Day three - still juicing and still asking

I am on the full 3rd day of my juicing program, and I am loving it!

Here is my regimen:

1. I cut up as many green leafy's as I can (kale, broccoli, spinach) and as many other raw veggies as I can, and put them in a blender, drop in some apple juice and distilled water, blend it up and SLAM IT DOWN. I try to drink as much as I can during the day.

2. I exercise every day. Every other day I do some light weight training and squats. And every other day I am walking or doing some other type of cardio. The other morning I froze my rump off walking three miles through 7 degree weather. It got so cold my trust I-phone froze up and had to be reset.

3. I do take one protein drink a day. EAS three stage protein. It is the best for keeping hunger pangs down and for eliminating soreness.

4. I take one multi-vitamin in the morning, one ginseng pill in the morning, and then one multi and one ginseng in the afternoon.

5. I try to guard against the smell of food. The smell of food is the hardest thing for me. I am beginning to breathe only through my mouth while my wife is cooking so the smells don't hit my brain.

6. I still drink my Yerba Mate Tea twice a day.

7. I drink Vitalagy every morning - which is a mich of mangosteen, noni, goji, and others.

8. I also mix a powerful green powder in with my juices. This is from whisperingweeds.com. It is called POWERFOODS and it is by far the very best green powder drink I have ever taken. What makes it so good is that it is not mass produced. It is from a master herbalist in Colorado who only makes so much at a time. He is a small business, but this stuff is absolutely amazing.

9. I am still releasing the 108 Infinite Beingness Questions into my mind every day. This year, so far, I have not missed a day. I am a hypnotherapist and Reiki Master Level Practitioner, and I have recorded the questions in a deeply relaxing, hypnotic, meditative voice - and I listen every day.

10. I am still energizing and meditating every day as well, according to Self-Realization Fellowship and Yogananda's teachings.

The hardest part, so far, is the smell of food. I need a good set of nose plugs! Normally, at day three, I would be hitting a wall, but drinking so much raw, blended juice, the hunger pains are much less. The protein drink is helping with this.

My goal and intention:

Is to go for at least 30 days on nothing but raw, blended juice - with the ultimate goal of going for 92 days. Many people who "juice-feast" say you need a Vita-Mix Blender, which costs about 400 SMACKERS. I am finding my 5 year old Oyster blender which I bought for less then 20 bucks, works just as well!

Foreseeable obstacles:

1. As I said before, the smell of food. I am a husband and father of 4 kids so far, with another on the way, so I need to help out with dinner. I have deeply enjoyed the delicious Rachael Ray meals that my wife has whooped up. Not eating with the family, and having to help prepare meals, will be hard. I am going to train my body to breathe out of my mouth during meal times, so I cut off from the smell of food. It all starts with the smell.

2. Thinking about food. When I go without solid food, I realize how much I think about food. Having done multiple fasts over the years, I am getting better at it. I am learning to just put food out of my mind, just put it off. Think about something else. All of this ties in with the smell of food as well. The smell brings up the thinking about food. Like right now, my wife made some cream of broccoli soup, and the smell has lingered in the house for at least 45 minutes after she has done eating it.

3. Going out. My wife and I love to go out to eat at our favorite local restaurants, and then go to a movie. Pigging out at dinner, and then pigging out during the movie, is a favorite past-time. My wife feels guilty eating in front of me during dinner, and then the smells of the restaurant come up. Again, I can be around food if I cut off the sense of smell during those times.

4. The cost of whole apples and the cost of apple juice. If I go to the health food store and buy the fancy schmancy organic healthy apple juice, I could go broke before I am half-way through. I found a cheaper organic "from concentrate" apple juice at the grocery store that is half price. I find it annoying that the organic is so expensive. Whole organic apples are also very expensive - five bucks a bag, but I refuse to eat the conventional apple. I'll just have to eat the cost.

The joys so far:

1. Watching me two boys down my green-concoctions with glee! They drink down these raw vegetables and absolutely love it! That is a true joy to watch.

2. The clarity of mind. I am much less tired in the morning, and my brain is feeling totally clear. I go through phases of feeling groggy and cranky, which is always follows with an even longer period of energy and clarity.

3. Feeling my spiritual awareness increase. This is invaluable.

4. Feeling myself slim down. This morning I was doing my squats, and I totally was bouncing back up from each squat.

90 days and onward!!

Victory to the power of love....