Day 20

Yay, day 20! This morning I weighed 223.5. 13.5 lbs gone! I love being raw. I check out 123raw every day. Everyone there understands the freedom of being raw. I know it sounds insane, but being raw is freedom. I am so perfectly satisfied with the way I eat. I have allowed myself a few things that are cooked, very occasionally. I have been pretty creative with my raw eating but I haven't gotten my dehydrator yet. When I do, watch out! I don't see any problem with staying raw. I think I would have a problem going back to SAD. These 20 days seemed pretty effortless to be honest. No reason to not keep going :)

Day 15

I missed a few days on the blog, but I have been good with my raw food eating. I did have a friend over for his birthday and ate a little cooked salmon, and had a little cake and gelato-but everything else was raw. He is really supportive of my new lifestyle. Yesterday I went out to eat with my sister-in-law after we went fabric shopping for justin and jens quilt. She spent more time looking at the menu for what I could eat than what she wanted to eat! I got the veggie fajita taco salad, I just took the cheese off. I did eat the cooked mushrooms and peppers that were on it though. And, I didn't touch the taco shell, of course! My weight this morning is 226.5 Justin is coming over today and he wanted to go out to lunch, I think he really wants those fried crawfish from the 103. I may order them togo and have my raw food here. The 103 only had a weak salad for an all raw entree. I wish we had an all raw restaurant around here!

Day 12

Ugh, I'm 229.5 this morning. I had half a beer last night and some tortillas with guacamole. I am also starting my period again...I just finished 2 weeks ago. Maybe the big change in my diet is causing hormonal changes too. I don't think eating any salty tortillas is good for my plan though! I'm going to stay on plan though, the scale will have to go down if I'm eating raw!

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Day 11

Well, I had a huge bowl of guacamole last night with some tortilla chips and I'm up 1 lb today to 228. I really need a dehydrator so I can make some Raw Chips! That's ok, I started my day with my bee pollen and honey and fresh juice. I also took my supplements. I'm sure tomorrow I will not gain again. :)

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Day 10

I'm 227 lbs this morning. That's 10 lbs lost! I want to celebrate by getting a dehydrator. :) I found a great, supportive, educational community on 123Raw. The people are so friendly and they are all living raw, I can learn so much! I really want to uncook a whole meal and have nobody ask 'where's the meat!'

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Day 9

This morning I weigh 229, 8.5 lbs lost! More importantly, it wasn't 'til I was half way down the stairs this morning that I noticed that I wasn't stiff and sore (like usual). I know I've said it before, but I'm just amazed at how I feel. I don't do deprivation and I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything by not having cooked food. I know I will have cooked food sometime. But I have no cravings at all. If just a week of eating healthy like this has such a profound effect I can't imagine what a whole lifetime would be! This is like the magic bullet. I can't believe that people spend so much money on 'diet plans' that feed you prepackaged, cooked and killed food. I can't believe how long I have tried to get healthy by starving myself fat. I'm on plan and I'm staying there. This isn't a just until I lose 88lbs thing, this is how I'm going to eat forever!


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This morning one of the girls at work brought in TWO DOZEN donuts, I didn't even have a bite of one. I had my bee pollen and honey this morning and some fresh juice. I ate fruit, nuts and a big salad with balsamic vinegar for lunch. A friend of mine who is a vegetarian is coming home for a visit from Utah next week. I would love to uncook a nice dinner for her. Tomorrow I'm going to look into a few recipes. :)

Day 8

Today is Day 8 raw. I feel amazing, I have so much energy and less pain than I usually have. I have also lost 5lbs. My weight this morning is 232 even. I'm glad I added juicing to the raw foods, I love fresh juice....mmmmm! I am working again today, of course. Then my son and his fiance want to go to dinner. I know I'll be able to find a big salad or something. I'm not worried about staying raw because I love it so much :)

Justin and Jen are getting married in September and I have already made a deposit for the rehearsal dinner...at Muddy River Smokehouse! LOL Lots of bbq, cooked food. Oh, it's only one night and the party is for them and our guests, not for me. :)


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I ate only raw today, and after work I went out to dinner with Justin, Jen and Mammie. I ordered a large green salad and was perfectly satisfied with it. Justin got a big thing of fried crawfish and I didn't even try one, Jen got a cheeseburger and fries and Mammie got a small fried fish platter. I did have a tiny bit of popcorn. I drank water. I'm still not drinking diet coke. I didn't even intend on not drinking diet coke, I didn't think it was possible to stop drinking it since I'm a diet coke addict. I think I have had a great 1st week raw!