My first week of going all RAW

Raw week 1 DONE!

So far things are going good. This weekend was daylight savings so I’m excited to make up for the hour I lost through the added energy I will get from eating all raw. I was telling my husband that even from last week up to now how much better I feel (I went back to all plant-based lifestyle during lent, though I did have a milkshake on Saturday). That proved a few things to me:

1. This type of lifestyle works best for me so I’m going to have to continue it with a few treats splashed here and there.
2. The “few treats” will have to be sporadic and the plant based meals will have to be what I eat the majority of the time.
3. I can still enjoy a treat or two (okay I had fries that day too lol but that’s plant based right?) and feel great I just have to be strict with the treats and very free with the plant based portion.

As I said so far so good. We are going on a dinner date this Friday to a Mexican place so pray for me!!! I already looked at the menu and saw a good looking salad but I usually like getting either veggie fajitas (not cooked in butter) or fish tacos (when I’m in a fish mood) so I’m already mentally psyching myself up to be VERY excited about the salad. MMMMM I can taste it now lol!

But really I am excited about how great I’m feeling now and will feel in the future so this makes it worth it, not to mention the kale salad, delicious smoothies, marinated cucumbers, banana ice cream(YUM), homemade chocolate almond milk, and more makes it just a lot of fun and DELICIOUS!

**I did eat some popcorn on Thursday during scandal. It was healthy though. I don't think raw popcorn would be good lol

It's time for a change

Well lots have happened since the 7 day detox that we did together. As I have shared I was considering myself “veganish” because I occasionally had dairy, fish, and shhhh lamb. The crazy thing about the lamb part is when I was a “meat eater” I couldn’t STAND lamb…so strange.

Anyway as much as I love not being so “rigid” (a plant based lifestyle doesn't have to be rigid, I was just like that with myself) I’m noticing I do not feel my best. The full plant based lifestyle REALLY works great for me. I feel my absolute best, I have great energy; I look my best, everything just coincides together perfectly.

So I've been praying about what to do because I have felt like this for a while. Sure I’m happy to allow myself more flexibility but fully knowing that I don’t feel or look my best I know some changes need to be made BUT I want to be realistic with them. I now have a plan that I’m VERY excited about:

•        Starting next week I will be going fully raw- end date Apr 1

o   I felt my ABSOLUTE BEST when I was raw. Now realistically this is not a full time lifestyle- it messed up my teeth (more on that another time but check out http://www.fredericpatenaude.com/ he shares a lot about the raw vegan lifestyle and the effects on the teeth. I didn't believe it but man I learned the hard way when I went to the dentist.

•     After that I plan to lead a majority plant based lifestyle-

o   Meaning if I want sporadically I will have fish etc. BUT eating mostly plants and many raw plants is my plan of action. I want the love for it that I felt before I started allowing myself more freedom so that’s what I plan to be praying about during my raw journey

So stick with me as I update on how things are going. I’m excited and nervous! It’s been kind of fun going to restaurants and not just ordering sides or salads because they are not fully vegan friendly BUT I’m looking forward to the challenge.

Signed,

Excited, Scared, but READY