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Raw Reflections

I know I’ve already talked about it a bit, but I feel the need to reflect on my raw eating experience a bit more. Just to ‘flesh it out’ in my mind, if nothing else.

The first thing I noticed about switching to all raw was how easy it was. I was more excited about eating cashews again than I was worried about getting bored or sick of the food. It wasn’t until dinner time on day three that I got a little bit antsy about wanting something cooked, but that lasted all of five minutes.

I also felt… I felt good about what I was doing in a way that I haven’t felt when doing other plans, fasts, etc. I have been lurking at a raw eating Australia forum for a while, and even after reading a thread about all these people who gained weight going raw, I still felt good.

Just knowing I was giving my body a lot of good nutrition in its purest forms made me feel good. Sure, I was a bit disappointed at the prospect of not being able to lose weight eating this way, but it paled a little in the light of knowing I was eating naturally. And that, my friends, is a great motivator.

An unexpected benefit (unexpected because it hasn’t helped in the past), are the good things I am still experiencing in regards to my digestion. I’m hardly regular, but things have been going well compared to the usual. I’m very happy about that.

My detox effects weren’t bad. Pretty much just a headache that got really nasty on day three. My husband had worse, but he thinks it has more to do with wanting to go on a purely veggie fast instead of fruit and vege.

Perhaps sharing my banana smoothies wasn’t the greatest idea. :)

All in all, I still found it to be an amazing experience, even for four days. I highly recommend everyone try it, just to see how it influences all areas of health – including mental.

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Checking In – Oops

Starting Weight: 264
Last Week: 224
This Week: 224

Pounds Lost: 40

Wow, wow, wow. What a week.

First off, the husband and I… Well, we almost made it. We got to dinner on the fourth day of raw eating, we were in the city and didn’t want to head home in peak hour (peak hour public transport on a hot day? Smelly!)… We ended up going to one of our favourite places to have a steak sandwich and a heap of veggies.

To be honest? I don’t feel like we failed and I don’t regret the meal.

First, the meal was mostly veggies with an excellent quality steak sandwich on turkish bread. If you’re going to do it, we did it with good quality that I wouldn’t question in terms of health.

And the not failure?

My husband and I did nearly four days of completely raw eating – Friday, Saturday, Sunday and most of Monday (he has Monday and Tuesday off). Above and beyond any other days of the week, those are the days we go out the most, we eat the most, so on and so forth.

I consider what we did to be an amazingly awesome success.

We learned a heap about our bodies, our selves, our will power and about eating raw in general. We feel good about how far we have come and have even decided on working more raw eating into our general lifestyle.

So, yep, I’m calling this one a victory.

Especially since, even in that relatively small amount of time, our stomachs shrank even though it seemed like were were eating heaps of fruit and veggies.

I’ve been extremely sensitive emotionally today for some reason (blame it on the hormones?), but I am feeling fantastic about having done this.

:)

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Raw Eating Week – Day Three

Raw VeggiesWe’ve made it to day three of raw eating!

With plenty of fruit, vegetables, raw nuts, seeds and a visit for sashimi (raw fish), we have made it to day three.

My husband has had a harder time with me, dealing with hunger, his body adjusting to no meat except a bit of salmon sashimi and the other fun detox things like headaches. At my insistence (to help him stay motivate), I’ve reminded him to get on the scale every morning. As of this morning, he already lost four pounds. I am incredibly happy for him, as his weight tends to bother him (even though he’s six inches taller but (was) only about ten pounds heavier than me).

My journey into 100% raw hasn’t been that much of a shock. Giving up the cooking has been easier than I thought it would be and giving up the meat when I was only eating it occasionally has been even easier.

I’m a bit disappointed at things at the moment, though. Where the husband has lost four pounds, I have gained four. It’s been a long time since Time of Month has made my weight change, so I can’t blame it on that. I don’t feel bloated or big or anything. I just happen to be four pounds heavier. Sigh.

Actual TOM hasn’t even started yet, though it should in a day or two. Always nice to have when you’re already in a bad mood.

I know I shouldn’t put so much riding on the scale, but I have a goal of getting to 200 pounds (if not further down) before the husband and I start trying to conceive. A lot of other things have to fall in place as well before we start, but I would at least like to have my body ready to go so we can start whenever we feel like it.

Don’t worry; I’m not getting into self-pity. I’ll be bright and cheery tomorrow. I just feel like I haven’t been getting as much out of my sleep lately, so I’ve been a bit more tired than usual lately.

The vacation can’t come soon enough…

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