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09-27-2007

yes.. it's been a while..what like a week since I posted? I haven't been posting because I've been all over the place with my diet in this past week. It's funny but I"m starting to realize that eating a healthy, BALANCED diet is not only good for your body but in a way it's a good way to keep yourself on a regimen and feeling well, balanced.

I guess I've been all over the place over the last week (not just with food but with everything) because Tim's father is really sick and we've been going to the hospital to see him and my parents are coming in to visit on this sunday and tim is planning his france trip for work and I dunno.. maybe those are just excuses though. I've been eating pasta and desserts and just sugar and carbs like crazy.

but TODAY I'm doing much better. I've had a banana and a nectarine and a salad which I didn't really eat much of anyway.... honestly I'm feeling really bloated and nauseous today so that's curbing my appetite a lot...

I'll post more later! It's time to get out of work! woohoo!! sorry my thoughts are all over the place today!

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09-20-2007

Breakfast: two (yes two! omg I was hungry) bowls of cereal with soy milk

snack: had a cup of coffee this morning. I was sooooo tired I could barely keep my eyes open and wow! I usually don't feel the effects of caffine but this morning it really jolted me awake and I feel quite jittery right now. I'm trying to drink lots of water to offset the coffee and honestly, it's 11:49 and I'm not hungry at all which is unusual for me. I'm definitely not making coffee a habit.. but I really needed it this morning. (I hardly ever drink it).

lunch: I'm about to take my lunch in maybe a half hour.. we'll see if I start to feel hungry that is.. I'm so used to eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner... or thinking "well, it's noon, I should eat lunch" and I want to break myself of that habit.

on a personal note, tim is leaving next friday for france for three weeks with his job.. I'm so jealous and mostly am going to miss him sooo much! I thought I could do raw foods for three weeks without any inturruptions and it would be easy and great having time alone but my parents have decided to visit me during this time and are staying with me the entire three weeks! It will be great to see them.. I miss them so much.. but it will be harder to stay on raw while they are here.. we'll see how it goes.. I can't let other people's agendas and schedules dictate my eating habits though!

I'll post again later with my dinner for tonight. I know I"m not doing raw at all today or yesterday but I swear I'm getting back on it!

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09-19-2007

food so far:

Breakfast: one bowl of honey bunches of oats cereal with soy milk
snack: one banana
lunch: two pieces of sprouted raisin bread with 1/2 tablespoon of butter and one banana
snack: two large tablespoons of ambrosia salad (marshmallows/coolwhip/fruitsalad) - they had a party at work so I had a tiny bit.

don't really have a lot of time today to post details about how I feel and stuff.. just super busy... will post more tomorrow and maybe post what I eat for dinner! thanks!

EDIT: Dinner was chicken and veggie stir fry.. not the best thing in the world but not too terribly unhealthy. Honestly, I don't have a problem with eating meat and could see myself doing raw foods some day and still allowing raw fish (sushi) and maybe seared beef like Carol Alt does. I love animals, don't get me wrong, but I also love the taste of meat once in a while and think it's ok occasionally.. I also feel horrible for the conditions the animals live in while they are alive and should look for free range chicken (even though I don't yet).... anyway.. that's my stance on that. I mean.. not that I"m a religious person, cause I"m not in at all.. but I believe somewhere in the bible God said that man could eat the smaller animals.. like chicken etc.

ok, i'm out!

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09-18-2007

Tim and I worked out last night and it was a bit tough.. it's been at least three weeks since we worked out but I managed to walk/run for 25 minutes and burn off 230 calories! It's less than what I was doing before but I'll work my way back up.

About setting weight loss goals... I do understand the idea of putting too much pressure on myself (thank you Carmella) and honestly, in the past, I have never hit one of those goals that I set (I'll lose X amount of weight by my freshman year of high school, I'll lose X amount of weight by my birthday, I'll lose X amount of weight by my 30th birthday) but I know that these goals I've set for myself this time are loose goals.. guideposts if you will.. and not strict places I have to be. If I don't make it, I don't make it.. but it's something to strive for.

As of right now (12:24 pm) I've had a banana for "breakfast" (around 7 am) .. a plum for a snack (around 9:30 am) and I just ate a HUGE cucumber/tomato/feta cheese salad with olive oil and balsamic vinegar for lunch. I have to admit that I didn't bring enough fruit with me to work today and between my snack and my lunch I had about an hour where I got hungry but I just moved through it and the last 20 minutes or so of it (before I ate lunch) wasn't that bad. It was sort of good to recognize what feeling hungry feels like honestly. I know I eat too much and often eat just out of boredom or habit and never really allow myself to feel that 'Hunger" feeling.. and like I said.. after about 40 minutes of it, it sorta felt like it was going away anyway.

I have one more plum and one more banana in my desk that's going to have to last me until I get off work tonight at 5:30.. I refuse to sneak downstairs and get something from the vending machine so I'm rationing my food for the day.. like I said though, I really should have brought more fruit with me today.. I completely forgot that I was working late and that right after work Tim and I are going to visit his dad in the hospital. I'll have to see what I can get there for dinner.. hopefully they have some fruit or a salad or something in the cafeteria I can grab...

but I do have to say (again, thanks Carmella) that if I do eat a small amount of chicken or cheese (obviously!) or even fish (I love sushi) I'm not going to beat myself up over it.. this is a transition... hell, all of life really is a transition if you think about it.. and I'm where I need to be right now in this moment and everything is perfect.

mmm, that salad was good and I'm nice and full right now but not in that "oh my god I ate so much" way. Until tomorrow my friends!

P.S. I don't know if I said it here yet or not..but I'm going to weigh myself every saturday morning.. once I week I think will be often enough that I can keep track but not so much that I'm obsessing about it!

EDIT: Well, we ended up going to visit Tim's father in the hospital and went out to eat at an Italian restaurant with his brother and girlfriend and I had the manicotti .. I guess I could have gotten a salad instead but honestly I just wanted the manicotti so I had it...

no big deal.. I'll go back to mostly raw tomorrow!

09-17-2007

I'm doing great today so far! I've had a small bowl of frozen tropical fruit for breakfast and for lunch I'm having a salad made with spinach, broccoli, cherry tomatoes, a tiny bit of feta cheese, and some "ground meat" made from walnuts and spices.. I used olive oil and a little balsamic vinegar as a dressing.. it's actually really yummy.

When I think back on the first time I tried going raw, I remember it was easy to do during the week at work.... the hardest time for me when I got home in the evenings though.. so tonight I'm going to have a green smoothie for a snack when I get home if I'm hungry (and I always want to eat when I get home from work) then for dinner I'll have fruit or make a dessert or something.... I know I can do at least one day completely raw!

I felt super tired this morning and was considering calling sick into work but I forced myself to get up and get moving.. it will be interesting to see how my work out is tonight .. I haven't worked out in a few weeks and hopefully it will kick my energy up a bit.

EDIT: wow, thanks everyone for the comments! it helps to know people are reading and supporting me everyday! So, I had my salad for lunch and a banana and apple for a snack around 2 pm. When I got home from work I made myself a big smoothie (around 5:00 pm) and drank only half of it.. It had spinach, frozen raspberries, coconut cream (I think that's what it's called. alissa sells it), and some cocoa nibs.. I shouldn't have added those nibs but I thought raspberries and chocolate? they go so well together.. well, I didn't like those little cocoa nibs so I threw out half of it. then I had a half a sandwich and a grapefrut after tim and I worked out around 8:30 pm. I'm feeling really good and not hungry at all....

ok, I'd like to type more but no reservations is on with anthony bourdaine! Will type more tomorrow! I'm feeling a bit tired still but in a good way if that makes sense!

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