What do peas have to do with this post? Nothing, I just picked them this afternoon from the garden so took a photo of them.
Sometimes we just need to Take Control of our lives. What do I mean by this? Well for the past two and half years I have been muddling along, on medication, in pain and well most readers will know the rest of it. Last night while thinking...strange I've actually been doing some of that lately, I decided that while I was on no medication at all, and before starting the new drugs, that I would follow Jason Vale's 3 Day Detox. After all I had already made a tentative start along similar lines with my Raw Food diet.
Reminding myself of my favourite quote on my header 'Without Challenge, There is No Achievement', it is time to put that back into practice again. I have half heartedly started many different 'things' for wont of a better word over the last year or so, but been unable to stick to many of them for various reasons. Whilst I am not going to beat myself up if I don't find this current regime successful, at least I will know that I have tried. That is the important thing that I mustn't lose sight of. So bearing all that in mind I am embarking on a mission to 'Take Control of my Life'.
So with my notebook/journal last night I sat down and planned my first day on the '3 Day Super Juice Detox'.
I wrote up a list of six things that I wanted to do today, that I have felt bad about not doing, or that were important things to address. I achieved five out of six so feel that is a pretty good start.
I think that due to starting last week with almost a 'mini' detox, it hasn't been so bad today as my body is getting used to it. No headache today (had lots last week), and I have felt very positive and perhaps more 'alive' than I have felt in ages, if that makes sense. Funny because only yesterday I was telling my husband that I didn't feel any different since going on the diet. I do feel slightly tired now, but as we are having a quiet evening and I will be able to go to bed early, that is just fine.
I am also limiting my computer time, to first thing in the morning, when I drink my hot water and lemon, and again in the evening. The rest of the day the laptop will be closed!
So for a while my blog will focus on my journey and how I get on, so that I have something to look back at and reflect upon later. As it is so much easier for me to type at present rather than write by hand most of my thoughts will be on here rather than on paper.
I managed to complete a whole session of yoga this morning which is more than I have been able to for quite a few weeks now. Yes it did hurt, but it was bearable and I felt I'd achieved something at the end of the hour and a half.
I also had some more Bowen Therapy treatment this afternoon and we discussed various issues that she will address in the hope that it will benefit me. Very positive about what I was hoping to do and achieve as well with regards diet.
Anyway this is probably enough of my ramblings for today.
I'll leave you with a couple of photos I took this evening out in the garden.
