Yikes!

It's been nearly two weeks since I last updated the blog. I was afraid of this. One more thing to do...

Anyway, here's the update. I braved the scale on Wednesday and found that I was down 11 pounds since starting this adventure. That is altogether thrilling and overwhelming. Now to keep it off and keep losing weight. I'd like to drop another 35-ish pounds but that's not entirely why I'm doing this raw food challenge.

I would say, in looking back, that I've been able to stay raw about 50% of the time. A HUGE improvement over my previous eating habits, but not quite the 70% I'm shooting for. Still, it's a good start and as I'm beginning to harvest an occasional veggie from the garden, I'm seeing more and more opportunity to increase the raw intake. For instance, I ate a whole cucumber this morning at breakfast. Not because I was thinking, "I should eat this," but because it was SO good! I took one little nibble and I just couldn't help myself! I ended up eating the whole thing! I didn't even know that cucumbers COULD taste SO good! Heck, I didn't even know cucumbers had a TASTE, for crying out loud! Homegrown veggies ROCK!

For lunch, I ate a lovely raw salad with organic romaine lettuce, red bell pepper, green onion, avocado, a sprinkling of raw smokey cheddar cheese (from a local dairy), raw almond slivers and a homemade, raw dressing. It was DIVINE! So yummy...and filling. Tonight, I'm happy to report, I'll be making a non-raw meal made with whole (and recognizable) ingredients - CURRY! I simply cannot wait!

I did well when I was out of town last week. My hostess was gracious and did her best to keep me as raw as possible. She did do two evil things...she introduced me to nutella (I had never had it before last week...it's A. MAZ. ING. on strawberries) and something she likes to call "Crack Bars." The name speaks for itself. They are addictive and certainly NOT raw. *sigh*) Otherwise, it was a great travel experience when it comes to food and maintaining desired eating habits on the road. So, thanks to N for her support and help!


So, the adventure continues. I'm not on autopilot yet. It would be nice to get to that point, where I don't have to consciously think about making good choices. It will happen eventually, I think, if I keep making good choices. For right now, it's one day at a time...sometimes one meal at a time.