Well I’ve ended my cleanse and it was a great success, my weight dropped at least eight pounds which was nice. Still this wasn’t the goal the goal was to clean my body out and I think that I accomplished a lot on that front though I don’t feel all that much different than I did before.

What this experiment has really shown me is how easy it is to make raw fruits and vegetables a primary part of my diet. Even eating only fruits and vegetables wasn’t that hard and if I allow myself healthy portions of meats and grains this becomes an easy diet to maintain on all levels.

My hope going forward is to keep my weight well down between 165 at the low end and 175 at the high end. I expect that this will vary with the time of year and type of training I’m doing but not a great deal. I feel good and look better at this weight so I would like to maintain and gradually reduce my body fat to less than 10%.

Another thing that this experiment continues to make clear is the value of real food versus “food products”. I consider real food to be things like raw carrots, bananas, home cooked meals like spaghetti or salads and food products to be things like chips, soda and other heavily processed foods. Food products are often cheap and they’re always, always, always easy to find and eat which is why we eat so many of them and also why we should treat them as poisons.

I’m not a vegan or any form of extremist so I’m not planning to stop eating all of these things or making myself sick at the sight or smell of them. What I’m planning to do is to throw out all of them that I don’t really like and eat those I really enjoy only occasionally and in much smaller amounts. The point for me is balance and sustainability both for my body and for my world.

I’m also planning to make time to enjoy real foods. It could be as simple as a bunch of grapes or more complex like a meal but I see very deep value in preparing, eating and appreciating healthy food. In a way it feels like valuing my food is valuing myself, which I know I need to do more.