Diary: Curvie Girlie: A Yo-Yo's Reformation
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foreveryoung
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raw food diets are cool, personally i would never do one but this is beacuse as a vegan i tend to encorperate a hell of a lot of raw food in my diet natuarrly. raw veg is geogous!
would love to learn to make more raw foods though, but not quite got round to it. raw pasta (not really pasta, but made with veg shaped in ways with a sauce) is lovely though.
good luck - for most this diet is very tough from what i hear, but it seemed to work for you already
would love to learn to make more raw foods though, but not quite got round to it. raw pasta (not really pasta, but made with veg shaped in ways with a sauce) is lovely though.
good luck - for most this diet is very tough from what i hear, but it seemed to work for you already
Curvie Girlie
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Still Raw
Today marks day 8 of being raw. I weighed myself this morning and was astounded to see that I'm down to 151.0 lbs. I suspect that I may be dehydrated, because I was drinking wine late last night In my cycle, it's Day 10, so this is pretty much a low weight time of the month, too. Regardless, it's wonderful to see the number get closer to 149!
Yesterday I thought the tasting room for the winery would be ready; unfortunately, tomorrow was merely Passport (a winery event for all local wineries), and I had helped at all the previous passport events. The tasting room didn't even have the insulation and drywall on yet. Richard was optimistic that the tasting room will be ready in another 6 weeks; I was pleasant but secretly disappointed and now worried about money. I think I'm going to start looking for a morning job and studying out of the NSCA text book instead of just enjoying my time and having fun. Hahahahaha!
My body image is pretty fantastic. I really and truly enjoy my workouts, and have lots of fun, too. Still going to Kickboe, still running in the woods, and still strength training 2xs a week, occasionally putting in a third day of part of my body for strength training. My waist was 30" at my heaviest, and I'm relieved to see it go down to 29". After putting on some fat, my breasts got much fuller and larger, but the adverse affect was my abs got much pudgier--after going raw and racking up daily 450+ calorie deficits, the fat appears to be disintegrating. The strength training I do has been keeping me firm and the appearance of my body relatively smooth. I lucked out with genetics and have almost zero appearance of cellulite and stretch marks, although dimpling occurs if I flex Overall, I'm pleased with my body and I'm truly excited and absolutely SURE that more weight will drop as I continue being raw.
On Being Raw: Several interesting things happen to me:
1. For once, I'm not hungry.
Raw foods are very alkaline, while many cooked foods are acid-forming. The feeling in my stomach is soothed and calm. I never feel hunger the way I did when I was eating cooked food and dieting. Everything I put in my mouth is highly nutritious and has its own enzymes for digestion; I don't understand exactly WHY I don't feel inclined to munch, but I don't. Insulin might play a big part in this; most of the food I eat is relatively low on the GI scale, except maybe sugary fruits like mangos and berries and Agave nectar--still, these sugary foods are far better to consume than, say, Franchese bread or cake.
2. I don't really crave things.
I don't really miss cooked foods. I did at first, but every time I eat I'm so satisfied and energized that it doesn't occur to me to stop eating the way I am. When I eat cooked foods, sometimes I can't stop from eating more servings than I intended. And certain foods I just couldn't stop eating, period. It was my problem I had; I think a lot of us have it with certain starchy carbs. Some can control it, others (like me) can't seem to for the life of them. I think I cut out a lot of certain "trigger foods" last year when I successfully lost about 5 lbs a month; but this year (before I went raw) I was unable to avoid foods. This year, I have more friends and am going out more; my friends would have food available or take me to places where I couldn't seem to refuse to order a dish that I didn't need. Now that I'm raw, it's easier for me to refuse things because it's more like "I can't eat/drink that" instead of "I shouldn't eat/drink that." I guess I get rebellious of myself or something. The good news is I am ALWAYS prepared, so I pack myself snacks and take Kombucha or mineral water everywhere I go. A few days ago I cut up an ounce of raw cheese and stuck it in a paper towel and dropped it in my purse and said, "Snack," and my boyfriend laughed and said I was so cute.
3. My mood is always good.
But sometimes I get really really spacey. I think it's because my body really dislikes 400 calorie deficits, but my stomach never growls, so I don't feel hungry physically. However, when I'm working, my brain cooperates just fine, and I'm able to get work done no problem. The cool thing is I'm almost never grouchy and have been really nice to everybody. In all honesty, though, I have been drinking wine fairly regularly with friends, and since there is no real starch in my stomach to help soak up the alcohol, I get hangovers real easy.
Anyway, I should really take a gander at what you are up to!
Today marks day 8 of being raw. I weighed myself this morning and was astounded to see that I'm down to 151.0 lbs. I suspect that I may be dehydrated, because I was drinking wine late last night
In my cycle, it's Day 10, so this is pretty much a low weight time of the month, too. Regardless, it's wonderful to see the number get closer to 149! Yesterday I thought the tasting room for the winery would be ready; unfortunately, tomorrow was merely Passport (a winery event for all local wineries), and I had helped at all the previous passport events. The tasting room didn't even have the insulation and drywall on yet. Richard was optimistic that the tasting room will be ready in another 6 weeks; I was pleasant but secretly disappointed and now worried about money. I think I'm going to start looking for a morning job and studying out of the NSCA text book instead of just enjoying my time and having fun. Hahahahaha!
My body image is pretty fantastic. I really and truly enjoy my workouts, and have lots of fun, too. Still going to Kickboe, still running in the woods, and still strength training 2xs a week, occasionally putting in a third day of part of my body for strength training. My waist was 30" at my heaviest, and I'm relieved to see it go down to 29". After putting on some fat, my breasts got much fuller and larger, but the adverse affect was my abs got much pudgier--after going raw and racking up daily 450+ calorie deficits, the fat appears to be disintegrating. The strength training I do has been keeping me firm and the appearance of my body relatively smooth. I lucked out with genetics and have almost zero appearance of cellulite and stretch marks, although dimpling occurs if I flex
Overall, I'm pleased with my body and I'm truly excited and absolutely SURE that more weight will drop as I continue being raw.On Being Raw: Several interesting things happen to me:
1. For once, I'm not hungry.
Raw foods are very alkaline, while many cooked foods are acid-forming. The feeling in my stomach is soothed and calm. I never feel hunger the way I did when I was eating cooked food and dieting. Everything I put in my mouth is highly nutritious and has its own enzymes for digestion; I don't understand exactly WHY I don't feel inclined to munch, but I don't. Insulin might play a big part in this; most of the food I eat is relatively low on the GI scale, except maybe sugary fruits like mangos and berries and Agave nectar--still, these sugary foods are far better to consume than, say, Franchese bread or cake.
2. I don't really crave things.
I don't really miss cooked foods. I did at first, but every time I eat I'm so satisfied and energized that it doesn't occur to me to stop eating the way I am. When I eat cooked foods, sometimes I can't stop from eating more servings than I intended. And certain foods I just couldn't stop eating, period. It was my problem I had; I think a lot of us have it with certain starchy carbs. Some can control it, others (like me) can't seem to for the life of them. I think I cut out a lot of certain "trigger foods" last year when I successfully lost about 5 lbs a month; but this year (before I went raw) I was unable to avoid foods. This year, I have more friends and am going out more; my friends would have food available or take me to places where I couldn't seem to refuse to order a dish that I didn't need. Now that I'm raw, it's easier for me to refuse things because it's more like "I can't eat/drink that" instead of "I shouldn't eat/drink that." I guess I get rebellious of myself or something. The good news is I am ALWAYS prepared, so I pack myself snacks and take Kombucha or mineral water everywhere I go. A few days ago I cut up an ounce of raw cheese and stuck it in a paper towel and dropped it in my purse and said, "Snack," and my boyfriend laughed and said I was so cute.
3. My mood is always good.
But sometimes I get really really spacey. I think it's because my body really dislikes 400 calorie deficits, but my stomach never growls, so I don't feel hungry physically. However, when I'm working, my brain cooperates just fine, and I'm able to get work done no problem. The cool thing is I'm almost never grouchy and have been really nice to everybody. In all honesty, though, I have been drinking wine fairly regularly with friends, and since there is no real starch in my stomach to help soak up the alcohol, I get hangovers real easy.
Anyway, I should really take a gander at what you are up to!
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Curvie Girlie
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Thanks girls!
Hey Korrie I can't find your weight loss diary!
Hey Korrie I can't find your weight loss diary!
bikinibound
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We have the Bragg liquid aminos, too. It tastes a lot like soy sauce. We also have some of the Bragg apple cider vinegar. My H is a big fan of Bragg, and has several of his books. Although, he doesn't follow the Bragg lifestyle at all..lmao. I think he finds it interesting more than anything. There's no way H will ever go vegetarian.
Glad to see you're raw diet is working for you and that the weight is dropping off.
You seem like you're in a very good place right now. I am very happy for you. 
<--kombucha
Glad to see you're raw diet is working for you and that the weight is dropping off.
You seem like you're in a very good place right now. I am very happy for you. <--kombuchaCurvie Girlie
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LOL! (<---Kombucha) LOL!! Thanks Hon!
Korrie
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Thanks girls!
Hey Korrie I can't find your weight loss diary!
Thats b/c I shut it down. BUT I see that for the new challenge Sean is starting (the total body makeover) that he wants us to have a record of excersize and cals, ect. So I'm gonna re-open it then.
Curvie Girlie
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Okeydokey!
I think I'm going to go running in the woods in a minute. You might all be jealous, but yesterday in Santa Cruz county (I was in Corralitos) it was sunny with no clouds and 70 degrees!! WOW. It feels like spring already, even though it was rainy earlier. I was working and all I wanted to do was go running and sit on the beach. I thought I could do that today--well it's all cloudy and it's going to rain tonight or tomorrow. But at least the forest floor is dry enough for me to run without getting too muddy. See you later!
I think I'm going to go running in the woods in a minute. You might all be jealous, but yesterday in Santa Cruz county (I was in Corralitos) it was sunny with no clouds and 70 degrees!! WOW. It feels like spring already, even though it was rainy earlier. I was working and all I wanted to do was go running and sit on the beach. I thought I could do that today--well it's all cloudy and it's going to rain tonight or tomorrow. But at least the forest floor is dry enough for me to run without getting too muddy. See you later!
CaseyAtMartin
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Val---
Welcome back! I am experiencing raw-food envy...I've seen a few TV programs about it and the food looks so good! Of course, since I live in rural Tennessee I'd have trouble getting the variety I'd need. The only health food stores around here just sell lots of pills. Congrats on shedding weight so quickly!
Welcome back! I am experiencing raw-food envy...I've seen a few TV programs about it and the food looks so good! Of course, since I live in rural Tennessee I'd have trouble getting the variety I'd need. The only health food stores around here just sell lots of pills. Congrats on shedding weight so quickly!
AmbaLove
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Welcome back!
I'm glad boyfriend has come around to some good thinking!
I'm also glad you have a "secret weapon" to pull out when you need it.
For the record, I am NOT dairy free, yet. I will be on February 1st. But, I need a bit of time to prepare for it first. (And to finish the yogurt, cheese and weight watchers sundae cups in my freezer!)
I have already switched from milk to soy and rice milks, though.
I'm glad boyfriend has come around to some good thinking!
I'm also glad you have a "secret weapon" to pull out when you need it.
For the record, I am NOT dairy free, yet. I will be on February 1st. But, I need a bit of time to prepare for it first. (And to finish the yogurt, cheese and weight watchers sundae cups in my freezer!)
I have already switched from milk to soy and rice milks, though.
Curvie Girlie
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Thanks! You can still do raw, but you would probably get bored quicker without the raw "junk" food, ha ha. It tastes utterly healthy though. There are a bunch of websites that deliver raw goodies but that is pretty expensive. I'd put on some links but now I'm worried that my posts will get edited because mods will think I'm trying to sales rep something, LOL!! I'm not!
LOLSounds good. I never missed dairy when I was vegan, but lately I have heard a lot of bad things about soy, and I also have heard a lot of hype about calcium, and I noticed that I'm not really lactose intolerant if I'm eating yogurt, cottage cheese, or organic cheese. I'd gag if I tried to drink a glass of milk, though. *shudder* I really hate milk on its own. I don't even like almond milk or soymilk except for in my cereal.
Yes, the BF has been an angel and our love and desire to be together is now mutual instead of one-sided. He had his time away from me to think and feel out not living together anymore, and now he misses me more than ever and spends the night all weekend and says he wants to visit in the middle of the week. This happened after I was gone pretty much every weekend in December, but is augmented by my sweet attitude: I have forgiven him in all ways and it shows in my behavior toward him; plus, I do my own thing and don't pester him to see me more, and the laid-back attitude I have, which is also truly genuine by now, is intriguing to him. Since he no longer feels pressure from me, he WANTS to see me more. He even has mentioned that he'd like to live with me again this summer. I dunno, we'll see; financially it would benefit me, but I'm a little wary of forming negative patterns again...besides, the more he's around the more annoying he gets and vice versa I bet! We're both dominate (personality wise), sassy, intelligent, and push the other's buttons, which is why we can be prone to arguing and hurt feelings. I'm enjoying my time being perfectly happy and never angry or upset at him right now. It feels great to not be dependent emotionally on someone else, no matter how much I love him.
Curvie Girlie
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Update for Sunday:
I might as well go over the day, it's still too early to go to sleep for me;
Today I was slightly hung over from drinking wine yesterday, so in the morning I was just on my laptop until about 3pm; the BF was sleeping in as usual, and I periodically went in to give him kisses. I went running in the woods for over an hour, lots of it uphill, and burned about 800 calories. The BF and I cuddled and watched a Sarah Silverman Program episode that he hadn't seen yet, then he went home and I relaxed in the living room with Tatiana (my housemate) and Oliver (my cat).
Foods:
2 oz raw organic cheddar cheese 220 cals
home made smoothie 410 cals (2 fresh bananas, 1.5 cups frozen berry mix, 1 cup almond milk)
2 oz raw organic Monterey Jack style cheese 200 cals
Raw Apple Delicious nut bar 190 cals
Kombucha, Guava flavor 80 cals
1 more oz raw organic cheddar 110 cals
La Vie Organic salad with 1 oz raw tahini/nama shoyu dressing and a half an avocado 240 cals
1 more Kombucha, ginger flavor 70 cals
Raw "brownie" 260 cals
Total calories: 1780
Calories burned through exercise: 800
Net calories: 980
Considering my RMR is probably around 1800 calories, that's quite a deficit for today and I'm not hungry. Well, to be honest I am a tiny bit hungry just now, in the past 40 minutes. Probably because I ate dinner and dessert about 2 hours ago.
I took note that I ate way too much raw cheese today. I don't really care, but I suppose I should be wary of the dangers of high saturated fat. I should have stopped at 2 oz and eaten something else, like my yummy raw, sprouted nuts trailmix with goji berries. Oh well, my blood pressure has been about 115/65 for the as long as I remember, sometimes it's around 110/60. I'll just be sure to avoid overeating raw cheese. It sure tastes good though
I might as well go over the day, it's still too early to go to sleep for me;
Today I was slightly hung over from drinking wine yesterday, so in the morning I was just on my laptop until about 3pm; the BF was sleeping in as usual, and I periodically went in to give him kisses. I went running in the woods for over an hour, lots of it uphill, and burned about 800 calories. The BF and I cuddled and watched a Sarah Silverman Program episode that he hadn't seen yet, then he went home and I relaxed in the living room with Tatiana (my housemate) and Oliver (my cat).
Foods:
2 oz raw organic cheddar cheese 220 cals
home made smoothie 410 cals (2 fresh bananas, 1.5 cups frozen berry mix, 1 cup almond milk)
2 oz raw organic Monterey Jack style cheese 200 cals
Raw Apple Delicious nut bar 190 cals
Kombucha, Guava flavor 80 cals
1 more oz raw organic cheddar 110 cals
La Vie Organic salad with 1 oz raw tahini/nama shoyu dressing and a half an avocado 240 cals
1 more Kombucha, ginger flavor 70 cals
Raw "brownie" 260 cals
Total calories: 1780
Calories burned through exercise: 800
Net calories: 980
Considering my RMR is probably around 1800 calories, that's quite a deficit for today and I'm not hungry. Well, to be honest I am a tiny bit hungry just now, in the past 40 minutes. Probably because I ate dinner and dessert about 2 hours ago.
I took note that I ate way too much raw cheese today. I don't really care, but I suppose I should be wary of the dangers of high saturated fat. I should have stopped at 2 oz and eaten something else, like my yummy raw, sprouted nuts trailmix with goji berries. Oh well, my blood pressure has been about 115/65 for the as long as I remember, sometimes it's around 110/60. I'll just be sure to avoid overeating raw cheese. It sure tastes good though
Curvie Girlie
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Monday
The good news: I'm working 8 hours a day this week, 4 hours at my office, and 4 hours at the trucking company office of our wine warehouse, doing orders.
The bad news: I'm working 8 hours a day this week, meaning I have to wake up at 7 AM instead of 10 like usual, booooo!
What a spoiled bunny I've become! Here I was all about reading and studying to be a personal trainer while I had cut hours for the past 4 months and instead I've been sleeping in, cooking all my meals, hanging out and having fun! I think that's ok, when in an American's life does an opportunity to have most of her day to herself minus 4 hours of work come around?
But yes, the money is the problem. I have cooked (not recently of course) all my meals and I almost never go out, I don't go shopping, and I wince when I have to pay rent or my phone bill I've been using my savings $$ and I find myself saying to friends, "Oh I can't afford it" a lot. Being poor is actually relieving, because you can't feel guilty for spending money! And NO, I'm not the type to charge everything and not pay it back!
Someone suggested I work for the county. I thought that was a good idea, talk about benefits and retirement! So I'm going to go to City Hall next week and check out my options. Part of me thinks it would be rewarding to be a firewoman or something exciting (and talk about hot male co-workers, whoo-hoo!) but we'll see, I sure do enjoy the wine industry. I actually better study the NSCA book. No more Lazy Bunny!
Food: Raw sprouted cereal and almond milk and raw Agave nectar 370
]1 oz raw cheese 110
1 serving dark chocolate (not raw, but this diet can't be 100%, that's really too difficult ) 110
Mood: Good but sleepy
Weather: Raining, currently
Body image: Great, feeling sexy
Hair: Looking good, I got a trim!
Dreams last night: Dreamed I had a baby son. He was pretty cute, and it was real lucid as far as dreams go. But I was glad to wake up!
The good news: I'm working 8 hours a day this week, 4 hours at my office, and 4 hours at the trucking company office of our wine warehouse, doing orders.
The bad news: I'm working 8 hours a day this week, meaning I have to wake up at 7 AM instead of 10 like usual, booooo!
What a spoiled bunny I've become! Here I was all about reading and studying to be a personal trainer while I had cut hours for the past 4 months and instead I've been sleeping in, cooking all my meals, hanging out and having fun!
I think that's ok, when in an American's life does an opportunity to have most of her day to herself minus 4 hours of work come around?But yes, the money is the problem. I have cooked (not recently of course) all my meals and I almost never go out, I don't go shopping, and I wince when I have to pay rent or my phone bill
I've been using my savings $$ and I find myself saying to friends, "Oh I can't afford it" a lot. Being poor is actually relieving, because you can't feel guilty for spending money! And NO, I'm not the type to charge everything and not pay it back!Someone suggested I work for the county. I thought that was a good idea, talk about benefits and retirement! So I'm going to go to City Hall next week and check out my options. Part of me thinks it would be rewarding to be a firewoman
or something exciting (and talk about hot male co-workers, whoo-hoo!) but we'll see, I sure do enjoy the wine industry. I actually better study the NSCA book. No more Lazy Bunny!Food: Raw sprouted cereal and almond milk and raw Agave nectar 370
]1 oz raw cheese 110
1 serving dark chocolate (not raw, but this diet can't be 100%, that's really too difficult
) 110Mood: Good but sleepy
Weather: Raining, currently
Body image: Great, feeling sexy
Hair: Looking good, I got a trim!
Dreams last night: Dreamed I had a baby son. He was pretty cute, and it was real lucid as far as dreams go. But I was glad to wake up!
Curvie Girlie
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Health is more important than cheese! Have you ever tried nutmilk cheese (and no I'm not being nasty)? It's nutmilk cultured just like dairy, and the cheese tastes great! I suppose this is another Cali luxury though...
Oh Amber, my knees are great! I was WORRIED that my knees would prevent me from running ever again, but that week where my trail runs screwed them up for a few weeks was fluke. Since then I have run long and hard without issue. thank GOD/DESS!
And my groin that I strained from the leg press machine FINALLY HEALED after 3 fucking months! Man that had me worried!
But right now, ZERO injuries, YAY!!
Curvie Girlie
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Soy cheese IS nasty. *shudder*
Cashew milk cheese is YUMMY, someday, somehow, you gotta try it...
I did some searching and found this:
"FUD - Organic Vegan Restaurant in Missouri Opens
Missouri has its first 100% vegan restaurant. Heidi VanPelt has opened a completely vegan restaurant in Kansas City called FUD (pronounced "food"). The restaurant serves both cooked dishes and raw food—and everything is organic."
I dunno how far away you are but if you're within an hour, go for it!
Cashew milk cheese is YUMMY, someday, somehow, you gotta try it...
I did some searching and found this:
"FUD - Organic Vegan Restaurant in Missouri Opens
Missouri has its first 100% vegan restaurant. Heidi VanPelt has opened a completely vegan restaurant in Kansas City called FUD (pronounced "food"). The restaurant serves both cooked dishes and raw food—and everything is organic."
I dunno how far away you are but if you're within an hour, go for it!
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