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30 Oct 2009 | By Jaime
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29 Oct 2009 | By Jaime
Things didn’t work out quite the way we would have liked in regards to groceries, etc, so we’re starting our raw week on Friday…
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28 Oct 2009 | By Jaime
Veggies!
I’ve mentioned my move towards more raw eating a couple times now, but I haven’t had the time or the will power (or the grocery money) to go 100% raw. I talked to the husband a few times about have a raw food ‘fast/feast’ for a week to bring mental control and peace of mind as well as the many health benefits of getting adequate serves of fruits and veggies even for just one week.
Let’s just say he was less than enthusiastic about joining me in my endeavor.
My husband is a generally healthy eater, but he loves his meat. I love my meat, too, but I’m slowly moving away from it (and have been for a long time without realizing it).
A few nights ago, we watched a documentary about the damaging, dangerous effects of sugar. Namely, high fructose corn syrup which is in nearly every processed food you can think of regardless of whether the product actually tastes sweet.
The documentary/university lecture went through the actual body processes, comparing the utlization of fructose, ethanol (alcohol) and glucose (pasta). As it turns out, pasta and other (unadulterated) grains aren’t actually that bad for you. That prepackaged breakfast cereal? All that fruit juice (without the benefits of the pulp that gives you fiber)? Most brands of bread? That is the stuff that is making you fat and keeping you fat even though you think you are eating ‘low fat’.
It’s a scary, scary thing when you learn the actual mechanics of what your body – especially your liver – has to deal with.
Anyway, we watched that and the next morning, a small section of hell froze over. 
My husband proposed that we go on a raw week together, keeping track of our weight and how we feel to measure the benefits.
[Insert my stunned but incredibly pleased face.]
One of the people in the documentary claimed that if everyone ate completely raw for one week, we could cure Type II Diabetes.
While I have doubts about this claim (from a professor), it just goes to show how strongly just one of many feels about healthier eating lifestyles.
Starting tomorrow (we’re going shopping tonight), my husband and I will start our raw food diet. Now, don’t think it’s all fruit and veggies only for us. Seaweed is prepared raw, and we both love it. So is sashimi. So we’ll have those, but we’ll still be having heaps of fruit and vege.
I’m a little nervous, but I am so much more excited for the both of us. We’re both going to be looking and feeling that much better for our holiday!
Of course, I’ll be checking in here…
*Picture found at ehow.com
27 Oct 2009 | By Jaime
Welcome to one view of my messy desk.
I almost forgot to take a picture of this smoothie, so you get the big cup I usually have my smoothies in.
This is the smoothie that taught me sprouts need to be chopped up finely or they tangle up the blender blades. Fun stuff. Chunky style smoothie. Haha. It was a bit more difficult to drink because of that, but I got through it.
Lesson learned!
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26 Oct 2009 | By Jaime
Starting Weight: 264
Last Week: 226
This Week: 224
Pounds Lost: 40
Phew!
I can’t tell you how good I feel about being back on track. After hitting 226 (and higher midweek), I was finally forced to examine some of the emotional issues I was having that was causing me to overeat. I didn’t ‘fall off the wagon’ in my usual sense – I ate good things, just too much.
Just paying attention to myself and how I have been feeling has done wonders. I’m feeling back to normal and, since ditching all the extras (meds and vitamins), my headaches have virtually disappeared.
This past weekend, my husband and I finally got down to the herb farm. We bought some sage tea for his general good health, some marjoram for some of my health issues and some stevia to try as an alternative sweetner (more on that later).
I feel glad that I am taking a more definitive step in controlling my health. I never thought I would become a tea-drinking, veggie loving, hiking enthusiast, half-vegan. But you know what? I feel great about it. I feel wonderful about researching alternative medicines, shifting my focus to healthier eating…
I never thought my husband and I would be going out for walks nearly every night after he comes home from work, but I just pushed us to do it one night a couple weeks ago, and it stuck!
Now I just need to focus on my mental health and I’ll be where I want to be before I know it…
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