our regular food rotation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As previously posted, my girlfriend fiance and I have been doing a raw food cleanse. Well, today is Day 21, the final day. We have experimented with raw in the past, and typically enjoy a mostly vegan diet, though we do indulge in non-vegan and cooked foods with some regularity, but try to keep our center with lots of veggies and organic foods. I had noted that my goals were to “clear my head a bit, get more internal creativity flowing, and to re-kickstart my running and working out.” I suppose in some ways I’ve succeeded, but in others not so much.<\/p>\n

From a health standpoint, it has been a success, and I’ve felt great all 3 weeks. I didn’t have the creative energy boost that I had hoped for, but that may be something longer term, or maybe I just poured all my energy into work and didn’t leave enough […]<\/p>\n

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