A Measure of Success

So, over the past two weeks, I have been doing well. Yaay me!

This is roughly what my daily food looks like.

Breakfast

Flax seed smoothie
2 tbsp Flax soaked over night in water)
2 dates, prunes or figs
A little fruit (a medium banana, two small slices of melon, a handful of green grapes)

Lunch

Green salad
Mixed leaves
A small avocado
Two (or three) tomatoes
Half a red pepper or two grated carrots.

A chopped banana or some green grapes
A few prunes
2-3 tbsp pumpkin seeds
Soy milk

Yes, I do pour the soy milk over the fruit and pumpkin seeds and eat it like a breakfast cereal.

Dinner is more of a mixed bag. Breakfast and lunch tend to be a bit more eat so that you have eaten. During the week, I look after myself for breakfast and lunch, but for dinner I eat mostly with my boyfriend, so I normally make something that we will both eat and I try to make it a meal full of vegetables be they cooked or raw.

A favourite of mine of vegan pho soup, with LOTS of bok choi, garlic and not so many noodles. I've found that if I am eating enough fruits and vegetables, then my body isn't telling me that it is desperate for bread and other carbohydrate dense food. Sometimes I give into chips or pasta, but that's only once a week.

I do snack if I am hungry, or stressed. Normally an organic apple or some pumpkin seeds fit the bill. I'm not the best water drinker, although I think I manage about a litre a day, I do however manage to drink over 1.5L in roibos tea, so my fluid intake is plenty.

As for my health, I have started to feel like my body is stronger and a little weight is coming off. And this is with only two raw meals a day, I wonder how good I will be feeling when I manage to release the need for cooked food completely?