Week 13

I just finished week 13. I'm still down 15 pounds and have stayed on the raw track. There have been times I strayed, but all-in-all I'm doing good. The rest of the family chose not to continue the journey which is fine.

I'm trying to get off my diabetes medication (metformin) by comsuming a low fat raw vegan diet. I've been 100% raw today. Yesterday I was almost all raw. I had 4 pretzels at bedtime. I'm not gonna beat myself up over that. Heh.

I'm doing smoothies mostly. I'm saving for a vita-mix so I can have some great soups!

Oh! I started running a couple weeks ago. I'm up to 1/2 mile at a time. Wicked cool!

Week 6 - Down 15 Lbs

I've lost 13 pounds in 17 days (15 total)! It's been really amazing with raw foods and this week I'm going to try a new recipe from Rawvolution.

Happy Birthday To Me!

Ok so it's two days early. Heh. We made a raw melon cake and I made raw banana-strawberry parfaits with sunflower seed pudding which everyone liked except Tasha. ;-)

Matt Monarch & Angela Stokes

Rick and I went to Tulsa to see raw foodists Matt Monarch & Angela Stokes. It was a fun night.
We got to try dehydrated mulberries & cheese flavored kale chips. Good stuff! Rick liked them! Rick bought me the Rawvolution cookbook for my birthday! :-)

Speaking of yumminess here is my lastest...taco salad. Walnuts w/ cumin & coriander, guacamole and pico de gallo. Awesome!

Week 5 - May 20, 2009

I'm down to 179! That's 11 pounds total! Looking at the timeline it seems like I lost 11 pounds over 5 weeks, but that isn't really the case. I gained back up to 188 as of May 11th (which is when I started high raw). I lost 9 pounds in 9 days! Whoo Hoo!

Fresh Juicy Sunday

Wow....ok so there is nothing quite like fresh juice in the sunshine on a Sunday morning! This was just amazing. Apples, carrots and strawberries in the juicer and breakfast is served! So YUM! Isn't it gorgeous?

Week 5 Begins in 4 days.

It's been awhile. I've been dealing with my arm cut and my knee from the fall a couple weeks ago. It's now Day 26. For me the raw food thing is amazing! It's been 6 days that I've eaten mostly raw. I've lost 9 lbs but that's not the best thing. The best thing is I'm not feeling sick anymore from my stomach paralysis. No bloating, no pain, no constipation. (TMI, sorry).

It's so fun how exciting every little thing is. Every new discovery, every new recipe, every new fruit or veggie I try. YUM!!

The family is being great and they are still doing there own thing. We'll have a weigh day on Wednesday. Bye!