Day 8 or 9 - Deborah - I forget which it is

Yesterday, I blew up like a balloon again after having a fruit smoothie for breakfast, carrots and raw almonds for lunch.  I bought a salad from Trader Joes for dinner but was afraid to eat for fear that I would blow away.  So we had a Class at my house and everyone who came over was starving.  We called Sylvia and asked her to bring something to eat.  Bob had cooked broiled chicken breast and steamed broccoli which is my favorite meal.  I had planned to sneak in the kitchen later and eat some.  But, much to my chagrin, Bob ate it all!  So Sylvia brought pizza.  I ate pizza.  Lots and lots of pizza. 

And guess what?  All stomach problems disappeared!  I was in heaven.

So I talked to several vegetarians who came over and they were telling me that not everyone is cut out to eat Raw.  Which I gladly clung to since I was having so many stomach problems.  AND not losing any weight.  Which I really don't understand.  Someone told me that the body processed fruits and vegetables differently than other food and you didn't have to count calories.

I have found out differently. 

So, I went to a dietitian today and talked to her for an hour.  She reinforced my thoughts that a calorie is a calorie is a calorie is a calorie.  It's a numbers game.  Which I understand very well.  You put so many calorie numbers in....and you work off so many calories.  The sum total of that number is subtracted from your resting metabolism.  If you have too many left, you gain weight.  If you have less left, you lose weight.

Now, I went on this Raw Diet to be more healthy (with the many testimonials of people that I would lose weight in the process).  Not true for me.  Plus I have been having horrific stomach problems.  So, that in itself, would leave you to believe it can't be that healthy for me if my body is rejecting it.

My dietitian told me I was eating way too much fruit (in my smoothies) and too many high carbohydrate count vegetables.  My body needs a higher level of protein to function smoothly.  Now I believe this because whenever I eat a diet largely consisting of meat, my stomach never bothered me.

So, I am going off raw.

I plan to eat clean though.   My perfect day is as follows:

Breakfast:  Steel cut oatmeal with blueberries and coffee.
Lunch:  Big Salad
Dinner:  Grilled meat of some kind, raw salad and cooked vegetables.

Sorry,Charlotte, but I guess I just couldn't make the cut.