Aches, Pains, and Little Nuisances
Today’s Raw Food Diet
- Three banana/peach smoothies (made up of three bananas/three peaches each)
- One green smoothie (three bananas/one pound of strawberries/one bunch of spinach)
- One avocado
My stomach hurt a few minutes after eating the avocado at around noon. I don’t remember if that happened yesterday, but I distinctly remember it happening on Monday (except then I suspected it was due to the cooked food I indulged in over the weekend). A daily avocado is the one indulgence I’m allowing myself right now. It looks like that’s going to have to change. After all, if it hurts to eat it, it can’t be good for me . . . right?
This afternoon, I was a little short with my daughter. I’m not sure what was going on. I suspect that it has to do with caffeine withdrawal. My last caffeinated beverage was on Sunday, June 8. Giving up caffeine has reminded me somewhat of discontinuing Adderall use a couple of years back.
I was mildly dysphoric for about a year after discontinuing the drug. Making the switch to an all raw diet doesn’t make me feel quite as “blah,” but I have days where I’m not motivated to do a whole lot.
So, if I don’t feel so peppy, why bother with this particular eating plan?
I’ve tried a number of different eating plans over the last several years in an effort to find one that would help me feel better and lose weight. On all of them, I’ve really struggled with cravings for “forbidden foods.” Even if the particular diet allowed me to eat whatever I wanted, it required me to eat far less those foods than I would have chosen.
This is the only diet where I’ve had minimal cravings. If I crave something, it’s usually a signal to eat more fruit and/or greens.
It’s a darned good thing, too! Tonight is Mexican food night at our house. The Sweetheart and the Princess are having black bean burritos from Taco Cabana . . . one of my favorite fast food treats.
I did some freehand squats and pushups yesterday. Five years ago, I trained at the gym regularly. Then I stopped. Now, a few squats with no weight have made me a hurtin’ unit. How lame is that?
Still, I did something to begin the long road back to physical fitness . . .
