The Farmer’s Market in Summer
If you live in Canada like I do, or any other climate that has definite seasons, then you know ALL about looking forward to fresh produce at this time of year. It has been quite EASY to be vegan and raw over the last bit because of the bounty.
So here’s the update…. ALL vegan and ALMOST entirely raw now for 48 hours. AND I feel quite amazingly well. I’m not starving today either…. I have a theory about the whole hunger thing… I’ll tell you about that in a minute!
So back to my day yesterday…. my raw oatmeal and raisin breakfast, a smoothie with some fresh made green juice from my juicer (cucumber, alfalfa sprouts, celery, spinach) mixed with whole blended fruits, some flax seed oil… delicious. A huge garden fresh salad topped with home-made salsa, and I did have a tomato soup that I will also add the recipe for that was so very good! I also drank some Waiora detox tea, and lots of clean ionized alkaline water.
II am so proud of myself…. it seems like such a little thing, and yet it has become very important to me, and journalling all of this has made it somehow easier!
So now… let me tell you my theory about hunger. I was watching a youtube video about healthy eating versus unhealthy eating, and the gal said something that OF COURSE I remembered, and made so much sense and everything kind of went … click click click… I mentioned the other day that I was really hungry. That with all the raw food I ws eating I was still finding myself hungry again. This video reminded me that hunger pangs are a sensation we feel because we require a certain nutrient. That nutrient may be water, or it may be vitamin C or A or whatever. It may be a combination of vitamins. So her suggestion was to first drink a big glass of water. There is no sense eating if your body is really asking for a drink.
She also went on to explain that when you are hungry and you eat a Big Mac meal… say a 1500 calorie meal that has lots of calories but they are low on nutritional value, so even though you have met your calorie requirement for the day, your body still needs more nutrient value, so it will signal again that you are hungry in a few short hours, and send ;craving’ signals. If you continue to make poor choices, you can see how you can become overweight can’t you and yet still always be "hungry".
So anyway… up until this morning I’ve been starving… Instead of reaching for empty calories I have just continued to eat fresh fruits and vegetable, and a few nuts. A couple of days I feel like I just ate from morning until night. I didn’t count calories. I just ate when I felt hungry and that was often, and I fed myself nothing but pure whole food nutrition. Today I am quite a bit less hungry. My theory….. my body is getting used to all the fresh wholefood goodness and just totally stocked up on all of that goodness. I am pretty certain that my choices over the past few years have left my body lacking. (Imagine the shock!!) LOL
Anyway, tonight I am going to have some ocean perch (YES cooked) but the rest of my meal will be raw, and I am just going to enjoy the good feeling of putting wonderful, nourishing goodness into this body. I am finally beginning to understand how the people of North America can be both overweight and undernourished at the same time!
I’m off to cook my fish! I’ll be back later, Happy Saturday my friends! :-)
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Hey, sounds like you are doing great so far. Keep up the good work. I love your attitude about this weight loss process. Continue to have fun with what you’re doing.
Hi thanks for leaving the comment and inviting me to join your community I’ll but the banner on my blog and thanks for the great feedback.
Warmly Mark :)
What an adventure to go vegan and raw!
I admit, every once in a while I have entertained the idea of going vegetarian, but I don’t think I could do it in the long run. But I may look into trying the occasional vegetarian meal or even raw meal. I’ve been intrigued by the raw style of eating to be sure.
Anyway, hope every day goes as well for you!