I dont know if this is for me, but mostly I think that's my addictive brain talking. I used to do so well on this diet... I wish I had a better job. Somedays I feel like a heroin addict walking into a dealer's lab, and I have to stay there all day and work around it... I caved really bad today...
I had plenty of calories... PLENTY! I stuffed my face so full of fruit i thought i'd burst.
But I still couldnt stay away from the chocolate :(
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Owww!
Wow it's been awhile since I've updated this blog... I dont have followers yet, so I suppose it's ok ;)
Anywho, I wound up falling totally off the raw wagon for about a month... then I got so sick and tired of feeling like crap all the time that I knew I had to go back. THEN, I noticed that there was a seminar in Michigan and Douglas Graham was speaking, so I packed up and went!
It was very refreshing to be around so many healthy people! Everyone looked like they had swallowed lightbulbs :)
Anywho, so I went strict 811 for a couple weeks, then I went on to drop the overt fats, and I started to feel much much better! It was nothing like the last time I tried this. (I dont think I did it right last time)
This week though, has been a struggle. Less fresh fruit has been available, and I havent been getting enough calories in. I've been daydreaming about SAD foods... so the other night at work I dove in to some chocolate chips. Then to drive the nail in, I had some pototo chips and dip. Partway through my little flip out, I realized I was full. Normally I would just keep eating, but maybe it's because my diet has been so nutrient rich, I just didnt want to. So I did something that I've never done before. I put an open bag of chocolate chips back into the cupboard! (yes that's quite an accomplishment for someone recovering from food addictions)
After all that I forced myself to eat a head of romaine lettuce.
Since all this was yesterday, I'm REALLY paying for it all today. I was in the worst mood EVER this morning. I didnt want to even leave the house :( I made it out for some errands, but that didnt last long. I'm also having some pretty severe cramps as all that bad food gets out of my system. Hopefully it doesnt last too long... it was a relatively small mess up, compared to the others I've had that have lasted months.
Before the mess up though, I've noticed that although everyone around me is sick, I only had a very minor cough. I feel fine, maybe a little tired, but thats it. I think my immune system is fighting off whatever is going around. So thats good news :)
I've had a fair amount of acne though :( But I hear that this might be normal. My skin usually clears up the longer my diet is clean, so I assumed it would be ok by now.. but then again, last night didnt help much.
When I dropped the overt fats, I wound up getting my period very early. AND, it was quite short, and my cramps werent that bad at all... It was very puzzling. Normally I'd need a day off to lay in bed and take advil, but I made it to work with only slight discomfort.... and no advil :)
Anywho, I wound up falling totally off the raw wagon for about a month... then I got so sick and tired of feeling like crap all the time that I knew I had to go back. THEN, I noticed that there was a seminar in Michigan and Douglas Graham was speaking, so I packed up and went!
It was very refreshing to be around so many healthy people! Everyone looked like they had swallowed lightbulbs :)
Anywho, so I went strict 811 for a couple weeks, then I went on to drop the overt fats, and I started to feel much much better! It was nothing like the last time I tried this. (I dont think I did it right last time)
This week though, has been a struggle. Less fresh fruit has been available, and I havent been getting enough calories in. I've been daydreaming about SAD foods... so the other night at work I dove in to some chocolate chips. Then to drive the nail in, I had some pototo chips and dip. Partway through my little flip out, I realized I was full. Normally I would just keep eating, but maybe it's because my diet has been so nutrient rich, I just didnt want to. So I did something that I've never done before. I put an open bag of chocolate chips back into the cupboard! (yes that's quite an accomplishment for someone recovering from food addictions)
After all that I forced myself to eat a head of romaine lettuce.
Since all this was yesterday, I'm REALLY paying for it all today. I was in the worst mood EVER this morning. I didnt want to even leave the house :( I made it out for some errands, but that didnt last long. I'm also having some pretty severe cramps as all that bad food gets out of my system. Hopefully it doesnt last too long... it was a relatively small mess up, compared to the others I've had that have lasted months.
Before the mess up though, I've noticed that although everyone around me is sick, I only had a very minor cough. I feel fine, maybe a little tired, but thats it. I think my immune system is fighting off whatever is going around. So thats good news :)
I've had a fair amount of acne though :( But I hear that this might be normal. My skin usually clears up the longer my diet is clean, so I assumed it would be ok by now.. but then again, last night didnt help much.
When I dropped the overt fats, I wound up getting my period very early. AND, it was quite short, and my cramps werent that bad at all... It was very puzzling. Normally I'd need a day off to lay in bed and take advil, but I made it to work with only slight discomfort.... and no advil :)
Friday, August 6, 2010
Annual Hoe Down at the Farm Sanctuary
Hi!
Are you a vegan who is looking for a jumpstart? Are you isolated from other vegans and sometimes feel like you are the only one for miles? Do you feel like you could use an uplifting reminder about why you live the way you do?
Then you've got to visit this place. http://www.farmsanctuary.org/
Every year they host a Hoe Down weekend full of camping with hundreds of other vegans, good food, speakers, and lots of time hanging out with rescued farm animals. This is always a weekend I look forward to!
Here's some vid's scooped off youtube :)
This is one of my favorites! Way tooo cute!
This one shows alot of the speakers who were awesome!
No, I dont work there lol... it's just a magical place <3 You should go!
Are you a vegan who is looking for a jumpstart? Are you isolated from other vegans and sometimes feel like you are the only one for miles? Do you feel like you could use an uplifting reminder about why you live the way you do?
Then you've got to visit this place. http://www.farmsanctuary.org/
Every year they host a Hoe Down weekend full of camping with hundreds of other vegans, good food, speakers, and lots of time hanging out with rescued farm animals. This is always a weekend I look forward to!
Here's some vid's scooped off youtube :)
This is one of my favorites! Way tooo cute!
This one shows alot of the speakers who were awesome!
No, I dont work there lol... it's just a magical place <3 You should go!
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
I feel like CRAP!
I'm not sure if i've picked up a bug from work, or if I'm detoxing or what...
The last month or so I've been dizzy every time i stand up, and sometimes off balance when i walk... kinda freaky!
But the last couple days after switching to 811, I feel like dirt. Dizzy, headache, no energy, blah...
So I thought it might be some detoxing, so i had an avocado today on its own with a small sprinkling of pink sea salt. I felt a little better, but not really.
Lately I've been craving kidney beans like mad, and wondered if I was lacking protein... I know I'm not lacking protein, but decided to eat some anyhow. I know they arent raw, and that messes up my whole raw since dec thing, but i wasnt too concerned... after all, i had some pasturized juice yesterday that someone gave me when I almost fainted.
I'm not planning on making a habit of non-raw stuff, but lately I've been wondering if perhaps i've been too limited. I dont think all raw foods are healthy. I stay away from the gourmet raw stuff... high nuts, high fat, high oils, that sort of thing... so I dont think beans are all that bad. I wont ever go back to cooked processed foods.... I really love the Renegade Health show. They are high raw but still eat things like beans or rice, nothing processed. That resonates with me. I dont think raw works because of the Raw foods, but it works rather because of what you arent eating. NO sugar, wheat, msg, processed foods, meat, dairy, etc...
I feel remarkably better after eating the beans...
ETA....ooo! i forgot, I've also been eating chlorella tablets because I had heard how great they are for detoxing... I wonder if that's also a part of why I feel like crap. I think I was duped.
The last month or so I've been dizzy every time i stand up, and sometimes off balance when i walk... kinda freaky!
But the last couple days after switching to 811, I feel like dirt. Dizzy, headache, no energy, blah...
So I thought it might be some detoxing, so i had an avocado today on its own with a small sprinkling of pink sea salt. I felt a little better, but not really.
Lately I've been craving kidney beans like mad, and wondered if I was lacking protein... I know I'm not lacking protein, but decided to eat some anyhow. I know they arent raw, and that messes up my whole raw since dec thing, but i wasnt too concerned... after all, i had some pasturized juice yesterday that someone gave me when I almost fainted.
I'm not planning on making a habit of non-raw stuff, but lately I've been wondering if perhaps i've been too limited. I dont think all raw foods are healthy. I stay away from the gourmet raw stuff... high nuts, high fat, high oils, that sort of thing... so I dont think beans are all that bad. I wont ever go back to cooked processed foods.... I really love the Renegade Health show. They are high raw but still eat things like beans or rice, nothing processed. That resonates with me. I dont think raw works because of the Raw foods, but it works rather because of what you arent eating. NO sugar, wheat, msg, processed foods, meat, dairy, etc...
I feel remarkably better after eating the beans...
ETA....ooo! i forgot, I've also been eating chlorella tablets because I had heard how great they are for detoxing... I wonder if that's also a part of why I feel like crap. I think I was duped.
Monday, July 19, 2010
HELLO!!!
Hi out there in blogger land :)
I thought that I'd start a new blog to chronicle my raw adventures. Since last Dec, I've been almost 100% raw vegan. I've been vegan for almost 4 years now, and I was raw a while back. It felt amazing, but life just got in the way.
Anywhoooo, this time around, I dont feel as great. I think it's because eating 'gourmet' raw isnt exactly healthy. It's way too high in fat and salt and isnt the way one would eat if we were natural.
Sooo, I'm going to give the 801010 lifestyle another go. Right now giving up fats and salt is killing me, but I know it will only suck for a few days, after that, it's smooth sailing!
Hopefully I actually have stuff to talk about, wish me luck!
I thought that I'd start a new blog to chronicle my raw adventures. Since last Dec, I've been almost 100% raw vegan. I've been vegan for almost 4 years now, and I was raw a while back. It felt amazing, but life just got in the way.
Anywhoooo, this time around, I dont feel as great. I think it's because eating 'gourmet' raw isnt exactly healthy. It's way too high in fat and salt and isnt the way one would eat if we were natural.
Sooo, I'm going to give the 801010 lifestyle another go. Right now giving up fats and salt is killing me, but I know it will only suck for a few days, after that, it's smooth sailing!
Hopefully I actually have stuff to talk about, wish me luck!
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