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I am excited to have a place to write about my experiences since raw! In only 2.5 months I have completely changed the way I live! I have read and read and searched answers when all the while I know to listen to my body! The one disappointment is that I have not lost an ounce of body fat! The positives definately outweith this as long as I can stay focused on them. My main goal is to stay off of any and all medications from thyroid to stomach to mood etc... I also do not EVER want to go back to weighing measureing counting or excluding foods - well you know what i mean there! I have been experiencing so many emotions in the last 10 weeks and so many physical reactions! At this point ther are a few certainty's with some foods - here goes!
Cocoa - toooo stimulating for me! May be it is good as a boost but immediately my chest feels tight and I stay up all hours when I eat it - even in nibs!
Goji - tooo stimulating! Too much energy packed in those little babies!
Bananas - yum and great physically - mentally - still very hard to imagine that these carb/sugar bombs are actually ok to eat!
Greens - love them love them love them! I could eat them forever and I love green smoothies - which is why I will stay fat and not go the low carb route - although gs can be low carb too! They do bloat me - i don't use much fruit in them but I do use alot of greens - kale spinach parsley are my favorites dandelion was too bitter and arugalatoo.
Plain fruit - I try to eat this before noon but it really does make me fuzzy - a gs works better for me although - this is odd but they actually "back me up!"
Nuts - no way! I can not even touch them
Dehydrated things - taste too good and I eat too much!
Icecream - when I first went raw I made huge batches of coconut icecream and it is just too caloric for me - and I am really tired after eating it so I guess this means that it does not agree with me - too bad!
My usual day was....light breakfast or gs, peppers and berries afternoon, a humongous salad when I came home which led to eating for the entire night - whatever was around - raw cookies, breads, and crackers in addition to icecream - raw of course! I have finally been able to change this a bit and now my day is as follows:
3-5 mile run
water -
weights
green smoothie 1/2 banana and some berries with tons of greens - or plain fruit
afternoon when I am hungry again another gs made with 1/2 avocado and tomato
Something here - I used to do a handful of goji and cocoa but i need something different
g.s when I get home - probably with fruit and some yellow peppers to snack on
The dinner thing is a HUGE change! I would eat for hours once I had that first delicious bite of salad! Some nights I may still have a salad as long as the gs is dessert.
I am inactive all day at work - not by choice so i usually walk a few miles in the evening and then flop on the couch!!
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  1. StarFire's Avatar
    Aloha!! Welcome to the journaling section of RFT!! Its so good to have you joining us! It sounds like you have had quite a jouney so far! Its wonderful that you have discovered so much about yourself! this is an amazing journey of self realization and growth... and you seem to be really enjoying the ride!! Blessings!!


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