So, March 1st I started a combination of Eat to Live & high raw. In some ways, they aren't compatible. Eat to Live, for example, says lots of fruit is ok, but not undiluted fruit juice. I'm going with juice from my juicer is ok in moderation. I'm pretty much an ok in moderation kind of person. I've been vegetarian for about 3 years & vegan for almost 2, so that part of it is no problem. I eat organic when I can & try to stick with whole grains. I love pasta & bread, and that is my primary weakness - along with chips & salsa which has way too much sodium. I have no health problems, but my BMI puts me into the overweight category. I'm 48 years old, so losing weight isn't nearly as easy as it used to be. I want to break my food addictions, lose 15-25 pounds, and maintain habits that will keep me healthy & strong through my 90's.
Anyway, this is a record of my journey so far, and we'll see how long I keep it up. Maybe going high raw will help my ADD symptoms enough that I will stick with this blog.
I'm going to try to recall to the best of my ability what I've eaten in the past 3 days. I've had odd work/errand hours this week, so meal times were off whack.
Monday:
breakfast: mixed fruit cut up - mostly melon
snack: banana & raw cashews, small square dark chocolate
lunch: salad + garbanzo bean, watercress, pine nut, radish mix in a ww wrap
early dinner: more salad, a clementine
late snack: rainbow chard, strawberry banana smoothie w/ flax seed
Tuesday - down 1.4 lbs from Monday
breakfast: banana slices w/ raw almond butter wrapped in romaine lettuce. (didn't much like it)
snack: strawberries & red grapes
lunch: salad & mix from Monday in a ww pita
early dinner: Amy's black bean veggie burrito w/ Jack's salsa, a clementine
late snack: pineapple, mango & spinach smoothie w/ flaxseed & hemp protein
Wednesday - down .6 lbs from Tuesday
breakfast: oatmeal w/ apple & dried cranberry which had been soaked overnight in pomegranate juice + flaxseed
snack: clementine
lunch: salad & mix from Monday in a ww pita
early dinner: homemade white bean soup, cooked over low heat
snack: banana + raw cashews
Thursday - down .4 pounds from Wednesday (I'm eating too often + too much cooked food & grain yesterday)
breakfast: pineapple in juicer mixed in blender w/ banana & blueberries
lunch: homemade V8 + salad
I'm trying to learn to tell when I'm really hungry & when I just want to much on something. I have some Spry gum for when I just want to chew. Not terribly satisfying, but better than nothing. I'm also trying to get out of my snack habit. It's a tough one. I also have a fear of BEING hungry, so have a tendency to eat before I go somewhere just in case I might GET hungry later.
Went to the gym today & rowed for 20 minutes. It's been almost 2 months since I did that & my stamina's definitely down.
So, that's where I am so far - let's see where this goes!
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