To be healthy it's really important to clean...and this means clearing out all the clutter that fills everything from your intestines to your kitchen cabinets. Clutter in our minds, bodies, homes, cars, spirits, and everywhere else you can imagine slows us, weights us, and many times traps us. It's good to take the time to clear out all areas of your life.

Recently I began using a food journal to keep track of what I eat and drink on a daily basis. For my food journal I simply have a spiral bound notebook in which I write the date down on each page and then write what I eat for meals and snacks. If I have juice I also write it down (I don't really drink any other beverages besides water).

I recently wrote about fasting, which I did in conjunction with a colon cleansing program. For my cleanse I used the Blessed Herbs “The Colon Cleansing Kit”. This was my first experience with any type of colon cleansing so besides what information I read on the Internet I really didn't know what to expect physically or emotionally.

The mission to abstain from the use of our vehicles for an entire month has been completed! For the entire month of July we biked, walked, rollerbladed, ran, and on the rare occasion carpooled every where we went. Whether we were getting groceries, going to the beach, or going out to dinner we found another way to get there than using our vehicles.

My eyes were recently opened up to the world of fasting. I decided to do an herbal colon cleanse and one of the options for the program was a fast with only vegetable broth and organic apple juice, as needed. I was not planning to do the fast when I originally bought the kit but I felt compelled to do it as the time drew closed to begin the program...and I am truly glad I did.

Approximately a year ago I bought my first colon cleansing kit. I researched high and low and finally found one I was comfortable taking and guess what?....I never did it!......until now that is. My colon cleansing purchase was a lesson to me about getting ahead of yourself and lying to yourself about what you are and aren't ready to do. After I purchased the kit I came up with a hundred of reasons why I should wait to do it, it became one of those things you dread to do and put on a to do list that never gets done.

Well it's been another week without cars and I'm still feeling pretty good about it. It was very pleasing to me to discover that when I've told people about what we've been doing (not driving) they get really excited about it and tell me how awesome it is. I didn't expect such a great reception. And it really has been a great experience, it's gotten me into better shape, has helped the earth, and has provided with perspective in relation to my vehicles and my appreciation towards what I have and the world around me.

Being healthy is more than just eating right and exercising. It's beyond eating raw and drinking water, cleansing your body and your mind. Being healthy is about happiness.

Happiness is healthy and being healthy without happiness cannot exist. It's a shame but much of the time phrases like "eating right" "eating your vegetables" "working out" conjure up negative images in our heads and are seen as things we must do to stay healthy. Seriously, lol.

It's now been a total of fourteen days without the use of our vehicles. And how has it been? Pretty awesome. I've come to realize that cars are very convenient and often seemingly necessary (and arguably necessary in some cases) but much of the time I was using my vehicles I was just being lazy.

On somewhat of a whim my family and I have made the decision to stop using our cars for the month of July. An easy feat or an incredible inconvenience? It depends who you ask. Many people simply use public transportation in larger cities or bike everywhere they need to go, while others don't know how they'd survive without their vehicles. And me, although I can't say I have missed using my vehicles too much this past week, I can easily throw upwards of 40,000 miles on my vehicles in a year. Hey, I like to travel. :)