Day 18 of Detox Diet..

Week 3 of the Detox Diet. So far the health benefits far outweigh the limitations of a diet without Caffeine, chocolate, refined sugar, artificial sweeteners, preservatives, flour, soy, honey, peanuts, etc.

After 2 weeks without the 'usual' foods, we are experiencing a remarkable sense of well being. I have lost over 10 inches and some 16 pounds. Being logical people, my husband and I realize that at the end of this month, we will be giving up some of our traditions in exchange for a stay of our health results.

We are watching "American Dreamz" and having a snack of garlicky Mustard Seed. Gluten Free Food for Life Brown rice toast with sauteed mushrooms, and 'mozzarella/rice' cheese. American Dreamz is very funny, and yet a slightly agitating parody of life.

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Detox Diet, Day 14 What I learned on the path so far

Day 14 of the Detox Diet.. Not so bad, in fact the results have been remarkable. I am feeling 14 pounds lighter, and have lost over 10 inches!! YEEEEE HAW. This is what a half month of healthy and deliberate eating and working out has offered me.

New healthy eating habits I have learned on the path..

1. Steamed vegetables do not have to be boring! Add imaginative tea and spices to the water bath you steam in, and watch your vegetables transform! For example: Steamed Cauliflower, Broccoli, and Chinese Peas in the steamer-- add Lavender Tea and Chinese 5 Spice to the water bath (also good for asparagus).
   
2. For a deliciously elegant potato dish, put roasted red potatoes and green beans in the steamer with 2 cloves of garlic and basil-- add rosemary, chili pepper and green tea to the water bath.
   
3. Boil a cinnamon stick in pure unsweetened applejuice, and add that as a base to oatmeal for a deliciously satisfying treat.
   
4. Mix 1/2 bag frozen organic black cherries with almond milk and carob for a deliciously satisfying ice cream like- treat.
   
5. You don't miss the sugars from great salad dressing with great ingredients. Mix some flaxseed and garlic infused olive oil with a bit of mustard and raw apple cider vinegar for a delicious dressing. Add this to an herb salad with raisins and cashews, and you are not missing a thing!
   
6. There is nothing quite so elegant as an heirloom tomato and herb salad... no dressing needed, just a bit of sea salt and alot of beautiful gold and red tomato!
   
7. White peaches and raspberries or blueberries makes a delicious pick me up any time!!
   

Dawn

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Aligned in Right Livelihood..

This week for me I am focusing on drinking in gratitude. Often in life I use a negatively motivated choice to try to create a positive outcome. I love my work, love my job, but am working incessantly too hard at everything I do. Why? Well I don't look at this often enough, I just work. Why? Because it feels better to do something than do nothing but 'feel'. Why? Because I am getting a feeling of accomplishment from the something. I am not sure I get anything from just 'feeling' when my thoughts and dreams are so vivid and dramatically insistent that I must change now, or lose everything.

I can almost hear my dear friend Carol's words now, "Dawn, who's limitations are you carrying?"

The notion of aligning to right livelihood creates an awakening to what you do and the values of working hard to help others on their path to enlightened living.

With distractions and deadlines, interrupts, and reprioritizations, it is easy to fall off course, while we are enjoying a generous security, or income, and thus lose our higher purpose. With a world of abundant opportunity, why do we suffer? It feels remarkable to be feeling connected, appreciated, and using our talents to ease suffering and produce resolve, that we are able to sense from our work environment how we can add value, and find the passion and commitment to do so.

The difference between watching life in a semi-engaged, semi-ready stance, and being fully engaged is one of passion, decision, and vision. Negative emotions like boredom, fear, even insecurity is a choice we make, but it is not the only choice.

What can you do differently today to experience a full connection to your source energy?

1. Are there areas of your work where you find yourself passively checking out and marking time?
   
2. What can you do to create meaning and momentum?
   
3. If feeling connective and productive is valued, what actions are you willing to trade to move out of feeling stuck?
   

Wishing you joy!

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