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[28 May 2004|03:44pm] |
Did my jog today at 12. 8 days in a row, man it feels good. I went another 2.5 miles (went out at 12 cuz I wanted some sun). It's getting easier and more fun everyday. So that's a total of 20 miles now. More than anything (besies breathing) it improves my sleep. I wake up feeling MUCH more rested and it makes my sleep schedule much more regular.
As far as raw food, however, this week has been rough. We were out of fruit for awhile plus I'm hungrier than usual from all the running so I was eating whatever I could find. It'll be like that until I get to VA I guess, which is next wednesday. I talked to my mom and she already plans on buying me all the raw food and stuff. Hmmm...
Running is wonderful.
Well I'm off to Baton Rouge this weekend so I'll update sunday night I suppose. Adios!
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[24 May 2004|04:44pm] |
Today was good. I woke up early, and actually felt good. Went to the gym yesterday if I didn't say that. My muscles are sore a little.
Anyway, I fell asleep at school a little and got some sort of headache. Then I started thinking about kettle corn? Hmm. I was like "I'll go jog first then I can eat whatever I want."
So I came home and went jogging. Pushed myself really hard like I sometimes do. Almost gave myself a heat stroke a little, then I came home and had two smoothies and some pineapple... forgot all about the kettle corn. Nice.
Well that's all. I feel so much better now that i've been jogging, but i just choked on pineapple a little-- i definitely inhaled it. How fun.
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[23 May 2004|02:58pm] |
Feeling good at my 1st month raw. Well... "raw". I've been having a cooked meal once in awhile just because I'm getting pretty stressed out. School is ending, I'm moving back to VA, I've got that trip coming up in June.. it's all piling on.
I started running Friday. 2.5 miles each day since. I think my muscles are already building up a little as I've gained 2 lbs.. but...
waist (at navel)- 90cm
waist(above navel)- 84cm
hips (widest part)- 108cm
butt (widest part)- 118cm
arm - 38cm
thigh- 73cm
weight: 206 (after a big smoothie though)
That's curious.
Oh well. I've been eating chocolate because it makes me feel better soo.. I guess it also hinders my weight loss (when added with sugar and fat).I'm not really worried about the weight right now, just getting in shape and being able to survive this 5 week trip camping in the backcountry. Eep!
Well that's all for now, besides: jogging is great. I wish I would have stayed with it earlier.
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This weekend has been tough, as weekends usually are. I end up somewhere where I can't get much raw food.
Anyway, my aunt's out for the weekend so she bought some food for wednesday which was gone by saturday. Friday night my friends wanted to take me out to eat to a buffet, so I went. The salad bar was pretty good there and I had some cooked broccoli which was cooked fresh so it was better than most of the other choices I could have made. I also had some sushi wraps with cucumber, carrots and avacado inside. Cooked rice, but it was filling and I didn't overeat the rest of the night.
Saturday I started off with a smoothie then I got hungry and there was NOTHING around so I had some cereal before I left with soymilk. Blah.
When I got home about 6 hours later, I made some kettle corn. Wasn't a good choice but oh well. Then I had a slice of my friend's pizza and pulled the cheese off.
This morning I realized someone ate my last banana last night. =-(
So I tried making a smoothie but it was no good, so I had some peanut butter and jelly instead, and something else I think but now I forgot.
I hate that I don't have any raw food around. I wish I could get to the grocery somehow.
AGH!!
I'm really hungry and the fact that I'm eating cooked food makes the hunger worse. I feel so unsatisfied on cooked food that I have to go and eat everything. How depressing.
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[14 May 2004|03:30pm] |
Just a few tips in here:
-Most often, cravings are triggered by sight or smell of a food you remember and were once fond of, not by your body's need for it. Try to stay away from places and people that may lead you to eat foods that are not helpful to your body.
I have a vegan friend who is questioning raw food because he says his dad was on the diet and was ill more often than ever. There is no reason you shouldn't feel your BEST on a raw food diet. Detox symptoms will usually go away within a week or two. If they persist, or if you are still feeling ill there may be a deeper problem.
Remember: your diet isn't the only thing that affects your body. Your mood, your thoughts, outside pressures, toxins in the air, in your water and in your environment, sunlight and fresh air all have an affect on your well-being as well as activity. I also think that the amount of natural surrounding you have, such as plants and animals, and the overall condition of living things around you also has an affect on you.
If you aren't feeling well on your raw diet, don't think that it's because of the diet itself. Though there are a few things that could be due to your eating (like food combining and overeating), it is more likely your body being more sensitive to your surroundings.
If you're feeling ill, try to add more activity, get out in the sun, or maybe bring more plants into your house (aloe is a great plant).
Sleep is important as well. Though many people need less on a raw food diet, don't CONVINCE yourself that you'll need less and fight your body's desire to sleep. Sleep when you are tired and wake when you are refreshed.
Again, there is no reason a raw food diet should be a problem with anyone. Consider your old ways of eating and how they made you feel inward and outwardly. Would you have gone to a raw food diet if you were perfectly healthy and convinced you could do no better? DO NOT go back to your old diet at the sign of discomfort, just look in your life for other areas that need to be modified and don't be afraid to change.
Raw foodism is about change, intuition, and returning to nature. You can't expect it to work if you're not willing to change your life. You can't expect to feel well when you're still fretting about the same old things, doing the same old things and resisting your body and your life's desire to change.
If you feel your diet really is the problem, remember these few things.
-Overeating on a raw food diet is possible. It doesn't have the same effects as overeating on an SAD but your body can still be overburdened. Don't eat when you're not hungry. Don't go into the kitchen when you're not hungry. Chances are you'll see something and convince yourself that your body wants it and you'll eat it.
- Food combining is important. It's best to eat only one type of food at a time. Lighter foods first and denser foods later, if you eat several things at a time. Give your body time to digest what you have eaten. Eat until you are satisfied and not after.
The main reason to try to live naturally as possible is because there are so many triggers in our lives that may make us want to return to our old snacking or cooked food habits. Watching Television might remind you of the old days when you'd eat, and then you suddenly have a "craving" for an old food.
Bring new activities into your life that remind you of health, of the beautiful foods you are now eating, of the new way you are living. Make being a raw vegan a new, wonderful experience rather than a struggle to not eat while you watch TV, to not snack while on the computer, and all of that.
Raw food is a big step to a healthy life, but it's not the only step. If you feel your experience is going sour, don't first question your natural diet.
Just wanted to get that out for myself mostly, and hopefully it will be helpful to others as well.
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[14 May 2004|02:31pm] |
By the way, this summer I'm going to spend a month camping in the woods, hiking, and all of that stuff with the Student Conservation Association. I'm wondering how the raw food thing will go out there, considering we'll be in the woods and not really able to get out and buy fresh fruit. Hopefully there will be some wild stuff available. Maybe I should check out the wild edibles for that area?
I also think I'll be doing something with the SCA next summer. Maybe an internship for 3 months or so before college... hmm..
I'm really considering stocking up on dried fruit for this trip. I know Nature's First Law has some good stuff so maybe I should go ahead and get some. I'm not sure what foods they'll have available. Hmm =-\
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[14 May 2004|11:27am] |
Haven't updated for awhile, as other things have been going on. Anyway, I've been keeping up with the raw food for the most part. Lots of smoothies and fresh fruit and seaweed... My seaweed is roasted though, so that sucks.
Last night I kind of cheated and made some rice noodles and tofu. I probably shouldn't be eating soy because I hear it's not good for you.
Then I realized the reason I've been going off raw these past few days and last weekend was because my period was coming on. So I guess I need to pay more attention and when my body is craving more calories and fats I should go ahead and allow them otherwise I'll end up eating every cooked item in the house in search of them. Well, I *did* ask my aunt for avacados last weekend and that might have helped a bit but she never got any. Oh well, I'll just keep that in mind for the future.
My period came today, painlessly and almost surprised me. Of course, I got the feeling but I wasn't getting any pains (I don't usually have bad cramps, just the kind that make me know its coming). I suppose that's the reason I haven't gotten too many bad detox symptoms, because I used to get AWFUL cramps and they stopped so I guess I became rather detoxed about a year ago compared to earlier.
My digestion has been really good on this diet. Even if I do eat all cooked food, it's broken down really well and eliminated fast. Nice.
My skin is clearing up. Nothing remarkable but it's noticeable. And I've had hardly any body odor (I haven't worn deoderant for about two weeks and I still smell fine. Deoderant makes me break out so I decided it's putting toxins in me anyway).
I feel a lot better, not as bloated and tired. And I feel fine when I wake up in the mornings, which is a big difference.
Not sure of my weight but I think it hovers around 200 right now. I've lost 7 lbs since I started eating raw on April 24.
I guess I'll go for measurements too, and hopefully update these weekly just so I can look back (since I don't have regular access to a scale, but merber I shouldn't weigh myself but once a month anyway-- though maybe I should because in retrospect that's what kept me at a good weight, as long as I don't weigh myself after any binges and get discouraged).
Waist (at the navel): 90cm, 35 1/2 in (lost about 5 cm, or 2 inches since start.
Waist(Above the navel): 84 cm, 33 in (down by 3 in, 7 cm)
Chest: 102 cm (40 1/4 in)
Hips (widest area): 108 cm (42 1/2)
Thighs (right): 72 cm (28 1/4 in) (left): 24 cm (29 in)
Arms (right): 37 cm (14 1/2 in) (left):36 cm (14 1/3)
Butt (widest area): 118 cm (46 1/2 in) -- GheTTo BooTy
Weight: 200
Height: 5'8"
Some pix
Me during Christmas.
Me last weekend, with two of my friends. (2 weeks raw)
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[11 May 2004|05:24pm] |
Ok, I totally bummed this weekend. I was going over to my friend's house for movie night and hadn't had much of anything filling. A couple bananas or apples could have done the trick but nothing was available at home so I went on over to her house and her grandmother had bought some "snacks" for us. Hunger set in and I ended up eating a fudge brownie.. the highly processed kind at that.
Then I supposed what cooked food does to me is cause me to eat more of it, get dehydrated and look for more of something to bring me back in balance (which just wasn't working because there was NO raw food anywhere).
Ended up eating some BBQ chips, Popcorn, drinking lots of water which still didn't seem to satisfy me (I began to miss the sweet, watery taste my mouth usually has).
Anyway. Totally ruined Friday. Went on to ruin Saturday by eating everything in site. Had pizza I didn't plan on eating as well.
Sunday plain sucked. Lots of junk and crap.
Making for a shorter story: this went on until yesterday. I actually ate chicken (I've been vegan 2 1/2 years) and I thought "What the hell's going on here?"
Decided it was time to cut out all of the uncontrolled eating.
Best I just go 100% raw because I'm not good at holding back if I do any less.
So today I've eaten a banana and two smoothies. I'm up for something green but not hungry so I'm not going to shove anything down. Smoothies were: bananas, cherries, strawberries, melons, peaches and a little soymilk (not raw, at all but it doesn't send me to binge.. now that I think about it, though, the soy may be what was giving me the headaches and dizziness the first two weeks of my raw foodism so maybe I'll have to cut that out).
Anyway, about to go off for a bike ride and do some yoga. I must do this. Then a nice shower and some homework. ::sigh::
It's so pleasant getting back to my raw foodism. I absolutely hate those binges. Why do I do them? Aye.
I will be 100% raw for the entirety of this next week. I promise that to myself.
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[06 May 2004|05:03pm] |
The point of this journal is to document my raw journey as it progresses-- just somewhere to write down the difficulties and changes that occur. I do plan on making a website soon but until then, I'm going to just keep this journal. For more details about me, look at my userinfo.
I started eating all raw on April 23. It hasn't been 100% every single day, but for the whole (almost 2 weeks) I'd say I've eaten about 90-95% raw.
I'm not noticing a lot of change yet, besides when I'm at school I have this explosive desire to get up and run. I have a lot more energy, even though I'm not getting much sleep (which still tends to keep my head slightly cloudy and a bit of a headache but I think a lot of that is stress.)
I'm going to start excercising more and getting into yoga again to deal with the stress in order to make the diet work more perfectly and make my sleep habits a little more natural.
Today has been pretty good. I got kind of hungry awhile ago and it's a little frustrating because there is hardly ANY fruit in the house. So I ended up blending a cucumber and an apple together and made a rather nice juice from that.. with the skins and all.
I ate 2 apples and 2 bananas today as well. And I had a good amount of Odwalla Superfood juice (I think it's not pasturized but I was too hungry to care). Oh, and 2 sheets of dried seaweed (dried). Anyway, that seems to be all for today. I think I've satisfied my hunger.
I'm going to go ride the bike for awhile and get some sun and fresh air. Then maybe I'll clean the room up and do a little yoga.
One quick thanks to those who have inspired me! (All you raw-foodists out there)
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