Day 9

I've been really tired the past two days, and I've noticed that I've had more intense cravings for sweet tastes.  I thought it was just the cleanse, but then I got my period and it all made sense:)  When I recall how terrible it was to suffer through this time of the month in years past, I am incredibly grateful for my transformation to a healthy lifestyle!  It's wonderful to not be knocked on my a** for the first three days of my period. So, I commented in another entry about how I had incorporated raw veggies in the evening on my cleanse.  Well, I feel that once my period is done, I will return to strictly juicing.  (That is, when my 25 lb bag of juicing carrots arrives!)   I juiced a bunch of kale yesterday with apples and carrots.  Man oh man, raw kale juice is SPICY!  It's a wicked decongestant, and it's anti-catarrhal (anti-runny nose basically) were drying my nose out a bit.  I can still feel the effects today, and I didn't even finish the quart!  I didn't want to waste all of those vital nutrients, so I just froze it in ice cube trays so I can incorporate it little by little into my daily juices.