Day 11

Every day is a little challenging but I'm trying to stick to the main principals highlighted in the book - food combining, drinking lots of water and green lemonade, etc.

I started my cycle and haven't been feeling that great - I'm hoping it's the detox. However, this cycle is much more extreme than I've ever experienced. I'm starting to worry so I'm calling my OB in the morning. Hopefully it's nothing serious.

I haven't had any more weight loss but it has been a tricky couple of days with my cycle. After everything normals out I'm sure I'll see some loss happening.

Day 8

Doing pretty good!
Friday - almost all on track but I did have chinese chow mein for dinner. The only thing that was not on the list in the book was the sauce. Everything was mixed vegetables with brown rice!
Saturday - I did trip up and have several sweets at Crystal's reception and drive thru Taco Bell on the way home to Nashville. But I'm pretty sure it already went through my system! haha!
So far today I've had my green lemonade and detox vitamins.

Day 6

I had a bit of a mild binge yesterday (day 5) after waking up from a nap! Here's what I ate yesterday:
Morning - green lemonade and fresh watermelon
Afternoon snack - green vibrance bar
Lunch - raw salad with avocado and corn
nap
snack - 2 boca burgers on wheat buns, 2 ok mak crackers, 1/5 of a green and black organic chocolate bar!!! (my binge :( )
dinner - watermelon and cucumber juice
snack - 1/5 chocolate bar

So, considering that I stayed pretty much vegan I'm not too disappointed with myself!!!
I can't remember if I posted my weight loss in my last post but it's been 5 pounds! yay!

Today I leave for Chattanooga with Christian. We're taking a lot of our own food but I'm sure I'll cheat a little bit while I'm gone. But I'll do my best! :)

Day 4

I realized I didn't post yesterday - oops!
The good news is that I've lost 5 pounds! Wow! I'm starting to notice less 'hunger' pains throughout the day. I hope my body is getting used to the change! It's still frustrating to think I had trained my body well a few years ago and I've let myself slip back into bad habits. BUT.............I'm not going to let that get me down!!!!

I've had the green lemonade every day and have noticed a boost in energy. I'm also trying hard to stay within the food groupings every 3 hours. (ex. not mixing starches with fruit)
In fact, I've held off from having some watermelon since I had Ezekiel bread at lunch! It's been over 3 hours!!! I think I hear some watermelon calling my name! ;-)

Day 2

Yesterday was fun - I went to Whole Foods and bought several dry groceries on the 'transitional' list like pasta, rice and crackers.
I ate pretty good - lunch was a fresh salad, green lemonade for a snack and kamut pasta with steamed zucchini and squash for dinner. I did have the snackies later on and snacked on some plain cheerios while watching TV. Next time I need to snack on raw veggies and drink lots of water.

This morning for breakfast I had 3 apples but I'm also going to start a para-cleanse that I've had for a while. It's a 10 day vitamin/herb supplement program that my colonics person recommended. When I've finished the 10 days and have been doing well on the detox diet I'm going to go in for another colonic session to get rid of more toxins.

I need to keep reading the book and writing in the blog to keep myself motivated!!!!

Also, for the past 3 nights I've been doing Windsor Pilates and I've noticed my core muscles getting back into shape! I just might lose this spare tire after all!!!!

Great references

I am so glad that this book has such clear guidelines - it's exactly what I need! "Quick Exit Combinations" is a food combination chart with what I can eat at each meal and what not to combine it with - for example, raw veggies can go with any category but I shouldn't combine things in the categories together.
Starches/Fleshes/Nuts Seeds Dried Fruit/Fresh Fruit

So I can have cucumber with my toast, but I should not put nut butter or banana on it!

I'm looking forward to trying out this concept!!!

My first impression thoughts

It's July 18th - more than a year since Christian's birth and I'm still at my heavy baby weight. I've spent a year saying "I'm going to lost this weight" and I've always had the best intentions but I have yet to make a mark of progress.
I've started reading "The Raw Food Detox Diet" by Natalia Rose and I have a few beginning remarks:
"You must undertake this program with an attitude of self-forgiveness. You cannot move forward in your life, much less in improving your body, until you forgive yourself for eating in such a way that has been destructive....."
Basically, she started the book by saying with the processed and unnatural foods that have created toxins in our body are also addictive substances that we must overcome! I can give a hearty AMEN to that! I am always frustrated with myself when I make a choice to eat what I KNOW is wrong. I keep asking myself over the past 4 years "Why is it so hard???" I was making right choices, losing weight and feeling great when I detoxed on a raw food diet 4 years ago. I was strong, determined and successful! What has changed? Why am I struggling so much with it now?
I don't have all the answers but I'm going to take the first step that Natalia recommends and forgive myself. I know I have it within me to do this. I know myself and by blogging and keeping my goals as the focus of my drive I can accomplish losing this weight!!!

"Waste=Weight"
I have established bad habits through pregnancy and after by saying "Oh, I need the calories for the baby and breast milk." That argument is GONE now that he's 1 - plus even if and when I get pregnant again, eating this way will only benefit me and the baby!!! Being overweight is so unhealthy and I need to keep in mind the risk of diabetes with this "spare tire" I have in my midsection. It's time for a change and I'm going to make it happen!!!

I also want to blog so that when I'm successful I have something to look back and say "here's my journey, if I can do it then anyone can!"