I always intellectually knew caffeine’s a drug, but I didn’t really understand how addictive it is. All the time I was drinking coffee, I truly felt that I loved it so because it just tasted and smelled sooooo goooood. Now that it’s been almost 2 months since I had my last cup, I feel completely [...]

When you don’t have insurance, you sometimes ‘abuse’ the system by default. I went to the emergency room for strep-throat treatment years and years ago (after having strep for nearly 2 months thinking I would go to a doctor as soon as I could get the money together). Doctors here require that you pay upfront, [...]

Ok today, May 1st, 2006 is my official day of going off coffee. I have slowly weaned myself off it for the past month or so, and I feel ready I can do it. I am glad I didn’t decide to go cold turkey, that would have been too great a shock to my system. [...]

I am a coffee addict, pure and simple. I really need to quit, because coffee is very hard on the body. I am 34 now and I really need to get my health in order. People tell me all the time that I look like I’m in my early 20s, and certainly can act like [...]

Someone asked a question about gum disease over at Afro Punk and I thought hey I should put that on my blog too. Oooooooooooh man, I could write a book on this. Maybe I should, LOL. This disease SUCKS. Be very glad if they catch it in the early stages. I have lost 3 teeth [...]

I did good all this week! I am so proud of myself. I did eat some potato chips twice and pretzels once this past week but I did not add any salt to any food. I bought and ate some unsalted peanuts!! I LOVE salty peanuts so much, ya’ll just don’t know. But I ate [...]

I am a salt FIEND. I love salty foods. Potato chips, salted rice, tofu with soy sauce, salted peanuts, etc. I am vegan and eat lots of fresh fruit and vegetables. I do a Master Cleanse every 4 months of so. I drink lots of water and very little caffeine. But I consume waaaaay too [...]

No hunger pangs at all today! But when I was cooking dinner, tofu stir-fry, it smelled sooooooo gooooood. I was almost literally drooling, oh my goodness. Slight headache in the morning which passed in about 20 minutes, and a craving for coffee which passed in a few minutes. Physically I seem to be losing weight [...]

Oh my, Day 4 went by so fast. I had a brief headcahe and brief feeling of hunger in the morning, but other than that, no problems. I am noticing that I can smell the oil in food more. Brian got the kids pizza for dinner last night and the smell ofit was so strong!! [...]

here it is:Day 3 I am ending out day three tonight, and it was brutal today. I really really really craved coffee today and was very close to breaking. But I had no coffee in my house and by the time I got in the car and up the street to the store, the craving [...]

Day 2 went ok. I again had hunger during breakfast time, but it passed when I drank the lemon mixture. My energy was better too, I didn’t feel tired during the afternoon. This may be too much info, but I only had one small poop session in the morning. Starting Day 3 I will also [...]

Day 1 went ok. I felt hungry in the morning, which surprised me because I usually have to force myself to eat breakfast. But my body missed that bowl of oatmeal! I sipped on the fasting drink throughout the day, In total I drank about 60 oz of that and 66 oz of water (two [...]

I am going on the Master Cleanse tomorrow! Anyone care to join me? I will post updates each day. I have done it before for a few days, this time I plan to do 12-14 days. I am in my 20th year as a vegetarian, last year I went vegan after 19 years as a [...]

(Read Part 1 and Part 2 for the whole story) Now though I did not agree with much of what dark daughta wrote, I liked the way she wrote. She’s a good writer, so even though I didn’t agree with much of what she wrote I wanted to talk to her more. So I wrote [...]

I’m musing on this because I am working on an article about monogamy. I am in a long-term monogamous heterosexual marriage, our tenth anniversary of being together will be Feb. 14th (legally married 7 years come May 7th). Because of my sexual identity/orientation and marriage I am fully aware that I have a socially-approved and [...]

I want to do this again badly, I just need to figure out when would be a good time to start it. Maybe this friday… See more progress on: master cleanse

I am sick as a dog. I think I have strep throat. This really sucks. At the hint of a cough, I boil a yellow onion or two in 2-3 cups of water then drink the boiled onion water. It usually works! I haven’t used an OTC cough and cold remedy in over 3 years. [...]

Making this one of my 43things was one of the smartest things I ever did because if helped me to confront my sleeping patterns and ‘force’ myself to change. I am now sleeping 7-8 hours a night! and I cannot believe how different I feel. I am amazed at the physical difference. If asked before [...]

I stayed up last night until 5am working on stuff. I worked on my store for this site, I printed up some zines, and I made stabs at getting my downstairs ‘office’ organized. My legs tend to fall asleep when I sit for long periods so I made sure to get up and walk around [...]