Raw Food Diet Diary

Today’s Menu

• 13 bananas
• 4 pears
• 2 nectarines
• 1 1/2 lb. grapes (approximately)
• 1 bunch spinach

Today was my first run at doing a “regular” day.

I rose at 6 a.m. and immediately headed to the kitchen to make a green smoothie (bananas, nectarines, spinach).  I drank half while shaving, dressing, dressing the Princess and the other half in the car (Note to Self: Use a straw tomorrow . . . you’ll be safer on the road.)>

By lunch, I was quite hungry.  I ate grapes, and still wasn’t quite satisfied so I had a pear, too.  The pear was underripe; when I finished it, I didn’t want anything more to eat.

Today, I had a Tom Brownsword moment: There was a package of M&M’s in my mailbox.  I opened and ate without thinking.  It tasted like plastic-coated chocolate.  That was a new (and welcome) experience!

After school, I had another pear.  This one was perfect!  I can hardly wait for more ripe ones to become available.

Tonight, for dinner, I had another green smoothie (bananas, pears, spinach).  Plus, for the first time, I sat at the table with my wife and daughter and enjoyed my smoothie while they enjoyed the pasta my wife had fixed.  The Princess had white-flour spaghetti and the Sweetheart had buckwheat noodles, which she hadn’t tried before.  I had a taste of the buckwheat; if I ever decide to shuck the whole raw food thing, those could definitely be a regular part of my menu.

However, today provided me with a pretty strong incentive to stay this course.

Usually, I have a huge slump between noon and 1 p.m.  Sometimes, it’s so bad that I have to lie down on the floor for 15 minutes and close my eyes.  Today,  I had a mild slump at around 2 p.m.  I worked through it, and it passed within a few minutes.  Interestingly, it was during the slump that I sampled the M&M’s without thinking.  Hmmmmmmm . . .

But that’s not the best part . . .

I picked up the Princess from day care at about 5:15.  When we got home, I let her tune into the Disney channel for about 15 minutes.  Usually, I’ll sit down in the recliner and close my eyes for a bit.  Not today.  Instead, I . . .

• Threw a load of laundry into the washer . . . then dried it.
• Ironed tomorrow’s clothes
• Emptied the dishwasher
• Got the Princess to get clothes ready for tomorrow and into the shower
• Started water boiling for the girls’ dinner

I think that’s more than I typically do from Monday - Friday.  The Sweetheart told me that she could get used to this.

Plus, I’m sitting here writing this right now.  This is the first time that I’ve sat down at the computer to write on a workday since I returned to work at the beginnng of the month.

Can things possibly get any better?