OMG...I am still in awe that 15 days have passed and all I've eaten are raw veggies and fruits. I feel like I am standing on the top of a hill looking out at the world. It's not a down hill slope to the finish but a straight line. I think I was honestly waiting for something huge to happen...like maybe the sky would open up and confetti would rain down on me...but that didn't happen. I worked, I ate, I walked and I felt good, really good through it all.
I had a disagreement of information today, when asked what I was doing to lose weight. I told them and the first thing I got asked was..."what do you do for protein?" I am getting tired of this question...what is the obsession? Anyway, some words exchanged, but I kept coming back to the word cleanse, because to me it felt like a bit of an attack and I wanted to be clear that this was a cleanse, for 30 days. So when I got home, I looked up the meaning of cleanse in our dictionary. It states two definitions: 1) make clean, 2) purify from sin or guilt. I am definitely doing the first. I am making my body clean, which is making my whole self clean. I think I have some frustration with the whole concept of "raw food" and how it seems to offend many other people. It's like a them vs. us thing. Having to prove what I am doing is healthy and not wacko, to explain where I am getting my nourishment, how can I live on such little protein. I don't expect others to stop eating what they want to and just go cold turkey to a raw food way of living. This challenge was a choice I made. I had a year to decide to do it. I practiced for a month before taking it on. I made a conscious effort to "make clean", to purify my systems, to create health within my body. For me, the important thing is that I don't feel deprived and I don't, I feel nourished. I feel that I am being loving and compassionate to myself and that also nourishes me.
My menu
Breakfast-1/2 personal sized watermelon
Lunch-blueberries and grapes
Dinner-salad
snack 2 apricots
Peace :)
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