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]]> I really wasn’t ready to start my raw journey again when I started this blog earlier this year.  I’ve been raw..again…for 3 days after a lot of soul searching and prep.  So now, after a 1 week detox in preparation…I’m back to Raw Food only and have been so for 3 days.  Now, I include frozen fruit in my definition of raw…just in case someone wants to correct me.  I don’t follow a vegan way of eating or any other one per se.  I eat what I eat…and my highest desire at this time in terms of eating is to be 100% heatlhy and natural in terms of eating.

Weight today: 184.5

What I ate today (so far):

Green smoothie with 2 bananas about a cup of frozen mango and a cup of frozen blue berries.
1 large apple
1/2 cup of raw walnuts
Salad with romaine, sunflower seeds, olives, olive oil, carrots, and mushrooms

I took a photo yesterday after working out (walking on the treadmill for an hour) in the morning in my sports bra and capri pants.  Ugh…it was hard…because right now I wouldn’t want to show that to the whole world.  I plan to take another photo at the end of the month and maybe…just maybe…posting it here.  Lord!  I know.  It’s good motivation.  Who cares about the before pic if the after is wonderful, right?  But, really…I love myself now.  That’s why I’m making this change in my life.  So I can show myself love in being healthy and happy.  Being free from dieting, free from bad self esteem in a world that tells you to love your fat self then tells you via commericals, media, etc how bad you look in comparison to the “ideal” images they present to you.  No wonder the diet industry is huge.

Challenges for the day:

I have only had 2-3 strong cravings/thoughts about sugar and sweets.  I read something great that Raw Food Coach Angela Stokes (she was just on CNN last week and got some much traffic her site crashed) wrote that helped me gain perspective.  She wrote that food in cans and boxes isn’t really food to her anymore.  I decided that was a good way to look at it.  The food is full of dye, preservatives, etc.  It’s like “food-product” compared to apples, oranges, etc.  🙂

Also, I was a little sore in my right hip today.  That caused some concern because I had some inflammation in my hip from exercising without arch supports (I didn’t know I needed them till I went to the doctor).  What can help that condition you ask?  Weight loss.  Another reason I’m making this change.

So, that’s all for today.  Maybe I’ll post again tonight.  Here’s to great beginnings.

]]> http://www.urbanrawfood.com/shop/day-3back-to-raw/feed/ 1 Things are going well…it’s a sweet Monday surprise http://www.urbanrawfood.com/shop/things-are-going-wellits-a-sweet-monday-surprise/ http://www.urbanrawfood.com/shop/things-are-going-wellits-a-sweet-monday-surprise/#respond Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:27:53 +0000 http://urbanrawfood.wordpress.com/?p=8

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]]> Sunday:
I got the most sour terrible grapes from Harris Teeter.  They were 99 cents per pound so I should have known.  TERRIBLE.  However, I was proud of myself because I’d walked all over Pentagon City Fashion Mall and hadn’t fell to any of the food court temptations.  Oh, I looked, believe me.  However, I didn’t get any fast food.  I went to Harris Teeter for a bag of salad and all I got was that and the grapes.  Maybe it was because after looking at all those clothes I didn’t want to do something that would make me feel fat or make me think “If you eat that you aren’t moving closer to health and wellness!”.  I really don’t want this process to be about good or bad food though.  I want it to be about health…not weight loss.  I have to work on my thoughts about good or bad food so that if I do eat something junk or sugary…I won’t judge myself.

OH…I forgot.  When I went to the gym on Saturday I was down 2 pounds (196 to 194).  YAY!

Monday: The diarrhea is here.  Angela Stokes talks about it in her raw food journey on rawreform.com.  It wasn’t horrible, but my stool was very loose.  I took and enema so I think that helped.  The wildest thing about the day was that I really had no cravings.  I was reading that cravings has a lot to do with what is in your colon…food lingering too long in the body.  I really really tried to eat really bad…lol.  Meaning…I went to CVS thinking I was going to buy some chocolate…at least some salty cashews.  But I didn’t. I did end up eating some fried shrimp…social eating.  But, they didn’t taste good at all.  I’ll have to get some water and Epson salt on the case tonight.  I was so surprised.  The tasted OK…Alright…so so.  I really didn’t want them…I just picked an appetizer with minimal sugar and no chicken or beef.  Sigh!  But I’m not going to tear myself down or feel bad.  In the end, it just reinforced the feeling that I’m looking for.  The feeling that food can not improve my mood and that my addiction to food as a mood altering drug is becoming less.

Other things I ate today

Banana and Grapes for breakfast

Large Salad for Lunch – Romaine, Garbonzo beans, Sunflower seed, Black olives, Mushrooms, Olive oil and Vinegar.

NO candy.  No chocolate.  For that I’m proud!!!

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