Lost: 1 lb
Total weight loss since day 1: 12 lb
Well only 2 more pounds to go until I would have lost a whole stone in weight since January 1st...which I think is an amazing achievement for someone who is very short in the discipline department but has found determination to change.
Happy to see that I lost another pound this morning and it will be interesting to weigh myself tomorrow morning to see if I will be the same or will have shifted another pound.
Been thinking more about what I'm eating and even though I'm relatively new to the raw vegan lifestyle, I have read various books on it going back 15 years when I used to read my raw food books on the train, travelling from Brighton to London to my office job in Edgeware Road.
I definitely need to look at my fat content as I know I'm eating too many nuts and using too much olive oil, but new raw foodies tend to gravitate towards high fatty foods whilst weaning themselves off cooked food as it acts as a replacement for the cooked food they are no longer eating, giving a fuller feeling in the stomach after eating...which you shouldn't really get on a raw food diet as you're over-working your digestive system instead of being kind to it.
I have to say I'm totally, totally, totally bored with salads and I'm finding myself eating a lot of fruit (which I'm enjoying very much), so at least I'm eating something. Still drinking my green smoothies for lunch and I'm really enjoying the banana, pineapple and baby spinach leaf one.
I have a really good book called, Green Smoothie Revolution by Victoria Boutenko and it has some great recipes for various green smoothies, which I will be making over the next few weeks and sharing with you guys.
Tomorrow I have some family coming over from the UK for the weekend and they will be staying with me in the house. This will be my first test of staying raw, as no doubt we will be going out for lunch and dinner when they are here. I'm not going to stress too much about it and if I can't eat 100% raw when I'm out, then it's no biggie. Stress can be just as damaging as being overweight, and I've got enough to deal with diet-wise at the moment, without heaping more pressure on myself to stay totally raw in restaurants.
Tune in tomorrow to see how things pan out.
Hasta pronto
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