Uninformed Consent

Dentistry
I watched a video a while ago called Uninformed Consent, which went into detail how harmful it was to have mercury fillings in your teeth.  I think I always vaguely knew that it wasn’t that good for me, but this really put the spotlight on the subject. 

The videos opening scene is a tooth filled with mercury, being held in a pair of tweezers under a special light.  Not so startling - until you realize that under this special light you can actually see the mercury outgassing from the filling.

Then the following shocking words appear on the screen:

“This filling was done 50 years ago”
“It was removed 15 years ago”

…and it's still outgassing!

Action
My life is all about action these days.  I have said, “I understand” so many times in the past when people would speak to me, and then I would do nothing.  Why?  They were just words, with no intent behind them.

I now put intent behind my ideas and automatically put them to the test by acting in the moment.  For me this is the best way to get things done and really live life, instead of just talking about living it.

How does this relate? 

I got 3 mercury fillings removed the other day.  I have a mouth full of chrome so I am only a quarter of the way done, but my holistic dentist suggests only removing a little at a time.  I have an appointment next week to remove the rest of the mercury on the bottom teeth, and then in April I will remove the fillings on the top. 

Then I will be mercury free!

Ask yourself - who have you given uninformed consent to?

Juice Feasting Day 60
This past weekend we hosted the WLIR Garam Masala getaway in the Poconos, and to say it was “Off the hook” would be an understatement.  The funny thing was that I did a lot of the food prep for the weekend, but since I was juicing I couldn’t taste the food.  So many people were joking with me about it, but what I would do is have other people taste the food and let me know what it needed.  It was a cool experience because I stayed true to my juicing, and at the same time got other people involved.  If you were walking by me chances are that you were getting a spoonful of food shoved in your mouth with me standing there drilling you with a list of questions.

We also broke out into a spontaneous dance session with DJ MoSoul.  Everybody bounced back and forth between dance floors having fun, shaking their butts, even break dancing by Brianna our guest chef.  I think most people were fueled by Vanessa’s amazing Gnosis Chocolate, but I rocked out on strictly juice!  So many people ask if I have energy on this juice feast and all I can say is, “You have no idea.”

Looking all sexy after a hot night of dancing... You know how we do!

Weight



• Day 1 - 260.0 lbs


• Day 10 - 249.4 lbs (10.6 lbs lost)


• Day 17 - 244.4 lbs (5.0 lbs lost)


• Day 24 – 238.6 lbs (5.8 lbs lost)


• Day 31 – 234.6 lbs (4.0 lbs lost)


• Day 38 – 231.5 lbs (3.1 lbs lost)


• Day 45 – 227.6 lbs (3.9 lbs lost)


• Day 52 – 224.2 lbs (3.4 lbs lost)

• Day 60 – 223.2 lbs (1.0 lb lost)

Total Weight Loss while JF: 36.8 lbs



Total Weight Loss since raw: 176.8 lbs


Keep on dancing,

Philip @ Lovingraw