Oh my God, I was so emo today! I need to snap out of this funk! I've already complained on the Give It To Me Raw forums, so I will spare you here. Tomorrow will be better, because I am going to my first raw vegan restaurant! I will tell you how it is. Whee!
Today, I weighed 257.5 pounds. I've lost 2 pounds from yesterday, and 5.5 pounds total since the beginning of my challenge.
I snacked pretty much all day today, so I never really had a 'meal'. In order to hurry my number 2 along, I decided to eat all fruit. Boooooy, did that work.
I ate:
Oranges - 470 grams, 230.3 calories, .7 grams fat, 4.3 grams protein
Cherries - 280 grams, 176.4 calories, .6 grams fat, 3 grams protein
Bananas - 500 grams, 445 calories, 1.7 grams fat, 5.5 grams protein
Spinach - 130 grams, 29.9 calories, .5 grams fat, 3.7 grams protein (Smoothie!)
Blueberries - 230 grams, 131.1 calories, .8 grams fat, 1.7 grams protein
Totals - 1013 calories, 4 grams fat, 18 grams protein
See you guys tomorrow!
Friday, May 30, 2008
Thursday, May 29, 2008
100 for 100: Day 4
Oy. I'm really angsty today. Maybe it's because (and pardon me) I haven't taken a crap in 24 hours. I know there's some stuff wanting to come out! Maybe it's because I sat with my family while they ate my favorite cooked vegetarian meal. Who knows!
What I do know is that, although I am strong in my commitment, there are tiny things that are frustrating me. I don't want to quit, I don't want to break my 100%, but there's this little bud of anger inside of me that is rebelling against this change.
I have tried to reach out to my 'real' friends, but they just don't understand what I am doing. Despite the obvious benefits, they feel it is extreme. They talk about the tastes and memories they would miss, and it's hard for me not to do the same. One way I am trying to preserve those memories is to force myself into the 'normal' situations in which those memories were created, like our family dinner time. My husband has been super awesome about making dinner so that I don't have to cook meat or create familiar cooked vegetarian recipes that would entice me, but I still have to watch them eat it! Tonight especially, I felt like a kid outside the window of the candy store. I don't want to eat cooked foods; I only want it because I cannot have them.
Or I perceive I cannot have them. I do have a will. I do have a choice. I am choosing to be healthy. I just can't lose sight of that.
Oy. I'm rambling..sorry!
So, this morning I weighed in at 259, which is .5 down from yesterday and 3.5 down total since going 100% raw. Go me!
Today, I ate:
Breakfast:
Oranges - 490 grams, 240.1 calories, .7 grams fat, 4.5 grams protein
Snack:
Pineapple - 520 grams, 249.6 calories, .6 grams fat, 2.8 grams protein
Lunch:
Salad avec:
Avocado - 140 grams, 224 calories, 20.5 grams fat, 2.8 grams protein
Cucumber - 310 grams, 46.5 calories, .3 grams fat, 2 grams protein
Red Pepper - 220 grams, 57.2 calories, .7 grams fat, 2.2 grams protein
Tomatoes - 220 grams, 39.6 calories, .4 grams fat, 1.9 grams protein
Cilantro - 20 grams, 4.6 calories, .1 grams fat, .4 grams protein
(This was so super huge, it lasted me into a late afternoon snack.)
Dinner:
Fluffy smoothie:
Spinach - 130 grams, 29.9 calories, .5 grams fat, 3.7 grams protein
Banana - 470 grams, 418.3 calories, 1.6 grams fat, 5.1 grams protein
Totals - 1310 calories, 25 grams fat (eesh, that's high!), 25 grams protein
Well, I got more calories but I need to watch that fat! Darn those avocados!
<3!
What I do know is that, although I am strong in my commitment, there are tiny things that are frustrating me. I don't want to quit, I don't want to break my 100%, but there's this little bud of anger inside of me that is rebelling against this change.
I have tried to reach out to my 'real' friends, but they just don't understand what I am doing. Despite the obvious benefits, they feel it is extreme. They talk about the tastes and memories they would miss, and it's hard for me not to do the same. One way I am trying to preserve those memories is to force myself into the 'normal' situations in which those memories were created, like our family dinner time. My husband has been super awesome about making dinner so that I don't have to cook meat or create familiar cooked vegetarian recipes that would entice me, but I still have to watch them eat it! Tonight especially, I felt like a kid outside the window of the candy store. I don't want to eat cooked foods; I only want it because I cannot have them.
Or I perceive I cannot have them. I do have a will. I do have a choice. I am choosing to be healthy. I just can't lose sight of that.
Oy. I'm rambling..sorry!
So, this morning I weighed in at 259, which is .5 down from yesterday and 3.5 down total since going 100% raw. Go me!
Today, I ate:
Breakfast:
Oranges - 490 grams, 240.1 calories, .7 grams fat, 4.5 grams protein
Snack:
Pineapple - 520 grams, 249.6 calories, .6 grams fat, 2.8 grams protein
Lunch:
Salad avec:
Avocado - 140 grams, 224 calories, 20.5 grams fat, 2.8 grams protein
Cucumber - 310 grams, 46.5 calories, .3 grams fat, 2 grams protein
Red Pepper - 220 grams, 57.2 calories, .7 grams fat, 2.2 grams protein
Tomatoes - 220 grams, 39.6 calories, .4 grams fat, 1.9 grams protein
Cilantro - 20 grams, 4.6 calories, .1 grams fat, .4 grams protein
(This was so super huge, it lasted me into a late afternoon snack.)
Dinner:
Fluffy smoothie:
Spinach - 130 grams, 29.9 calories, .5 grams fat, 3.7 grams protein
Banana - 470 grams, 418.3 calories, 1.6 grams fat, 5.1 grams protein
Totals - 1310 calories, 25 grams fat (eesh, that's high!), 25 grams protein
Well, I got more calories but I need to watch that fat! Darn those avocados!
<3!
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
100 for 100: Day 3
Yikes.
Okay, everyone talks about the emotional detox. I thought to myself, "Self, you'll be just fine."
Ha.
Ha ha.
Ha.
So, I lost it today. All these EMOTIONS just started pouring out of my eyeballs, and then I kept going because I realized I couldn't soothe and feed them with the normal gobs of ice cream and Taco Bell. Then I realized - I have to deal with them.
What?! What?! DEAL WITH THEM? Ugh.
So, deal with them I did and I made it through the day emotionally drained, but still 100% raw. I am still a tiny bit worried about my caloric intake. I think I need to throw in a few more random snacks or something. Eesh. I did have a bit of a headache in the evening because I waited for the rest of my family's dinner to be prepared. I should have just had a snack while they were cooking, and my smoothie at dinner.
My energy was awesome in the beginning of the day, but after my boohoo session, I was pretty zonked. HMM. What's good unzonking food? I need to investigate.
I weighed in this morning at 259.5 lbs. That is 1 lb. down from yesterday, for a total of three pounds lost. Go me!
Here's what I ate today:
Breakfast. around 8ish:
Oranges - 300 grams, 147 calories, .9 grams fat, 3.1 grams protein
Snack, around 10ish:
Blueberries - 160 grams, 91.2 calories, .5 grams fat, 1.2 grams protein
Lunch, around 1ish:
Salad avec:
Spinach - 150 grams, 34.5 calories, .6 grams fat, 4.3 grams protein
Avocado - 90 grams, 144 calories, 13.2 grams fat, 1.8 grams protein
Tomatoes - 340 grams, 61.2 calories, .7 grams fat, 3 grams protein
Cucumber - 270 grams, 40.5 calories, .3 grams fat, 1.8 grams protein
Red Pepper - 22o grams, 57.2 calories, .7 grams fat, 2.2 grams protein
Dinner, around 7 ish: (yikes, six hours without a bit of love in my belly?!)
Fluffy Smoothie
Spinach - 100 grams, 23 calories, .4 grams fat, 2.9 grams protein
Bananas - 340 grams, 302.6 calories, 1.1 grams fat, 3.7 grams protein
Totals: 901 calories, 18 grams fat, 24 grams protein
<3!
Okay, everyone talks about the emotional detox. I thought to myself, "Self, you'll be just fine."
Ha.
Ha ha.
Ha.
So, I lost it today. All these EMOTIONS just started pouring out of my eyeballs, and then I kept going because I realized I couldn't soothe and feed them with the normal gobs of ice cream and Taco Bell. Then I realized - I have to deal with them.
What?! What?! DEAL WITH THEM? Ugh.
So, deal with them I did and I made it through the day emotionally drained, but still 100% raw. I am still a tiny bit worried about my caloric intake. I think I need to throw in a few more random snacks or something. Eesh. I did have a bit of a headache in the evening because I waited for the rest of my family's dinner to be prepared. I should have just had a snack while they were cooking, and my smoothie at dinner.
My energy was awesome in the beginning of the day, but after my boohoo session, I was pretty zonked. HMM. What's good unzonking food? I need to investigate.
I weighed in this morning at 259.5 lbs. That is 1 lb. down from yesterday, for a total of three pounds lost. Go me!
Here's what I ate today:
Breakfast. around 8ish:
Oranges - 300 grams, 147 calories, .9 grams fat, 3.1 grams protein
Snack, around 10ish:
Blueberries - 160 grams, 91.2 calories, .5 grams fat, 1.2 grams protein
Lunch, around 1ish:
Salad avec:
Spinach - 150 grams, 34.5 calories, .6 grams fat, 4.3 grams protein
Avocado - 90 grams, 144 calories, 13.2 grams fat, 1.8 grams protein
Tomatoes - 340 grams, 61.2 calories, .7 grams fat, 3 grams protein
Cucumber - 270 grams, 40.5 calories, .3 grams fat, 1.8 grams protein
Red Pepper - 22o grams, 57.2 calories, .7 grams fat, 2.2 grams protein
Dinner, around 7 ish: (yikes, six hours without a bit of love in my belly?!)
Fluffy Smoothie
Spinach - 100 grams, 23 calories, .4 grams fat, 2.9 grams protein
Bananas - 340 grams, 302.6 calories, 1.1 grams fat, 3.7 grams protein
Totals: 901 calories, 18 grams fat, 24 grams protein
<3!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
100 for 100: Day 2
Wow! What a day!
First, I feel totally great. Last night, I ended up going to bed with a bit of a migraine; a little ice on my neck and a cold towel on my head took care of that, and I slept beautifully. My daughter sneaked into bed with me at 6:30. By that point, I had been awake for about a half an hour and spent some awesome mommy-daughter time with Ester.
I went shopping, did tons of housework, went to physical therapy (for an old neck injury), prepared dinner for my family - all with TONS of energy, love, and happiness. Usually, I have to sleep until 8:30 and take a nap after lunch. I haven't taken a nap since I started my raw transition.
WOW?!
Also, I've been gleaning quite a bit from the community at Give It To Me Raw. One poster gave me the link to a neat website called Nutridiary. I've been logging my food there - it's a great visual analyzing tool. Check it out!
My weight: 260.5 lbs. I'm down 2 pounds from yesterday, the start of my diet.
Here's what I ate today:
Breakfast:
Blueberries - 200 grams, 114 calories, .7 grams fat, 1.5 grams protein
Snack:
Pineapple - 480 grams, 216 calories, .6 grams fat, 2.6 grams protein
Lunch:
Avocado salad thing:
Avocado - 100 grams, 120 calories, 10.1 grams fat, 2.2 grams protein
Cucumber - 220 grams, 33 calories, .2 grams fat, 1.4 grams protein
Red Pepper - 180 grams, 46.8 calories, .5 grams fat, 1.8 grams protein
Cilantro - 40 grams, 9.2 calories, .2 grams fat, .9 grams protein
Tomatoes - 320 grams, 67.2 calories, 1.1 gram fat, 2.7 grams protein
Dinner:
Fluffy Smoothie-
Spinach - 130 grams, 29.9 calories, .5 grams fat, 3.7 grams protein
Bananas - 560 grams, 498.4 calories, 1.8 grams fat, 6.1 grams protein
Total Calories: 1134 calories, 16 grams fat, 23 grams protein
Yikes! I need more calories! I also need to find a good way to get more iron in my diet. I can't wait for tomorrow. :-D
<3!
First, I feel totally great. Last night, I ended up going to bed with a bit of a migraine; a little ice on my neck and a cold towel on my head took care of that, and I slept beautifully. My daughter sneaked into bed with me at 6:30. By that point, I had been awake for about a half an hour and spent some awesome mommy-daughter time with Ester.
I went shopping, did tons of housework, went to physical therapy (for an old neck injury), prepared dinner for my family - all with TONS of energy, love, and happiness. Usually, I have to sleep until 8:30 and take a nap after lunch. I haven't taken a nap since I started my raw transition.
WOW?!
Also, I've been gleaning quite a bit from the community at Give It To Me Raw. One poster gave me the link to a neat website called Nutridiary. I've been logging my food there - it's a great visual analyzing tool. Check it out!
My weight: 260.5 lbs. I'm down 2 pounds from yesterday, the start of my diet.
Here's what I ate today:
Breakfast:
Blueberries - 200 grams, 114 calories, .7 grams fat, 1.5 grams protein
Snack:
Pineapple - 480 grams, 216 calories, .6 grams fat, 2.6 grams protein
Lunch:
Avocado salad thing:
Avocado - 100 grams, 120 calories, 10.1 grams fat, 2.2 grams protein
Cucumber - 220 grams, 33 calories, .2 grams fat, 1.4 grams protein
Red Pepper - 180 grams, 46.8 calories, .5 grams fat, 1.8 grams protein
Cilantro - 40 grams, 9.2 calories, .2 grams fat, .9 grams protein
Tomatoes - 320 grams, 67.2 calories, 1.1 gram fat, 2.7 grams protein
Dinner:
Fluffy Smoothie-
Spinach - 130 grams, 29.9 calories, .5 grams fat, 3.7 grams protein
Bananas - 560 grams, 498.4 calories, 1.8 grams fat, 6.1 grams protein
Total Calories: 1134 calories, 16 grams fat, 23 grams protein
Yikes! I need more calories! I also need to find a good way to get more iron in my diet. I can't wait for tomorrow. :-D
<3!
Monday, May 26, 2008
100 for 100: Day 1
Oy. Today was pretty hard, to be honest. I wanted to start on Memorial Day, but the picnics nearly did me in! Thankfully, I had my handy little bucket o' fruit and maintained my time with the family and my newly found raw food religion. Phew!
I weighed in this morning at 262.5 pounds. This is my starting weight, which is down from 286 pounds in December.
We started wicked late, so breakfast was around 9 AM. I had:
A fluffy green smoothie:
Bananas (4) 342 grams - 304 calories, 3.7 grams protein, 1.1 grams fat
Spinach 100 grams - 23 calories, 2.9 grams protein, .4 grams fat
Total: 365 calories, 6.6 grams protein, 1.5 grams fat
Lunch, after the parade (whee!) around 1 PM:
Spinach 154 grams - 35 calories, 4.4 grams protein, .6 grams fat
Tomatoes 284 grams - 57 calories, 2.5 grams protein, .6 grams fat
Cucumber 322 grams - 39 calories,, 1.9 grams protein, .5 grams fat
Red Bell Pepper 190 grams - 49 calories, 1.9 grams protain, .6 grams fat
Cold-Pressed Olive Oil - 1 T 120 calories, 0 protein, 14 grams fat
Totals: 1070 calories, 10.7 grams protein, 16.3 grams fat
Snackish Dinner, at the BBQ around 4 PM:
Watermelon: 1028 grams - 308 calories, 6.3 grams protein, 1.5 gram fat
Snack, around 8 PM:
Fluffy Green Smoothie:
Spinach 90 grams - 21 calories, 2.6 grams protein, .4 grams fat
Bananas (3) 400 grams - 356 calories, 4.4 grams protein, 1.3 grams fat
Total: 377 calories, 7 grams protein, 1.7 grams fat
Total for the Day:
2120 calories, 30.6 grams protein, 21 grams fat
Not bad! I have nothing to eat tomorrow (aside from breakfast nummies), so I get to go shopping! I friggin' love to shop, seriously. I'm pretty happy with my daily intake, especially with the fat - it's right at 10%. Right now, I'm keeping meals super simple, but I intend to experiment a bit more after I detox and get a bit more comfortable.
Oh! Detox. Today, I just have a bit of a headache. So far, so good.
See you guys bright and early!
I weighed in this morning at 262.5 pounds. This is my starting weight, which is down from 286 pounds in December.
We started wicked late, so breakfast was around 9 AM. I had:
A fluffy green smoothie:
Bananas (4) 342 grams - 304 calories, 3.7 grams protein, 1.1 grams fat
Spinach 100 grams - 23 calories, 2.9 grams protein, .4 grams fat
Total: 365 calories, 6.6 grams protein, 1.5 grams fat
Lunch, after the parade (whee!) around 1 PM:
Spinach 154 grams - 35 calories, 4.4 grams protein, .6 grams fat
Tomatoes 284 grams - 57 calories, 2.5 grams protein, .6 grams fat
Cucumber 322 grams - 39 calories,, 1.9 grams protein, .5 grams fat
Red Bell Pepper 190 grams - 49 calories, 1.9 grams protain, .6 grams fat
Cold-Pressed Olive Oil - 1 T 120 calories, 0 protein, 14 grams fat
Totals: 1070 calories, 10.7 grams protein, 16.3 grams fat
Snackish Dinner, at the BBQ around 4 PM:
Watermelon: 1028 grams - 308 calories, 6.3 grams protein, 1.5 gram fat
Snack, around 8 PM:
Fluffy Green Smoothie:
Spinach 90 grams - 21 calories, 2.6 grams protein, .4 grams fat
Bananas (3) 400 grams - 356 calories, 4.4 grams protein, 1.3 grams fat
Total: 377 calories, 7 grams protein, 1.7 grams fat
Total for the Day:
2120 calories, 30.6 grams protein, 21 grams fat
Not bad! I have nothing to eat tomorrow (aside from breakfast nummies), so I get to go shopping! I friggin' love to shop, seriously. I'm pretty happy with my daily intake, especially with the fat - it's right at 10%. Right now, I'm keeping meals super simple, but I intend to experiment a bit more after I detox and get a bit more comfortable.
Oh! Detox. Today, I just have a bit of a headache. So far, so good.
See you guys bright and early!
First blog!
Go first blog, go first blog, go! If you can imagine it, I'm doing the cabbage patch. Well, not really. Whatever. Details, details.
My name is Sarah Hernandez, and today is my very first day (are you ready for it?) 100% raw! Cue trumpets, fanfare, and obligatory cheerleaders. I've decided to go raw for 100 days. 100% raw for 100 days. 100 for 100. Clever, ain't it? I do try.
I have been a vegetarian for about three months; well, not a vegetarian. A junkatarian. Cheese, pasta, pizza, chips'n'dips - these were my steady friends. While I was losing weight, I became increasingly aware of the lack of quality in my food. I like to think of myself as progressive, so I evaluated my choices and make a conscious decision to do better.
A few weeks ago, I came across a YouTube video of Angela Stokes and her experience with raw food. Researching vegan options, I found her AGAIN. All right, universe - I GET IT! I HEAR YOU! I started researching raw food and found Steve Pavlina, and the We Like it Raw community. I was hooked. Everyone who fully embraces the raw diet seems so healthy and vibrant, and I wanted a slice of that all-natural, uncooked pie. So I made the decision to take the proverbial plunge, and here I am - day one: raw foodie.
I will be blogging in greater detail my meals, my nutritional intake, and my health progress because I know there are so many people out there that, like me, have questions. I hope to draw people to this path. It's been amazing so far, and I've just begun.
Mucho love!
I have been a vegetarian for about three months; well, not a vegetarian. A junkatarian. Cheese, pasta, pizza, chips'n'dips - these were my steady friends. While I was losing weight, I became increasingly aware of the lack of quality in my food. I like to think of myself as progressive, so I evaluated my choices and make a conscious decision to do better.
A few weeks ago, I came across a YouTube video of Angela Stokes and her experience with raw food. Researching vegan options, I found her AGAIN. All right, universe - I GET IT! I HEAR YOU! I started researching raw food and found Steve Pavlina, and the We Like it Raw community. I was hooked. Everyone who fully embraces the raw diet seems so healthy and vibrant, and I wanted a slice of that all-natural, uncooked pie. So I made the decision to take the proverbial plunge, and here I am - day one: raw foodie.
I will be blogging in greater detail my meals, my nutritional intake, and my health progress because I know there are so many people out there that, like me, have questions. I hope to draw people to this path. It's been amazing so far, and I've just begun.
Mucho love!
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