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Hi Rudolf, yes I am from Melbourne!

The winery is called Kellybrook Winery, and the address is Fulford Road, Wonga Park. (No street number, but it is well signed). It's about a 50 minute drive out of the city, mostly on the Eastern Freeway.

The cider festival is on the first weekend of May every year, when the apples are fresh.  It's really worth going just to stock up on juice, nice grounds to picnic on too - or just show up near the end of the day to buy juice & they don't charge you the admission price:  http://www.kellybrookwinery.com.au/ciderfestival.htm gives good information.

I had my gs weekend and I feel awesome!!! Woke up this morning ready to go!!! (lucky for hubby, hehe)

I had 3 gs on Saturday - about 6ltres - and then two gs yesterday - 4ltres.

Mon, Tues, Wed this week I am going to have 2ltres of gs a day, and then eat fruit or vege if I am still hungry.

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Hey Tulip...you need the biggest hug right now...wish I was there to give you a comforting hug and a listening ear...be strong sis, you need to be strong, and when it all boils down to it, you are your childs mother, YOU see your child all day YOU know better than any specialst what your child is capable of...I think, just give it time, every child is different, there is no time line of when and where they should be doing things...your little one is enjoying being a baby...so what, you sweet chicken will catch up in time, I know many children who were far behind and now...they are fine. Breathe in, and feel a gentle hug on the breeze for you.

As for my day, I have had the best day ever, lots of walking in the warm sunshine and plenty of happy moments with the kiddies. I am not the least bit hungry or feeling physically drained. Tonight I made the most delish green smoothie...you must try this one is is really good...drank a whole litre and a half!

2 bananas
4 oranges (just the juice)
big handful of BABY spinnach (the big spinnach is too bitter for me in a smoothie)
and some coconut water
thick slice of pineapple

Vitamize all this and add enough water to be a thin drink.

I am feeling so good, resisted pecking at the cooked dinner that I had made everyone else, was quite satisfied with my drink...feeling fantastic that I got throught this day.

Tomorrow I will drink water all day.

Pinktulip, about the carrot soup...do whatever you feel, there is no hard set rule, it is up to you and your body...everyone is different and does what is right for them, if it is carrot soup you ant...well go for it, we shall call it carrot smoothie!!...just add a little more water.
The main thing here is, just doing what you feel is right for you body, not following any hard fast rule, learning form eachother and encouraging...we are all different and thats what makes us so special.

Looking forward to reading about all your greens!

Love BB
XXX

When I read this it gave me gossies thanks Berry Love you and thanks

Rudolf since I we have to go to the chiro and you said I dont need to do it on the 1st day I will leave it till tomorrow morning and see how I go. What sort of exercise do I need to do just walking is that good enough.

Oh had allready a green smoothy yum yum. So lets see how I go for the rest of the day.

Love Angie

Hi again, Thankyou so much BB for the encouragement given yesterday to complete my 3rd day of the juice fast, it was very helpful for me to continue.  It is good that you have started early - when your body is telling you to fast, you might as well go with it.  I think that your determination will be stronger because you haven't made yourself wait and dwell on it for longer.

Yesterday I think I started some form of detox. Seemed to have very little energy, got dizzy in the shower, woke up with a bad metallic taste in my mouth that needed to be rinsed & spat out (no way was I swallowing that rancid mouth water). I'm um.. starting to smell bad and have bad breath too.  Later in the evening I had sharp cramps in the right side of my torso, then later in my stomach. Also had some gas.  Sleeping was difficult as I became itchy!  On the good side of things, I was still finding the juices delicious, and not feeling hunger to eat food.  Also I noticed that I no longer have any mucous in my nose - previously to this I have been sniffling for 4 weeks trying to shake a cold that did not want to go away.

Because I had less energy, I decided to juice all of the fruits & vegetables for my day in the morning so I did not have to follow a juice -> clean juicer -> drink -> rest for 15 minutes -> juice again neverending regime as I did the day before. I juiced groups of things together & kept them in seperate containers in the fridge to mix up different concoctions from during the day.  I jucied 1 orange and 1/4 of a pineapple together,  3 carrots and 2 celery sticks together, 3 pears and a nashi together.  This, with the 1L of pressed apple juice made up 10 glasses of juice for the day.

Rudolf, thankyou for the information you have given on saltwater cleansing.  I was a bit reluctant to try it at the start of my fast, mainly because it is my first fast and I wanted it to be a pleasant experience, and the cleansing sounded, well, slightly gross .  I am thinking I will try it today as the end of my fast.  I know it is already 10.30am and not really 'first thing in the morning', but I have been on nothing but liquids since Friday evening, and thismorning have drank only water.  Just waiting to get enough dutch courage to drink that water warm with salt in it.  I have done yoga before so I will be doing the exercises with it:

This site has pictures of the 4 yoga exercises near the bottom of the page, for anyone interested:
http://www.yogameditation.com/articles/issues_of_bindu/bindu_8/intestinal_cleansing

Pinktulip it's so lovely to have you fasting with us too   It is definitely a great thing to have others to share the experience with.  Yesterday my energy was so low that I did not post on the forum, but just reading this thread with others experiences & advice was so helpful.

I am thinking that I will not break my fast until the afternoon of today after my cleansing has completely finished. I am aiming for around a 90 hour fast.  I have clarified within myself the reasons I had wanted to continue this fast for longer than I had planned to - because I knew that the benefits of not consuming bad foodstuffs were good for me & that I wanted to complete my detox & start a fresh life.  But then I paused to consider how I am planning to break this fast - I do not plan to start eating bread, meat, dairy, cooked meals.  I plan to start with a mono-meal of bananas.  Then a simple lettuce-avocado salad for dinner.  Very simple meals, tomorrow will be my 4th day of 100% raw,  I will be trying out some of the recipes from the forum that have inspired me.  I will try to continue on 100% raw for as long as I can, perhaps even completing the 30 day challenge!  So yes, that nullified my want of continuing the juice fast longer - because with the diet I plan, I think that my detox will continue but at a slower more manageable pace.  Besides, I can always attempt another 3 day fast next weekend too.