I can’t believe I made it the whole 10 days, that’s probably the longest I have ever dedicated myself to something food/health related without slipping up!

It was a great experience and I am so happy to have conquered this challenge and I am ready to eat again!

Here’s my video, enjoy!

Jason and I did, although we are left with a MOUNTAIN of candy leftover!

Blue wasn’t so impressed by our costumes or all of the trick or treaters… Although oddly, he kept growling at Jason when he was in costume because he couldn’t recognize him but he accepted me as Tinkerbell like it was nothing, I’m not sure what that says about me or how my dog sees me, but I’ll take it as unconditional love… haha

Now, onto the Days 7,8 & 9 video!  Enjoy!

Hope ya’ll are enjoying the videos!  That fast is almost over!  I can’t even believe it!  I have a ton of great ideas of yummy food to make so stay tuned!

For those that aren’t, sorry, I’m not going into great detail about what I saw… and there are most definitely no pictures in this post.

ANYWAY, onto the experience… I got a colonic at a place called Re.Gen.e.sis they use a system called the Angel of Water which is a gravity fed system (also known as an open system).  Which basically means, that it is minimally invasive, extremely safe, and about as “natural” as your going to get for the experience.  If you want to know the difference between and open and closed system go here.

Ok, so when I got there the colonic guy, Rocco Bruno, assured me that this is a normal thing and when I said that I was a little nervous he laughed and said “oh I’m glad, if you weren’t you wouldn’t be human!” he immediately put me at ease reassuring me that this was an easy thing and if it hurt or was difficult no one would do it.  So after filling out some paperwork and talking about how I’ve been feeling (apparently I’ve been constipated most of my life as going once a day isn’t “normal” or ideal.) and he talked about my diet and what I’ve been doing with the fast and such.

Then he took me into the colonic room, which, without the big fiberglass elephant in the room (read: angel of water) felt a lot like a room at a spa or massage room… There were candles, cozy curtains and even a cd player playing relaxing music.  Mr. Bruno then explained to me how the angel of water works and about the gravity fed system and how it is only 1 lb of pressure (a kitchen sink has around 16 lbs of pressure) and how that little bit wasn’t going to disrupt anything internally.  Then he showed me the tube that I was going to be inserting, making sure to show me it in the sterilized packaging so I was assured it was sanitary.  He explained that he would leave the room and I would need to undress from the waist down and then explained the easiest way to lay on the machine and insert the tube and gave me a large drape to cover myself from the waist down and showed me where the call button was.

He left me to get myself situated which after his explanation didn’t take long at all, and I covered myself with the drape (which was surprisingly thick and covered me from the chest to my ankles) and pressed the call button.  He came in shortly after and turned on the water and showed me how to massage my stomach to help loosen up debris and gave me a run through of breathing exercises to help me relax.  Then he told me that I could “release” whenever I felt the urge, which, at first was awkward because basically you are pooping (even if it is just water at first) in front of someone. He coached me briefly until I was “releasing” well and consistently (no more than a couple minutes) then he said that I was doing great and he was going to leave me for a bit so I could keep going, which was greatly appreciated.  The machine had a tube and a mirror so you can see what is being pushed out, I won’t go so far as to describe what I saw, but I will say that I knew when I had good “releases” and I had quite a few.  He came back after a bit and asked for permission to massage my stomach to help me loosen up some more material which I let him do and it stirred up a lot, all I can say is I’m glad that isn’t stuck inside me anymore.  He then let me be again until I was almost done.  All the while I had full control of the machine, I knew how to shut off the flow if I wanted and Mr. Bruno was just a button away if I needed him.  I really appreciated the alone time because it is such a personal thing and it makes you feel quite vulnerable…  But overall my experience with Rocco Bruno was a pleasant one, he put me at ease and didn’t make a fuss about what was coming out so I wasn’t the slightest bit embarrassed and I was completely covered the entire time so it was very modest and discreet.  The machine itself did it’s job and for anyone worried about smell with an open system, there wasn’t any at all, if there was I probably would have been much more embarrassed.

Now, as for the whole feeling of a colonic; is not all that pleasant to be honest… Maybe it was because it was my first time, maybe it was nerves… All I know is it felt like I had explosive diarrhea for about 45 minutes.  Which is not a pleasant experience, it was not all that relaxing and it wasn’t interesting to see what was coming out of me… It was just kind of gross.  However, I felt good knowing that all that junk wasn’t inside of me anymore and that alone made the experience worth it.

After I was done and the water was running clean for a while he told me the easiest way to slip off the tube and that I would need to release and drain for a while and to take my time, then showed me the sprayer so I could wash myself off and provided me with  paper towel and clean towels to dry myself off.  Then he left the room so I could get to it.  I definitely took my time because I had a long car ride and didn’t want to get caught having to “release” anything else… But I quickly started to feel better and back to normal.  Washed up, re dressed and met him in his office to talk about everything.  He told me that I needed to drink more water and eating less cheese (especially melted) would help with my belly issues and I assured him that after this cleanse I would greatly reduce the amount of meat and dairy in my diet.  We talked about probiotics and having a predominantly plant based diet.  Then we shook hands and parted ways.

I was fine until I got home, when I started having some bowel issues, I started feeling like I had to go constantly and nothing was coming out then it was just a little mucus (gross, I know, sorry).  Then I drank my green juice and, well, what goes in must come out right?  We’ll leave it at that, I spent the rest of the night between laying on the couch and sitting on the thrown.  I’m not sure if my insides were overstimulated from the colonic and that made me feel crappy or if it was just my body finally being able to function (it had been 3 days without going!) either way it was pretty miserable.  But I got to sleep and woke up a new woman, I was even able to go first thing this morning.  After all of that I would probably get a colonic again for the  mere fact that I don’t want all of that nasty stuff in my body…

So, that was my colonic experience.  I hope it didn’t scare any readers away!  And I hope it might have given some insight to help some of you make the decision of whether you should get a colonic or not.

I know I’m posting this when I’m supposed to be making my day 6 video but that is going to have to wait until tomorrow…  I’m detoxing a bit from the colonic earlier and have been running around all day, I just want to relax tonight.

Check back tomorrow for my day 6 video and colonic post. 

Have a fabulous night!