Getting and Staying Healthy After Fifty

I’ve been feeling terribly guilty because I’m not sticking to this fast the way I’m supposed to. I realize I won’t get the benefits that I would have if I had, but I can’t let myself feel guilty.

Talking to my friend, the health nut, and she gave me some perspective. I told her I had cheated, but that I only ate two stalks of celery and drank a cup of coffee because I was having flashing lights in front of my eyes, and thought I might be getting a migraine.

I felt more guilty about the food than the coffee (I considered the coffee medicine). She said “My God! You’re eating less than an anorexic! Why do you feel guilty?”

And that’s true. I only am cheating with a celery stalk or iceberg lettuce, or maybe a piece of watermelon, all acceptable during a fast. I don’t wolf down a whole ton of it, just enough to get my craving to chew out of the way.

I just refuse to feel guilty anymore! I’m going to carry on with the Cleanse, but I won’t call it a fast anymore. I’m going to eat as little as I have been, but if I get a craving to chew something, I’m going to eat something raw and acceptable.

Raw food diets cleanse your body anyway, right? So doing the detox thing and eating very little raw food can’t be bad for me. I’m still detoxing. Maybe I won’t detox as quickly, or as thoroughly as if I did it the way the book prescribes, but I’m not going to let guilt get in my way anymore.

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