Hi Nisha,
I'm looking at your initial post and Roy's comments, which are always very knowledgable. I would add these thoughts and observations:
If you felt you needed to widen to include fruit and animal protein for your baby's sake, I'd say that's being a concerned and loving mother. No fault there.
Once we widen from a narrow and healing macrobiotic practice, it seems hard to get back on track, even though we want to and our desires and intentions are sincere. This has to do with how eager our bodies are to slip into easy, comfortable, (sloppy), and even food addictive habits. Sometimes it feels as though our bodies are fighting us for control over our own wise decisions (evidence: "the battle of the bulge").
Spring into Summer is a good time to consider doing a long or short #7 (anywhere from 3-10 days). The #7 is the most narrow of Ohsawa's numbered diets consisting of whole natural cereal grains and limited liquid (bancha or water). Just a few days of this regimen will definately "detox" your body of the previous months of animal foods and other foods from your widened eating. Each day the body aches and pains will lessen. You might feel a slight weakness, mild pain in certain body areas, --these are your weak areas. Toxins from our food (and the environment) gravitate to the weak areas of our bodies. For women, it is often the breasts that will accumulate unexcreted excesses that the body cannot efficiently remove. As one continues with the #7 pain eases from all these areas. Stagnant, stuck, emotions also clear. There might be some initial melancholy, depression, sad memories that will clear within a couple of days, if examined and allowed to clear. The result within a short time, is easy, free, balanced, happy emotions and a light and buoyant body, soon free of all aches and pains. It is a short period of rest and detoxification. It soon feels like body bliss and is an important health practice to rid ourselves of accumulated toxins.
Results are: the good feeling of well being and cleansing, more energy, freedom from the former food addictions that were hard to shake, and you/yourself are squarely in charge of your own decisions again, regarding food choices or anything else. Fasting is one of the spiritual disciplines and is a tremendous tool to regain self control. In the case of a #7, it is not fasting, --one is freely able to nourish themselves when needed, with your own choice of whole grains: oats, barley, brown rice, your choice. Bancha tea brewed to your liking seems to be the best drink and is a blood purifier.
If one feels confident in proceeding with a #7, without being unwise or excessive (continuing more days than recommended), it is a very healing practice.
Nancy
