Today was nothing spectacular on the diet or excercise front.  While i had intentions to go to the gym, I decided to ride my bike around the 3 mile circle (home track) and spend time with my son before I leave to Canada for my best friends’ wedding this weekend.  I suspect i wont be eating organic foods, drinking electrolyte water or enjoying spicy tofu soup; however this weekend should be a good test of control, balance and moderation with food, wine and song. 

The last time i saw my college friends was almost a life time ago and we could each drink a keg a piece.  15+ years later, our bodies dont function the same and most of us are married with children living a much different life than the good old college days.  It will be great to see everyone again…older and hopefully wiser.  I’m particularly looking forward to spending time with my old friends and hope I dont stress too much about the food and drink i’m consuming.

I need to be realistic and not obsess about the diet that i wont be able to keep or the food that will replace it for the next 5 days.  This is crucial in my process of achieving balance in every situation where i cringe about the thought of becoming one of the people that cant eat at certain places or find anything on the menu that is good enough.  With all of that in mind, i also wont be re-polluting my body, liver or intestines with junk after working so hard during the last six weeks to rejuvenate myself.  This weekend should prove to be interesting while my mind and body play tug-o-war.

I began writing on two topics today and couldnt complete either one.  None of my thoughts were clear and concise as they usually are, however i did manage to get in over 10 miles on a bike ride.   Its no surprise that where my brain left off, my body picked up the slack and pushed me to get something accomplished today.  Perhaps i’ll try to get in some additional exercise (go for my evening walk) as i cant put a sentence together today to save my life.   

I also found myself to be a bit snappy and irritated today for whatever reason, i’m wondering if there is a nutritional deficiency somewhere…I’ll see how i feel tommorrow.  Goodnight.

Its 10AM and i’m pretty much finished up passing gallbladder and kidney stones through my system. I didnt believe it until i saw it, and so I’m going to post the pic to remind myself of the toxins we carry around in our body on a regular basis.

The epsom salt drink was discusting, but well worth it after seeing the results; i’m going to use grapefruit juice with both the epsom salt drink and the olive oil as it makes a big difference when trying to get it down. I am going to suggest this to anyone who is trying to be proactive with their health as the kidneys and gallbladder are constantly being abused and very important to the rest of the body.

Actual Stones

My appetite picked right up around 3 hours after my last chug of magnesium and I was hungry all day and in snacking mode. I had some brown rice with korean kimchi for dinner, peanut butter sandwiches for lunch and some flax seed tortilla chips with salsa in between. I’m back to juicing in the AM tomorrow with a sick workout planned and 6 miles on the bike. I’m just recovering from my long ride on the weekend, where i took a spill and received some road rash on my leg and arm; nothing major as i was going slow around a corner.