Day 17: It's the universal countdown of 9...

Today started the second have of Phase 3.  While it is back to the green smoothies for breakfast and lunch, I get a nice greens salad for dinner, complete with legumes and nuts.  Sorry, I'm just not up for fruit.  Although, I might try the raisins in tomorrow's salad.  To top it all off, I get a sprouted wheat English muffin.  I can have unsalted butter, but I went one better and I'm using unsalted clarified butter.  I also found garlic crystals, so tonight I made the poor man's version of garlic bread.  Toasted sprouted wheat English muffin, clarified butter (ghee), sprinkled with garlic crystals.  Yummy!

I have two more days of this and then it is the last and final phase.  Phase 4.  When I started this detox, it seemed I was looking down a very, very long and dark corridor with just a speck of light at the far end.  Now, I can see the exit much better.  I can't believe I'm nearly there.

Phase 4 is designed to help ease a person into healthy eating, although in truth, the whole detox is gearing you up for that.  What is so great about this is that I can do this two or three times a year.  Our bodies do need a good detoxing every now and again.  I might be brave enough to go through the level 2 next time.  Then again, maybe not.  I like my coffee orally, not up the bum.

I did some writing today on my novel.  Last November, I signed up with NaNoWriMo.  The idea is to write.  Just write.  The goal is 50,000 words between November 1 and November 30.  It doesn't matter what you write a novel or short stories.  The idea is to get people writing.  I didn't make the 50,000, but I have the start of a novel.  I read through it yesterday and then went back and fine tuned a few things today.  I also added a bit to it.  I guess it was time I dusted it off and started back up with it again.  I really enjoyed that.  Oh, for those of you that don't know, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month.  November is National Novel Writing Month.  The month of my birth.  Go figure.

I'm done for tonight.  I'd like to encourage the writers out there to give it a go this coming November.  You might be surprised to find that you have a story inside you.

Tally ho!
Nevada Smith