Today I stayed at home most of my day and cleaned up. I particularly feel the need for every thing to be clean around me. I woke up and hiked with Detox friends and we did a few exercises. Every one around me was really “positive” or so they seemed, which made me the bitchy one. I was cranky and disconnected at the beginning, I was thinking about breakfast. As I hiked and took in the earth, my attitude improved. I remembered hiking once and coming across a Coyote as a woman from Central America told me that Coyote meat was delicious. I realized that this is how gross our cow meat must sound to Indians and so on and so on. But I can’t help but become flustered yet again because we have created such a dependency on protein and what it is worth for muscle. As I get older I worry about my body and what is the right thing to do, I become overwhelmed. Every where you look food is being pushed in your face, so during the detox I feel most comfortable when I am away from it all.

I really wonder how I would survive in a situation such as The Haiti Earthquake that just happened and not eating would not be optional. It is time for me to get these shackles off and learn to deal with life without resorting to overeating.

The rest of the day I cleaned until it was time to hit the road for my show. I performed at a lounge that specializes in BBQ and I was pissed because the smell was making me sick. I have to admit that I took it to the stage. I had mixed feelings but when I looked at the food closely I was cool. I took my anger to the stage, had a great show and left. I didn’t want to be in there as I laughed thinking about how when I got home I had nothing to look forward to but putting that dirt in my water and drinking it.

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The weekend is upon us and it is tough to socialize during the detox, I feel deprived. My friends are going to dinner and I can’t go and I don’t want to. I am enjoying the fact that I have been able to do this with consistency. Eating has always been a battle for me. I am not hungry, I have decided to let the herbs be my food and I wont be tempted. I went into my office and felt the urge to take a nap, I had to, I was really sleepy. Taking naps is not something I do outside of being sick.

Traffic was terrible and during that time I distinctly thought about eating some crab legs with butter and bread. I am starting to acknowledge my emotional connection to food and I guess anxiety leads to seafood, lol. I picked up my daughter and had a conversation with her, where I actually listened without becoming impatient with her. I have also realized that I have not been going to sleep bloated and exhausted and are glad because I was getting used to it.

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Today, I decided to stay busy and do something else for my health instead of just thinking about food, I went and got an adjustment. My chiropractor told me that I am shrinking and that this weight loss would be good for my spine. I have been a bit more patient and peaceful with people and my friends joke and tell me that it is because I am weak due to hunger. I disagree, I feel different and today is one of the days where I believe that eating like this is a breeze.

I am angry with my mother for making meat so important in my household and forcing us to believe:
1. Eating without meat is not eating
2. That you must clean your plate every time.

These two habits have been very hard to break, as I was trained that the two were fundamental to achieve health. The reprogramming is work and it begins with internal work. I have been reading Think and Grow Rich with more clarity and feeling like living a better life is achievable.

Every day is a battle and an accomplishment all rolled up in one. I am not as hungry today, but I was tired of the fruits today and the smell of the pills made me sick. I keep them away from me so that I don’t have to smell them until it’s time to take them.

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