Day 13

Well the second week's nearly over! It will be weigh in day in a couple of days, but I'm not holding my breath. It does seem I have lost some fat, as it's easier to bend over, as my fat belly doesn't get in the way as much. But at the same time I seem to have sort of stagnated (maybe??). It's too early to plateau ;) I have decided to persist with this program for the next week (eating wise), and the week after I will try raw vegan for three weeks and see how I feel! The reason I say this now is because I feel my energy levels have decreased, and I also feel that I'm just not getting enough good nutrition in the diet, by avoiding fresh fruits. Sure I've had some green veg, tabouli etc. but it doesn't seem enough to counteract the meat, eggs etc. I've also been going for more vegan food choices, which are higher in carb just cause I can't bring myself to eat meat that often!

To be fair, I feel better than I did before I started, but I don't feel 100%. I want to feel FANTASTIC! Eating very high raw just feels right to me, in a way eating a lot of animal protein doesn't. And raw also makes more sense than cooked! Humans weren't designed to cook their food ;) we went thousands and thousands of years NOT cooking lol.

In a sense, I think if we were meant to eat meat, then we'd all love ripping into dead animals and eating them raw... but how many people actually want to DO that? And how many could physically BRING themselves to do that?? Maybe if I was starving or something...

Well, it's 8:39pm... and I did a couple of wrong things today. For starters, I missed a meal or two. Hehe I know it sounds odd, but having 6 meals (or meals + snacks) each day, means it's easy to forget one when you're used to three standard meals! I got up latish, so had breakfast at 9:00 or so. Later I went shopping, and got home probably about 2:00 pm, not having eaten anything else! So, I had an Atkins bar, and that was it. Later on in the day (about 5) I had some ricotta and chives, and ate my meal about 8:00pm. I also ate a wee bit of potato and had some dessert (So Good chocolate icecream). So, far from perfect, but not dreadful ;) I have been doing a lot more reading about the raw food diet, so am feeling quite anxious to start that. However, I am sticking with this BodySculpt system for another week.

When I go raw, I won't completely abandon BS, I will continue to do my walking/riding and the EPOC exercises, but dietary wise I'll be very different. I think this comes down to individual preferences and the way I feel I SHOULD eat. I just don't feel BS is sustainable for me over the long term, although others are fine with it. Everything I've read suggests that I'll lose weight going raw (most people who do choose 100% raw diets find that they reach their "ideal" weight, and their weight stabilises over time). It seems very few raw food eaters end up with any weight problems, and generally are very healthy too!