Day 3

Well day 3 went by successfully. I've tried to go raw many times before, but this time around it just seems a lot more simple...easy. I'm not sure if my desire is stronger or I have stronger willpower or what, but I have been feeling really good and pumped about everything. Today it got super cold here in FL, pretty drastically. Still going for my run, but definitely bundling up. Today was also my first day of work at a new law firm. It went well and I'm optimistic for the future. Being that today was training, I couldn't get away with much, so my snacking was non-existant. :(

On the menu for today was:
Downed all the juice I had made, that kept me full until mid morning
Lunch was hurried since I only took 30 minutes. From now on though, I need to have an hour. I can only chew so fast! I ate half my salad, half a pineapple and a pound of strawberries.
I was finally able to eat my apples on the way home.
Dinner was a vanilla strawberry milkshake. It was huge.

I know I need to get more calories in wherever and whenever I can. I will need to work on this. But I ate every free second I had today. I think the key to my success will be eliminating those tempting situations. My drive is very strong right now, so even if I had a bean burrito, or hummus or a loaf of bread in front of me, I wouldn't eat it. Just glad to be home now, run my little heart out and decompress. This is easy and I feel AWESOME!!!

 

9 banana strawberry milkshake for dinner :)

UPDATE: It's almost 10 PM and I got the munchies. I wanted a chocolate milkshake but then I wanted to eat broccoli. But then I wanted something to dip the broccoli in. So I delved into Chris Kendall's raw recipe book....I knew I would find something there!

 

And find I did.....

 

Broccoli dip with corn...pitted dates blended with celery. Very fullfilling but a little strange tasting.

I ended up making something very interesting....reminiscent of baby food. I blended half a stock of celery with several pitted dates. I was cautious. I wasn't sure what I was about to taste. And...........meeehhhhh, it was oooookay. Kind of weird tasting by itself, but with corn and broccoli it wasn't half bad. I could probably, maybe get used to it. It fullfilled the need for the time. I can't wait to get more creative. Ha ha. I definitely know my favorite raw food besides frozen bananas and pineapple would be guacamole. I could eat LOADS of that. Not low fat though. :( Sad.