Friday, February 20, 2009

40 Days of Yoga - Fruit Cleanse Experience

So, on week 4 we go to 20 minutes of meditation (which I am STILL struggling with), 60 minutes of yoga, and for three days we need to do a fruit fast...well eat nothing but fruit for 72 hours...so Tuesday I got myself all geared up for it and Wednesday I did it...ate nothing but fruit all day. I drank water and tea...and it was pretty good. And, just for the record...I had some different things...I had a smoothie (banana, peach and pineapple juice) for breakfast, tomato and avocado chopped with garlic salt for lunch...pineapple chunks and cherries, apple, applesauce, grapes, and fruit tea...so a variety and not tons of one thing! I had asked another person in the program about the hardest part...and she said dinner of the first day. So as I went to bed on day one (I only cheated once...my husband thought it would be a good idea to bring home freshly baked bread...EEK) I was feeling pretty good. I woke up Thursday morning thinking that this day would be as easy as the first...so I made my smoothie and sipped it throughout the morning...as I went through it...I felt like gagging! So...I started getting ready for work and once I was out of the shower...I threw up. And, I felt really nauseous. I called off work, grabbed an 8 oz coke and laid down on the couch. I felt absolutely miserable. If I even thought about FRUIT I raced to the bathroom. It took me 5 hours to sip an 8 oz coke to settle my stomach. I asked my husband to bring some 7up home...and I drank water. By evening I decided to eat...so I had a small portion of chicken sausage with marinara over whole wheat spaghetti...and the heartburn set in...so, was it the all fruit on Wednesday...I am sure this wasn't what I was supposed to feel. I managed to go until 6:30pm Thursday before I ate food...with the exception of the tiny sliver of bread Wednesday night. When I went to bed last night I felt like I could care less if I ever ate again. Today...I am afraid to eat. So...I will have tea for breakfast and take a lunch in case...but I feel like crap! I am sure this was a coincidence...maybe I was around someone with the stomach flu and I just caught it...but, I will try this again sometime...not soon though, because while I love fruit...the thought of it now makes me want to hurl!

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