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September 27, 2004

Day 24

Can't believe it has been 3 weeks already. Last Sunday when I did my 2 week weigh in I was at 65 1/2 kilos while Ross was at 65k, so the weight is balancing out nice and slowly. My next weigh in is tomorrow so I will note it here on the blog. I really like the way my clothes are fitting me better. Ross and I are still having strong cleansing reactions which include digestive problems of cramping, nausea and generally upset stomach. Don't feel like eating much and anything we do eat is very simple. We will definitely have to invest in a Vitamix blender as all the blending of nuts and seeds and especiallly coconuts is very hard on your standard domestic blender which just doesn't cut it - you can't get the necessary creamy consistency.

We tried a raw cauliflower dish this week with a mushroom sauce but the stomachs couldn't handle it yet. I think we need to keep it simple for a while longer until our tastes adjust a bit more. Still enjoying the food anyway and have absolutely no desire to head back down the cooked food route. Even though our tummies are going through their thing at the moment we are still, in other ways, feeling better - sort of lighter and clearer on all levels. More than anything I love being free of food cravings, attachments and desires.

My relationship to food feels a whole lot heathier. We just see this early part as a necessary cleansing, not a reason to stop. My eyesight has been very poor over these 3 weeks and so as time goes by I am hoping for great improvements. Emotionally we are not as irritable and grumpy as the first week and find we both handle stress a lot better. Don't have a lot of energy yet with the tummy upset so not feeling like running out the door to the gym yet, aren't even walking as much as I used to. Our muscles just feel tired.

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September 15, 2004

Major cleansing through days 11 and 12

Just when you think the cleansing has peaked and can't get worse it does. I am going through major symptoms including the cold I had at the start of the 100% raw diet getting worse and worse and last night I had major stomach cramps as though something quite toxic was moving out of my system. I feel weak and exhausted and my hip is waking me a lot during the night. I am also experiencing cramps in my feet during the night. I was also so hot during the night that I felt like I was burning up.

The candida is raging rampant in my body now that I have been having some fruit and dried fruit so I am going to cut it back for a while - probably 3 weeks and keep taking grapefruit seed extract to bring it all into balance. I also want to get the pickled vegies going for the enzymes which will also help to bring a healthy balance into my system. Ross is feeling weak and exhausted too and has lumps popping up on his legs and arms. We figure it will be at least another week of major cleansing. Hopefully, fingers crossed, it will ease after that.

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September 13, 2004

Fighting a cold on Day 10

Not surprising really considering it is only just coming into Spring and half the population of Auckland seem to be off with this annoying cold and persistant cough. I had hoped it would be gone by now but it is sticking around and along with all the other cleansing that comes with the big change in our diet, it is sure a challenge. I easily feel overwhelmed and stressed by the end of the night and so both Ross and I are having early nights but neither of us are sleeping soundly through the night as our bodies go through their cleanouts. Still enjoying the raw food though.

Yesterday made a tomato type sauce out of the cookbook that was a bit strong for Ross and I so I adjusted it and we had it on our salads today- absolutely delicious. Plus I made the carob cake which we both took today with a lovely coconut/banana sauce poured over it. 2 of the ladies at work tried it and loved it. Feeling a bit exhausted tonight so I am going to make us very simple salads. The cake will last a few more days and it is great having it in the fridge as a backup. Still starting the day on raw green juice with green powder followed by nut/seed milk smoothie. Had Papaya in it today - yum yum. Ross and I are noticing that we savor our food more and are really aware of the different flavors.

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September 12, 2004

Doing it hard days 6,7, & 8

There is definitely a lot of cleansing going on in both Ross' and my bodies. We are both going through symptoms like weakness, exhaustion, headaches, nausea, lack of appetite and unable to sleep fully. Add this to pressure in our day to day lives that is more than usual and things start looking ugly. We have both struggled to keep it together to get the things done that we have needed to. Emotionally I have been feeling angry, overwhelmed, stressed easily, irritated and annoyed. It wouldn't take much for me to lose it and blow a fuse. It can only get better from here on in.

Made delicious hazelnut milk today with added fruits and other flavors and made sure to use the 5 flavors in it that Victoria Butenko recommends. Tell you what, it sure makes a difference to the food to do that and Ross' and my appreciation of flavors has increased 10 fold. Also made the un-chocolate cake out of her recipe book - yum yum. No, I absolutely do not miss cooked food yet at all.

I weighed myself today so that I know that in the first week I have lost 1 and a half kilos and now weigh 66.5 kilos. Ross wanted me to note his weight which, 3 days ago was 65.5 Kilos. I told him I didn't want to as I told him that it is embarrassing letting people know that he weighs less than me. But then I thought, what the heck! So there you go.

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September 09, 2004

Feeling weak on Day 6

Much to Ross' and my surprise, the food is the easy part of the raw food diet in these early stages. We have felt a bit tireder this week and are getting to bed early but find that we both are sort of awake around 4:00 am for a while then sleep heavy to 7 am and don't feel like getting up. Especially today we both feel quite tired and weak. We must be experiencing some ongoing cleansing as even our bowels are throwing out more than usual. Last night had an amazing occurrence - woke at one point and had a newly opened sore ulcer in my mouth and then awoke again a couple of hours later and it was already healing over and so when I finally got up it had gone. One could almost think that it had been imagined except that it was too sore for that.

Emotionally also feeling weak and overwhelmed and like going and crawling into bed with a good book for at least a week and not having to deal with anything. Victoria Boutenko's videos arrived yesterday and we have already watched one - it is excellent, highly informative and well worth getting. Have just had green juice with green powder for breakfast and will follow with sesame seed milk. Salad and nori rolls for lunch and dinner plus will make the un-chocolate cake - all very delicious. See you later.

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September 07, 2004

Still Coasting on Day 3

At this point the food seems to be the easy part as we enjoy stuffed nori rolls, unchocolate almond milk, Sergei's amazing Truffles (recipes out of 12 steps to raw foods). I went out to get a mortar and pestle today so that I can start making the pickled vegetables so we can benefit from the enzymes in them. I said to Ross, after a large salad and big serving of the almond milk, that we were going to end up looking like butterballs instead of losing weight since we like the food so much. I was feeling a bit tired today as is Ross so we think that our bodies are clearing out stuff. My back is also painful and feels like it is out so I am going to get it seen to tomorrow.

Walking through the streets tonight I could smell food cooking and it smelled nice but not enough for me to want it. Victoria Boutenko reckons that after 2 months you don't even notice it. Still can't get over how well the body maintains its own warmth in this cold weather without the hot food - amazing really. In a lot of ways I feel warmer on the raw food, think my body processes it better - interesting.

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September 06, 2004

Day One and Two

Hi,

As of yesterday I and my partner Ross are raw foodists and at this point can honestly say that we are loving it. Ross and I arrived at this point in our lives due to health issues we are both experiencing - Ross, prostate cancer which does not want to go away and myself with joint aches and pains, chronic fatigue, digestive disorders, systemic candida, failing eyesight and menstrual problems. It doesn't seem a hard decision to make after all these years of dabbling in 'health foods' and practices which now all seemed to be heading for this point. The final frontier to making this step was the realization that I was 'sugar addict', and now realize, a 'cooked food addict' and have huge emotional attachments to my food and eating that weren't doing me any favors.

In the week building up to the change I tapped on all the fears that came up (EFT - emofree.com) and it seemed to make a huge difference as there was no emotional cravings holding me back yesterday. I also made sure to read up and stock up so that Ross and I were able to prepare really delicious meals that meant we did not miss cooked food at all. Leaving work today I could hear the little voice inside me that loved to grab something sweet as a little treat as I headed home - but I just ignored it and headed home to a delicious salad. So far the funniest thing is that neither Ross and I are feeling the cold like we thought we would since we are still in Winter.

Anyway, early days yet and I look forward to sharing this journey with those of you who are interested. Lastly, have weighed my self to gauge weight loss as we go and at this point as we start I am 68 kilos or 149lbs. Cheers

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