1st day raw

So i woke up with the intention of totally changing my way of eating. I weighed in at 182 lbs which is almost 10lbs more than i was wheni started this blog back in december. My eating has spiraled out of controlled once again, with a pattern of trying to low carb it and only making it through about 2 weeks. Years ago I had luck eating that way long term  but for the past 4 years it has been a total daily struggle so… something completely different.

I love fruits and can eat lots of fruit all day but haven’t let myself because of the sugar and the fact that I am so sugar addicted and lose control. Well, I don’t know anyone that got fat eating fruit!! So, I am reading about how you should eat fruit first thing in the morning on an empty stomach for proper digestion. It’s interesting. I want to learn about the right way to combine foods and how much fruig/veg/nuts/seeds i need to eat daily. i also love to eat salads, raw veg and nuts/seeds so really i think i can handle this.

I skipped breakfast so I could go to the library for Raw Food books then to produce store for some fruit/veg to eat! I felt full and happy all day yesterday, no headaches or anything, here is what i ate:

Lunch
2 bananas
2 red plums
1/4 pint blackberries
about a cup or more of cherries
1 liter water

snacks
2 more plums
green grapes
cherries

Dinner
romaine & onion salad w/olive oil & balsamic
water

snack
more of those awesome cherries
water

I had stuff on hand to make a smoothie but was so full I never managed!!

Plan for day 2: have the spinach smoothy for lunch to get some green leafies! start using fitday and drink lots of water!

Trying something totally different

I have been reading about Raw Food Diets and am going to give it a try.  I am reading some of the books from my local library and trying to put together a plan to get enough calories and protein, etc. If anyone has experience with this let me know. I will try to keep track in FItday but it does become tedious. I don’t know what % I will eat raw daily. I think I could be happy at 90%+ I don’t generally go for things that are trying to be healthy versions of junk food so I think eating whole foods in their natural state will be best for me. Less prep too. I will be cooking and feeding the rest of the family thier SAD (standard american diet) while trying to stowly replace some of thier meals with raw and/whole healthy foods. They don’t eat too poorly for SAD because I cook everything and they don’t eat take out .

how interesting…

…that the food journal goes out the window same time the eating goes down the drain. the hot fudge sundae sent me into a week long food horror show, i need to pick myself up by the old bootstraps, get back on the saddle, keep a stiff upper lip, don’t let the sun catch me cryin’, walk on the sunny side of the street and any other cliche i can come up with lol

oh, and i didn’t dare weigh-in this morning.

nom nom nom

had my hot fudge sundae, it was so good, now i am over it

Saturday’s Menu

Breakfast
2 scrambled eggs
.5 tblsp butter

Lunch
Salad w/ <2 tblsp ranch dressing

Dinner
Kielbasa
sauerkraut w/onions

Snack (bad snacks)
a few pretzels
pack of Ritz Bits cheese

Having guilt from the lousy snack choices, especially because Sunday was going to be Planned Cheating Ice Cream Sundae Day.

cake and pizza, cake and pizza, cake and pizza, cake and pizz

that’s what going through my head all day. i have to take my little girl to a birthday party around dinner time and I am incredibly aware of the fact that cake and pizza will be served. about an hour ago I said, eh – i’ll eat some cake and pizza.

really, i should not eat the cake and pizza. i have eaten next to nothing today and can easily rationalize it with “i’ve been good all week” etc. More likely I will rationalize it with “If i want to be successful with this way of eating I can’t totally deny myself blah blah blah”

Oh well, I dunno – i have been saving up my Naughty for a hot fudge sundae.

Of course, 3 weeks ago I was living on ice cream, candy bars, cookies, chips and heros so eating really healthily 98% of the time is pretty good! Can’t you just see how the little-devil-and angel-on-my-shoulders thing is totally happening right now?

UPDATE: No cake or pizza was consumed at the party.

Checking in with my menu

i had a weird eating day today…

Breakfast
roasted large portabello mushroom cap w/1 oz shredded cheddar melted on top

Lunch (here is where it got weird)
Greek salad… then i got the munchies…
leftover kielbasa and saurkraut w/onions
salmon burger

Dinner
sliced bell pepper w/ Maries Caesar dressing (i was full from lunch)

Snack
about 8 small pretzels
3 slices Swiss Cheese

1st Weigh In & Small Happy Dance

*dance dance dance twirl hop spin dance shimmy kick dance twirl jazz hands*

I lost 3 lbs

Day 7 Menu

Well, that was a week and I did it

Breakfast
2 slices ham
1 slice swiss cheese

Lunch
boiled cabbage
1 tblsp butter

Snack
3 slices turkey breast
2 handfuls of sliced almonds

Dinner
tilapia
greenbeans

snack
2 medium portobello mushroom caps
1 oz shredded cheese

Getting there

almost at the end of my first week, it feels good. i am more clear-headed. I think i was barely functioning, in a sugar-induced daze. I was irritable and easily overwhelmed/confused/distracted before but I feel happy now, more energetic and am able to stay on task.

It seemd like now that i am getting my eating under control I can start getting other aspects of my life under control. My house, my bills, appearance.

It is going to be a long path to healthy and I have strayed before, i really need to stick with it all this time.

Tomorrow is Official Weigh-In Day. I hope to see some good news!