In regards to eating meat

[Tenet Nosce]

Just got a juicer! YUM!

UPDATE: Juice fast, Day One. I feel pretty good, but the cats do not seem too interested in partaking of the juice.

UPDATE: Day Two of the juice fast. Still feel pretty good overall. Had some headaches last night then woke up to some mild nausea and an -interesting- bowel movement. But everything is on the ups now. I think possibly my sense of smell is improving, but I can't really say for sure. Also, I hardly feel hungry at all. But then again I usually don't.

The cats are out back hunting birds. Weird thing about them is, I never observed them actually try and eat a bird. They appear to simply hunt for the sheer joy of it, and then like to bat around the bird's carcass in the grass once they have made the kill. Cats... gotta love 'em! Keeps those pesky birds out of my garden! Somebody tried to attack my helpless little baby eggplants the other day!

UPDATE: Day Three of the juice fast. Still not hungry.

I awoke with quite the sickening feeling of nausea and fear in my belly. My body does not feel good at all. Very achy. I had another small bowel movement followed by a brief emotional breakdown. I do feel very sensitive emotionally and as I could quite easily become overwhelmed. My "other half" feels pretty good. I really don't like that term "other half" it implies that an individual cannot be whole unto their self.

Anyway, I previously felt something strange going on in the heart area, and I have a strange nerve sensation on the right side of my face. I think it is just transient, and related to the emotional instability, but I cannot be sure. I get unusual energetic sensations from time to time and it is difficult to discern between those and the physical ones.

The symptoms seem to have passed, but I took a multivitamin (NewMark Men's Synbiotic One), some iodine drops (Progena Organic Iodide [from alfalfa and sea dulce]), some vitamin B12 (Protocol for Life Balance Methyl B12 10,000 mcg sublingual), zinc (Designs for Health Zinc Supreme), and fish oil (Designs for Health OmegAvail Hi-Po). Just to make sure I am covering my bases. Even with all my knowledge of nutrient content of foods, I cannot be sure I am meeting all my body's needs through juice alone. Actually, now that I am thinking about it, it is quite impossible.

Also, my BMI is down to 18.7. So that means I am in danger of becoming officially underweight.

As for the cats, they are both preening. I recently learned that cats will usually preen after being touched by human hands, as they find the human scent to be rather repulsive.

Also came across a -very- interesting fact in my latest bathroom reader: Pronoia is the Antidote to Paranoia. It says:

Free Will Facts. Neurobiologists at the Free University of Berlin conducted experiments to determine whether fruit flies possess spontaneity. The conclusion? How the insects behave is not merely the result of their automatic reactions to the random stimuli of their environment. Rather, they actually have free will. (Source: tinyurl.com/lof6nj)

Hmm. Fruit flies with free will. I doubt this will change my outlook on swatting them in my kitchen. AND I might seriously consider eating them, were I a starving child in Africa. But, then again, do fruit flies exist where there is no fruit? :-/

UPDATE: Day 4

Last night I "cheated" and had a few beers. They were made with beet juice, so that was my tenuous rationalization to make it "OK".

More relevantly, I observed that I lost another two pounds. My body does not look good to me at all, and I already know how difficult it can sometimes be for me to put on weight.

My overall sense of health does not appear to be much improved. Then again, I was feeling just fine before the fast.

I have decided to have some almonds, although I am still not hungry. We shall see how things develop from there.