November 14, 2007
My first day this time around of all raw food consumption. For the past three nights I've been reading of other people's success in loosing massive amounts of weight with raw eating. I have resisted this for many reasons. I hate the "labels" such as vegetarian, vegan, lacto-ovo vegetarian, whatever, I don't like any of these labels. Plus I hate all of the new age spiritual crap that comes with most of the raw eating movement. However, after weighing this morning and finding myself at 199.6 pounds on a 5' 4" frame, I decided enough is enough! I have, at this point, tried EVERYTHING, including paying to have a lap band put in to the tune of $9500. The only thing I haven't done is eat raw for an extended period of time. Several years ago I became a trained Health Minister through Hallelujah Acres and I didn't even stick with that 100%, if I would have I probably wouldn't be where I am right now.

So, to recap my day, I started out with my smoothie with undenatured (means raw) whey protein powder, 1/2 raw frozen banana, and 1/2 cup of macadamia nut/date mixture plus I added a raw egg. Lunch was a sandwhich made with 2 slices of sprouted bread (Ezekial) raw cheese, slices of cucumber and sprouts and an apple. By the time I got home from stopping at the grocery store after work, I was a REALLY hungry and wanted to eat everthing I cold get my hands on. I started with a banana which I had while checking email. Followed that up with two ribs of celery with some raw almond butter. Then I mashed an avacado and ate it as a "dip" with a cut up celery rib. A while later I had an apple. So, day number one comes to a conclusion. Actually it was pretty easy. The hubby left town this morning and will be gone for the next 6 days so I decided this would be an ideal time to start since I only have to think about feeding me. I already know Sunday will be the hardest time as we always go out to lunch after church. So, I need to be gearing up for that and rehearsing in my mind how I will deal with that. I'm off to a good start anyway...........