© www.ingekathleen.com/blog, coffee, coffee enemas, detox symptoms, juice fast Juan's Opinion of Day 8 - I feel terrible today, I feel hot feverish, sneezy and it feel itchy like ants are walking on me. I regret that I am doing this. (Perhaps his detox is happening too fast.. and we should slow it down?)Tip of the Day: Sometimes you detox too fast and detox almost become unbearable. If that happens to you don't quit, but just slow down your detox. If you find that your detox is going too fast you can slow it down, by adding a small amount of fresh foods or cooked vegetables into your juice regime so that your body won't detox so fast.

About Detox:

Detox is the releasing of toxins from your body to make you a cleaner, healthier person. Detox is amazing, but it can be painful. Even if you feel like you're a healthy person, you might experience it. For how long and what conditions really depends on each person. For our detox we've experience bad moods, low energy, weird dreams, flu-like symptoms, itch skin and achy bodies. Detox comes in many forms headaches, strange dreams, flu-like symptoms, constipation, diarrhea, acne, bad sleep, nightmares, low energy bad moods.You can help your body remove all the nasty toxics by drinking lots of water, exercising, dry skin brushing, doing enemas, moving your bowels ;-) and taking naps. Also if you find that it is going too fast, slow the detox down by adding a bit of solid foods and/or steamed vegetables. This can help slow down the detox. This doesn't mean you've failed. Detoxing too fast can be unhealthy.Here is a great resource for slowing or speeding up detox here from ---> Detox HelpI must post this video about detox is from RawRawLife.com and Carla tells about all the things that might happen during detox. Her Detox TMI video.. Even if you have no interest in juicing or cleansing, this video is hilarious.

Detox Dreams:

We have weird vivid dreams (apparently this is normal during a detox). One dream I had, I was ordering at a McFlurry at McDonalds, but then I tragically realized that I was not able to eat it due to the fast, and I had to cancel the order. I also dreamed that someone dunked my precious hard drives (where I have keep all of my pictures) in a water, and I was trying to dry them out.. I guess that is a sign that I need to back up my hard drives again.? Every time I dream about my hard drives begin destroyed, it is my subconscious telling me to back-up! The last time I dreamed about my hard drive, I dreamt that I was on this boat in the ocean and a big whale came beside our boat an splashed so much water that my hard drives were destroyed. Interesting... Did you notice that both dreams involved my hard drive's death by water?The same night Juan dreamed that he went to a meat restaurant with his friend. He was putting the whole cut of his juicy pork cutlet into his mouth, it was oozing and goozing with deliciousness, and then suddenly he remembered that he was on our juicing fast so that he had to retract the meat from his mouth. from his mouth.. See detoxing is exciting.. hehehe

Story of the Day:

We did a coffee enema.. Scary, I know but they weren’t that bad really. I followed the instruction from Dr. Gerhauser in a youtube video here --->Video. According to advice by Jennifer Thompson Certified Iridologist from healthybliss.net , If you do decide to do a coffee enema only use organic coffee. This is important because a coffee enema is supposed to help you detox your liver. Inorganic coffee is loaded with chemicals because coffee is one of the most highly sprayed crops in the world. So use organic coffee or you're just putting pesticides straight into your colon. Not smart, and potentially harmful.Juan was very opposed to the idea of coffee enemas, so I decided to go ahead and do it. It went pretty well, nothing dramatic, I held it for 15 minutes, like recommended and then went to the toilet. Not too bad. I think liquid got trapped in the colon, so I was doing jumping up and down to try get it removed. I don't think it all quite came out, but I'm sure with a little bit of running, it will come out.Then Juan said, Ok, I want to do it too. He put the coffee in and then after 30 seconds of he said, I’ve got to go the bathroom, and I said No, just hold it. Him: Ok.... (1 minute passes) Him: I’ve got to go, really I can’t hold this.. Me: Just try. Him: No, No, I’ve got to go.. Me: Then go, Baby, hurry! (he sprints to the bathroom and I’m left on the floor rolling in laughter. That was definitely the best part of today. We shall have to try more of these enemas)Me: How do you feel after your enema?Him: EmptyThen we stayed up for a bit longer. They say that if you do it at night it might be difficult to go to sleep. Perhaps that’s true because we stayed up late, me blogging and Juan’s on the phone with his mom in the Dominican Republic.. We went to bed around 3 and then around 4am came the worst part of the day. Juan could not sleep and jumped out of bed complaining that his body felt itchy again, like ants were crawling all over his body. He couldn't stand it was so bad. It was scary. He started jumping around hitting himself, trying to cope with the itch. The itching had happened before, but never this intense. He had to go outside and to walk it off. And he came back, we drank some juice and then we went to bed.This incident got me to do more research on detox, and to see if this symptom is normal and how to control them because this wasn't something that we had expected. I looked and couldn't find any indicators of this detox symptom related with juice fasting.. Except for one person who experienced and commented on a blog. That was it. Usually when people experience this symptom it is related with menopause, or withdrawal from drugs and alcohol. None of these apply to him. Well perhaps he is a bit menopausal at times. Ha..It was weird that he experienced this. It was a bit too much for me. I know we are supposed to be detoxing but.... So upon research I saw that if you are experiencing a detox that is too rapid then slow it down with eating a bit of steamed vegetables or natural solid food. You will still continue detoxing, just at a more manageable less frightening pace.The new plan is to continue to juice for 15 days, but at night I will cook him some steamed vegetables and then dress them with olive oil and herbs for flavor. Let's see how that goes. Also, I'm forcing him to drink more water! Please share any detox stories. I'm curious, if anyone has ever experienced this symptom or a weird one?

STATS OF THE DAY:

Inge’s Stats —Juice: 1.8 Liters / Water: a little bit.. I'm going to go drink some more now Weight: 3 kg less than the start Energy: Pretty good, in the morning low but in the afternoon and night high Mood: Up and down. It was ok, nothing extreme still trying to be patient with myself because I want for more things to happen faster, I want to see more results or more detox symptoms for me but everything is quite mild. Even the effects of the coffee enema were so easy and mild. So sometimes this makes me wonder one of two things 1) that I’m not doing it right or 2) that I am already pretty clean so I don’t see huge effects for awhile. But like I said yesterday. I need to be patient. But I'm thankful that my symptoms are not as severe as Juan's.. Hunger: A little bit Detox Symptoms: Not any that I can remember Cheats: I don't think anything Cravings: A little bit of everything. I miss cooking, and I am getting tired of the juice taste. I really enjoyed drinking juice before breakfast, but sometimes it gets tiring to constantly feel like you're making juice and drinking juice.Juan's Stats — Juice: 5-6 Liters / Water: 3 cups Weight: 4 kg less than the start Energy: Up and Down Mood: Up and down Hunger: After lunch hunger started Detox Symptoms: Feverish, sneezy, lots of sleep in his eyes, and itchy like ants are walking on me. Cheats: A melon Cravings: His freedom to eat and a Nachos and Cheese Volcano.Inge's Conclusion of the Day - I'm making steamed vegetables for Juan tomorrow night to help reduce his detox symptoms.Juan's Conclusion of the Day - Oh Baby! I love you and proceeds to kiss my feet.. (true story, you could say that we both have over-dramatic sides)