Start: July 1, 2009
End: July 31, 2009
Preparation (June 30):
Last day of eating cooked food. In the last few days I have been spending all my time reading, listening, watching everything related to this diet. I have been doing it on the side for the past month or so. Physically I have been preparing for the last month by mostly eating raw fruits and veggies with some nuts and seeds. But I have also had a little fish, eggs but no other meat products, no dairy. I have eaten bread and other grains like oatmeal and whetever else. I have also used olive oil and some herbs and salt. I have taken some natural supplements.
• weight is 75kg
• body temperature: 36.2 celsius, 97.16 fahrenheit
FITNESS:
pushups: 35
running: 8.4km/hour
pullups: 5
dips: 10
All my symptoms of dis-ease or dis-stress:
• occasional slight gas and bloating
• occasional muscle aches
• some mucus in throat
• my eye sight is far sighted, I wear glasses with 0.5, 0.75, rightleft respectively (measured 2002)
• I shit about 2-3 times/day
• some trace of cold sore on mouth
• energy levels ok
• I have had this weird headache for almost a week now (either from last weeks intense vocal training or detox symptom)
• food allergies; almonds, chestnuts, mangos, apples, pears, peaches
• heavy spring allergies
• last time I was sick was dec 2008 (took antibiotics for a sinus infection also had flue and fever)
Thoughts:
Will this be the end of cooked food for me? And animal products? I have never actually been a full vegan for more than maybe 4-5 days. From what I have been reading I can’t wait to start this and if judging from people’s experiences (who do it right!), there will probably be no reason to go back to any other diet. This is the natural diet of a human being. But I will start off with keep my goal of maintaining the diet 100% to just the month of July.
Do I feel bittersweet for leaving the cooked food and eggs and fish and bread. I suspect I might occasionally miss those things. But I also missed meat and dairy when i quit them a few months ago. I have no cravings for those anymore. It’s all addictions and pleasure misguiding. I really want to free myself of all things that poison me and stand in the way of my goals in life: Optimal Health, Fitness and Intelligence.
Call me arrogant but for some reason I don’t think this diet is going to be a problem for me. I think it’s meant for me. I can feel the truth of it. Besides, I have never been a real food freak. I never got into cooking or gourmet food. I have always considered eating a chore. I have always also loved fruit. Watermelon and oranges and strawberries have always been my favorite food in the world. I can see how this can be a huge challenge for a food lover but I really will be surprised if I don’t continue this for the rest of my life. When I found out you can actually live off of fruits and veggies and realistically took the info in, I was excited. I used to think raw foodists are some crazy gay hippies but when I started to look more into it, I realized it is pure science and the whole concept rings true in my head. This is a beautiful thing, I already feel more free just writing about it. One step closer to becoming the truth, becoming beauty, becoming love.
The journey begins in 6 hours.
DAY 1
wake up tired, feel like going back to sleep. get up. go urinate in bathroom. open blinds for light to wake me up. listen to last part of Life of Buddha audiobook on ipod through headphones while laying in bed for next hour. some gas. first bowel movement while reading on toilet. lasts 10 minutes. slight runny nose and sneezing. drink 2 glasses of water. go for swim and eat watermelon and canteloupe for breakfast at around 09:00. now I have a cold and a little stomach ache from the melon. listening to red house painters, some computer stuff and then music training at 10:00.
Got a bit hungry at 11 while practicing but I decided I would finish vocal workout before eating and leave piano and performance training for after lunch. It is 12:40 and I have a big bowl of fruit in front of me. Boy am I hungry. It looks delicious. I took photo of it. My lunch consists of 4 bananas, 1 orange, 1 bloodgrapefruit, 50 green grapes, 2 tomatoes, and 2 kiwis. I’ll have all the citrus/acidy fruits first which is everything except the banana. This should keep me going for the next 4 hours I believe. NOTES AFTER MEAL: the grapefruit is horrible! I’m glad all fruit isn’t this horrible. I really struggled to eat the whole thing but I did. Probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever done! Still eating…already been 30minutes. It takes a long time, but I have time, I really don’t mind. While eating I am watching a documentary called Simply Raw. It is really good and almost makes me cry. When that woman said she’s staying I found myself clap and feel really happy and tearyeyed! I just realized how important god can be for someone whether god exists or not. Richard Dawkins and his peers have not understood this essence. Yes they are scientists and there is no proof for god, yes that is true. Perhaps there is a better and healthier way to have that power some people get from religion. I don’t need religion. Up until now i used to despise it. Now I understand why it is powerful for many people. People who are weak and lonely. Most of the people today are weak and lonely. Religion is perhaps like modern medicine, dealing with symptoms and cures and not the actual causes. Lifestyle, that’s what it is all about. The modern lifestyle is evil.
Had a second bowel movement 15:40 lasted about 5 minuts. Faeces very soft and come out easy just like they should to my understanding. A little red in there I’m guessing that lovely bloodgrapefruit which I hope to never eat again!
Few bananas for a snack at 17:00. I was feeling pretty hungry but I wanted to wait until after my hour walk and swim/bathe in lake to have my big salad. And big it is. It is 19:10 and this is the biggest damn salad I’ve ever had. Lots of different lettuce and greens + celery, tomatoes, cucumber, cauliflower and I had some more green grapes just before. Looking forward to chowing this baby down. I also had a little headache after walk but now it’s gone. Oh and there was some mood swinging while walking and listening to ipod but I don’t think that was due to the diet, it’s too early for that.
Midnight. Tired. Throat dry and a bit sore. Gotta go brush teeth, floss, neti and then off to bed. Day 1 was easy. I don’t really notice any difference. I suspect my weight will go down a bit but I feel good. Good night.
DAY 2
wake up at 07. urinate. audiobook in bed for hour. swim. half litres of water. folding laundry. one entire 1.3kg honeydew melon. now it’s 30 minutes later and I have a stomach ache. could be from the few wild strawberries i had before melon as they might not mix. had bowel movement which was quick and easy. feel a bit sick from all that sweetness of the melon. ow my stomach really burns and hurts. i have been getting this often when I eat melon, I am not sure why yet.
last night I did go to bed a bit hungry and had a few cravings of butter on ricepies with salami and then I thought about the whole process and how disgusting that would be, it went away.
I feel tired, gotta get to sleep earlier. I think another bowel movement is coming soon. It did. It was about 10minutes longer. Same kind of faeces. That’s 2 bowel movements before noon.
No gas or sneezing or cloggy feeling at all this morning.
Hungry at around 11. Should maybe eat more often. Maybe my stomach will get used to it. Feeling lacklustre throughout the morning
Lunch time 13:00. Couple oranges, 4 bananas, kiwi, batch of green grapes. Yummy.
It’s 17:00. Tried an apple for snack but only ate half and discovered that I’m STILL allergic to them. Could it be the peels? Had a banana and tomato. Will make big salad soon. Just remembered, yesterday got slight craving when seeing and smelling the fishfingers and mashed potatoes my little sister was eating. I don’t want to be a slave to some addictions. Now i’m wondering about the rationality of saying that.
Dinner time! I’m hungry. TIme is 18:10. On my plate: batch of lettuce, 4 sticks of celery, 2 big tomatoes, half cucumber, 1 orange paprika, 6 flowers of broccoli, 3 small carrots and some what the heck is it called?? my mom always asked to bring it…aaa, I can’t find the word, this is strange (maybe a detox symptom, haha). Time to eat! Persille, that’s what it was…!!
Evening snack at around 21:00. Banana, orange, some grapes, and salad with lettuce, broccoli, red onion.
No real problems so far. I don’t actually notice any difference yet.
DAY 3
Nothing worth mentioning.
DAY 4
Again, pretty much the same as the days before. Slight moodiness but I got that even before. And I know why I’m moody. Perhaps I still have some anger stuff I should really just let go and pass by which I just kind of did. You know, you can stop being angry or sad or whatever, anytime you want. In a moment. Poof. Last night I only slept for about 5 hours and I don’t really notice it at all and it’s already 17:00. This is something I am excited to find out. I’d love to sleep less, do more. Also gotta remember to not be too obsessed with the doing. We are human ‘beings’. DIet is going well, I take small pleasure in the fact that everybody who sees this/me or my plates so full of bright colored fruit and veggies always questions the whole thing and it’s an interesting thing to talk about. It’s surprising how you notice how ignorant and stupid people are about food and nutrition. At least I make them do a little questioning. But why do I have to defend my diet? Watched another amazing documentary today on a raw vegan family called “Breakthrough”, absolutely beautiful film and beautiful people. Time to eat, yummy!
Wow, today it feels like I have had to explain my food choices to everyone! I am certainly not used to this. I am in fact very angry right now. My parents have company and I have been tried to avoid them and pretty much everybody because I am sick of being under scrutiny like I am some junkie or something. So my mom asked me ‘where are you getting your fats from?’, I said all fruits and veggies have fats to which she said ‘you have to get fats to function, you have to at least take a spoonful of olive oil’, blablablaba with this over controlling protecting obsessively-voice I have heard my whole life. Obviously she was told to say that, why hadn’t she said it in the last 3 days when she’s been all ears when I’ve talked about the nutrition science and all the stuff I’ve read. It is such an insult to spend so much time studying something and then somebody treating you like an idiot. I fear that this will be the biggest issue and challenge, not letting that social pressure get to you. I have to remain above it all. I stormed out of the house saying ‘not this again…’. Honestly, I can’t wait to leave here in the end of the month and start my new life. I feel completely estranged from my ignorant family. They are really a bunch of hillbillies. How I was created from them, I don’t know. Okay time to let all this negative energy go and continue it’s own journey. I am happy again 😀 Tadaa…but I still want to be alone for now. Or maybe I should go back in,hmmm….that would be the more courageous thing to do but for now I’ll educate myself. One day when I am confident in my presentation skills of the knowledge I have, I won’t even hesitate with stupid situations like this. But I am on my 4th day and there is not ONE person who I know who I can expect encouragement from. I’ll have to leave that to mailing lists from experienced rawfoodists. It’s actually funny, people questioning me makes me want to stay on this diet even more. I like being different. It makes me feel like a proper artist. Wow, that’s quite an egoistic thing to say…something I am working on, i know.
DAY 5
It’s 9:09 and I only had half of a honey dew melon for breakfast almost 2 hours ago. I am hungry and I noticed when I am hungry I have cravings for junk food or food that is not good for me which is what I call it now. It’s just my old ways that have been programmed into my head. My body and mind are in conflict with my needs and wants. I have no worries that I’ll give in to junk food because I have no intention to. I just have to go eat some fruit.
It’s 13:11 and I just farted. The smell is horrible. Why do I note this? Because so far I have had pretty much no gas whatsoever and my faeces don’t even seem to smell anymore. It could be the way I combined my fruit this morning. Perhaps the strawberries and pineapple didn’t mix well. I’ll have to study this more. I also hadn’t had a bowel movement this morning which is odd because I have every other morning. I feel one coming on though. Soon. I can’t wait to unleash that fervor from my ass. Haha.
Just had first bowel movement. As enjoyable as ever. But different to the ones previously so far this week. It was more ‘solid’ and took more energy and time to come out. I don’t know why this is. I haven’t eaten nuts or seeds yet. Just fruits and veggies. I think it’s the combining thing again. I also realized how much you notice about these things with this diet. I feel as my body and mentality is trying to get to this basis from where true, everlasting health can really spring. That basis and getting there is the path to optimal health. I am reading Dr.Graham’s book 80/10/10 diet, it is fascinating. I love this whole thing and learning more constantly.
Today I had my usual three meals; melon breakfast, fruit lunch, veggies/fruit dinner + an evening snack of 5 bananas because I had everything much earlier than usual which made me more hungry. I also went to the grocery store for the first time since going raw and I had all these cravings there again. I think I’ve had more cravings than usual today. So far today’s been the worst as far as cravings go. But I know it’s just my addictions and pleasure stuff. I cured with the bananas. I guess my body is confused by how it wants it’s energy.
DAY 6
More kiler cravings today for butter and salt especially. I just ate fruit and it always helped. Much more active day, had to eat a little more. Feel pretty great though…No euphoric states yet.
DAY 8
Things are going well. Lots of muscle ache especially back perhaps because I’m sitting a lot without leaning. Learned today that there are 3 kinds schools of thought in the raw food world: 1) eat fruits e.g. DR. Graham 2) lots of greens e.g. Boutenko 3) supefoods e.g. Wolfe
I feel most connected with number one as it just seems to be the most natural. Of course I am still a novice when it comes to all the knowledge there is on this topic. It’s certainly much more than about just eating some oranges and lettuce as I’m sure many doubters think.
DAY 9
been a bit stuffy in the nose this morning. it actually started last night. Could this be my first ‘raw’ cold. I hope not! I have started to eat some more fat this week with just avocados. Maybe I’ll eat some nuts tonight.
DAY 11
This second week has been harder than first week. I don’t know if this stuff is related to the diet. It also could just be the fact that my awareness because of the raw food is much higher than it was before. I suspect that if I was to go back to eating all that junk, I would get really sick.
Anyways, I’ve noticed I’m really tired in the mornings even though i’ve slept enough. Maybe I should develop better sleep habits. My nose has also been a bit stuffy occasionally and some headaches and lots of back aches and other muscle soreness. This could be my fitness, allergies, the fact that I’m trying not to lean too much and to have better posture which may cause pains if my body is not used to it. It’s hard to really tell what is going on when there are so many changes. I guess that’s why they say to make slight changes at a time. I like diving in head first.
Right now it’s 10:00 saturday morning and I really don’t feel that great. I have 4 hours to prepare for a gig I’m playing here in Savitaipale. I feel a bit sick from the canteloupe I had this morning. I think it was a bit too ripe perhaps even going bad. Then again I’ve been getting a lot of problems with melons especially if I’ve eaten anything before eating them. I really only like watermelons and not so much honeydew or canteloupe because I think they are too sweet for me. Will not buy those anymore.
Yesterday had to deal with some craving issues when I walked by a pizzeria and wondered will I ever be able to enjoy that again and then the whole ‘craving’ started to be about not just pizza but my old lifestyle and the whole partying drinking being an idiot thing so I think the cravings are often related to that.
DAY 12
Just woke up and the first thing I did was listen to one of the interviews in Raw Food summit 2007 by Kevin Gianni which is a good way to start the day. Before that I was thinking about what I already wrote about in yesterdays entry. Why did I gravitate more towards the eggbutter and rice pies yesterday backstage than the grapes, bananas and lettuce. I still want them so bad. I guess they screamed louder that “eat me, you will get more energy”. Yes, all my body cares about is energy but it just doesn’t understand that although they may give me more calories, they will cause so much strife in my system that I’ll end up feeling like shit. I wish I could psychologically be in that place where I really don’t want to eat that shit. But I do and the cravings are not going away. Then again, I write this while I haven’t eaten this morning so it might be my hungry mind playing tricks with me.
Another thought, after this 30 day trial is over, perhaps it would be wise to really teach my body a lesson. I might just have to eat all that stuff I’m not supposed to. I do suspect that I’ll get sick from it and I would just have to suffer the consequences. But then I would crave the fruit because I would know how good it was for me and I would even crave this feeling I currently have (generally speaking) but of which I might not be so aware of because I have it constantly. You find the highs through the lows right? It worked for Steve Pavlina.
I have to say, my libido has gone way down since going raw. I think it’s gone down to a healthy level. I never knew how much effect the modern diet which most people eat has on their sexual drive, which mostly is way too high. Lots of guys watch porn to get themselves off because they can’t do it otherwise but know they have to release that sexual tension. I have no proof but my intuition tells me I don’t think that is a healthy thing. I was initially planning to go 30 days without masturbating (I can have sex but since I have been mostly living in solitude, that won’t be the case) but I had to release my load on day 11 and boy it felt great. I also tasted my sperm which didn’t taste or smell bad at all, which it used to (at least smell, I had actually never tasted it before). That might be gross sounding but I was thinking is it healthy to eat it? I think it might be too high in protein which wouldn’t go with the 811 diet, haha. I can’t think of many things more a turn-on than finding a girl who will swallow it and crave it like it’s the best thing ever created. Okay enough of that!
DAY 14
I finished Dr.Graham’s 811 book and I have learned a lot. He’s my number 1 guru when it comes to health. If I ever have problems I’ll contact him. I really like the whole natural hygiene movement, I want to learn all about it and perhaps try to hunt down those classic health books by Dr. Shelton and Dr. Fry.
Today I have had 11 bananas, I can’t remember if that’s a record or not. Well, lets just say it is. Also, have been making smoothies since yesterday, pretty cool and much easier to eat. I need to get a good blender for my new apartment in Helsinki which I got, yeehaa. I want to get either the Vita Mix or Blendtec but neither one seems to be sold in Finland.
It was around 18:00 and I was reading on my bed when I just got really tired and thus took a 2 hour nap. It’s strange because I haven’t been tired on any other days. Only time when I’ve suffered from some fatigue is mornings, it sometimes takes me awhile to ‘get up’. Could it be the smoothies? Am I combining my foods wrong somehow to cause extra strain on my system which causes the fatigue?
DAY 15
Again, don’t know if it’s the diet kicking these thoughts in to my head. I have to say, ever since my transformation on March 15th of this year and during my ascending health, my ambitions, my ideas and my mind has just rocketed to another level. I decided that I want to become a best-selling author (well at least an author) and a painter. I love writing and I have lots of ideas and I’m hungry to find out more about this world, one day I want to share that with everybody. I also love colors, designing, I’m very creative and I used to love drawing when I was a kid, I think I just kind of left it and lost it when i picked up the guitar and the music started taking over my creative outlet. When I move, I want to find an art store, get some tools and begin making art.
DAY 17
I’m working on a cruiseship. I wasn’t sure how much of a challenge my diet will be on this ship. So far so good because they have lots of bananas (which are a bit too raw so I took a bunch and put them in my bag to ripen) and today there was a big bowl of grapes which I probably ate the most of but I did warn the kitchen staff woman that this is my diet. I just hope the fruit doesn’t run out because then I’ll be in trouble although there are dried fruits and seeds so I’ll turn to those if nothing else. I also noticed the full social implication of not drinking and well, eating normal food meaning that I have no interest in being with people who do those things. I just would rather be by myself. Considering what my future holds, surely it’s not a bad thing to be a recluse.
Started a fascinating book called *eat to live* by Joel Fuhrman. I’m glad I have so much stuff to keep me on my path because without I would be lonely and perhaps I would’ve given up or I actually probably never would have started this. I am grateful for the internet. It’s 15:30, time to watch Battlestar Galactica and eat more grapes and bananas, I haven’t eaten anything else today.
I’ve eaten about 17 bananas today which is a new record. But they don’t take away my cravings. Right now I want popcorn with lots of butter and salt. I am thinking that after this 30 day raw trial which is proving to be surprisingly tough, I will eat maybe 80% raw and the rest I’ll eat whatever. I just have a feeling that it will be hard to keep it like that just as it is with my drinking. I’m an all or nothing kind of guy. I have had this craving for over a week now and nothing is making it go away. Yes I’m addicted to all that garbage we call food but perhaps I just need my fix and it won’t be that big of a deal. Or maybe if I stay raw for the whole week I can indulge myself and my cravings once every week. Or once a month? Maybe I’m just having a weak moment. I hope it goes away. I know it’s irrational to think like this but the situation is what it is. Besides, I’m only half way through. Will this get harder or easier?
DAY 19
I realized how foolish and selfish of me it was to start my diet this month and not the next month. This is my last cruise and it probably would’ve been much more easier and convenient to eat what there is to offer. Also, at home I’ve pretty much eradicated myself from the usual family dinner which probably means more to my parents than I could know. I know they like cooking and food is important to them and here I am making a sudden bold statement of ‘Im not touching your food and I don’t care for your company’. When I move into my apartment the likelyhood of success on this diet would’ve been higher because there would be no outside influences concerning food. Then again, there would be all the fast food places Id be walking by so who knows maybe it would be harder (for now I’ve had the luxury of living without those temptations).
Am I still continuing this because of the diet and the health it brings or am I only doing to obsessively ‘finish’ the trial knowing that the real test here is self-discipline?
I have also made some calculations concerning the continuation of this. I estimated that even if I ate a big Macdonalds meal once a week, I would still be getting 95% of my calories from raw fruits and greens. I wonder if that has much effect on the health of an individual. One way to justify that kind of diet would be to say that it would be wise to keep some kind of adaptability to the junk food diet in case I ever need to eat it. Saying that, I think my previous question is answered because that adaptability and toleration of junk food demands the toxic state my body would need to be in and it would always just take more work to get the system out of it thus costing me energy, time, and money.
DAY 20
18:23
cravings are worse than ever. must be the sudden low mood. need something to comfort. I am close to giving up and eating a big sandwich with lots of meat and all kinds of junk….oooooohhhhh what should I do??? neeed a fix!!!!!!! help me. somebody please…..very close to giving up….brain is rationalizing or ego or waiiwjtiwaothawltkawjtlkawtjköööööööööööjrwjrökwjraw
fuuuuuuuuuuuckkkkk
bananas don’t fucking help the cravings or any other shit what the fuck why did they lie to meeee!???????!!!????? if i eat any piece of fruit or veggie right now i will vomit
if this doesn’t go away in the next hour, I will indulge and thus fail….so what?? it’s not like anybody gives a shit
finland is impossible for this diet unless you have a lot of money
i feel stupid
watching last episode of battlestar galactica and considering the rest of the show has been pretty good, i’m disappointed so far in the final episode, hope it gets better there’s still an hour left..maybe it’s just my bad mood or maybe i’ve changed i don’t know.
how do i get throught this???
okay Markus, breathe…finish the movie…take a hot shower…eat a big bowl of lettuce and some fruit and see how you feel then. Okay i will do that! This is going to be tough.
18:48
strength returning, I can feel it. ironically episode of BG is getting better, haha. I’m weird.
19:32
Battlestar Galactica = greatest tv show in the history of mankind. Forget what I was blabbering about earlier.
I feel good again, wow it’s amazing how powerful moods can be. I’m on top of it now. Will continue this diet.
DAY 21
Feel good today. Finished my playing for today, it’s 16:30, getting ready to get off the ship. Watching Dr.Graham video, he’s my guru. What he says resonates with me the most. Read Dr.Fuhrham’s book and although it was very educating, I still feel like it’s a middle of the road kind of option that is surely good for people who are overweight but I want optimal health. Graham and the Natural Hygiene movement is my thing.
I think an explanation for my cravings I have suffered recently is simply that I haven’t eaten enough fruit. I need to eat other fruit besides bananas because that doesn’t work for my. Unfortunately it’s been impossible to do that here on the ship but I’m looking forward to eating strawberries and watermelon, etc when I get to land.
I’m done with cruiseships, I don’t like it here, not my scene.
DAY 23
Feel great again. Off the ship (for good I hope). Went picking strawberries today and ate a lot of them. Does it get any more raw food than that? Going to the gym soon and will do a run to/from and then a little swim and bathe in the lake. I can’t wait. I have no cravings, I think most of them are psychological. Life is good.
I’ve eaten well today but again I have some cravings for burgers and I think the salty and fatty stuff. I still have a week left of my trial after which I will try some cooked food and even some junk food because I want to know what it actually does to my body. Otherwise I’ll never know.
DAY 25
For the first time in my life I’ve started to notice this clarity I have in observing my own well being and current emotional state. It seems I can control and not be controlled by it. Again, I am not sure if it’s the diet but I am sure that it has helped this greatly.
I learned a powerful lesson from Dr.Graham from a youtube lecture I watched. He also said this in his book 801010 diet but I had forgot. He said “appetite and cravings and addictions are the same thing, they are not the reason we eat. Hunger is the sign to eat.” It’s important not to confuse the two. If I want mcdonalds or other junk food, it’s not because I need food but because I associate pleasure with those tastes and textures.
I am interested to see what happens to me when I start experimenting with some junk foods. Now I think of food as either dead or alive. Cooked food is dead, raw food is alive. I must never subsitute alive food with dead.
I also did an experiment today involving hydration of the body. Dr.Graham says that one should urinate 10 times/day on average (8-12). I had a feeling I was maybe urinating too much thus consuming too much water. I wondered if he was right about not really needing any water to drink because you get so much from fruits and veggies. Well, today I proved him right. I have peed exactly 10 times and I haven’t drink one glass of water. My pee has been clear and I actually feel perfectly hydrated even though I had a little swim in the evening between two intense sauna sessions where I sweated heavily. Wow, I actually don’t need to drink water when doing his diet. The water I am getting is also pure and chemical free and probably better than any filtered tap water. Cool.
DAY 26
The day was going well. Then I went jogging and did some body workouts like pullups, pushups, etc. and BANG! I just lost my energy and motivation and walked back home and this mood swing just hit me. I feel really low. I am also frustrated because my fitness level hasn’t really gone up except maybe cardio but no significant improvements in strength, flexibility or any other area. I feel like I am weaker. Maybe I just haven’t eaten enough calories. But the previous month I remember eating eggs every other day and occasionally fish on top of the raw food diet and also a bit more fat. I honestly don’t notice any real change which is also a good reason to go back to THAT diet to see if there has been a change.
Or maybe I just need a better fitness method.
DAY 30
Tomorrow is the last day. I am glad it’s over. On saturday morning I plan to eat rice pies with egg butter I don’t care what it does to me.
I don’t doubt the science of the diet but I perhaps it’s hard to notice in just one month.
My fitness level hasn’t significantly improved and neither has anything else for that matter. But I also think that I just might notice and not remember how I felt before because I might’ve not been so in tune with my body before, I didn’t really think about all this stuff too much.
We’ll see what happens.
It is also way too expensive in Helsinki to eat a raw food diet and get as much calories as I need. Maybe if I had more money….
Last Words
It’s over I made it.
31 days eating just fruit, veggies and some nuts and seeds (very few of the latter).
I am glad it’s over. I couldn’t of continued. Perhaps one day I can. I don’t doubt it’s health implications.
I don’t really feel a huge improvement in anything. I just feel more clear, more healthy. Nothing big.
I am so sick of fruits and veggies.
But I am unfulfilled. Maybe I am feeding the addiction. Maybe it is just pleasure. But I feel healthy and I don’t think I’ll die by eating the occasional vice.
I have learned a lot about myself and food, nutrition and health in the last month especially. I will continue to study the topic because it fascinates me.
That’s it for now.
I already know what i am eating tomorrow morning and I am waiting for it like a kid on xmas eve.
weight: 70kg
body temperature: ??
fitness level about the same (slight improvement but nothing noteworthy)
