i haven't had any coffee since friday afternoon. i've had a headache for three days now. i'm getting through as best i can with a headache roll-on, lavender oil and in extreme cases i'm getting the nurofen out. i can't align raw food and caffeine intake. it just doesn't make sense. much as i love coffee i know it's bad and wrong in lots of ways. and then there's the sugar and milk i have with it. so i'm going to get the monkey off my back this week. oh yes.
other than that i am taking on karen's advice and thinking more consciously about what i eat. i'm going to add in a couple of things each week to be more conscious of and see if i can't train myself into better habits. so, drum roll, please...
my two aims this week:
1. don't eat if you're not hungry
2. reduce fat intake
i'm writing down everything i've prepared or think i'm going to eat in the morning and the plan is to try to not eat all of it! that doesn't mean starve, it means i won't graze all morning, as i usually do, and to choose not to eat the things i'm trying to cut down on, like nuts, and choose better options if i really do need to eat.
i also read a short article recently on life changes which says that by changing 75% of your lifestyle you achieve what you aspire to but don't completely change your life. i think that's a good goal. realistic, achievable and pragmatic.
food diary
quarter pineapple, few blueberries
white tea throughout day
apple
big salad (spinach, peppers, romaine, onion, tomato, sprinkle of seeds, oil-based dressing but less oil than usual)
1 date, 1 pecan and 1 macadamia
banana
carrot & almond pate, zucchini hummus with flax crackers, green salad with oil-based dressing
white nectarine pudding (made this up, yet to be officially christened. 2 nectarines, 2 dates, few macadamias, few cashews, vanilla. blended as smooth as we could get. next time needs chilling)
not bad, fairly balanced, less oil than usual but then you get to dinner and see all those nuts. the pate and pudding made for a fairly heavy combo, too, we found about an hour later, as we were going to bed. must learn to think about that more carefully. particularly good, though, is that there is no coffee on that list and i was 100% raw! (tea doesn't count, it's sundried, not fermented, the water's hot but, look, i just don't care.)
