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ShelShel

July 12, 2012

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on 07-12-2012 at 07:12 PM (180 Views)
Good evening. :)
My day wasn't raw, but my evening was. I ate an entire head of romaine lettuce with raw dressing and finished with a handful of dates and raw almonds.

I also exercised and did wonderful things to pamper myself. Like exfoliate my feet and make them smooth and deep condition my hair.

Today around noon my stress was relieved a bit from the past few days work. I have been on cloud nine ever since. I hate stress, I believe it is really the cause of most of America's illnesses. But I digress.

Yesterday, my first two meals of my day were raw. Today dinner...now I just have to find a way to curb my appetite enough to put those two together. LOL

Bananna 5 pounds is an outstanding accomplishment!!!! Good job. I agree...keep walking in the direction you are going and you will eventually reach your destination. Great job! How inspiring.

I have lost 1 pound and it simply feels great to know that I can do this. I started slow originally and eventually got to 100% raw for several years. I'm not sure why I've gotten so discouraged in the past when I am aware it is but a journey. Perhaps just allowing my emotion to override my logic.

So, I press on. On foot in front of the other. I am not discouraged when I eat something SAD, I simply keep trying for raw...and smaller quantities. I believe for me controlling my body and not having it control me are a big motivation. I am not ruled by my emotions...or at least I don't want to be. They are needed for empathy and caring, but not for food consumption. Again, I digress. LOL

Much love my rawbie friends. (((HUGS)))
Hope you are all thriving and feeling strong.

Updated 07-12-2012 at 07:14 PM by ShelShel (worded something wrong)

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  1. Bananna's Avatar
    What an interesting and thought provoking post Shelshel! and thanks for the props! :)

    I think you are doing great...as my counsellor says, it's just one choice at a time. There is no right, there is no wrong, there is really just an awareness. An awareness that you make a choice each time you eat and it doesn't always have to be the "perfect" choice...you just need to notice that you choose...that it is a conscious decision and over time, that awareness alone will encourage you to make better choices more often.

    And I LOVE that you've lost one pound! :) And I also LOVE that you are celebrating it. I have celebrated each little loss...although many little gains along the downward trend in my 5 pound journey, lol. I seem to be doing a couple of days more strong and then a more relaxed day. The relaxed days I don't lose, although sometimes I do!, or I might gain a wee bit...but then I just have a couple of strong days again, where I find it more easy to make better choices.

    Stress is a huge issue, you are so right. We are a society and culture full of stress and full of convenient, unhealthy food at our fingertips! Did you know that immigrants are warned, well maybe not all of them, but...warned that statistically Just living in our country/culture is a risk factor for gaining weight. They come from other countries slim and healthy and many of them don't beat the odds and end up gaining weight and suffering various health consequences. It's disturbing to think that just living here, makes us more at risk for weight gain, food addiction and health problems.

    She is having us do a little experiment. How many times in a trip out, or a set period of time, do you have a food association put in front of you. It could be advertising, someone eating in their car sitting beside you at the light, anything. This one guy did it and counted 180 'adverts for food' in various forms on his drive to work. 180...lol!

    And I LOVEEEEEE your self care! Your feet, your hair, so awesome! Little things like that really do feed the soul, don't they? *bask in your lovely feet and hair. Your salad sounds yummy!
  2. ShelShel's Avatar
    Thanks Bananna. :). I loved your reply. I hope you day was blissful. (((hugs)))


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