Day 18

Had another good ride this morning. I'm getting better at getting up those steep hills I think ;) Sure I'm still puffing and panting by the end, but the fact is I do MAKE it up the hills now! Eating, well it's going okay, still not particularly BS specific though. Hmm not sure how much difference that will make over the long term. I am really interested in what will happen when I change my diet to 100% raw. It's going to be tough, but I'm going to do it as a 30 Day Challenge! The idea of the 30 day challenge being that at the end you can go back to your old ways if the new way doesn't work ;) I'm not making the challenge particularly strict I don't think. I don't know if I'll completely ban cooked foods 100% (I may perhaps eat one cooked thing a day if I get a particular craving), but I'd like to make it 90% raw at least.

Hmm I like to make a smoothie in the mornings (which I haven't been doing since I started this challenge as it has fruit in it), and I usually use soy protein in it. However, the protein isn't raw. I'll probably finish the protein I've got before I buy any raw protein powder (some purists won't use things like protein powder, but I'm certainly not a purist, at least not yet!) I find it's filling, for starters, and after a big smoothie (generally a scoop of protein powder, an apple, a handful of frozen blueberries, and some goji berries... occasionally I'll add some spirulina or raw cacao powder too) I feel quite full and don't want to eat for several hours. Oooh I also used to use MSN powder but ran out! (I must buy some more).

Actually, early last year I was having this every day and my fingernails became a lot stronger and much less prone to breakage. I'm sure if I did it for the long term I'd have a lot of improvement with my hair too. Of course, it takes a lot longer to see an improvement in hair if one's hair is quite long! The ends of my hair are damaged by having blonde foils (even though it's been dyed since then and I haven't had them done for a couple of years). I'm growing out that damage, but it will take a few years (cause I have long hair and I have no intention of cutting it off! I did have quite a lot off about 15 months ago, and it was much shorter than I like - long enough to pull back, but it sat above my shoulders because of the slight wave, since then I've grown it fairly long again).

Anyhow, enough rambling lol. I am quite excited to start on raw next week, while still following the BodySculpt training principles.

Hmm well, I went for a short walk this afternoon, which was extra exercise for the day. I didn't eat a proper meal tonight because there was nothing in the house that was really appropriate food for me! I did have a few macadamias though ;) My biggest problem at the moment is having ginger or spiced tea with honey. That is carb therefore that is BAD! This is something I definitely have to cut back on!