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Down 5.5 Pounds for the week

Ajima — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:38:14 +0000

Yes! I’m down 5.5 pounds in one week. Raw Food is the way. I’ve been about 90% raw most days, 100% on 2 of the 7.

Started on 4/22
Start Weight: 207
Weight this morning: 201.5
My first goal is 20 pounds: 187
Overall goal: 140

Yesterday, I had half a portion of Fry Bread at the National Museum of the American Indian in DC. Too good. I love it. Took a long walk with my doggie and my future step-daughter from Eastern Market down to the National Mall. Great exercise for all.

On Friday I went to a girls night at one of my best friend’s place in DC. Had some wine and a few sweets. Didn’t go overboard.

Breakfast: Green smoothie or 1 banana and nuts (raw almonds or cachews)

Lunch: For the most part I have a salad from Chop’t for lunch. It’s a God send to have this salad place so close to my job

Dinner: Nut meat on Romaine or Fruit bowl lately. There are a lot of options but I haven’t been to hungry lately. I definitely don’t eat late. I may have a pickle or fruit leather if I’m hungry.

So far so good. I don’t beat myself up. This is a lifestyle change, not a diet. Raw for Life. Raw foods for a better life.

My goal for this week is 5 pounds. I’ll keep you posted.

Day 5 of My Raw Restart

Ajima — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 01:00:16 +0000

Day 5 started with a bang. I have finally broke out of the 200s weight wise, and as of the morning I was 199. Yay!

What I ate:

1 Banana
Grapefruit juice
4 nut/date balls
Large spinach salad with apples, oranges, walnuts, kalamata olives, and red onion
2 apples for dinner

For the past few days I haven’t been hungry much in the evenings. That’s actually a great thing for me because in the past nighttime cravings have been my downfall. I continue to work out every night with my boyfriend doing P90X so that’s been great too.

Day 7: Life doesn’t revolve around food

Ajima — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:24:59 +0000

Today was the first day that I really realized how much my life was controlled by food. I was constantly thinking about what I was going to eat…rationalizing what was “good” or “bad”. I was worried about eating bad things. I wasn’t consumed with eating…I just thought about it way too much because it’s connected to my weight…and my weight is connected to my self esteem…the way I feel about myself. The way I feel about myself is something I have to confront and/or embrace everyday. Today I felt good about me. I got a pedicure and my brows arched. I went down to the National Mall and put my feet in the huge fountain at the Sculpture garden. The huge jets of water combine like every 30 min…and you can see rainbows in the water from the way the sun shines through. Beautiful…you’d have to see it. I also went to the National Museam of Art…saw a couple Picassos…some Degas sculptures. Awesome. The coolest thing was that I was present…in the moment…not distracted.

Weight: 180.5

What I ate:
Green smoothie: Kale, 1 banana, frozen blueberries, and spinach
2 bananas
1 cup of walnuts
banana chips
large salad with walnuts, red onion, mushrooms, and sunflower seeds

I walked at least 3 miles…maybe 3.5 today. I walked from the nail parlor to the mall…it’s a hike. I might have walked even more…I’d have to check Google Maps. I was kinda tired after, but not extremely so. I feel really good right now (it’s around 9pm) and I have lots of energy. Life is good. Oh…I didn’t have to face the challenge of eating out today…dinner got rescheduled for tomorrow. I’m hopeful that I’ll just be satisfied with salad. I’m not naive enough to think it won’t be challenging. I know what I want…I don’t want to go backwards.

Day 6 on raw food

Ajima — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:45:46 +0000

Day 6 went very well

I ate:
My morning green smootie (see other days) with Kale added
1/2 cup of raw walnuts
Large Lunch salad (see other days) with red onions this time
Large apple
cup of walnuts, 1/2 cup of banana chips, and a bowl of grapes for dinner

Weight: 182

I think the green smoothies really help me not to have cravings. I didn’t have any greens in my morning smoothie on Thursday and I got hungry faster…about an hour earlier than usual. I’m experiencing hunger around 12:15 and I usually go to lunch between 12:30 and 1:00. I went to the mall after work and wasn’t really tempted by anything. I ate my after lunch/mid day snack (apple) at the mall. I also experienced no diarrhea yesterday (2 regular movements).

Today I’m going out to dinner with a friend to celebrate his b-day. I’m about to check the reservation and make a decision on what I’m going to eat. I woke up this morning weighing 181…so straying off the path is not what I’m trying to do. A sista is so happy about the way my raw journey is going and I’ve been at least 90-100% raw the