The Road to a Healthier Me!

Alright, so I know it's not too long before it's 3am. But I'm just so excited on this new journey that I am about to embark on.

First of all, I had a realization... an epiphany... that I need to fucking DO something about my health. Not only have I gained weight, but the largest concern is what you can see happening to my body as I am becoming unhealthier each day. My allergies have been out of control, my womanly cycle isn't regular and something is always inflamed.

Recently, I've had an allergy on my hands and fingers (vesicular eczema). They don't itch, they are just very uncomfortable and sometimes stings. I usually only get these when I'm having a severe allergic reaction to something (which is generally hot spicy, Indian tandoori that contains cumin) and goes away after a couple of days of treatment. But this time, they have stayed for two weeks.

My doctor claims nothing is wrong with me and I'm just paranoid. If I had better insurance, I would get a few more opinions. Anyhow, I did some reading and here is where my epiphany occured. My body is suffering from an overload of toxins! I read all of the symptoms and I have them all.

So then I did a lot of reading on detox and how to do it without spending hundreds of dollars a day in a spa. The solution? According to the raw foods diet, a "master cleanse" is done to give the body a break from toxins through fasting. Whether if it's just juice or water fasting, the break from solid foods and/or unnatural foods will allow the body to release toxins faster and more sufficiently. Blood cleanses itself, illness within cells shrink, fatty livers shrink, colon and skin and even the mind becomes clearer, and so on and so forth. Some people do different types of fasts and what not, which ranges anywhere from 24 hours to 60 days.

I thought starting the road to a healthier me would have a great start by detoxing first. Another great thing about fasting is that the body burns off fat because fat is considered very toxic. So I'm thinking to do a fast that is a mixture of water and juice (I don't have a juicer!) that is about 3 to 5 days. I wanted to do one day, but I read that one day isn't enough which makes sense because I've done fasts before for religious purposes and one day doesn't really do or feel like much. They say that the body doesn't really detox until the 10th day. But I'm just testing the waters as I've never fasted without any solids before.

So we all need TRUE support when doing something as serious as making a transformation in one's life. And my friend Nick has agreed to do fasts and exercise with me in order to create more healthy lifestyles for ourselves. Plus, Nick is an organic/spiritual freak like I am so it makes it more easy to endure!

Cheers to health!