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]]> Yesterday…Sunday

Weight: 179.5

I ate:

Green smoothie: banana, spinach, and frozen mango
raw walnuts (about a cup)
bowl of grapes
Large salad with spinach, walnuts, boiled egg, fried crispy onion
4 deviled eggs (I know, I know)

Day 8 was the day of the restaurant challenge.  I took a friend of mine to a really great new restaurant in DC, Founding Farmers. For all of you who are serious about living green and going green…this is the spot for you.

Founding Farmers is here to bring you the bounty of true Farm-to-Table choices in an environment dedicated to sustainability…we believe that everyone benefits by knowing more about the source of the food they eat.   We understand the journey from seed to harvest, and from Farm-to-Table, and are dedicated to making that connection each and every time. Owned by a collective of American family farmers, Founding Farmers exists to promote the products and services of family farms, ranches, and fisheries. We also want to educate the public about the long-standing connection between farmers  – the first to lead the “green” movement – and their historic stewardship of natural resources.

Founding Farmers has been designed to meet LEED Gold Standard design criteria, a first for a restaurant in the District of Columbia. LEED is a term used to describe architecture and interior design that has been constructed and created with very little impact on the environment.  Most “green” buildings are usually LEED certified buildings, as designated by the US Green Building Council (USGBC).

The Meal was awesome.  I suggest the mint limeade…it wasn’t full of sugar and koolaid-ish…and the Late Harvest Salad.  The staff was awesome!  The place just opened in late September, so it was like finding a lil gem, something new to experience with my friends.

I did not eat 100% raw as you can see above, and I’m fine about that.  Unlike my other food quests, I don’t want to play the good food/bad food games with my mind.  I ate healthy.  I’ve pretty much decided that I’m not going to be %100 in case of special occasions and this was a birthday dinner.  However, because I’ve been  a sugar addict, I don’t think I’ll ever be real into sweets (cake and ice cream) again.  But I know that there will be times when everything on my salad may not be raw AND…I’m sure I may eat seafood from time to time on special occasions.  I want to be 100%, sure…but I also want to be sane.  I say this with the full knowledge that life is about choices.  My advice to anyone starting out as a raw foodist or raw vegan is to do the same, especially if you’ve never been a vegan or vegetarian before you start.  Eating with friends can be one of the most challenging things in the beginning.  Also, you may not know what choices are on every menu when going out with friends, and you shouldn’t be panicked just because the almonds or walnuts aren’t raw.

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]]> I had a great Sunday being raw.  After going out and looking at a condo I was interested in with 3 of my girlfriends we went out for lunch.  They all had cooked food and I had steamed broccoli and read potatoes on the side.  No…not raw…but I felt really good about it.  I didn’t want the salad because I’ve had it at this particular restaurant and it’s that nasty, iceberg, out of the bag style salad.  Wasn’t feeling it.  They all shared a chocolate chip cookie and ice cream dessert.  I just looked on and politely said no when they asked if I wanted some.  Some how I felt empowered.  One of the girls is on the Weight Watchers plan and she was lamenting and boo hoo-ing about her meal.  How many points could she have?  How many calories does this have?  After her meal of grilled chicken, rice, and veggies she went on and on about how she just felt like something was missing.  Like her meal was not complete without ending it with something sweet so she had a small portion of the dessert.

I really really understood what she was saying.  I’ve been dealing with the feeling that my meals were not complete because it’s not “real food”, hot food, or sweet junk food.  However, I know that those thoughts are just part of my relationship with food.  I don’t want to have this kind of relationship with food anymore.  I want to eat to live, not live to eat.  I want to be fulfilled by things other than food.

Monday was great.  I was really busy, had a very stressful day, but I didn’t medicate or soothe myself with food.  The only non raw thing for the day was a can of soda.  Today much much more stressful.  Crazy drama that I’m only half way involved with at my job.  It’s a mess.  I don’t need the drama.  I ate half of a chocolate chip cookie.  Didn’t beat myself up.  I knew that it was from stress and I was trying to find relief in the cookie.  No relief to be found in the cookie.  LOL  I wasn’t surprised.  LOL  I saw a friend of mine during my break and he give me a hug and a kiss hello.  That felt so much better than the cookie made me feel.  🙂  I’m learning more and more that food is secondary to our primary sources…love, friendship, spirituality, environment…etc.

I went to the supermarket after work and was worried that I would walk out with some junkfood or end up stopping for a sandwich or some friend chicken on the way home, but I didn’t.  I just went in and got mangoes, bananas, salad, sunflower seeds, apples, and dried pineapples.  I was so so so proud of me when I got home.  I had a big salad for dinner.

My mantra for tomorrow: I love myself regardless of what I eat.  I love myself regardless of external stress.

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