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A New Week Begins 15 y
Looking for Tools- Can Franklin Covey Help?
This weekend was a struggle for me. I was actually pretty ill on Friday- don’t know what the heck I ate, but it didn’t agree with me. I got about 4 hours of sleep that night. Reminded me of the old days of bingeing and getting sick as a dog. I spent part of Sunday trying to get myself into the right emotional frame of mind for the week. Being prepared is a big help in general- not just having raw foods on hand, but being organized for the week’s duties. If I am disorganized mentally, it’s easy to let other areas get chaotic as well. I’ve used the Franklin Covey "S ... read more tgif 15 y
It's all in the attitude!
OK, so my week didn’t go exactly as I had hoped. My fast was a bust, and I didn’t stay raw. However, I ate a salad every day, had fruit daily, and drank tea and water rather than soda or other beverages. My new hair has helped me gain a little more confidence about my appearance while my real hair struggles to grow back, so that has given me one less thing to worry about, especially at my new job which requires tons of meetings with all sorts of professionals.
Yesterday at job #2 I used the desk where the bowl of candy sits. I absently ate a piece and what do you know, the woman who m ... read more Whew- Made it Through the First Day! 15 y
And starting Day Two on a Good Note
Yesterday was much easier than I thought it would be, as far as getting back to raw. There was one moment of weakness, when someone pointed out that the desk I was working at had a bowl of chocolates on it. Immediately people were digging into it and I almost... almost... but I didn’t. Whew.
I tried to set myself up for another good day (thank you again, Red Hot Chili Peppers, for getting me through those traffic jams!) by thinking positive, optimistic thoughts. The scale shows I’ve only gained a net of 5 lbs from my two weeks off raw, so 5 of the 10 lbs I saw a few days ago were jus ... read more I've Had my Kombucha- so far so good! 15 y
Positive mood = good raw day. Good raw day = positive mood.
Good morning! I started off today in a great mood, which seems to be helping me to set out for raw day. If I were feeling depressed I would be eating the food off that lady’s desk right now (I’m at work early). But no, I am drinking kombucha, have a little container of almonds and cashews with sea salt waiting for me, and a salad and cottage cheese for later. I wish I could maintain a mood like this all the time, since it’s a great way to start the day. I listened to my favorite tunes on the way to work and sang through all the traffic jams. I hope you all have good days as well.
And ... read more Living Life 15 y
It's time to put the matter of food back into its proper perspective...
Today I’m trying to focus on staying more positive. To do this, I need to lessen the amount of attention I put on food, because I’m finding myself going back to where I was last year- ruled by food! When I was eating raw, I could go for hours and forget there was such a thing as food. I wasn’t hungry, wasn’t craving, wasn’t feeling guilty or deprived- I was attending to the other parts of my life, and food occupied a proper amount of space in it. Now, food has taken over again. So I’m going to make a concerted effort to do some enjoyable, non-food things (except I do have to go grocery s ... read more The Path of No Extremes 15 y
Somewhere between where I am now and 100% raw is where I belong
Today I took a break from studying and decided to play with my Mac’s
screensaver. I tested the one that displays RSS (newsfeeds) and boy was
I shocked to see my name come up! Turns out www.welikeitraw.com’s
Drumhil was commenting on my post about the challenges I’ve had staying
raw. I really liked what he had to say- here’s a quote:
"From my experience, I would say most of the problem
relates to identity. The majority of people in the raw food circle have
been sold a very rosey picture of what it means to be an enlightened
rawfoodist who is above and beyond all food cravings ... read more I'm Never Eating Again! 15 y
(OK, I will- but only after I clean out the trash can my body and mind have become!)
(Photo: teas for my upcoming fast)
What a terrible day I had today. I’ve been off my raw diet for
almost 2 weeks and I feel it has caught up to me. On one day this week
the skin on my left cheek hurt really badly- my cheeks had been more
darkly pigmented than the rest of my face but had cleared up once I
started eating raw. Now the skin is getting a bit rough again and my
cheek hurt so badly I could barely touch it! Another thing: I’ve been
congested for days- stuffed and runny nose. I feel (gross-out alert):
"mucous-y" as well as "heavy" and slow ... read more Headed Back Towards the Raw Path 15 y
I'm not there yet, but I'm headed in that general direction. :-)
it’s sad to see my food addiction rear its ugly head, but I’m grateful for my ability to really see what food (or non-food, as the case may truly be) does to me, and how much better for me raw food really is. I think that I will try to keep things more loose as far as ”how raw” I am, allowing myself to eat cooked veggies and other whole foods on occasion. Ausjulie commented about Buddha, which reminds me of his comments about maintaining a Middle Path- neither too extreme one way, nor too extreme in the other. Although I still can’t figure out how people know they are a particular perce ... read more Who Deputized You as the Raw Police? 15 y
I went off my raw plan bigtime- and the Raw Police were there!
I haven’t blogged in a few days due to feeling awful about going off my raw diet, and also due to all the negative things I’ve been going through this past week. I won’t be going into details, but as far as not eating raw, I ate this week the way most Americans do- all the wrong stuff. Still, I don’t feel like I’m leaving the raw life, just that I took a break. Eating raw takes a little work, as I’ve said in previous posts, so when I got stressed out and wanted to make parts of my life easier, out went the effort to stay raw. The funny thing about it (ok, not that funny)was that on tw ... read more From Eating Too Much to Eating Too Little! 15 y
My kingdom for some food!
What a crazy week. Between being stressed out and not having a lot of
food in the house (poor college student, remember?) I’ve managed to
lose a couple of pounds the hard, unpleasant way. I’d prefer to lose
them without the starvation, thank you. Today I had a little extra cash
and made a miniature salad at Whole Foods. I scarfed that thing down
like a madwoman when I got home. Wow, you never notice how little
energy you have from not eating enough until you get a good meal in
you!
Due to lack of money I’ve run out of my vitamins. I have dread
nightmares that because I have no ... read more UGH- Eating Way Too Much 15 y
Stress will do that to ya'.
I’m having quite the stressful weekend and I’ve responded by eating too much. No, eating raw does not cure old hand-to-mouth behaviors, just the type of foods you pick up with your hand and put in your mouth! I’ve been gorging on nuts for the most part, and they’ve actually been making me a little bit ill. Who knew? I’ll be glad when I’ve finished that bag. I don’t plan to replace it! I’ve eaten a lot of fruit this weekend as well. I’m very happy that my overeating of fruits and nuts won’t harm me the way Snicker’s bars and potato chips would, but I’ll still go to bed with a stomach ache i ... read more Ridiculously Hungry Today 15 y
You'da thought I was starving!
Today I had my fruit for breakfast but by 10 a.m. I was so hungry I ate my lunch early. The hunger was insatiable, it seemed, leading me to realize that all week I’ve been unusually hungry. I was thinking earlier this week that my appetite has been smaller, but in re-examining the situation I must say that although my meals are smaller, I make up for them with snacks of fresh fruit, dried fruit and nuts. I think the reason I’m so hungry is because I’ve been eating the same three things for breakfast, lunch and dinner day in and day out: fruit, corn salsa, and cottage chee ... read more Getting Smaller! 15 y
Need more clothes!
Today I had some frustration as I dressed for my new job. Nothing
fits!! At least none of my nice clothes. The pants I wore to the
interview a couple of months ago are hanging on me now, and the
second-nicest pants I have were only slightly salvaged by a belt (that
I had to dig a new notch into). I still have two new pairs of pants
that I cannot fit into, though. One is a pair of very light beige dress
pants, size 22, that I can still barely pull up. The other are size 22
brown capris which I love and can now fasten if I contort myself into a
pretzel, hold my brea ... read more 227 Days Raw! 15 y
Since my fast I've made one change in my routine
Since
my fast I have changed one aspect of my eating: I stopped eating
breakfast before leaving for work. Instead, I take fresh fruit with me
and eat that at work as my breakfast. At noon I have my normal sized
lunch (and usually I’m hungry by then). In the evening I eat a small
meal because I’m usually not starving. I’ve been a little better about
drinking more water, these past couple of days. I deliberately did not
weigh myself this morning, but I might do so tomorrow as I am curious
about whether I’ve bounced back up the scale since resuming solid
foods. Tomorrow I have a lit ... read more Day Three- To Eat or Not to Eat? 15 y
Today is the day I'm supposed to break my fast, but I feel so good this morning I hate to ruin it with food!
So it’s the morning after my two-day fast and I’ve lost at least FIVE lbs. I weighed in at 267. I’m just having fun with this weight loss, but I’m not going to hold my breath that it’s ”real” until the end of the week after I’ve been eating again and can better assess the results.
Speaking of eating, I’ve delayed eating anything so far today. Usually I’ve eaten breakfast at home before leaving for work, then I munch on fruit until lunch time. Today I felt so good when I woke up that I didn’t want to ruin the feeling with food. I didn’t even take my molasses- I’ll have it when I get home ... read more Your Fasting/Cleansing Experiences 15 y
You amaze me!
Here is some of the input I’ve gotten about fasting. Thank you so much!
Bootzey
What method did you try?
Juice Fasting, Master Cleanse, Liver Flush
Why did you try it?
Surgery Preparation, mind, body, and spirit maintenance, emotional recovery
What did the method consist of?
Liver Flush- Epsom salt, olive oil, grapefruit Juice
Master Cleanse- that nasty lemonade drink with the cayenne pepper, and salt water flushes
Juice Fasting- just juice. I like mine freshly juiced
What were you hoping to achieve?
Body-wide purification, stone passing if you saw th ... read more Mini-fast, Day Two (Updated 8:30 pm) 15 y
Dammit, I'm hungry!
(Photo: Lake Las Vegas Resort- a great place to relax!)
I
woke up this morning very hungry, but I got on the scale and saw that
I’m back down to 270, where I haven’t been for a long time. Yippee!!!
But man, I could really eat a meal today. The only reason I’m not is
because those numbers on the scale are inspiring me to stick it out
today. Isn’t that pitiful? I’m supposed to be enjoying the serenity of
it all, but dammit, I’m HUNGRY! Now yesterday, all of my hunger
disappeared shortly after 6pm- that was amazing to me. At the poetry
slam I was jealous of Felicia’s salad but I ord ... read more | 