Today I feel like crap! Crap Crap Crap!!! It is day 7 of my raw food lifestyle and I didn't sleep very well last night. I had stomach cramps and just couldn't sleep, period! I woke up very tired and didn't even have the desire for any food.
I just made some veggie juice and drank some barley grass juice and now, I feel worse. I have a headache and am in a bad mood! I don't want to eat broccoli or anything like that. I want a giant New York style cheese pizza!
This is my first food craving. I have lost 10lbs in one week, so that is a plus.
I am going to go to the gym and do some cardio for 30 min and then sit in the sauna for 20. Maybe then I will feel a little better.
I feel like I am in some new phase of detoxing. I don't know...
Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Day 2 (can't really come up with anything clever)
I am not in the mood to write and it's only day two of my goal. It's late and I am a little tired.
I just got back from Barnes and Noble, my favorite place on earth, and picked up a raw food cookbook and another book called Green for Life.
Today I didn't eat anything cooked and juiced twice. I took the Barley Grass powder 3 times just like it said to do and I didn't have any unpleasant symptoms. I think I am getting used to this. I am not hungry very much, but when I am I feel a weird power over my hunger. It is like my body is telling me that it needs something and I am the one that is in control this time not my hunger. I feel 1000% more will power than I had just one week ago!
I am looking forward to reading through the cookbook and finding out how to cook and eat this way long term. Right now I am just eating nuts, fruit, plain veggies and juice, that can't satisfy me long term for sure!
The thing I am having a hard time with is remembering to drink water. I don't think I am drinking enough. Maybe that is because I what I am eating has so much water in it. I am pretty sure that I still need to be drinking more water.
Other than that it's all going pretty well. I am just tired for now, so goodnight!
I just got back from Barnes and Noble, my favorite place on earth, and picked up a raw food cookbook and another book called Green for Life.
Today I didn't eat anything cooked and juiced twice. I took the Barley Grass powder 3 times just like it said to do and I didn't have any unpleasant symptoms. I think I am getting used to this. I am not hungry very much, but when I am I feel a weird power over my hunger. It is like my body is telling me that it needs something and I am the one that is in control this time not my hunger. I feel 1000% more will power than I had just one week ago!
I am looking forward to reading through the cookbook and finding out how to cook and eat this way long term. Right now I am just eating nuts, fruit, plain veggies and juice, that can't satisfy me long term for sure!
The thing I am having a hard time with is remembering to drink water. I don't think I am drinking enough. Maybe that is because I what I am eating has so much water in it. I am pretty sure that I still need to be drinking more water.
Other than that it's all going pretty well. I am just tired for now, so goodnight!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Hello Again
Wow, I haven't done this in a while! I have fallen off the writing wagon for a while and now, I am ready to jump back on!
My goal is to write in this blog for thirty days without missing one single day. No matter how short or long I will have something to say for thirty days. So here we go!
My newest venture is giving up meat, all processed food, white and refined sugar, dairy (even my beloved Brie and Goat Cheese), alcohol, and almost all things cooked.
I had a liver panel done and my liver enzymes were a little high and that really gave me a wake up call! I new I needed to lose some much earned weight, but I had no idea that my liver was even the slightest bit affected. I took that very seriously and researched everything I could about the liver and what affects it and found out that being over weight, eating in the way of the Standard American Diet otherwise known as SAD, taking even medications like ibuprofen, and drinking quite a bit of alcohol has a profound impact on your liver. Most of this I knew but thought, "Oh, it can't happen to me. I am not an unhealthy person."
Well, it was starting to happen to me and I am not having it! I am not going to become the person I was already starting to become! Does that make sense?
So, I busted out my Jack Lalanne Juicer and ran down to my local health food store and bought organic beets, carrots, spinach, kale, cucumbers, apples, and grapes to juice. I also bought some artichoke pills and a liver detox tea, I rarely do things half way!
I started juicing on Friday. It is now Wednesday and after a couple days of headaches and some unpleasant symptoms I feel really good! My food cravings are all but gone! It has almost been too easy. I expected this to be way more difficult than it has been. Maybe, it is just because I am really ready to make a change and my body is thanking me for being kind to it after these last four years I have not been treating it very well!
I am eating a bunch of organic fruit in the morning for breakfast, but before I do that I mix up this Barley grass powder in 6 ounces of water and down it. I didn't think I was going to be able to do that but it looks worse than it tastes! If you like green tea you can drink this! It is very earthy tasting and has no aftertaste whatsoever! I was pleasantly surprised! This Barley Grass juice is very alkalizing and has amazing effects on everything inside your body. I also juice a lot of veggies which once again, I have never been able to stomach, but now I really enjoy the taste! I don't know what happened but I am very happy I can do it and enjoy it!
What I have noticed so far, and remember I have only been doing this for 5 days, I have lost over 5 lbs, I have more mental clarity, my eyes are brighter, I am not as hungry, my food cravings are gone, and the best is how I feel so much more positive or optimistic. Maybe I feel less stressed out and a lot more balanced.
I still struggle with energy in the morning and a few times during the day. I know I am still detoxing and it will take a while to reap the full benefits.
So the plan is to eat 85% raw and 15% cooked food. If it is alive it is good. If it is dead or could walk, it is a no no. That is the plan and we will see what happens down the road. I am just looking forward to feeling like my old self and looking like my old self too! :-)
Well, there you go. Day one of writing for thirty days straight. YEY me!!!
My goal is to write in this blog for thirty days without missing one single day. No matter how short or long I will have something to say for thirty days. So here we go!
My newest venture is giving up meat, all processed food, white and refined sugar, dairy (even my beloved Brie and Goat Cheese), alcohol, and almost all things cooked.
I had a liver panel done and my liver enzymes were a little high and that really gave me a wake up call! I new I needed to lose some much earned weight, but I had no idea that my liver was even the slightest bit affected. I took that very seriously and researched everything I could about the liver and what affects it and found out that being over weight, eating in the way of the Standard American Diet otherwise known as SAD, taking even medications like ibuprofen, and drinking quite a bit of alcohol has a profound impact on your liver. Most of this I knew but thought, "Oh, it can't happen to me. I am not an unhealthy person."
Well, it was starting to happen to me and I am not having it! I am not going to become the person I was already starting to become! Does that make sense?
So, I busted out my Jack Lalanne Juicer and ran down to my local health food store and bought organic beets, carrots, spinach, kale, cucumbers, apples, and grapes to juice. I also bought some artichoke pills and a liver detox tea, I rarely do things half way!
I started juicing on Friday. It is now Wednesday and after a couple days of headaches and some unpleasant symptoms I feel really good! My food cravings are all but gone! It has almost been too easy. I expected this to be way more difficult than it has been. Maybe, it is just because I am really ready to make a change and my body is thanking me for being kind to it after these last four years I have not been treating it very well!
I am eating a bunch of organic fruit in the morning for breakfast, but before I do that I mix up this Barley grass powder in 6 ounces of water and down it. I didn't think I was going to be able to do that but it looks worse than it tastes! If you like green tea you can drink this! It is very earthy tasting and has no aftertaste whatsoever! I was pleasantly surprised! This Barley Grass juice is very alkalizing and has amazing effects on everything inside your body. I also juice a lot of veggies which once again, I have never been able to stomach, but now I really enjoy the taste! I don't know what happened but I am very happy I can do it and enjoy it!
What I have noticed so far, and remember I have only been doing this for 5 days, I have lost over 5 lbs, I have more mental clarity, my eyes are brighter, I am not as hungry, my food cravings are gone, and the best is how I feel so much more positive or optimistic. Maybe I feel less stressed out and a lot more balanced.
I still struggle with energy in the morning and a few times during the day. I know I am still detoxing and it will take a while to reap the full benefits.
So the plan is to eat 85% raw and 15% cooked food. If it is alive it is good. If it is dead or could walk, it is a no no. That is the plan and we will see what happens down the road. I am just looking forward to feeling like my old self and looking like my old self too! :-)
Well, there you go. Day one of writing for thirty days straight. YEY me!!!
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