Raw Cleanse

Wednesday, 20 January 2010

A busy weekend behind me, and a full calendar for the week ahead, leaves me feeling a little depleted, yet thankful for all the opportunities we have. At least today was fairly sedate. I stayed home to wait for our weekly produce co-op delivery. The delivery window is between 7am and 4pm, though they usually show up by late morning. However, today they didn't come until later in the afternoon, so I had already been up, worked out, tackled a couple dreaded projects, like pooper-scooping the yard and folding four baskets of laundry. By early evening, both Darren and I were sitting around, kind of wondering whether we should be trying to be productive with the rest of our day, or if we should just enjoy the few hours without anything on the schedule to just "be." We opted for our respective activities; him watching a hockey game and me checking my email, reading a bit, and making the kids a quick dinner.

This week, I decided to try a "Raw Cleanse" product. I think years of dietary self-abuse have left my digestion sluggish. I've been tweaking things in my diet for the past couple years, trying to improve symptoms of severe bloating and "irregularity," to no avail. I've been to the doctor countless times, only to have the vague diagnosis of IBS, so I've resolved to just keep trying different things. I'm aware that stress can also play a big factor with these symptoms, so I'm working on that, too. Things on my ideal self-healing protocol would include regular Hatha yoga, meditation, good sleep, juice fasting and maybe even looking into colonics. But, in the meantime, where time and energy are huge deterrents to self-care, I'll experiment this "Raw Cleanse" in a box. I don't have huge expectations with this product, as it contains many of the things I already eat, and my diet is already quite high in fiber. Today is day 2, I'll see how I'm feeling by the beginning of next week.

Thankfully, I don't have any early morning activities tomorrow, so the prospect of a full eight hours sleep is highly probable...