Monday, January 10, 2011

21 Day Adventure Cleanse: Days 4-7

I've made it a full week on my cleanse now and I'm feeling pretty good.  The last few days I've been a little fatigued, and spent some extra time resting.  Today, however, I feel great, alert, and ready to get things done.  There is a list of "check in" items, to review at the end of each day.  In addition to tracking each item of food, I am also tracking how much water I drink, what supplements I take, how my eliminations are, what time in the evening I have my last bit of food, and how the cleanse makes me feel physically and emotionally.  I also record if I abstained from: coffee, alcohol, gluten, animal products and sugar and whether or not I did: dry brushing, neti pot, exercise, meditate, chew mindfully, laugh out loud, spend time in nature, get a good eight hours of sleep.

I've been doing a great job abstaining from everything but sugar. I have been eating a piece of dark chocolate at the end of each day. I admit that I haven't even resisted the urge. This week, though, I would like to see if I can go a few days without, and break the hold sugar has on me.


Chipotle Hominy Stew

I have been meditating everyday to the Vortex meditations, which I highly recommend.  Exercise has been hit or miss.  We had several nice days last week and Triton and I ventured out on walks, which gave us our "time in nature" quota as well.  I can't say I'm as motivated to walk in three feet of snow, in the 12 degrees. However, part of my 2011 Intentions included daily yoga, which I can't say has happened so far. The Yoga Journal online started a 21 day yoga challenge, today, which I signed up for. This should get me back on track for my intention and daily exercise.

I've generally been pretty good with the detox tools, but I haven't done a lot of laughing and as for chewing mindfully, I am terrible at this! So this week those are the things I will focus on.  I have been sleeping pretty well, except the last two nights, I've had to get up and pee every 30-45 minutes, no joke! Apparently my lymph is moving stuff through, which is great! However, it makes solid sleep very difficult.  Let's hope that chills a bit this week. 

How are you doing with your 2011 Intentions? 

6 comments:

  1. Wow! So far all I've done is talked about it... I plan to take that Ring to Mordor - one of these days... my precious....

    I can't seem to summon up the energy for all the cooking that would be involved. It's so much easier to just open up a box and hit the 2 minutes button on the microwave...

    I love your list! And I also love your the new look of your blog!

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  2. Way to go Shanna!Keep up the good work. I know the focus is there because it's take dedication to do a clense. By the way the chipotle hominy stew looks so delicious and I am really loving the new look of the blog!

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  3. I haven't even gotten around to making my 2011 intentions yet but I have been good at sticking to the health intentions I made, of course it has only been 3 days. :)
    Keep up the good work, I know you can do it!

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  4. I'm doing the 21 day yoga challenge too! I'm a beginner yogi, so I think this will help me cultivate my own daily practice. Let me know how you are doing with this!

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  5. Also, try eating some dates instead of chocolate. They are super sweet and delicious. That's what I've been doing when I need a sugar fix.

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