I recommend a cleanse or fast for any person who prefers being in their mind rather than their body. I'm way more comfortable being in my head but this diet is forcing me to be more aware of my body, to be more in my body. I feel much lighter without sugar/wheat/dairy. I definitely have more energy. My body absolutely feels healthier.

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This morning I began Day 4 of cleanse.

Breakfast:
-coffee
-2 fried eggs over medium (No, I can't have dairy but I am told by an authority that eggs "don't count")
-quinoa
-black beans with green chile

After I ate I felt:
Hungry

This feeling made me wonder:
Why am I hungry? I just had a big breakfast.

Things I did after eating:
- 3 sets of dumbbell curls  (I ( Read more... )

Breakfast: coffee and egg/veggie/soyrizo scramble
Lunch: not really
Snacks: cashews, hummus and veggies, a few corn chips
Dinner: salad with quinoa and tofu
Treat: diet coke (YUM!)

Sugar, sugar, sugar. Honey in my coffee, a swig of lemonade,  some dried cranberries, pancakes. I'm being good though. It seemed kind of weird to have a Diet Coke when I'm on ( Read more... )

I'm on day 2.

JD says it's basically a candida diet. No sugar (including fruit!), no wheat and no dairy. Damn Gina--that's all I eat! Ok, well I do eat a lot of veggies but, man, this is kinda crazy. Seems like everyone I know has done (or regularly does) a fast or cleanse or has given up sugar for a month or whatever but I, me, this person here, is ( Read more... )

This morning I went to the farmers market and bought $20 worth of organic, local farm veggies. Later for lunch, I broke out a head of lettuce from my bag of greenie goods and prepared to make a salmon Caesar salad. On the head of lettuce was a caterpillar wormy bug thing. It was flipping itself hither and thither, obviously very alive.

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This is my most recent cookbook entry. If you make this one for someone you're into, you'll probably get laid.


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Sometimes when I create an especially delicious dish, I write it down in Chez Johnson's Yum Cookbook. Here's a recipe for potato soup that's super easy and if you add a enough beer you could even get drunk off it! (If you click on pic, my scrawl will be big enough to read.)


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