November 14th, 2009

I did pretty good yesterday with eating healthy, not raw, but healthy. Today I blew it! I ate what my family ate, pizza and garlic cheese sticks and then popcorn chicken and french fries, plus mt dew. It was awful! I felt awful, felt sick to my stomach, and just very aware of what this kind of food was doing to my body. My suspicions were confirmed when I realized that my feet were swollen! I have never had this happen before except right before I was about to pop out a baby!!! So I know that sodium is now affecting my body too, and I need to lower my sodium intake, which by going raw, I believe it will help. I also experienced terrible nightmares after I ate lunch and had a nap. i think that food affects even your sleep!
I cant wait to begin to go raw. I feel strongly about it and it is time. I am going to research more tonight, and keep my feet up!!!! ;)
Love, JL

Day One Food Journal

Half a mt dew ( hey im cutting down, hehe ;)
Tall glass of water
Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwich on wheat bread

Day One

I have been researching Raw Food diets for about a year now. I am truly needing to take control of my health and my body. I have gained so much weight, mostly due to medications from being sick, and not being able to exercise because im sick. So... I need to get healthy so that I can get off the meds and exercise! Out of all of the "diets" i have researched, none of them come close to the results I have seen in people then raw food. It also seems very close to the word of wisdom. So... I begin. I have been blessed to have a friend on facebook who lives the raw food way, and she has graciously agreed to help me! My first step, is to give up mt dew. ;( Its going to be hard!!!! But Im going to carry around a big thing of water with me at all times. Im going to take this journey slowly but surely, and will be keeping track of how I feel throughout the process. I cant wait until , 6 months from now, i can look back and think, how could i ever feel that bad???? ;) im being positive!!!!
So for day one, I am going to cut down on soda, research everything i can about raw food, find some more support buddies, and try to get at least two servings of fruits and veggies in!!! ( hey its a start! )Oh, and I will take a before pic, that NO one will see until i am nice and slim and healthy hehehehehe ;)