Raw Conversion Week 1 - Day 3

Today was my third breakfast of raw foods. Actually, I had to skip yesterday, not enough groceries to make a decent green shake.

Here is today's shake recipe:

Green Smoothie (1)
2 Handfuls of baby spinach
1 handful of baby greens
2 small stalks of celery (no tops, they did not have any)
1/4 to 1/3 of a peeled cucumber (it was waxed, had to peel)
1/2 of an Avocado
Small pinch of Italian Parsley
About 1/2 cup of filtered water

Was a little less then I had anticipated, probably could have made it a bit bigger. Very refreshing flavor...I kept the parsley content low until I experimented with the flavor a bit. Not a TON of flavor to the shake itself, but it definitely was crisp and refreshing. I could really get to like these, have tried them before, and just fell out of habit. This will probably be a mainstay base recipe for green shakes.

Drank shake while getting ready for work (I know...bad), between 6-6:30am. Was pretty hungry at 9 am for an AM snackie snack (yes, I eat a lot of snacks....I like to think I have the metabolism of a fruit fly....or at least one aged to early 30's). The hunger was a 'natural' hunger though as I would call it. My stomach said I was hungry, but I did not feel shaky or crashing....just hungry.

My stomach was happy with the shake, which is always nice. My hunger throughout the day was not bad, and in general, happy with the choice to start with breakfasts raw first.

Rest of my meals for the day
AM Snack - Plain whole milk yogurt and frozen blueberries
Lunch - Leftovers from night before, cooked red meats and brn rice dish, was light on the veggies in this meal (made hubby a favorite meal the night before he went away for a week). Had a small piece of 85% dark chocolate to stem cravings.
Afternoon snack - Raw cucumber slices, cherry tomatoes, and sliced orange bell pepper
Dinner - munching....meat and veggie based leftovers really was the theme.


Physically, my shoulder and neck muscles locked up for a very stiff, 'turn head and whole body together' type of day. Stress has been high, and now my back is really getting bad. Acupuncture appt. tomorrow, haven't had one in ages. Should help, but expecting to be sore. Going to up my fluid intake to help out.

In general, the pain of today just reminded me how much I still want to improve my health to another level. Its not locking up near as bad as it used to...two years ago I would have been out of work for the day with migraine like tension headaches. So I am completely accepting of the improvement to be able to work through the day and actually feel not so bad tonight. Still motivated to move forward on the progress though, I know anything is possible.