So, I've been trying my hand at a few things of late.
One is my diet.
For the last 3 days I decided to put my best foot forward and go raw.
Just for 3 days no pressure- no judgement. Just give it a shot.
Avocado's happened to be on sale for 99cents each so I felt like it was a sign to go for it!
I don't have fancy raw food gear like a juicer or a food dehydrator. But I do have a best friend from growing up
who gave me his raw food cook book and I regularly read his blog: rawfoodfrank.wordpress.com
But, I didn't use it. I just spent my days blending avocado's & tomatoes or Kale or carrots in my magic bullet
and gave it a go. I know that there are food pairing no no's with the raw food lifestyle, but Rome wasn't built in a day- so I started with an intention to not mix fruit & vegetables (except when I used coconut water as my base in my smoothies).
I started off with good fats. Almond smoothie's, avocado smoothie's. Upped my Bananna consumption. Kept it on the fatty side- since I was making a major diet change. I wanted to do this for a few reasons. 1. to see how my body would feel. 2. to see if my skin would be happier (as my previous week of cheese & sausage was murder on my face) & 3. well, because I was a vegetarian for 8 years & I knew I could do it!!!
And guess what? I wasn't hungry for one minute. With my regular yoga practice my body was actually getting the proper nourishment it needed & I felt really good.
On Saturday after training I was craving fresh mozzarella: so I got it. No big deal. Ate a little- maybe needed some protein.
I didn't feel like a jerk for doing it. It was just what I wanted at that time.
I think this is going to be a good thing to integrate into my lifestyle. But let's just see how it goes.
