day 12 of 21

someone has asked about the kids and what they think of all this. answer: they could care less.

i do know that mary told her teacher (b/c she tells her teacher e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g, my mother too, so i need to try and be somewhat normal at all times which gets old real fast) that "my mother is making my father drink everything juiced for three weeks b/c she wants him to be healthy again". it makes it sound like i hold a juicer to his head like a gun. stop! or i'll shoot you with this cucumber! ha. anyway, other than that, they could care. they've taken no interest. we did require them to play 'name that vegetable' in the kitchen the other day and discovered that we have woefully equipped them with healthy produce knowledge. so, that will be changing despite their protests.

it was also asked if it's hard to cook for them and not eat it. answer: not really.
while doing this i'm not hungry and not craving anything so the only time i want something i immediately realize that it's really only out of habit that i want to pop that pizza bite in my mouth so then the urge goes away. no biggie.

john, on the other hand, is hungry. this is getting to be a problem. we have already had him stop taking the digestive enzyme so he can make it the two hours before eating again and we have added protein and rice milk drinks (which was recommended for people with parasites anyway) and those helped for a bit but i noticed today that he is really cranky. for him that equates to hungry. ...oh, which reminds me, when i typed out what we eat the other day i forgot to mention the pot liquor. it's a vegetable soup that you make the night before with any veggies (though mostly green) and spices (but not black pepper) you want and it simmers overnight and then you can eat as much of that (either the broth or the veggies as long as you stick them in the blender) all day long. so he's been eating that a ton too.

i reminded him that he's 60 pounds heavier than i am (note: before he got sick that was closer to 100) and his body needs more calories than i do. he needs to stay on top of getting the soups and protein in him as well as the every two hour stuff or he may not be getting enough calories. this detox stresses that this is not a time to worry about too many caloires. it's not a diet, nor should it be used as such. i know he enjoys the amount of weight he's lost but this is sorta making me a little, .... um, not concerned. that's too strong a word. maybe worried? i don't know. anyway, he needs to eat more. he says he eats plenty. i'm not so sure. maybe. maybe not. maybe it's a healing crisis he's having but, again, this post is too long for me to get into that today so, see you tomorrow.

prayers for john's strength please.
thanks for caring,
k