28 day raw food / detox diet- anyone want to join me?

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Okay. So basically, I eat too much, I love a glass or two of wine and I am easily a stone over my happy weight. I am grey, pasty and bloated and I am about to have a 'big birthday'. I am so tired of this. I have food obsessions. I think of my next meal while I am eating my current meal.

I am tired. I am just shuffling through life, and I WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT for myself.

This afternoon all I did was sit in the garden in the garden with a bottle of wine, cheese and baguette with DH and the kids. I am stuffed and tired of myself.

I plan to - eat raw. eat fresh. herbal teas. Not worry about 'good' fats (avocadoes seeds and nuts are all good.) i want to eat well, to maximise my health. Oh- and if i lose some weight and gain some energy that will be good too.

Day 1 starts now.

I plan to record what I eat daily, and to weigh in on Tuesdays and Fridays. It is not a diet, it is eating to optimise nutrients. And I do not care if I am heading to france next week- they have salads too.

Today.

Starting weight- 10 stone 11 pounds.

I am off now to Sainsbos for veg and water. :)

I fancy doing this, I dont think I could do without bread and my goodies after tea. Every night when we settle down, I need something, either a chocolate bar, or my favourite thing chocolate peanuts (probably the most fattening thing in the world ). I have been very ill in the past, and before my surgery I tried to fight it with a raw diet. Now, I am just not into healthy eating. I seem to go through stages, and if Im on a healthy chapter my breakfast consists of Porridge with water, with sunflower and pumkin seeds with linseeds, honey and wheat germ. Followed by a teaspoon of black strap mollases with each meal, about 3 litres of water and loads of vegetables. I need to join you.

gosh, where are all the replies, I need inspiration from everyone if I am to suceed.

I have been really good so far today, porridge with sugar (I cant face the healthy extras just yet)
Lunch: A salad from M & S
Tea: Quiche, new Potatoes and salad
strawberries & cream ( it was half price)

So far today, I have not had any extras which is absolutely amazing for me

Hi purple! Glad to have you join. I was travelling for work yesterday. (boo hiss).

I had a fairly good day yesterday - banana, grapes and almonds for breakfast. tomato and cucumber salad for morning tea. Spinach and cabbage salad for lunch. Then my train trip home was delayed (signalling problems....) and when i finally got home 6 hours after setting out from the workshop location I succumbed and had a cold chicken leg and three glasses of wine. ooops.

But, a good start and i will not let it derail me. But, i think although it does not come under the cover of 'raw' I will need to add lean protein to my salads, otherwise i will become depressed and then binge eat.

Today's plan - fruit for breakfast, salad for lunch and fish and salad for dinner. I weighed in this morning- still 10 stone 11 pounds!!!!

I have also put a cold jug of water and lemon and fresh mint in the fridge for me to drink instead of coffee.....

good luck!!!!!

OMG you are really doing raw.

I have unfortunately, added a bit of bread for lunch with massive salad. Tea was spag bol. So not raw at all.

Maybe because this post is open I will have inspiration for tomorrow.

One really good thing about the weather, I have had loads of water. So this will be doing something.

Well, not really totally raw! Dh came home today with prawns and mussels, so we had seafood risotto with a green salad. But I had a tiny bit.....

I am a long way from raw, I think, but am having raw fruit or veg at each meal.... maybe i can 'transition' to raw in 28 days....

I will join you. I will do "raw" as in, not processed foods, so maybe more whole foods.

Today:
Breakfast: banana
Lunch: lettuce salad with cucumber, tomatoe and processed turkey (ha!), dressing
Dinner: Will be spag bol with a side salad.
Snacks: I've had some nuts and craisins (again processed - it'll take me a few days to convert over to whole foods)
Drinks: Water with 1/2 vit c disolvable to keep colds at bay.

I weight 73kgs, which translates to 11.5 stone (eek!) and my goal is between 60-63kgs, which is my normal fighting weight.

Great to have you HerRoyalNotness!

I went for a tiny little walk-run this morning for 15 minutes. Then was cooking eggs for DH's breakfast and totally forgot I was meant to be doing raw and had some too. It was like my mind went blank.

So, I am back on the wagon today and plan to have melon, grapes and nuts for lunch, then a huge lettuce, cucumber and tomato salad for dinner, with as many other vegetables as I can find. I will have to have a dressing with that though... so maybe I will make up a grainy mustard and lemon dressing with olive oil. I have a book by a woman called Natalia Rose and she has lots of lovely salad recipes, so i will dig it out and commit to this properly.

Good luck everyone!

Oh- and for me it is Day 3 I think. (Despite the not-wholly-raw- thing). :)

Do you think it will be difficult to do totally raw? What will you do for proteins?

Last night I had the spag bol as advertised, and a couple of glasses of red wine and some chocolate. I'm not so very good at sticking to diets, hence having to ramp up the exercise. I went for a little 3km run, pushing the DC in the jogger. I plan to go again tonight, but DC2 was up at 4.30 this morning expecting me to be happy with it, I'll see how tired I am and what time DH is home from work, and what time my friends go for their run (so many variables!) I find that the more tired I am, the more difficult I find it to stick to anything. Hence not making lunch today and buying meatballs and salad.

Snacks have been nuts today, and a banana again for breakfast. When I have a big lunch I tend not to eat dinner, but snack later instead, I'll swap the usual chip/chocolate snack for a piece of fruit.

Happily I weighed myself this morning and I'm already down 3kgs. Not bad eh?

............ I hadn't weighed myself for awhile and had my last known weight down to start, actually my starting weight is 69.9kgs. Which means something I've been doing in the last month has been working! (have started the quick callenetics DVDs and running again).

You could run am is kids are up at 4.30! 6am jog with them a) keeps you sane b) gets it over before day begins and before you get tired

Yes, it has been hard to do totally raw. Best laid plans...... So I am doing lean proteins and salad. last jgiht was chicken breasts with sliced peppers and broccoli. it was very nice!

Mind you, on the commute to work today i was fantasising about sour dough bread, butter and smoked salmon..... hmmmm....

But have lost 1 pound since Tuesday. Now 10 stone 10.