DAY 0: PRE-TRIP PREP

What follows is the story of my stay at TrueNorth Health Center, in Santa Rosa, California. I wrote this blog with my thoughts as they came to me. I did not spend a lot of time editing this blog. Whatever flowed from my fingers through the keyboard, about my day, is what you get. In its raw form. Hoping you could see my stay through my eyes. You may see a misspelled or a misplaced word now and then. Maybe a repeated sentence. Many friends and family wanted to know how I was doing and what was happening and some wanted details. I tried to paint a picture for you but that “painting” has flaws in it. Enjoy!

March 9, 2022 ~ Wednesday

This journey really started some 5 months ago when I called the True North Health Center (TN) to make the reservation for a medically supervised water only fasting protocol. I slowly adopThe whole food plant base diet, recommended by TN consists of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds. No added salt, oil or sugar (SOS). No animal products including no dairy. And finally no processed foods.ted the diet they recommend, felt full, satisfied, and lost about 25 pounds before I ever left home!

Strict? Yes. Healing? Yes. A new way of thinking about food? Yes. Am I going to do this? YES.

I will describe the fasting process in all it’s glory. From the bad and yucky to the surprising little factoids along the way.