Diary: Curvie Girlie: A Yo-Yo's Reformation

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Hey lovely :). So nice to see you back.

What made you decide to do this raw diet?

Didn't we all tell you the BF would be back as soon as you chilled out a bit on being up his ass?

Get to work bunny! Playtime is OVER! Ya know we ride each other hard here LOL.

Luv, C
 
Thanks Joe! I feel outstanding :party:

Claudia! Right, as usual :biggrinjester:

I decided to go raw to get control of my hunger, lose excess fat, and feel better. Nothing does it better. Last year I was a Good Bunny and had very few friends with which I hung out regularly, and friends often mean temptation unless THEY'RE on a diet too! This year is totally different. I was good for a day or two, then couldn't manage a deficit and often had a surplus. I kept fucking up. I was cooking ALL the time and had dishes 3xs a day. SO I knew rawness would solve all those issues. I'd done it before, I figured I could do it again.

Tuesday, Day 9 of RAW.

Ooooh Baby I like it RAAAAWWW!


Old Dirty Bastard was incredibly interesting. I read the Wiki on him and was totally fascinated. To have a critic say ""it was difficult for observers to tell whether ODB's wildly erratic behavior was the result of serious drug problems or genuine mental instability ... the possibility that his continued antics were at least partly the result of conscious image-making disappeared as time wore on" is pretty major. ;) R.I.P. O.D.B.!

Anyway, I'm EXHAUSTED. Last night I was talking to my new buddy I made in Auburn on the phone and was all jazzed up from talking to Chris at the wine bar that I wasn't able to go to sleep until about 1 am and I had to wake up at 7am! Booooooo! :nopity:

SO I went to the office and turned in some legal forms on behalf of several of our wineries to Cost Plus World Market and made some Point of Sale until noon, then I drove to Watsonville to work at the warehouse. The peeps who work there are all really nice and they say I'm wonderful and helpful and all that stuff. They fancy me a computer whiz (which is ridiculous cause I compare myself to my BF who IS, he's teaching himself Linux) but I CAN solve most of their computer problems, so...basically I was processing wine orders for several brokers and distributors and learning about the whole pulling/billing process and such.

The nice thing is I get to actually to see MEN at work for a change (at the office it is all women including the dogs). Warehouse guys, pulling wine orders and stuff. They're rather nice to me, all the other ladies are older who work there, and I suppose they get sick of looking at each other and are pleased to see a Bunny for a change! I know for a fact that one of the Mikes (about my age) is enthralled by my bunnyness. I laugh inwardly when I see how he looks at me! LOL! :rotflmao: He's pretty cute. Has a beard and curly brown hair, can't go wrong looking like that! (in this bunny's eyes)

After work there I drove all the way to Santa Cruz and to my gym for Psycho Michael's Kickboe class where I burned off 600 calories. Afterward I went to Karen's house (workout chum) to see her new chihuahua-mix pup. I was the first to walk in, and it's a good thing I was looking at the pup when I walked in because Karen's hubby wasn't expecting anyone else besides his wife and was NAKED in the hall watching Venus play tennis! :eek: I didn't see anything and we all shared a laugh--you know how it is when you're home alone and about to take a shower and all....

I had ahi for dinner again and I'm too tired to tell all my food although I WILL add that I had a Cafe La Vie raw chocolate mousse torte:

organic avocado, agave, raw cacao, vanilla, coconut oil, Himalayan salt with a crust made of raw almond flour, soaked almonds, coconut oil, shredded coconut, dates and Himalayan salt.

It was yummy yummy! ANd because my body processes raw food so well instead of storing the energy as fat, I ate it without guilt although it was 497 calories :) The thing was HIGH FAT, JEEZ! But had 9 grams of protein and lots of calcium and iron at least (came with a detailed nutritional thing). This is a rarity, I won't be eating much of this, but it was still good.

Calories: 1914
Calories burned: 600

And I was running around for 5 hours at work, too. I'm absolutely exhausted, now. And have a great deficit at that too!

Joke my grandpa forwarded me today:
Toward the end of Sunday service, the minister asked, "How many of you have forgiven your enemies?"
80% held up their hands.
The minister then repeated his question. All responded this time, except one small elderly lady.
"Mrs. Jones, are you not willing to forgive your enemies?"
"I don't have any," she replied, smiling sweetly.
"Mrs. Jones, that is very unusual. How old are you?"
"Ninety-eight." she replied.
"Oh Mrs. Jones, would you please come down in front and tell us all how a person can live ninety-eight years and not have an enemy in the world?"
The little sweetheart of a lady tottered down the aisle, faced the Congregation, and said: "I outlived the bitches."
 
That joke from your Grandpa is funny as hell! I think he and my Gran would get along well. :D

LMAO@ naked guy watching Venus!! I watched that match, too. Sucks that she lost. So what was he doing naked? Did you ask him, "What's 'up?'" :rofl:

Glad you're enjoying work, and all the guys drooling over you. :D

I could never do that raw diet, but I give you kudos for finding something that works for you and sticking to it. :party:
 
bikinibound said:
LMAO@ naked guy watching Venus!! I watched that match, too. Sucks that she lost. So what was he doing naked? Did you ask him, "What's 'up?'" :rofl:

Glad you're enjoying work, and all the guys drooling over you. :D

I could never do that raw diet, but I give you kudos for finding something that works for you and sticking to it. :party:
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He was about to take a shower, but he couldn't stop watching the game and was hovering in the hallway, ya know how that is! Yeah, she and that other chick sure seemed very emo about the whole thing. It's a Big Deal I suppose!

Drooling? Maybe a couple of em ;)

HEY! HEATH LEDGER DIED TODAY :( That really sucks, he was only 28 and had kids and a good career. I liked him. Tragic!
 
I was also sad about Heath, and for his daughter, Matilda. She's only two, and probably won't even remember him, but will always know how he died.
 
Yeah...Jake Gyllenhaal is probably crushed, they became good friends with BBmountain. Jake is the hottest IMO, love the guy. His sister kicks ass, too. I loved her in Secretary.
 
Hey gurlie :). Cant wait to hear the results of the raw diet. Like BB, I couldnt do it either..for me cuz I'm not that organized that I could get it together and prepare all these raw meals. Sounds complicated but good for you for finding something that curbs your hunger and works for you. What is the theory behind the fat burning quicker with raw foods?

Yup, it is fun having the guys drooling and laughing inwardly as you see them gawking, especially when you walk away and you feel their eyes on your ass LOL. I always let out a big grin when that happens as they cant see me laughing.
 
Blancita said:
What is the theory behind the fat burning quicker with raw foods?
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I need to find that out. What I have read and heard that is pro-raw has basically been testimonials by raw food enthusiasts and no scientific study or evidence. I have several books and looked on the internet but it's just more of the same. I'll keep looking, but ultimately raw foods tend to be nutrient dense but not calorie dense, and full of fiber and in the case of germinated/sprouted nuts and seeds, full of protein. Therefore that takes care of hunger. And I've heard of studies about how eating simple carbs often makes most people just want more and not get satiated. Then there's the matter of living enzymes, which is controversial. This goes down to challenge the entire digestion process and all the regulating hormones and all that.....

One thing I heard that seems pretty sound: "Raw foods are not healthiest because they're "live food" or because of "life force", "living enzymes", "nerve energy", or "chi", but because the foods that can be eaten raw (mostly vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds) coincidentally have enormously higher nutrient values than the foods that either have to be, or usually are, cooked."

Maybe it's the high nutrients that get raw foodists all up on a cloud and talking about spiritual awareness and right intention (?) I don't know, but I found that for me, going 90-100% raw is much easier than just eating more raw foods, because I find myself just choosing to eat cooked food instead (like fish tacos. Yum!)

Here's this, I didn't write it:

Some of the pros and cons of the raw diet:

Pro: Humans are the only species on the planet who cook their food, so cooking is unnatural..

Con: We're also the only species that build computers and write treatises. That's unnatural, too. (I think this was dumb in a sort of childish way)

Pro: We've only been cooking for a half million years so we're not well adapted to cooked food.

Con: On the other hand, one recent author suggested that the learned ability to cook raw tubers over a million years ago resulted in such an increase in dietary Calories that it reduced sexual dimorphism in the pre-humans who employed it, and that in turn led to the psychosexual bonding that gave rise to human families and civilization (2).

Pro: A raw vegan diet rather reliably leads to weight loss and that would be great for the 30% of Americans who are either overweight or obese.

Con: What happens to the people who are already raw fooders but continue to lose weight from reduced Calorie intake?

Here's someone's opinion about how there is no great recognition as to the benefits of raw food in the scientific community:


The sad thing is that plenty of people who actually have cancer or diabetes or autoimmune disorders who have actually tried to go raw and stuck with it find that their issues disappear. And they're thin. BUT....they can't explain why. So no one cares, except themselves, their families who are glad they're alive and healthy, and the other raw food advocates.


For me, eating raw cured a bad lymphatic infection (my neck's nodes were so swollen my neck was twice its normal size) and took my BMI down from a 26.6 to a 22.7 in three months, and made me feel great. I don't really believe in detoxing and cleansing. It's just fishy to me, I have more faith in my body's powers than to buy all the hype about how we need to fast. I also don't believe that veganism or vegetarianism is proper for humans, I think it depends on the person. I HAVE heard about caloric restriction in extending the human life. But I'm also wondering about how a study could isolate C.R. from genetic tendencies to life a long life. Still, I go by results, and from past experience, eating raw was the quickest and most effective way for me to lose weight AND have lots of energy AND eat as much as I felt like AND look better, as in, perhaps, "vibrating at a higher frequency." Even if imagined, like we all know, the human mind probably has all power over our body sometimes. I know for a fact that distress and sorrow can cause bodily health issues. And I don't care if there's no scientific studies to prove that.
 
I'm tired. I HATE waking up early. I like being a Lazy Bunny. But I need the money, Honey.

6-7 hours of sleep don't cut it for me! I need to figure out how to get to sleep by 11.....

I haven't had caffeine at all for the whole time being raw. I think I'm going to allow myself some green tea, I didn't get a chance to get some Kombucha this morning and I miss warm things (a little. To be honest, not as much as I thought).

Back to work! SIGH :waving:
 
Curvie Girlie said:
Cerella: I'll try! I think I need to just turn off the laptop and grab a book! Sounds so archaic....*smirk*
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Maybe but I started a book I cant put down - lol...I was up till 2am last night till i made myself put it down and then I was thinkin abt it the whole time - lol!!!
 
Jeez

Today I felt almost no real hunger. My body is now realizing I'm going to be staying raw for while. It is 7:23 and I worked all day and went straight to the gym to do 35 minutes elliptical and 40 minutes strength training and I ate dinner and I'm only at..................

:eek2:1245 calories for the day:eek2:​

This is WEIRD but I'm simply not hungry. DO I have energy? Yes. How is this possible? I dunno. It's cause I'm RAW, baby. Yesterday I was hungrier, and the day before, too--but even then, since 3 days after being raw, I haven't felt famished or even my stomach growl once. I pretty much eat when I intellectually think that I should. I can barely feel when my stomach is empty. It's really difficult to fathom, because if you've read my diary or even parts of it, you KNOW I'm a BIG EATER. On cooked foods, I prefer about 2800 calories although my needs are only about 2400 when I'm exercising most of the week. Even if I was a 130 lb woman, at my age and height, 2100 calories is maintenance for my activity level.....but I always, always get into party binges and eat and drink myself into surpluses unless I'm tracking myself carefully......unless I'm raw. Then I have no desire to overeat. Hell, half the shit I eat ain't all that palatable! LOL! The thing is: it doesn't matter when you're done. And it's nice not to feel guilty about what I ate: I only feel proud :D

Well, it's off to 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall to partake in Trivia Night. Not drinking beer, though-they have a small wine list and the Pinot Noir on the list was pretty good last time I was there!
 
Good job on staying with your new program and making it work for you. Anything that can curb our hunger is worth sticking with in my book! Thanks for explaining the different theories behind it.

Luv, C
 
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