Jan. 25th, 25 Days Raw

Today was a better food day. I had my lovely Ezekiel bread sandwich for breakfast. At the university I ate 8 oz. of taboule for lunch, and then I ate my mixed nuts/goji berries snack. I got my water in today by buying a liter bottle at a vending machine. Later, during a class, I munched on some baby carrots (thanks for the suggestion, Amy!) but I had so many notes to take that I only got through about three of them. I wasn't at all hungry, though, so it was ok.

For dinner I made myself a salad. Now, I have generally avoided salads because they seem boring without dressing. Besides, I relate them to my SAD days of trying to lose weight. You know- you're on a diet, so when you and your friends go to a restaurant, you have to order the salad while they get to have pizza and other goodies! Now that I'm eating raw, though, salads will become a welcome addition to my menu. I took another page from Amy's book and squeezed some lime juice on it. It was great! The sweet corn I bought was really sweet and had that extra fresh "crunch".

My friend Pam, who is a nurse, thought my calories should be a bit higher so that my metabolism doesn't slow down and so that I don't lose more than 2 lbs a week. I love losing more than 2 lbs a week, though. I want this extra weight off NOW! However, since I want to ensure I get enough fuel and nutrients, I was pleased that I made it to over 1,500 today. I've read that on a raw diet (and I mean diet in the original sense of "the food we eat") weight loss is different than on a SAD diet, and that I don't need to worry about calorie restriction. I guess I'll see about that over time.

Oh- I got a juicer today! My girlfriend decided to surprise me with it. It's electric. I juiced a large orange and a mango (the mango was tricky). It was DELICIOUS. I can now officially wring all the juice out of an orange rather than wasting it trying to squeeze an orange by hand. I set the juicer for "high pulp" so that I'd still get the fiber. I chose to eat the mango pulp with a spoon though. It was like eating pudding, really.

TODAY'S MEALS

Breakfast
Mangos, 1 fruit without refuse
Ezekiel 4:9 Sprouted Grain Bread, 2 serving
Hummus, 0.25 cup
Avocados, California (Haas), 56 grams
Taboule Salad, 4 tbsp

Lunch
Taboule Salad, 8 tbsp
Almonds, 8 almond
Cashew Nuts, dry roasted, 2 tbsp
Walnuts, 0.33 oz (14 halves)
Goji Berries, dried (Himalania), 1 oz

Dinner
Spinach, fresh, 3 cup
Red Ripe Tomatoes, 1 plum tomato
Sweet Corn, Fresh, 1 ear, medium
Cucumber (peeled), 0.33 large
Avocados, California (Haas), 0.2 fruit without skin and seeds
Lime Juice, 1 fl oz
Olive Oil, 1 tbsp
Scallions, raw, 0.5 cup,
Mangos, 1 fruit
Orange Juice, 4 fl oz
Centrum with Lycopene
Nature Made Calcium Citrate

SNACKS
Baby Carrots, raw, 5 medium



CALORIES 1,531 CARBS 220 FAT 64 PROTEIN 42