Still going strong!

I am still Raw for breakfast, lunch and snacks. I occasionally do dinner too, but end up snacking late at night, so I like to cook healthy dinner, as to avoid late night snacking. It is such a part of my life now, where I don't have to prepare, I just have all the necessary foods available always. I feel wonderful. I have lost weight. I have an appointment with my doctor soon, so I will see just how much weight I have lost. I thought losing weight would become the biggest motivator to stick with eating raw, but it's actually the glorious way that I feel that is assuring me that this is how I want to live and feel always.

Ella is eating raw with me most of the time. Kirk drinks smoothies with me and munches on my raw snacks right along with me. I will update with some yummy looking pictures soon.

My favorite snack

Grapefruit and avocado! They really are delicious together. My hubby looks at me in disgust, but I swear, it's so yummy, and satisfying!

Day six, semi Raw

I feel wonderful! So high-spirited and alive. I am not even 100% raw. I eat raw breakfast, lunch and snacks. It was difficult at first, but now I crave uncooked foods, and at dinner feel somewhat strange eating cooked, warm food. It almost feels too heavy, even though I am cooking light. I am very proud of myself. My husband is more so. He never really believed that I could do this.

Every morning my body just screams for a cool smoothie! Everyday they get more delicious, as I figure out new combinations. I am not hungry until lunch, but even at lunch, I am not famished. I have a huge plate of spinach salad with different veggie combos and dressings. YUM! If I need a snack before dinner, it is usually a fruit plate, or a bunch of yummy nuts.

I few days ago a made a HUGE pot of vegetable soup. I have been eating that for dinner for the past three days. It is so filling and so gorgeous and satisfying. My hubby has been eating it along with some meat. Ella loves it. I will have the rest tonight, and then start having a raw salad with something cooked like more healthy soup, or whole grain pasta, with olive oil, herbs, and yummy fresh tomatoes.

I am not sure if I will ever go 100%, but I feel great already and think this is something I can definitely stick with long term. I don't know if I have lost any weight, as I don't have a scale, but I can say my pants are baggy, and I can tell I have lost some cheek fat. My skin is shiny, I have not a bump on it. My hair and nails seem moisturized and strong. I go to the bathroom everyday around the same time, and I think that is just a sign of something sound and wholesome happening inside me. I am so thrilled. I do have to restock produce already, but that's just fine, as I can't imagine abandoning my raw foods now!

Raw update coming soon!

I have a lot to share, but will have a major update tonight!

Smoothie

Yum. Strawberries, banana, blackberries, spinach, blueberries. Not the greatest of pictures.

Stole from Rebeccas blog ;)

Four jobs I've had:
1. Subway
2. Daycare
3. Waitress
4. Mommy!


Four movies I've watched more than once:
1. Steel Magnolias (my fave!)
2. Legends of the Fall
3. My Girl
4. Jerry Maguire

Four places I've lived:
1. Petaluma, Ca
2. Montana
3. Oregon
4. San Francisco


Four places I've been:
1. Disney land
2. Texas
3. Idaho
4. hmmm...I have not started my traveling part of life yet, lol.

Four TV shows I watch:
1. American Idol
2. Little House on the Prairie
3. Food Network
4. Family Guy (well I laugh or comment about "how wrong" some of the jokes are when Dh watches. Not a big t.v. girl)

Four people who email me regularly
1. Arielle
2. Steph
3. ATM!
4. Kirk

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Pasta
2. bagels
3. Seafood
4. All of the above, before my new eating lifestyle

Four places I would like to visit:
1. Italy
2. Peru (Machu Picchu)
3. France
4. East Coast

Four things I'm looking forward to in the coming year:
1. Bike riding
2. eating healthy
3. Holidays
4.Oregon trip

My first RAW meal

Spinach, avocados, yellow peppers, mushrooms, garlic, beets, pumpkin seeds, sea salt, and a drizzle of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. It was so delicious and filling!