Juice Fasting and Detoxification

Well, I'm over 50 hours into my juice fast now, nearly tripling what I've ever done before. All I've had to drink are:

1. The herbs from the ejuva cleanse
   
2. Distilled Water
   
3. Three Lemonades
   
4. 1 Odwalla Super-Food Drink

The logic behind fasting is that the beginning is the most difficult because our body is cleansing itself the most. And as we know from symptoms like head aches, runny noses, throwing up, etc; this is not the most feel-good process in the world. The past two days were fairly difficult because of this. It is weird not knowing how my body will feel next. I place my trust in the number of books I've read by authors who've helped thousands of others through fasts collectively and who base their findings on academic research.

From my understanding, the greatest risk that I face right now is my body being overwhelmed by toxins that are being let loose into the bloodstream for evacuation. While it is good for the body to cleanse itself, it is bad for the body to be overloaded with more than it can handle. Thus, whenever I begin to not feel good, I have lemonade or "food-juice" to help my body get rid off toxins.

Things have taken a big swing in the past hour, though. I really started to focus on utilizing what I consider to be one of the greatest forces in the world if applied; the power to be the change we want to see in every moment.

I believe that no matter how we feel or what we've done in the past, we always have the ability to control our thoughts, feelings, action, and attention.

Too often, we (myself included) justify being angry, stresed out, bored, or hateful for some reason or other. In other words, we unconsciously and sometimes consciously make decisions that are not the best decision available to us. Yet, in each moment, we have the power to change this. It may be easier for some than others, but we all still possess this ability.

By consciously focusing on this power, my energy and spirits have gone up tremendously in the past hour. Experiences, like what I'm going through in the fast, are incredible opportunities to increase this power provided I move forward with caution.