lightening the load of the pack mule

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Leah:

 

A suggestion to help is to try some variation of what I am experimenting

with.

 

1. Just drink water for the first 2-5 hours each day. No food!

Note I am surprised at how much energy I have with an empty stomach!

 

2. Break the fast easy -- fresh green juice or stored in an airtight

container or a green smoothie.

 

3. Wait 29 minutes after the juice to eat solid food but be prepared to be

hungry...I am.

 

I did this today - got up at 7 a.m. and worked at home and drove to work by 9

a.m. We did a very physical one hour training / workout, broke into groups

and the workshop was over at 12:15

 

I got to my car and to my food and started eating at 12:45

 

I was fine all morning except for the last 30 minutes I started getting

grouchy, either it was the lack of sugar or lack of quiet down time as I try to

do

that regularly.

 

Hope this helps - I got the idea from Paul Nison, Fred Bisci and Matt Monarch.

 

In my yoga or self-study practice I recently noticed when I get stressed out

my first thought is food. If appropiate food is not available then my secod

thought is to drink/ want water. If water is not available then I do or want to

do an appropriate yoga posture for the stress.

 

I could function much better if I can reverse this orderL first response to

stress is breath / posture work then if necessary drink water or if still

necessary eat.

 

:>)

Bill

 

 

In a message dated 5/24/06 8:16:06 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

rawfood writes:

 

 

> In addition to any suggestions on how to make this less complicated, can

> some one tell me how long juice is " good " after I juice it? I would like to

> juice apples or grapes maybe 24 hours before I use them because of the

schedule

> issues described above. Will there be much left in terms of nutrition if I

> wait that long? And, I haven't developed a taste yet for smoothies

> (especially green ones)

>

> Leah

>