The Raw Living Foods Challenge Continues on Day 16

My weight was 118.8 pounds this morning.

As usual, I started the day with a glass of water and one teaspoon of BarleyMax in water. Later on for breakfast I ate one-half cantaloupe and had a plum for a midmorning snack.

Lunch was a collard roll from yesterday (see this page for day 15 of the raw food challenge). It tasted better today; maybe it had time to soften and tenderize while sitting in the refrigerator. During the afternoon I had a couple of spoonfuls of raw chocolate spread (day 13 has the recipe for raw chocolate spread). Later on in the afternoon I ate one mango.

Dinner seems to be the most challenging time for me. I want something special; I feel bored with what I’ve been eating all day. I wish I had my own personal raw foods chef. I guess I’m not evolved enough on the raw living foods path to be satisfied with delicious but plain raw food.

Anyhow, I ended up putting together a faux pasta dish made from zucchini and cucumber with the Saladacco, topped with ranch dressing (see day 15 for the recipe), a sprinkle of "parmesan cheese" (see day 12 for this recipe), and some sliced tomato; 9 olives. It was very tasty and satisfying.

What’s a Saladacco, you ask? Well, it’s a gadget that allows you to put in certain vegetables, like zucchini and cucumbers, turn a handle, and the chunk of zucchini is turned into lovely long angel hair pasta strands.

Comments and Personal Reflections

I’m not feeling terribly hungry these days but sometimes I feel a little weak, especially when I’m out walking uphill. It makes me wonder if I’m perhaps not getting enough calories (?) on this raw living foods challenge.

There’s some hesitancy about writing the following because it’s personal and I’m a fairly private person. However, this website exists to help people, and writing requires honesty… especially if I want to connect with people and perhaps write something that will help them (you) on the journey.

This morning I found myself wishing I could have some of that high-energy, joyous-feeling stuff that I felt at the beginning of the challenge. I wrote yesterday about feeling stuck in the doldrums. That feeling continues. But I think there may be other factors, besides this raw food challenge, involved in that feeling… like business struggles, loneliness, financial worries…

I believe that this raw foods challenge—and the support of my friends who are doing their own challenges with me—is keeping me feeling pretty uplifted, in spite of the worries of life. Because without that, I might be really wallowing in self-pity and not just hovering around the edges.

Day 15 of the raw food challenge.

Day 16 of eating all raw and living foods.

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