LOVEBUG's Blog (9)

alright, so i said i'd keep ya'll posted on my bc detox! this really will be very short, since i'm doing fabulous so far. i've been birth control free for 17days. first week was interesting. after the 3rd day of no bc, i woke up very dizzy, crampy and nauseous...(nothing some carrot ginger juice couldn't fix though)...i tried to sleep as much as i could, hydrate myself as much as i could and eat as little as possible. week 2 came and i wake up monday morning with some light spotting. this laste… Continue

here we go! after being on birth control for almost 10yrs (initially for medical reasons)...i've realized, i've gotten myself off all other meds, what's keeping me from THIS one? i guess being on something for so long, you start to become naive to the fact that you are indeed, no matter how TINY this pill may be, ingesting toxins willingly in to your body every single day. umm...not cool. now, i went through a period of being insanely fearful of all pills...even supplements. i'm starting to tak… Continue

i haven't been feeling well lately. i'm not sure how to figure out what it is...but was thinking that there might be something we all tend to do when we feel unsure about what could be wrong at the moment? like a fast, increasing fruit or greens, etc. basically, i haven't been sleeping well...have certain times throughout the day where i feel like i might have to vomit...i feel tired and foggy...still dealing with some sort of skin issue where i'm constantly scratching and getting very red and… Continue

i've been realizing this more each day. i can make the decision to wake up each morning with a smile on my face. happiness is a choice...one we can all make. however much something might suck, its all in the way we view it...there is always a way to turn it around.... life is chaotic, sad, stressful, painful...these are real feelings and i'm not sure any of us would REALLY want to NEVER feel these. i can take the bad days and not let them always get the best of me. when i feel sad or stressed o… Continue

this statement has never held so much meaning to me as it does right now. for about a year, i was great. mentally, physically...i was where i THOUGHT i should be. a place i had never been before and i was proud of myself. and maybe for the time being, it worked. but it wasn't until i was completely thrown off course and handed a few struggling situations, that i started questioning myself about how truly happy and balanced i was before all this happened. my reason for this doubt is because i'm… Continue

i'd like to drop a few before bikini season arrives. here's my plan... liquids and fruit until dinner no solids after 9pm. simple as that. what i've had so far today... 54oz of water 27oz of juice (parsley, raindbow chard, lemon, cucumber, pear, red grapes, carrot, celery) about to break in to some nut milk i made this morning. anyone else preparing for summer? :) i couldn't be more excited for all the juicy fruit thats about to enter my world in the next couple of months. my favorite thing… Continue

so i've decided it was time to take some time off work (a week). and while i'd love to go somewhere (anywhere but here), money is tight and preventing me from traveling. so instead of a vacation, i'm pretty sure i am going to take on an official juicefeast. i will be doing this in january...probably the second week...just for a few days...or however long i can make it. i figured this would be a good time, with lots of rest, meditation, and alone time. and i start grad school at the end of januar… Continue

"How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people -- first of all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness is wholly dependent, and then for the many, unknown to us, to whose destinies we are bound by the ties of sympathy. A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer l… Continue

One of the hardest decisions we ever make in life is making a change. When attempts at repairing and working out issues aren't working, it may be time to examine change. We are emotional creatures, and when our heartstrings are tied to our comfort zones, separating from them can feel like an act of courage. It is not something most of us will take lightly, and many of us will struggle with our desire to stay with that which is unfulf… Continue