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I am ending day seven of eating raw. I have already lost seven pounds. I feel good. I love that kind of hollow feeling that I have again, I don't feel swollen or bloated or crampy. I haven't had any huge detox symptoms yet aside from my usual random ailments. I am about 99.9% raw at this point but only not 100% by either accident or shopping limitations at this point.

I think the only things I have had that weren't 100% raw was balsamic vinegar and some roasted garlic in some dressing and some flash pasteurized orange juice. These things were not considered until after I had eaten them. The first thing I had to do is re-evaluate what items in my house are raw and what are not. Then I had to decide if it was more important to me to have those things that are not raw, and sacrifice my goal and the benefits I am getting from not having them, or replace them with suitable raw items or give them up altogether. Raw apple cider vinegar tastes nearly as good on avocado as balsamic vinegar does. Plus it is better for me and more economical.

I attempted to drink a cup of hot green tea with raw honey in it today, which would have been the first hot thing I drank/ate this week but could not figure out if it was still considered part of a pure raw diet to brew it. I took a couple of sips and decided it didn't taste good enough to bother worrying about and poured it out. I dislike green tea, for your future reference. Also, I later read that it is considered a cooked food even though the only thing you are heating is water, which I suspected after a little contemplation.

Seem extreme? Yeah, I know. I have an all or nothing kind of mentality about things like this. If I am going to do it, then I just do it. It isn't that hard really. I am not really missing things like I thought I would. The first two days I got dizzy at the smell or site of food that was cooked. I think it was just habit. Little triggers in my head said "ooooh look at that!" I am way over it now. I am more worried about the lack of sufficient whole fresh food in the house than I am about what is left of the cooked processed food being here. I am not worried that I will eat it, or want to eat it. I am worried that I will starve myself instead of eating it because I have made up my mind. This is it. No more fucking around. I haven't felt this good in three years. Maybe it isn't time to get rid of all my skinny clothes after all.

Posted by gwendolyn on July 06, 2004 at 11:30 PM