MangoMan
05-12-2006, 03:40 AM
Hi everyone! I am so proud of myself. (Ooh, an older part of me wiggles a little bit at proclaiming that I'm proud of myself, in public. Ah well, it is true, and there shouldn't be shame in saying it.) After a year of reading this forum, purchasing the book and DVD, watching it, ... and waiting ... I decided to take the '30 Day Challenge' .. and I just completed it!! I got to see when I am reaching for food just to satisfy an emotional need (and still ate it if I wanted), I noticed how often most people eat processed and refined foods, I let myself eat whenever I wanted and not harsh on myself, and I had the fun of knowing that I was on a quest - could I really eat only raw foods for 30 days!
I wrote about this in my journal, so I'll repost it here. Thanks to all of you for being on this forum and contributing to such a wonderful and supportive environment!!
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Today is my Day 30!!
WOW, this went quite well! Except for a few times with my wilderness class, I ate 100% raw. It wasn't difficult, though I am finding that I still need to either prepare dishes a few times a week, or eat novel raw foods. Sometimes I'm bored with the same foods, because I've grabbed some nuts and fruit for my lunch in a hurry .. for too many days that week. However, prepping more dishes from Alyssa's book should remedy that.
So here's my confession: I was planning to do this for 30 days, 100% raw, and then decide what I want to eat. I wasn't planning on living on live foods forever. Today is day 30, and I feel I have hardly given this way of eating a chance, so I am heading into another 30 days. This time I'll be making more meals and expanding my understanding of how to prepare raw meals. Am not yet ready to add exercise into the mix, but I will add in stretching.
I have a list I made of my pre-raw bodily complaints, and I want to check in on it, but I am going to wait until this second phase of 30 days is complete. I want to really give my body time to adjust to this new way of eating.
The most fantastic thing is that, for the last 30 days, I haven't had ANY processed foods! Can't ever remember a time when I could have said such a thing! This alone feels great. On top of it, to say that I've been eating raw foods ... now that is incredible!
Today my wife said, "You're food is life! My food is ... death." It sounds so harsh, doesn't it? I asked her if it sounded any better to say that my food is life, and her food is filler. ;) All kidding aside, she has supported me very much - tasting my odd greenish smoothies (and my odder green lemon pudding), praising my stick-to-it-iveness, thinking of me when she's at the grocery store, etc. I sure do love her!!
I wrote about this in my journal, so I'll repost it here. Thanks to all of you for being on this forum and contributing to such a wonderful and supportive environment!!
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Today is my Day 30!!
WOW, this went quite well! Except for a few times with my wilderness class, I ate 100% raw. It wasn't difficult, though I am finding that I still need to either prepare dishes a few times a week, or eat novel raw foods. Sometimes I'm bored with the same foods, because I've grabbed some nuts and fruit for my lunch in a hurry .. for too many days that week. However, prepping more dishes from Alyssa's book should remedy that.
So here's my confession: I was planning to do this for 30 days, 100% raw, and then decide what I want to eat. I wasn't planning on living on live foods forever. Today is day 30, and I feel I have hardly given this way of eating a chance, so I am heading into another 30 days. This time I'll be making more meals and expanding my understanding of how to prepare raw meals. Am not yet ready to add exercise into the mix, but I will add in stretching.
I have a list I made of my pre-raw bodily complaints, and I want to check in on it, but I am going to wait until this second phase of 30 days is complete. I want to really give my body time to adjust to this new way of eating.
The most fantastic thing is that, for the last 30 days, I haven't had ANY processed foods! Can't ever remember a time when I could have said such a thing! This alone feels great. On top of it, to say that I've been eating raw foods ... now that is incredible!
Today my wife said, "You're food is life! My food is ... death." It sounds so harsh, doesn't it? I asked her if it sounded any better to say that my food is life, and her food is filler. ;) All kidding aside, she has supported me very much - tasting my odd greenish smoothies (and my odder green lemon pudding), praising my stick-to-it-iveness, thinking of me when she's at the grocery store, etc. I sure do love her!!