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Permalink Reply by Chai on May 17, 2008 at 9:33am

prudence~
congratulations on completing your feast! i am 30 days into mine (and plan to continue until the official end of the feast), and I would love to hear about why you chose to end yours, how you ended it, and how you feel. What were the physical changes you experienced? Emotional?
blessings on your journey!
chai

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Permalink Reply by Prudence on May 19, 2008 at 2:08pm

Hi, Chai! Congratulations on your feasting success so far, and blessings on your continued journey!

Honestly, ending the feast was a decision I needed to make. I have perfectionistic tendencies, and can tend to ignore anything that might get in the way of reaching my goal. In this case, about Day 21, I was starting to feel complete, but I chalked it up to resistance. The thing is, I went on the feast in the first place because I was paying attention to my intuition, so it seems I would have paid attention on the other end as well, but I didn't. A few days later, I started feeling really deprived. It wasn't because I was drinking less juice, or not having enough variety. It wasn't even like I was craving anything different. It was purely emotional. Looking back, I see it as part of a pattern that I'm trying to break -- trusting outside authority more than myself.

So, a few days later, I did break the juice feast with prunes and was instantly happy. Again, I'm sure that was much more about my listening to myself than the taste of the prunes, lol!

Physically, I felt great through the feast and through the transition, until I binged on the fourth night post-feast. That was miserable. My intestines had to stretch to accommodate all that food, and I felt every inch of the digestive tract as the lump of food moved through. Yuck. Again, though, a good lesson. I hadn't had enough juice that day and was famished when my husband brought home yummy stuff.

I'm back to eating raw again, and it feels wonderful. I have so much more energy now than I did pre-feast, and I was no slouch then!

Thanks for asking, Chai. I'll be checking in and applauding your progress!

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Permalink Reply by Brock on May 17, 2008 at 8:32pm

Hey Prudence, good luck to you... it was nice to share this experience with you. :)

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Permalink Reply by Prudence on May 19, 2008 at 2:10pm

Thanks, Brock. I have learned a lot from you! Keep on juicing!

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Permalink Reply by lemoned on May 19, 2008 at 12:38pm

Good luck to you!!! Congrats!!!

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Permalink Reply by Colleen on May 19, 2008 at 3:35pm

Thanks for sharing your journey! Blessings as you go forward into what lies ahead for you.

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