Back to it

Feeling so much better! Only took me three days high raw to get over that burger. It's crazy to me the amount of discomfort I felt and I finally feel well again. I think getting some green smoothies will help my bowls even more. I read this whole artical about how raw food is hard to digest and how it can cause gas and bowl issues. That may be true for some but it was clear that the burger I ate and fries were what was hard for my body to digest. When I went high raw again everything calmed down and my body balanced. Raw food is for me no matter what the books say. Trial and test wins. FYI best salad in Saratoga right now is at coffee trader! It's huge and they switch things for me. Plus the wooden bowl is nice.

Pain and consequences

Oh my it's been a week! I was not ready to travel and face my childhood home and social pressures. I managed to stay gluten free till the birthday cake arrived and it was dark in the venue I was at I figured no one was looking. 

Then I figured well I are gluten I may as well have a hamburger from Wendy's. What was I thinking or not thinking. Monday I resumed my diet with ease and thankfulness but my belly is still bloated, my throat just calming down and my bowls still in knots scream at me through the day. Tomorrow is my birthday and I plan to smoothie till a dinner of salad and soup at sushi tai. I am 80 percent raw moving toward that 100 percent seems solid after the experience I just had. It's almost to easy to slip back in and make myself ill. Luck is all I need and focus. I will get there. Fingers crossed.

Last night

A picture speaks a thousand words and this morning while I do have some bags and I do have morning face I also see a bit of health shining through. Last night I drank a lot of honey wine with Jonathan and ate some cooked veggies. I was raw 100 percent for a few days so we will see how this goes. The goal is to stay high raw without running back to cooked. I was to stay sunny and keep the health going. A little honey wine night with my man won't kill me. We had so much fun! We went for a snow pants night hike and connected with nature together drunk! My liver hurts a bit and I am a little dehydrated but I will bounce back!

All raw

I have been reading 80 10 10 and it's been inspiring and between eating 6 bananas for lunch and swooning over melon fruit in the grocery store I feel fallen for fruit. I am craving olives currently! It's going well 99 percent raw! We shall see what tomorrow brings. 

All raw

I have been reading 80 10 10 and it's been inspiring and between eating 6 bananas for lunch and swooning over melon fruit in the grocery store I feel fallen for fruit. I am craving olives currently! It's going well 99 percent raw! We shall see what tomorrow brings. 

Tierd but not hungry

Today was brilliant. H2o great. Cantaloupe breakfast, 4 banana lunch, salad dinner tiny bit of chicken. Solid. Tierd from work physically but not emotionally. It's been weeks of the opposite. Feeling huge relief and wellness forming. Night!

Anemia

Horray to anemia. After the weekend in which I basically stayed high raw but drifted off into mild dairy and chicken hear and there I realize Palio is not raw. (Dairy excluded from the Palio reference) I think the sweet potatoe here and baked potatoe there put me back in this not raw enough funk. I lost the zest, the energy. The chai addiction is back on and I want to end that. Tomorrow I am going to follow the 80 10 10 diet because I really feel it's the best option. Of course working in my new position is not helping. It limits my ability to take care of myself. I am taking iron pills now to get back on track. Tomorrow is another day. 

It's harder than one thinks

It's harder to go 100 percent raw! It's true. I make the switch for a day and feel amazing. Then I remember warm soup and hot potatoes and eggs. Then 24 hours later I feel the swelling start. The swelling is mild. It's not like when I ate grains or massive calories. My calories are still around 2,000 but this is just the beginning. This Saturday I decide 100 percent or say 90. 

Today is detox or die day

I just feel so down and detox e. Could it be the two beers last night? My face has lost it's shine. I feel a little defeated to only have lost a few pounds. I would like to go 95 percent and not eat meat or chicken too. Perhaps that is keeping the weight on. I just am having my first low energy day. I am sure it's detoxing and the emotional damage on the past few days at work. It's hard to handle stress at times when it pulls at heart strings. You can see it in my face. 

Change

It's amazing to me how much has changed in such a small amount of time. It's like I picked up where I left off at 8 months raw. Today the transition is over like I have been doing this for years. I seemed to have skipped the raw gormet all together, and went straight to fruits and vegtables. I also went from 3,000 calories or more to 2,000 and less. Again I can't help but bring up that I feel like I went from "I can't stop eating" to " I forgot to eat" and it's so freeing. Today I visited the juice bar and had a coconut smoothie and a green juice. I drank some water mid day and had a half a pear. Then I went to 50 south and had a raw gormet treat! I went with my colleague Kristin and my family joined as well. Kristin and I had the four course raw meal and loved it! As much as I did enjoy Johanna's raw meal and the amazing piano playing and ambiance of 50 south, I realize that I no longer need this type of rich food and I no longer need the social aspects of eating. I have conquered something finally. Something that has held me back from long term change. I will of course head back each month for the magical and special experience each month for fun, of course! But it's no longer essential. I am part of the club of raw and I don't really care to talk about it. I want to wear the raw tee shirt, I do, but at home as a pajama top! 

Constipation gone

Weight lose began 

My wrists, back, belly and face feel thinner

My mouth feels cleaner 

My saliva feels cleaner

My need for sleep is less and I am waking up in a happy daze verse a fog

My shoulders are looser

My hands feel thinner

Also I caught a bad cold my boyfriend and associate had, and I had a soar throat last night, tonight I am symptom free. We shall see tomorrow. I will tell ya, I am ok with being able to fight off illness easier! 

Raw and feeling it

I feel so much better! Yesterday I was 100 percent raw. Today I was 90 percent again. My man is ill so I made him chicken soup from scratch. I ate some as it's gluten free and dairy free. It felt warming in this super freezing weather! I have been keeping my calories up eating lots of snacks mainly fruit. Yesterday I watched this amazing story online of a Floridian women in her 70's who has been raw 27 years. It gave me a bit of conviction in my pocket. The conviction to live the life I want to live with the right to feel how I want to feel. I know it matters for the sake of this daily diary wether I am 100 percent or not.  But to me it matters not, only how I feel and reaching my goals. My goal truly is 90 percent and up 365 days raw. How far I take it will be up to me. I am not sick or dying so I have the time to get my health in order at a pace I determine. Those ill should consider a different path. For now, I feel amazing just where I am. 

A little note to self: on 100 percent raw with no dairy and no meat and no grains the constipation came back with sugar. I quite chai a week ago and added it in this morning. Chai is loaded with sugar. This is an addiction I wish to resolve in this process! Wish me luck. It's tasty! 

It's harder than one thinks

It's harder to go 100 percent raw! It's true. I make the switch for a day and feel amazing. Then I remember warm soup and hot potatoes and eggs. Then 24 hours later I feel the swelling start. The swelling is mild. It's not like when I ate grains or massive calories. My calories are still around 2,000 but this is just the beginning. This Saturday I decide 100 percent or say 90. 

Emotions and Johanna's raw food link

I wanted to post johannasrawfood.com and 
Thursday, January 9, 2014 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at 
FIFTY SOUTH Restaurant and Bar
2128 Doubleday Avenue, Ballston Spa, NY 12020
$35 in advance, $40 at the door
RESERVE your seats early: call 518-884-2926

This will be my first dinner with Johanna at 50 south and my friend and co worker Kristin will be at the dinner too! 

Johanna has really supported me going raw last summer and still remains a friend and stops to see me and check on me every now and then even though I only went raw for a month.  

What's up today? New Years! 

Today I feel so emotional. I could punch someone and kiss someone at the same time. I hate and I love. I must be detoxing! Green smoothie time! 

Last night I survived a table of junk and stuck to celery and dip! I had a few meat balls, but still no dairy and no grains! I was really proud that I didn't feel tempted. I even had my own food in case but also ate a  huge salad before joining the party so I was full. When food came up among the ladies at the table I stuck to cool info about allergies and health ( as we were talking about our children) and didn't even mention my new lifestyle. It's my business anyway! But this proves I have changed. Long ago my motivation wasn't my own health. I thought I needed to prove to the world this diet works and be an example in order to succeed. Meaning something else besides my own health would have to drive this change. 

Apparently that was the old me. I can do this just for me and for my health. Perhaps I really will succeed finally and make this a long term lifestyle switch. I have hope. I have changed so much since I went raw for 8 months almost 4 years ago. If not, I will hope to the future, keep living, loving and learn about myself. I will get there! For now the goal is still a year! 

Fist day at work raw

It's amazing to me how easy this is. My head hurts a little and I am tierd today but I hardly thought about food at all, except when I got hungry. I was focused and clear, and my work was well thought out. I had a big salad for lunch, a snack of raw crackers and dip as well as a big apple. I am not really even hungry for dinner. This is the beginning of the detox madness! I can feel that but on the bright side I feel transitioned already emotionally. All is well.