The Raw Foods Diet
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Weight: 121.2 (No change. Is my scale broken?)
I started the day with BarleyMax – 1 teaspoon mixed in water.
Breakfast: One-half small watermelon.
Mid-morning Snack: 2 dried figs and 7 almonds, eaten next to a trail alongside the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway.
Lunch: Raw comfort foods. It’s been an emotional morning… unpleasant emotions just came out of nowhere, although I’m hoping it’s one of the detox symptoms and I’m getting rid of them. That’s a nice thought.
If I hadn’t been on this raw foods diet challenge with my friends and if I hadn’t committed to write about it on my blog, I think I might have eaten some cooked food today, that’s how down I’ve felt. It’s very interesting how
eating can be so related to emotional states
. Or emotional states can be related to eating.
So instead of having a super-healthy
green smoothie
of spinach and mango, I opted for other tasty foods that are more seasoned and have stronger flavors. I have a feeling that the smoothie might have turned my mood around, but I just caved in and went for flavor. Here’s what I had: 7 olives, 2 sesame-flax crackers, 1/2 avocado, 1/4 cup kim chi, 1/2 cucumber. It’s probably more fat and salt than I needed, but maybe the fat will help to smooth things out in my psyche.
Mid-afternoon Snack: Banana with almond butter.
Dinner: Heirloom tomato; mushroom; Marinated Greens (from Living on Live Food by Alissa Cohen).
8 cups greens (I used kale)
Marinade:
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon Bragg Liquid Aminos (I used Nama Shoyu, an unpasteurized type of tamari, or soy sauce)
- 1/2 cup water
- Pinch of cayenne
- Cut greens into bite-sized pieces.
- Blend the marinade ingredients in a blender.
- Pour marinade over greens and mix well.
- Cover and let sit for a least a few hours, or preferably overnight.
Additional Comments Based on My Journal Entry
It was a somewhat difficult day. It was the first time during this challenge that I thought I could stray from the raw food path I’ve chosen for at least the next 30 days… actually, 23 days remaining.I believe the thoughts that I might cheat were emotionally based, but I don’t know where they came from. There’s nothing that I’m conscious of, so I'm thinking that they could be cleansing/detox symptoms.
What was I feeling? Cranky, a little depressed, certainly not the bubbly-happy feeling I had yesterday. I thought a lot about cooked food and wine.
If I hadn’t been doing this challenge with other people and writing about it on my site, I may have cheated or stopped. I thought if I ate some cooked food I could just start back up raw again at the next meal, but when I thought about possibly going through those initial couple of days of feeling sick again, that was more encouragement to continue. Plus, I believe cooked food is addictive.
So, here’s the good lesson I got from this day…
If you need motivation to eat healthy to start a new behavior or habit, or quit an old one, it’s very helpful to have a support group (my 30-day challenge team) in place and/or make it public (a blog you’re committed to, for instance, or daily forum posts).To read about days 8 and 9, go to my blog.
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