Day 18

Weight: 14 stone 2 lb

Lost: 1 lb

Total weight loss since day 1: 13 lb

Isn't it amazing. I can eat two handfuls of gorgeous tasty chips, eat more salad than I normally eat, and STILL lose a pound in weight! 

So I'm now changing my raw food diet to a 'chip diet'...only kidding.

Well this is 'Day 2' of my confessions, so forgive me Raw Food Father, for I have sinned! I started off breakfast with a banana and some strawberries, so that started the day off brightly...but then it went downhill from there.

I took the family to a large shopping mall in Marbella, where we stopped off in one of the cafes for coffee and pastries. I didn't order a pastry for myself, but got talked into having a few bites of the pastries sitting on the table, which were absolutely delicious and 'to die for'...and you probably would if you ate too many!

After walking around the shops for a bit longer, the 'away day party' wanted to stop for an ice-cream...this time I didn't cave in one inch.

We then set off for Puerto Banus for lunch and this is where things went from 'not-so-good' to a little worse. Started off with a glass of wine to celebrate my uncle's birthday. Starter was a bowl of vegetable soup and my main was a caramelised goats cheese salad...which was very, very delicious and I didn't feel guilty eating it at all). Then it was dessert time...my auntie talked me into sharing a Knickerbocker Glory with her (Large ice cream Sundae), so I complied!

I ate a lot of the fresh fruit out of the Sundae, and only a few spoonfuls of the ice cream and whipped cream, but, as I was balancing it out with the fruit, I believe one was cancelling out the other (that's my excuse).

We then went for a stroll around the port to look at the luxury yachts, so I got a bit of exercise that way!

Back home, the carnage continued with another glass of wine, some crisps and Twiglets to nibble on. Later on in the evening my stomach felt very dodgy and I sloped off to bed feeling a bit queasy.

It's really hit home to me now how good my whole body feels being on a raw food diet, without the dodgy stomach and the lack of energy that cooked food inflicts upon you, so I will be making a hasty retreat and jumping back on the raw food wagon, trying not to fall off again...saying that, I may slightly slip tomorrow, (but still cling on) as my folks leave on Monday.

I feel I have let myself down a bit, but I also feel that it's been a good experiment to switch between the two foods and I realise now, there may actually be a 'no going back' attitude to eating cooked foods, for good...which, in a way is a relief, because if I did thrive on cooked foods, I'd have no incentive to stay raw!

Well, let's see how I get on tomorrow (Sunday lunch).

Hasta pronto