Raw Food Diet Diary

Yesterday, I was stupid tired.

What’s “stupid tired?”

I had one of those days where my body could function, but my mind couldn’t as the day wore on.  When I finally sat down at my desk to get some paperwork done at about 4:30, I couldn’t do a damned thing.

I suspect that the two bike rides over the weekend had something to do with it.  When I return to physical activity after being inactive for awhile, fatigue–especially mental fatigue–is my constant companion for the first several weeks.

Today, two days after my last ride, I feel fine.  Last night, I slept hard and only woke up minutes before my alarm went off.  That’s unusual.  It’s also a good thing.  Today, I was more rested and focus was much better.

My elimination has been . . . shall we say, “prodigious?”  I’ve decided not to add a lot more fruit until I get through this phase.  Today, I had at least three bowel movements before lunch; usually I have about three a day.  I wasn’t done at lunch, either.  This happened during the summer when I made the transition; it took me about a week to get through it.  However, I had the luxury of being able to use the restroom at will in the summer.  Now, I can only use it every 50 minutes.  That’s working for the time being, but I don’t want to push my limits by adding more fruit and greens.  So, I’ll wait until I’m down to just a couple of morning bowel movements before I make another increase.

When I do, I plan on adding a second green smoothie for dinner.  At that point, lunch will be the only meal where I have any cooked food . . . and even now that’s only true about half of the time.

I’ll still continue to snack on fruit, too.  Dr. Graham recommends cutting back to two or three meals daily to give the digestive tract adequate time to rest.  Eventually, I’ll work on that.  Right now, I figure that swapping over from cooked food to raw food is going to provide my system considerably more rest than it has been getting.

Today, I had red chard in my green smoothie again.  It still reminds me of the beet juice I drank years ago.  It certainly makes for a sweet drink when combined with bananas and grapes.

When I got up this morning, the thought crossed my mind that coffee and a scone would be good on a rainy morning like today.

My next thought was, “Not really!”  Somehow, coffee and a scone just didn’t seem like it was breakfast enough.  So, I trundled downstairs and made two liters of green smoothie, instead.

Today’s smoothie had:

• 12 oz. of water
• Red chard up to the 3 cup mark on the VitaMix
• Red grapes up toe the 6 cup mark
• 7 bananas

I didn’t have a fruit snack today.  After my umpteenth trip to the toilet, I decided enough was enough.  Yeah, I’m a wuss.  Like I said, I’m going to get there a little slower this time.