lysia: yes, i do eat beans...i'm a huge bean fan: garbanzo, black, lentils of all colors..yum! and I do take fermented foods, a little bit as a condiment usually with dinner: saurkraut, daikon, burdock root, and of course that wonderful ume plum ( i looooove ume, but try to stay good, it's very strong). I too am attracted to the fermented foods, they feel really good when i eat them, and from my reading go fine with the #3 diet, with control of course. Remember to go "round" with your veggies: cabbage, pumpkin, onion, other squashes. And yes, i agree, this diet is challenging as you put it. I have been on it about a month now, which makes me about 1/3 through starting to see results according to the book, and i have to admit, i got sick of myself and had some organic yeast free wheat bread thinking i'd turn off my "good macro" for a moment and eat whatever i wanted! But I only had one piece and felt it constricting literally in my ovaries and immediately stopped...it's tough, but this diet works and is worth it, i haven't been "bad" since.

My sweat session of bikram yoga went really well. That 100 degree room is hot hot hot. Just sitting there you already break a sweat. I suggest trying to break a sweat each day if you can, or as close to it as you can come, sweating helps to push out imbalances and keep blood flowing to from and through the yoni (funny you should use that word, i thought my old roommate invented it...i laughed out loud!)

I don't do ginger every day, in fact lately i've been really busy and haven't done it at all. My rice fast was wonderful, but also challenging as most wonderful things tend to be. I have never slept so well in my life, and it helped to tune my sensors of "woah...too yin/ too yang, must find balance" which i now use each day.

And no no no you're not being too personal, i don't embarrase easily, and if i can help that's even better! Funny that your guy says you smell more like veggies, you should tell him to eat along with you so you can test how his smell changes! :-)