Still in the process and already feeling better

Well, I haven’t been doing as good as I would love to be doing but I am doing so much better then I was.   I am still tempted by good, crispy and non-greasy fried chicken and the like but I am trying to have it on a big salad instead of with tons of fries and mac n cheese and luckily sometimes I don’t want it at all.    I am doing lots of easy to digest smoothies, my fav raw ice cream, and juicy in season fruits. I am definitely not preparing meat or fried foods in my home and only eating these at restaurants and in smaller portions.
   

Due to still trying to get the business going and my property how we want it I still haven’t been able to really start my new heavy training program  (Dinosaur training)  but I have been doing some pre training workouts to get my body ready for this type of workout.  I, of course,  am still doing my power yoga (to keep my back in check) and some kempo and bellydancing but not everyday since I am just soooo tired after a day out in the high heat working on the nursery.   

    Now here’s the information some of you may have been waiting for….are you ready….drum-roll please….. I have lost 8 lbs in a little over a month and that is even with me having  “cheat meals”  and not getting as much of my workouts in as I would like to.   My digestion is much improved and my energy level is up from before I started but not quite where I would like,  I’m sure it’ll get better though.   The only downside is I’m not getting the added workout of struggling into my size 4’s,  at least I don’t have to worry about breaking down and investing  in a larger size anymore.    This weight loss really is so encouraging because I just couldn’t figure out why I was gaining weight or why I wasn’t losing it when I would try but apparently it was because I just wasn’t giving my body what it needed and overloaded  it with hard to digest foods that were  constantly aggravating my ulcer.  By the way,  haven’t had any ulcer problems lately….so awesome!

     I really am having an easier time now then when I attempted raw foods years ago.  I have found that by allowing myself to slowly transition to raw foods as opposed to suddenly being a “raw foodist”  has allowed me to be more forgiving of myself when I do give into a craving and thus more apt  to going right back to whole foods the next meal instead of the “well since I messed up I might as well eat whatever I want the whole day” or the “I just cant do this way of eating”.     Even though I still have my cravings they are slowly but surely fading away and some days the idea of some of my favorite foods makes me a little nauseous and I want nothing more then some kombucha tea and a few peaches for dinner.   So you could say that I have definitely done what I have set out to do,if a little loosely,  and have kept on a raw foods path but have done it minus the perfection I so desperately needed  my first time around and I am ‘perfectly’  fine with that ;-).    Namaste

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