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Costa Rica was fun!

I went to Montezuma, Uvita and San Gerado and things in-between them and the airport. After arriving at the airport I took the cab that the first hotel in Alajuela had arranged to the hotel and met up with the people who had taken the first round of fasting with Dr. Doug Graham as they arrived that evening before departing on their flights home the next day. I also met up with those staying on for the 2 weeks in between, some of them were going to be at the next fast with me, we were going to meet up with others later on... There was an event in Montezuma, Raw World, going on there and Doug (Dr. Graham) was a presenter there so that was our first destination. He stayed at the event which was just outside of town and the rest of us stayed in town at first. Lennie would walk down to the event to work with Doug pretty much every day. Our first place was too close to the nightlife for the rest of my group so we ended up moving to a different place at the edge of town the next day. Interest

Hola from Costa Rica! :)

I'm sitting in an Internet Cafe looking at the sunset out the window while typing this. We went on a fabulous hike today, through and along a river, then on a dirt road through jungle and a bamboo forest. Earlier today I went on a hike where we saw monkeys and two of them had babies with them. The babies rode on their backs and then would climb around on their own when they stopped. Some of them were hanging upside down and eating. Cool to see them jumping from tree to tree. I'll try to catch up on these posts as I can. They're closing now so I've gotta' go. Adios and Aloha!

So far, 2/14/07

Sleep: woke at 4:30am for temp. & pee up at 6am to run slept a little off and on between 7:30 & 8:30 or so too to sleep for night at ?? Food: 1 watermelon for breakfast 15 bananas for lunch Dinner: small avocado, small head of cabbage, large tomato, some baby carrots I ate dinner rushed 'cause I wanted to finish it before we left, rather than eating it at the Internet Cafe. I think it will still digest well enough though - hopefully. Heh, we'll find out! Exercise: 1 hour run/walk in morning breakfast & before it gets too hot :) ~30min. give or take running in that calestenics before lunch: 10 jump squats, followed by 150 squats, slight rest followed by 3 or 4 sucky jump lunges, followed by 10 jump squats, slight rest followed by about 5 or 6 more sucky jump lunges LOL Did 10 pushups after dinner, just before leaving for town Detox: a bit of mucus when I lay down - makes me cough a bit, but it's getting less and less I'm feeling more of myself, feel more like

So far, 2/13/07

Sleep: woke at 6am for temp. up at 7-ish? to sleep for night at 11:30-ish Food: 1 cup pipas (coco water) after run/walk 1 small watermelon after my roommate came back from run/walk bananas for lunch - shared again... 2 cantelopes later dinner: large lilikoi from market yesterday, bite of HOT cabbage from market yesterday, 1 cucumber & part of another, a few pineapple slices my friends didn't want Exercise: sort-of run/walk thingy in the morning 4 or 5 pushups or so later in the day - still tired from travel, etc. Hard to run with dusty roads for me - when cars go by dust comes up & I want to cover my face in order to keep the mucus reaction down - can't breathe well through hankercheif or something else when exercising.... I also haven't been fueling myself as much lately, so felt that too I figure I'll try the beach tomorrow - wear my Tevas 'cause it's got sand in places, large pebbles/small rocks in others and large rough rocks in yet others... Detox:

So far, 2/12/07

Sleep: woke at 6am for temp. up at ?? to sleep for night at ?? Food: 1/2 watermelon for breakfast, not sure of time bananas for lunch, not sure how many - shared w/friends 2 cantelopes later for dinner-ish 4 peeled broccolli stems from stuff packed for airplane for later snack We went to a neighbor town to get food 'cause we heard there was a farmer's market of sorts there. We missed the market 'cause it ended at 11am, but it was still good to get groceries there 'cause the market there stocks up during the farmer's market. LOL They probably needed to stock up again after we left... I haven't been as hungry so I got the least amount of food. I got: 3 small watermelons 6 cantelopes 4 large cucumbers 1 large lilikoi (passion fruit) 1 small cabbage Which cost 6,143 colones, which is abot $12 - not bad, eh? Exercise: Carried luggage and food between hotels in town, and groceries from taxi up stairs into new hotel room Not much else, too tired and such Detox: mucus a

So far, 2/11/07

Times will be CR time now Sleep: woke at 5:30am & took temp up at 6am to have breakfast & get ready for drive to sleep for night at 12:30am-ish I think Food: 6am: cantelope and watermelon slices at hotel ~1pm: bananas while waiting for the ferry - not sure how many 'cause shared 'em with friends ~7pm: 1 small watermelon at new hotel, and a few sticks of celery My hunger hasn't returned completely - still thrown off from things Exercise: Very short run uphill, carrying luggage and food into hotel, up stairs Not a whole lot else today Detox: mucus & dehydration mainly Female: 6am temp: ?? degrees fahrenheit, day ?? of my cycle, green day, no kid icons Still menstrating, but didn't need the cup anymore The Rest: So today we traveled by van to a ferry, took that and then drove more in the van again to where we were staying We didn't have a hotel yet, so had to figure that out. Interesting place. Nifty toilet had flush handle upside down so you lift it instea

2/10/07

Sleep: skipped the temperature today 'cause of the travel to sleep for night at 10pm-ish CR time Food: 6:15pm: 1 cantelope Lenny and Kevin gave me before dinner 'cause I was hun-gry (& thirsty) 6:30pm: dinner with fasting group that just ended: cantelope slices pineapple & papaya slices (I didn't have much papaya) salad (lettuce, tomato, cabbage, cucumber & lemon - it had some avocado chunks I took out) Exercise: about the same as yesterday.. lugging luggage mainly, also did some pushups when I woke up in hotel after a while, before shower and dinner Detox: quite thirsty - dehydrated from flight, don't remember anything else, still have a bit of the mucus stuff from before - or again from the flight... Female: 6am temp: skipped 'cause of travel, day ?? of my cycle, green day, no kid icons Took Diva Cup out when got to hotel - was quite some time in there, worked out fine - hardly anything in it anyway I reset the ti

So far, 2/9/07

Sleep: woke at 6am for temp. up at 6am after temp. to sleep for night at 4:45am-ish Hawaii time, 9:30am CR time Food: coco water on way in to airport Tangerines I packed (5 I think) & 1 pound cherry tomatoes at my home airport 3 hands of lady finger bananas at Honolulu airport & a celery stick or few all jicima packed except big one on planes I took a picture of the food I packed for the plane, will post it when back home... Exercise: Not a whole lot... carrying my luggage around, some light stretching and a few jump squats, etc. inbetween flights Detox: Um... didn't write this down, don't remember, sorry Female: 6am temp: ?? degrees fahrenheit, day ?? of my cycle, green day, no kid icons menstrating, so used Diva Cup today, brought tampons in case for back-up, not need them though The Rest: Gathered my food, luggage and stuff and went off to the airport this morning. We went to BigK to get socks for my running shoes 'cause I couldn't find any of mine (only my h

So far, 2/4/07

Just adding in here from Costa Rica that I made it to the beach with my hubby today for a while, which was really nice. I took another video with my cell phone of the beach too. I figured out how to do a little better quality, so it looks better. I'll post it here when I'm back home. I should get some videos of here too... will get the beach & try to get howler monkeys too. K, bye for now!

So far, 2/2/07

Well, I didn't get a chance to update this post and several others before leaving for Costa Rica, so I'm just putting it up now as-is. Maybe I'll be able to fix it later - probably not though 'cause it will be almost 2 months later when I get back home... Sleep: woke at 6am for temp. up at 7:30am to sleep for night at ?? Food: ~8:25am: 18 oz. tangelo/orange juice ~12:30pm: 1/4 gallon young coconut water ~1:30pm: 80-ish rambutan - didn't count, but volume of compost was about that compared to the 60 I had yesterday... ~4:30pm: 3 tangerines Exercise: Detox: salty mucus in back of throat coming from sinuses, sneezing & runny nose at times - partly from stuff I did lately with fat & salt, partly from winds stirring up dust & stuff that makes me sneeze Female: 6am temp: ?? degrees Fahrenheit, day ?? of my cycle, green day, no kid icons The Rest: I felt better today, like I'm coming out of it, starting anew and all. Thanks Bod for taking care of my mess-up

So far, 2/1/07

Well, I didn't get a chance to update this post and several others before leaving for Costa Rica, so I'm just putting it up now as-is. Maybe I'll be able to fix it later - probably not though 'cause it will be almost 2 months later when I get back home... Sleep: woke at 6am for temp. up several times in night for BMs, gas, etc. up at noon to sleep for night at ~9pm, but woke a few times in the night Food: ~2:30pm: 1 Jamaican Lilikoi from yard ~7:30pm: 60 rambutan Exercise: ~2pm: walk a few blocks to and same back client's office to pick up something & then a couple to relocate a centipede from our house into wilder area Detox: LOL yep - still from da' avocado and older salty stuff... I was semi-fasting, so that helped things too. Slept in and did mini-fast 'cause of the gas and constipation last night and BMs early this morning. Interesting how it turned out to be right in the hours the hygienists say elimination happens: between 3:30am and noon. At a ce

So far, 1/31/07

Well, I didn't get a chance to update this post and several others before leaving for Costa Rica, so I'm just putting it up now as-is. Maybe I'll be able to fix it later - probably not though 'cause it will be almost 2 months later when I get back home... Sleep: woke at 6am for temp. up at 7:30am to sleep for night at ~midnight Food: ~ 10am: 1/4 gallon young coco water ~ 12:30pm: 6 tangerines ~ 6:30pm: 2 med. mamey sapote Exercise: hike down and on beach, back up hill from beach 16 pushups in a row Detox: Female: 6am temp: 97.75 degrees fahrenheit, day 20 of my cycle, green day, no kid icons The Rest: Got my ticket to Costa Rica - it's official!! Yay! Went to the beach & took short video from cell phone (doesn't view very well in Firefox, but works in IE, didn't test on anything else): Yeah, not a very exciting or high quality one, eh? LOL I'll see if the camera on the phone can do better next time.

So far, 1/30/07

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Well, I didn't get a chance to update this post and several others before leaving for Costa Rica, so I'm just putting it up now as-is. Maybe I'll be able to fix it later - probably not though 'cause it will be almost 2 months later when I get back home... Sleep: woke at 6am for temp. up at 6:30am-ish, officially at 7am to sleep for night at ?? Food: ~12:30pm: ~6 -8 'cooking' bananas (what I grabbed this morning, forgot to count) & a couple of hands of lady finger bananas (probably only about 10 I'd say 'cause some were past ripe). ~6:30pm: mamey sapotes - one small (pictured below) and one medium - then too sweet to deal with for me... will have salad later tonight when home I suspect ~ 10pm: 2 avocados, 3 med. tomatoes, group of celery Brought left overs from what I brought to store (work) yesterday to store (work) today & added some more 'cooking' bananas and lady finger bananas, one more lemon and an avocado. Ate the bananas and 2 of t

1/29/07

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Sleep: woke at 6am for temp. up at 7:30am to sleep for night at 11:45pm Food: 8:30am: 2 medium papayas 1pm: tray of rambutan I brought to the store today 4 or 4:30pm-ish: the bananas I brought - lady finger & 'cooking' 7:30pm: 2 & 1/2 + lbs of salad from HFS salad bar, 3 medium tomatoes and lemon-tahini dressing: Exercise: ~10:30pm while talking w/son about programming, girls, life, etc.: 10 push ups followed by 10 jump squats followed by 10 push ups followed by 10 jump squats followed by 10 push ups (sorta' sad ones at the end, heh) followed by 10 jump squats followed by 5 jump lunges followed by 10 jump squats followed by 5 jump lunges (sorta' sad at the end) followed by 20 min. rebounding followed by pee - LOL, rebounding usually does it.. followed by stretching Detox: nothing special, that I noticed at least Female: 6am temp: 97.64 degrees Fahrenheit, day 18 of my cycle, amber day, no kid icons The Rest: Had to work at the store at the last minute again thi

1/28/07

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Sleep: woke at 6am for temp. up at ~9am to sleep for night at 11pm Food: ~10am: ~1/2 gallon young coconut water ~12:30pm: hand of 'cooking' bananas ~12 of them ~7pm: 1 and 1/2 wraps (collards w/lemon-tahini spread for wrap, slices of celery, tomato, avocado, and grated carrots and cabbage) and salad (~1 lb of lettuce with lemon-tahini-tomato-avocado dressing - basically leftovers from wraps) Exercise: walk down and on beach, back up and such little swim in ocean ~9pm: 10 push ups followed by 10 jump squats followed by 10 push ups followed by 10 jump squats followed by 10 push ups followed by 10 jump squats followed by 10 jump lunges followed by 130 squats followed by 20 minutes rebounding followed by stretching I did the evening stuff all in a row, one after another without breaks - except to catch my breath as needed in-between. Basically did 3 sets each of 10 jump squats and 10 pushups alternating between them, then a set of 10 jump lunges, the 130 squats, 20 min. light rebou

1/27/07

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Sleep: woke at 6am for temp., again at 8am to wake people, up at 8:15am to sleep for night at ~11pm Food: 8:30am: ~1/2 gallon young coconut water ~1:30pm: 60 rambutan ~4pm: some lady finger bananas - sorry, forgot to count 6:30pm: slaw (grated carrots, cabbage, romaine) with 5 medium tomatoes, lemon-tahini dressing made at work with juice of tomatoes in it Exercise: 4 sets of 10 pushups, forgot to do the rest I think, was sleepy and such - wierd day... Detox: Don't remember any - am filling this out the next evening though... Female: 6am temp: 97.01 degrees Fahrenheit, day 16 of my cycle, amber day, no kid icons The Rest: It started as a regular-ish day. I wanted the truck, so dropped my hubby off at the store to work for the day, and went back home to shower, etc. I had planned to go out at 5:30 for the evening and pick him up afterwards after the store closed, but at about 2:30 he called with a dilemma. A band he does music videos, graphics and other things for had contacted him

1/26/07

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Sleep: woke at 6am for temp., again at 8am to wake people, up at 8:15am to sleep for night at ~1am or 1:30am Food: ~9am: 34 oz tangelo juice ~3pm: 3 or so hands ladyfinger bananas, sorry didn't count 'em this time ~5pm: 50 rambutan ~7:30pm: ~1.5 lbs of salad from salad bar at HFS +5 medium tomatoes, with lemon-tahini dressing I made at the store while working Sorry, forgot to take a picture of my salad 'cause I was at the store and all.. Exercise: I was going to run again today, for longer with hubby this morning, but his work schedule got all turned around 'cause he remembered that he needed to film a concert tonight so had to switch shifts. I needed to patch in some of switched shift in the evening and to do so, had to go in in the early afternoon to be there... so many weird things happened today - electicity out at the same time as my cell phone was tweaking, then both resolved at the same time... so many changes of plans that I didn't get much done at all, exce

1/25/07

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6am temp: 96.81 degrees fahrenheit, day 14 of my cycle, red day, no kid icons 7:55-8:10am: wake son for work at store, check email to see if I'll be able to Intern at FoodnSport's Fasting Retreat in Costa Rica (they had a cancellation). Yay!!! I'm in the running, along with some others. We'll see later. :) 8:45am: got 'up', but stayed in bed w/hubby, talking and such... LOL he looked up Spanish videos on YouTube to help me brush up on my Spanish if I'm going to Costa Rica. We found a nifty one with a little girl and some fruit puzzle pieces. The guy filming it (prob. the father) was quizzing her and it was perfect to learn the fruitas that way. :) 10:30am: actually got up and showered, etc. Did computer work here and there. Put oranges, lemons, tangerines somebody brought to us this morning away (after taking pics , of course). 11:30am: Drank about 1/2 gallon young coconut water, made ~32 oz. tangelo juice for hubby, who drank it too. Noon: started to cut up

1/24/07

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Today I slept in a little bit, not as much as yesterday. 6am temperature: 96.62 degrees fahrenheit, had the little girl icon, so I guess if we wanted a girl baby this is the time to try for it. Now that our son's 18 and all, I'm not so sure I want to have more children. I'll consider it again once we are on acreage we can set roots in. 7:50-8am wake up calls to son to get up and work at our store... 9:30am got up to shower and go running or do yoga with my hubby. He got us some new Yoga DVDs recently and we're planning on alternating running with them in the mornings. We haven't quite gotten into it yet though. He's still healing the cuts and stuff from the reef and rocks when he rescued the drowning person so running shoes are not very appealing right now. I'm still healing my back too. So we did neither this morning - got a nifty 4-wheel wheel barrow cart thing that dumps it's load like a manual dumptruck and carted all the coconuts we salvaged from a

1/23/07

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I think I'm going to title these by the date like I used to do in my journals pre-Blogger days. I'll put 'So far today' on a post that hasn't been completed for that day and post to it the next day to complete it, taking the 'So far today' at the time. I still need to figure out how to get the archive pages fully formatted how I want. They're still useable, but not quite right. Slept in (sort of) today. Female: Took my basal temperature like usual at 6am - was 96.69 degrees fahrenheit for those of you who are curious. It's day 12 of my cycle, a 'red' day as my hubby and I call it. It's how the Baby-Comp tells me whether I might be fertile or not. Red is fertile. There aren't any little boy or little girl icons though, so guess it's not as fertile as others - forget how that goes. All I know and need to know at this point is that in order to not have more babies we keep the unprotected adult activities to the green days. The amber

archives yet to be fixed...

K, so I decided to have just the most recent post displayed and for Blogger to archive the rest by the month. They're there, but you have to scroll down on that page to see them for now. I have to mess with the code a bit more to get that to work properly. Aloha!

re-start of daily (or near daily) logs...

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Okay, I admit it, I'm out of practice. I forgot to count stuff for y'all. I'll get better at it as it goes. I'm also trying to figure out how I'm going to go about it formatting-wise with this new Blogger thingy. It automatically time/date stamps stuff so I could enter what I eat when I eat and such - if I'm online at the time... Here's my day so far today: water from 3 large young coconuts in the morning: ~8:30am ~12 large (for this kind of banana) lady finger bananas for breakfast: ~9am ~4 or 5 lbs of rambutan: ~4pm I was pretty sleepy today so worked on catching up on my sleep a bit. I've been going to sleep sort of late lately and yesterday was a bit stressful 'cause my hubby almost drowned when trying to rescue a person who was drowning. The drowning person was wearing a life jacket thing but they had gotten swept out into a really rough area by the reefs where waves were churning in various directions and such. There were 2 other strong swimme

Yay! I've got Blogger tamed... I think

K, so I just re-did the template in Blogger and have it working. I messed with the template so it'd look like the rest of my journals as much as possible on the regular Web. I haven't messed with the handheld and other CSS yet though - so who knows how well that will show up. It also seems to be posting the most recent at the top, instead of the way I was doing it before. I'll see if I can adjust that later. I might have to switch the old one's around so it makes more sense and matches it in that way. We'll see how it does with the archives and such. Only time will tell... Doing it this way gets me listed with them & gives you the ability to comment and such without me having to code it in myself. Nice. I adjusted the rest of the site to include these Blogs in the links now that it seems to be working & I'm going to start posting what I eat/do and such again soon! I'm also going to start telling you about my cruise and other things that happened whil

lauhala shoe at the beach

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Here's a picture of the shoe I made from scrap lauhala (pandanus) the other day. It worked pretty well - needs a toe loop though 'cause the bottom's sort of floppy. Not enough time or good leaves to make another. Took a few pictures of it with a cell phone camera and left it to compost. :)