Well here I am a couple of weeks since the last post and I am pleased to report in that I am officially down 25 pounds!!! Yes, I did say 25 pounds. I hit the 25 pound mark on this past Sunday. That being said I now have 98.5 pds til my goal. I have continued to juice for two meals and then for the third I am either eating raw or doing a raw soup in the Vitamix. I feel great!!! Bonus from eating Raw is that I feel more clear. I actually have been going through some emotional highs and lows though too. There are times when I feel like the flood gates are about to open and the tears start and then I have moments of pure elation and joy. I imagine that this is continuing to be part of the detox portion of the food changes. I know that in the ebook Raw Emotions that Angela speaks about the emotional detoxing lasting for quite a few months. And in fact, I think she actually said that it didn't start right away. It was about 2 to 3 months into the change of eating that it started for her. I definitely feel some of my feelings of loss from the move surfacing as well. I think about my friends and the relationships that I had in KY a lot. I really miss my friends there. They were so awesome and so supportive. It's funny but I have also been focusing on my spirituality quite a bit as well. I find that there is a part of me yearning to be expressed spiritually as well. I have been spending more time in the silence and in meditation. For me, sometimes I fight going through the emotions thinking I should do it later when I have more time to deal with it. What I am noticing though is that if I spend a little time with the emotion and check in and see where it's root is I can actually work through it and get to the other side. For now that is working. I wonder if as I go deeper and deeper into detox if it will get harder because I can only guess what some of these buried emotions that I have stuffed might be. Time will tell and I won't rush it. My body will heal at it's own pace one day at a time.
One interesting thought that I just had is that while the weight is lightening up I have "cheated" on the fiber fast. Hmmmmm, what do you suppose that is all about? This past weekend was the annual Best Little Yarn Crawl in TX. It was a four day crawl around to 10 yarn stores in the Austin/ San Antonio area. What fun it was. It was my first yarn crawl ever. I worked at the shop where I teach for two of the days and then the other two days I did the crawl. I made it to all 10 stores and I am planning on the winning the big prize of a $500 gift certificate. WooHoo. While on my journey to these 10 stores I succumbed to the temptation, I blew it! I am a true yarn a holic! I purchased a couple of things, I broke the fast. In my defense they were things that I had never seen before and can not get at my local yarn shop. I know that is not really justification for breaking my fast but it's the best I can do. I thought that I could wrap it and put it under the Christmas tree from my family. That is just another way for me to justify it though, isn't it? The crawl was quite an experience. You get in your car and you strategically plan your route. One day I went north and the last day I went south. Super fun! I went by myself because I didn't really know anyone to go with. I can tell you that it would be a blast with a group of girlfriends and I hope that next year I will have someone to go with. For now I am back on the fasting wagon. I have to tell you that it has been an interesting journey this fall. I am doing a test knit that is taking me a fair bit of time. More than usual. Not because it is hard but because it is tedious and has patterning on both sides and tons of cables. It is gorgeous though! Can't wait until the designer reveals it. Last week I took a break to knit a shawl for the yarn crawl for the shop to use as a display model and I finished it in 8 days, which made me feel accomplished and now I am back to the test knit. As soon as the test knit is finished I will get back to Christmas knitting and cleaning off my needles for 12/31/12 so that I can start the new year off clean. I am so excited about that!!!
I trust that your Fall is bring much beauty and joy to your life as the seasons begin to change. I'll be in touch soon!
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