eat raw food for energy
I am two months in to my new way of eating. I love it. I am satisfied, energized, all aches and pains are gone, and my excess weight is coming off faster than I could have ever imagined. So far, 35lbs in 60days. So, I talk about it with everyone and had a conversation with my bff/business partner on Saturday. He is always tired, and can't seem to get thru his day without an afternoon nap. When he takes vacations, or long weekends away from it all, he never seems to come back home refreshed. His work requires mental clarity, sharpness and long hours but... he is seriously always TIRED. He has been watching my progress every step of the way and has been so encouraging. He is not overweight and I have always considered his diet healthy (brown rice over white rice, sweet potato instead of white potato, wheat pasta instead of white pasta etc) He also works our regularly and his body reflects that. He knows that I put wheatgrass in my smoothies every day and I mentioned that green smoothies with wheatgrass would give him energy.
Well, he emailed me his diet and to put it bluntly - we were both shocked when we really looked at it on paper. Except for a daily banana and an occasional avocado or bit of tomato, everything he ate was dead. He was getting no nutrition. Just like me, all those years I was stuck on the high protein/low carb diet. I would never think of eating a piece of fruit!
Here is what he was eating:
Breakfast: wheat toast, scrambled eggs frm 1 whole egg and 1 egg white, sometimes avocado on top
Lunch: grilled chicken, veggies & sweet potato
4pm: turkey wrap w/ corn tortilla, tomatoes, banana & mountain dew (to get off the couch & go to the gym! )
Dinner: salmon, brown rice & brocolli. Theeeeeennnnn the floodgates open & I wanna eat ALL the chocolate in the world but I don't! I'll have some small desert.
After looking it over, he decided that he would immediately begin to incorporate raw foods into his diet. He is eating lots of raw fruits and veggies, salads and smoothies and guess what? Just a few days in and here is his testimonial to how he is feeling:
"I am truly blown away at how full I feel and how satisfied I am, eating what I'm eating....what I'm finding the MOST satisfying is the total guilt free eating...I just love the whole thing. I feel like everything I have ever craved and felt so so guilty eating I'm just not craving anymore. I even made a whole wheat pasta the other night w/ tuna and loaded it up with brocolli and carrots and I was so satisfied later. I actually see a difference in my energy levels. I still get tired but it's a different tired. It's just normal tired. It's not like "oh my god I can't go up the steps" tired."
Posted By: jeanette On: 2009-09-10 14:48:43 |
