In Retrospect...

I can't believe it's been two and a half weeks since the detox ended! I did a bike race three days after it was over, and felt fine. I rode a long and fast three hour ride on Thanksgiving and felt great, even though I haven't gotten much real riding in all month. I don't know how much of a good thing this blog has been, because I was expecting a big transformation like the one I had the first time I did a detox. Obviously, I was much more polluted that time, and it is probably a good thing that I didn't have a very big reaction this time. That means my system is still pretty clean. My ability to put together very consistent bike riding results for the last two years is proof of that.

The headaches I had during this detox may have been the result of me being dehydrated more than anything else. Dehydration is something I have always had issues with for as long as I can recall. I hope to continue posting comments here relating to how Baseline products have helped my consistent good feelings of health and well being for the last two years, and hopefully into the future. Maybe I can even get someone else to contribute to the blog!

Day 5- detox done

Pretty much a great day today. I got four hours of sleep last night, rolled out of the house today at 7AM on my trusty daytripper bicycle, without the aid of coffee for the fifth day in a row. I will admit to taking a couple of droppers full of Baseline's Warp Speed before leaving...always a good idea the day of multiple exams. Over the big, long hill to Anatomy class, where just taking notes is a challenge. Back over the hill to my Chemistry and Psych exams, and to add insult to injury, I opted to take my two Chemistry retests. Home by noon. Oh yeah, the online Anatomy quiz awaited me. Wednesdays are really the zenith of my week this semester.

I was feeling pretty good all day. It was a good thing, because I can't imagine feeling crappy, and being able to cope on a day like today. It was nice getting a call from my buddy Jason, a.k.a. "Captain Fury," yesterday. Just kidding Jason, but you are still a hero to everyone who rides a bike on the roads in Tucker County. Anyways, I was informed that the word is out that I'm "cutting my ties with Canaan Valley" by Jason and MR Jeff. Thanks guys!

Oh yeah, this blog is supposed to be about my detox. I guess the lesson to come away with here is that , even though I haven't had any meat, coffee, alcohol, or anything much except fruit and vegetable juices and the detox potions for the last five daze, I still feel great, maybe even better...ha! Not that I eat meat or consume alcohol every day. I probably...no definitely, do not consume near as much alcohol as the average college student. Coffee, I'll have to admit is usually a daily thing. But so is Superfood, Accelerator and Nutribody protein powder. Where is the energy coming from?

I'm still doing this insane "back to school" gig, although I haven't seen the movie yet. Anyways, hopefully the tone of this ramble is an indication of my mood being good, not that it was bad before. I feel like I could easily keep going with this juice diet, and keep up the frenetic pace of my schedule. I don't know, those hash browns I'm going to make with those potatoes I peeled to make the potassium broth sure seem like a good idea right now.

Challenging Times

The last two days have been up and down...not quite like a roller coaster though. The physical manifestations of this detox are both good and bad. I was very tired on Sunday and Monday, and made sure I got a good nights sleep both nights. Luckily, or maybe it's my subconscious knowledge manifesting itself through my energy levels, I'm feeling on top of it right now at 11:23 PM (standard time-that's 12:23 EDST).

I can't lie and say that I haven't been burning the midnight oil since the end of August, because of the potent combination of school, limited time and procrastination. Tuesday nights are especially prone to seeing the clock tip over into the yang hours. You know, the point from where the sun starts rising up from the bottom of it's cycle, manifesting the most yang moment at sunrise and morphing into the yin at midday. Wednesday, the day of multiple exams, one right after the other, bang, bang, bang. I'm used to it now. I'm not freaking out as bad, going blank in the middle of a chemistry exam, and losing my composure.

My problem solving skills definitely take a dive after 10PM though. Yes, getting a good nights rest before tests is a bonus, but that has to be measured against actually studying for them. Let's see...sleep and don't study, or study and don't sleep? Oh, you are supposed to study in advance of 11:34PM the night before the exam! Someday I'll get that part down.

The physical manifestations of the detox, besides some fatigue, have been erratic headaches. Nothing like the monster I had before my "healing crisis" last year. Of course, I haven't had a healing crisis this time, which makes me feel like I am in better health now. In retrospect, I really am healthier now, and have been since the last detox. Today I also have some muscular soreness in the hips and lower back, but that hasn't stopped me from riding my bike everywhere I need to go. I feel a little weak riding up that big hill, from not eating my usual diet, but I also feel light and limber. The only other symptom of the detox was a rash on my abdomen which literally came and went within three or four hours. Oh yeah, there was that zit on my nose too! All gone now though. I've noticed some healing on a couple of spots of dry skin. I'm wondering if that is from dietary change or the detox.

It's been a long four daze. Just ask Tasha. I think she wanted a major healing crisis, so she could feel really bad , then really good. All she has gotten so far is feeling lousy and distracted from her school work. I don't know if that is a fair characterization of her experience, but since she is too busy and tired to do a blog entry (and she's asleep right now, I think), I'll go ahead and say that. Maybe that will get her ass in gear, and inspire some input. She has some interesting ideas, and a totally different perspective on the whole experience.

Challenging, yes. It hasn't been easy organizing all of the things you have to do to pull this off, starting a month ago, in addition to the normal routine. I'm just glad Tasha agreed to do this with me. It has definitely made it easier and it's nice to have someone to compare experiences with.

One more day.

Detox- Day two

It is a relief, but also a little feeling of being let down. Nothing has happened today, other than being hungry! I don't want to get too cocky though, like I was last time.

The last time I did this detox, I was thinking on the morning of day two, that I must be pretty pure, and living a pretty clean lifestyle. I felt just fine. Ha, several hours later I found out what it was like to get rid of 49 years worth of toxins. This time, hopefully, I only have to get rid of a years worth, and whatever was leftover from the last time. By the time I was finished expelling the toxins last year, it didn't seem like there were any left to expel!

I'm going to take it that, so far, there isn't a whole lot that is going to come out. Two days down, three to go. I was feeling pretty apprehensive going into this. Now I'm feeling like, why did I put it off for so long?

Liver detox- Day one

Here we go! Tasha and I went out to the co-op last night, and picked up some of the veggies we would need to make the potassium broth for the vegetable and fruit juice fast. She went back out to the farmers market this morning, and got some awesome fresh squeezed apple cider. We made up some of the Liver Flush Tea, put together a pot of the broth and we got started!

It was a beautiful day here today. Both of us went for bike rides and got to enjoy the first day of the weekend. I'm hoping the weather holds out for the next few days to help make this whole process go along more easily.

I'm starting to get flashbacks of what the last fast and detox made me feel like. Right now the most prevalent thought that keeps popping into my head is wanting to going to grab a burrito. The last time I did this fast, the first two days were the worst for hunger pangs. It isn't like you aren't eating anything...you are drinking fruit and vegetable juices. My energy level is still pretty good right now.

The last time I did this detox, day four was Valentines day. I was walking down the street in Davis, WV when my friends Rob, Shannon, Matt and Sarah came driving by. They stopped and asked me where I was going. When I told them I was going home, they insisted that I get in the car, and join them for dinner at White Grass. I told them I was on a fast, but they insisted that I come along anyways.

I don't know if you have ever eaten dinner at White Grass before, but if you have, you will know that having to sit there and not eat dinner, after a four day fast was very difficult. Luckily, I was surrounded by good friends and great conversation, so it wasn't that bad. It turned out to be a good thing I was there, because the rowdy crew that brought me to White grass ended up needing a designated driver to get back.

It is pretty amazing to me how fast my "healing crisis" came on the last time I did this. It all went down for a couple of hours the afternoon of day two. It was smooth sailing for me after that though. That was why we started this detox on the weekend, in hopes that if there is a crisis, it will happen early. Neither of us can afford have the detox negatively affect our focus on school right now. That being said, it is amazing that we can perform this life changing and life sustaining process without much of an affect on our daily lives.

I guess the next four days will tell us how our plans pan out.

Getting Psyched!

I was just looking at the JonBarron.org web site, and he has exposed me for telling false stories on this blog. In the last blog I said you had to buy his book to read my story about my healing crisis. Not true: http://www.jonbarron.org/detoxing-health-program/09-29-2003.php

I still remember that hour or so as being one of the most life altering moments of my life! I can't wait for this next detox...I'm serious! The feeling afterward was phenomenal. Feeling the worst I can ever remember, and feeling the best I can ever remember within an hour of each other. I guess the proximity of those events only intensifies them.

Kind of like the time I was robbed at gunpoint while hitch hiking. I was scared, but too busy running away from the guys with the guns (and badges) to think about it much. Then later, feeling very elated, walking down the road, with only a hat, tee shirt, pants and shoes to my name, 1000 miles from home, but feeling like the luckiest man alive. Alive and well my friends. By comparison, makes being robbed seem like nothing. (Sorry Mom, I probably didn't tell you about that at the time.)

Now I still think you should get your hands on a copy of the book, though. I want to put a shout out to my friend Rachel. Thanks for being a follower of this blog. So far I think only five people have read it, but that will change soon, now that my email account is sending out again. Rachel, I haven't forgotten about sending you a copy of "Lessons from the Miracle Doctors," it is sitting here on my desk, and after I turn that English paper in tomorrow, I'll finally have time to mail it to you! Try to stay warm out there in Montana, honey.

Speaking of writing papers, I better get back to some school work now. Thanks for reading.

Later,
Matt

One week in

Going to school and doing a colon cleanse are not mutually exclusive.

I made it through my Anatomy and Chemistry exams today without having to get up and run for the bathroom.

That was a joke! I really haven’t had to run anywhere at all, and don’t expect that I will. I started the colon cleanse a week ago and I’m up to six capsules of Colon Corrective per day.

The last time I did this cleanse (Jan-Feb 2008), I took up to nine capsules a day. They seem to be working more easily this time, and I suspect it is because my diet is a little different now and I have been using nutritional supplements continuously since then. You start with one capsule a day, then increase by one a day until you “notice a significant improvement in the way your bowel works.”

The Colon Detoxifier is the real key to the colon cleanse. I am also using the Metal Magic detox formula and the Stone Breaker formula in anticipation of my upcoming liver/ gallbladder flush.
The last time I did a cleanse and a detox, it did not affect my work schedule or any of the other activities I was doing at the time. I felt ill during the detox phase for less than a day and really was incapacitated for only about two or three hours. Since that was my first cleanse, I expect that that was the worst case scenario.

Jon Barron called that episode a “healing crisis.” Basically, it was my body rejecting some very bad toxins that had collected in my liver and gallbladder over my lifetime. Through the colon cleanse and liver detox process, those toxins were finally provided a way to exit my body. In his book, “Lessons from the Miracle Doctors,” Jon describes my healing crisis as “on the severe side to be sure.” If this is the worst thing that can happen during a cleanse and detox, then a couple of hours of discomfort, with no harm done to my body, is a small price to pay for the obvious increased vitality and health I experienced afterward.

Baseline has the book on sale now for $15. It is the new expanded hardback edition and covers many aspects of a personal health care lifestyle. It is for sick people, and for healthy people who want to stay that way. My story is on page 84. If you know me, I usually have a copy or two kicking around to lend out. If you want to check out Jon’s book, order it here:
http://www.baselinenutritionals.com/shop.php?display=products

You can download the 2002 version of “Lessons from the Miracle Doctors” for free, but it doesn’t include my story, or the more readable new format or a bunch of updated information:
http://www.jonbarron.org/book/book-sign-up.php

Another good source of information on the process that I am doing now is Jon Barron’s web site. Here is the specific detox information:
http://www.jonbarron.org/detoxing-health-program/detox_center.php

Check out the entire web site. It has tons of great information.

Thanks for reading this. Please feel free to comment, share your experiences or give encouragement (or harassment, you know who you are!).

Later,
Matt