eating raw

today marks the first day of my eating raw adventure. after reading a blog i read on a daily basis i discovered that she is much like me and this eating raw diet helped her to overcome depression and her lack of energy. so i'm going for it. i'm over feeling sad, tired and depressed all the time and it's time to finally do something about it. i read the book that she read about the diet and then went out to trader joes to buy my supplies. aka:raw food. i picked up fresh veggies, fruit, lots of salad, agave nectar, quinoa and sprouted bread. this morning for breakfast i had a bowl of oatmeal with agave nectar, cinnamon and blueberries. it was pretty tasty. i also made two pieces of toasted sprouted bread and topped it with agave nectar and cinnamon. breakfast should always be the biggest meal of the day. the funny thing is, i'm not as full as if i were to eat regular bread with butter and eggs. i plan on keeping this diet up for twenty one days to see what happens. the girl whose blog i read about this diet on, lost fifteen pounds in three weeks. if i lose fifteen pounds in three weeks, i will be to my goal weight and totally ready for summer. i work out daily, so i will also tone, instead of just lose weight. i'm really excited to see the results, but i'm really hoping i can keep up with this style of eating. it's hard, especially during that time of the months like right now. i just want to eat cookies and chocolate and salty foods. but, i'm going to resist them. my snack today is going to be hummus with pita, lunch is going to be quinoa with agave nectar, cinnamon and cut up fruit mixed into it. snack after that will be carrots and cherry tomatoes and dinner with be a nice big spinach salad topped with tomatoes, bell peppers and quinoa. if i'm going to snack though, it has to be 30 minutes prior to the next meal, and if i want to eat fruit it needs to be three hours after the previous meal so my body can digest the fruit properly. i'm just going to stick to my diet plan today though and not think about that three hour empty stomach rule. seems slightly silly to me. so we will see what happens. i'd like to step on the scale in a week and be five pounds lighter. crossing my fingers! 

cross your fingers for me people! i need all the finger crossing i can get. this is going to be tough but totally worth it. soooo totallllly worth it. or at least that's what i keep repeating to myself over and over and over again. 

xoxo,

jessica michel