Attempted and Failed – Healing Journey Day 59

Journal:
I felt fairly good waking up today, though I was tired. It was time to go back to work, though it would be a short and broken-up week.

Please excuse the language at the bottom of this book.

At first, I thought about starting Day 1 of the Summer Edition of 7 Days of Fruitrition  in the ebook, Go Fruit Yourself! by Freelee the Banana Girl. In preparation, I packed a watermelon which was the breakfast. However, I also packed bananas and spinach as I still owed one smoothie from that program. I didn’t even get to start eating the watermelon until lunch, and though it was an alright watermelon, I can definitely tell the difference between the quality now and the quality from the summer. It’s definitely not as good.

After finally finishing this small, 3.5 kg watermelon (the guide suggests an 8 kg one), I never got a chance to eat the rest of the work day and that was a mistake. I was not able to go home until after 9:00 pm meaning I had put in a 13+ hour day. Let’s just say… I did not complete Day 1. I ended up ordering food and though one item was a cooked, vegan pizza, the other was a big, raw salad. It does amaze me that even though I easily am falling back into bad, cooked food patterns, I have enhanced my desire for raw foods. I could not eat the cooked food without mentally knowing I had a big salad to go with it. That part of me has completely changed. I know that I need and my body screams for the raw foods.

As I said, I worked a long night preparing for my substitute tomorrow. I’m going to a Math PD with the other lower elementary teachers I work with, and it isn’t just a normal preparation, it also includes a Remembrance Day ceremony where we each create a wreath of poppies to present at the ceremony. That took up a bit of time to make.

Needless to say, I did not make it to the gym tonight. It was too late by the time I got home. So instead, I stayed up and worked some more (there never seems to be a shortage), and went to sleep.

Review of Symptoms:
-Acne is bad.
-Tired.
-Hair is feeling a little greasy after the water rinse today.
-Hip flexor is feeling a little better but not great.

Weight at the end of the day = 168.7 lbs (up 1.9 lbs from yesterday)

Total Calories = 2111 (68% carbs, 25% fat, 7% protein… too much fat…)

Rawsome Healthy 5/5 – Healing Journey Day 58

Journal:
Today was a very busy and fully planned day. Today I planned on finishing the meal plans from the Rawsome Healthy guide and needed to go shopping for my next venture: The Go Fruit Yourself 2-week guide by Freelee the Banana Girl. Though I still wasn’t feeling 100% because of the little bit of extra, cooked food I had yesterday. I honestly don’t feel anywhere near as good eating cooked food as I do with a fully raw diet. I just somehow have to find a cheaper way to do this since everything is imported in the winter here and prices go up. Either way, I’m determined.

This morning, I had a different smoothie: apples, dates, and celery. It was incredibly sweet and a little refreshing because of the celery. I would mess around with it a little bit (perhaps more water), but I would definitely drink it again!

After I ate breakfast, I went out to go grocery shopping. I didn’t expect what I would encounter, and I made a mistake: I ended up going to 7 grocery stores in order to get everything I needed, and I didn’t prepare anything to take with me. At one grocery store, I ended up purchasing a small, not raw treat. However, I found an absolute gem at an Asian market! I found raw sugar cane juice! Oh my goodness… I finally understand why people like it so much! It was by far my favourite thing, and I would totally live off this stuff!

After I got home, I got ready to make my last salad right away. I had another soccer game to get ready for and I didn’t want to have a full stomach before the game. The salad was ok, though again not my favourite. Truly the only dinner I would probably make from this guide again was the dinner from Day 3. But for tonight, I was at least able to finish this salad and it definitely fuelled me for my salad.

The soccer game was good, though my hip flexor pain was coming back. I’m quickly realizing that this is a common injury amongst “kickers” which is when it hurts the most during the soccer game. I’m going to have to start personal therapy after researching what to do. If necessary, I will go to therapy of sorts.

After the game, I ate 2 persimmons on the way home and another 5 after getting home. And that concluded my night. I did really well today, though I have to somehow find a way to stop eating earlier in the day. I don’t think my body is appreciating eating so late at night, but that will be progress somehow.

Review of Symptoms:
-Acne is bad.
-Energy is good.
-“Kicking” Hip Flexor issue is bad after the soccer game.
-Body does much better on all raw.
-Hair is great.

Weight at the end of the day = 166.8 lbs (down 1 lb from yesterday)

Total Calories = 1735 (85% carbs, 6% fat, 9% protein)