OK I am back! Yesterday I was so wiped out after my house guest leaving I basically spent the day cleaning and then passed out with Samadhi at 8PM for the night....that is very rare for us!Today was spent doing yet more cleaning and then shopping for food.
I cooked almost everything in the house that needed cooking and fed it to my kids,my friend Bob (and even sent him away with some) and then my friend Audrey helped finish off the last creation that was a bit of everything you could imagine! Most of what I had was beans, whole wheat pasta, and lots of vegetables and a few vegi burgers and sausages. By most peoples standards the food I was cooking the past few days would be considered "health food" but I know I want something else for my life right now. I did pretty good the first day while Bob was still here and even though I was in the kitchen for quite some time I didn't eat the results of my labor. Today was another story though! I was in a funk and Samadhi was driving me insane and I just ended up picking at stuff without even realizing it! Can you imagine realizing your crunching on something but not even remembering putting it in your mouth??!!! Well I was doing it today and on more than one occasion.
I know for some of you that may seem insane but for many I am sure you can relate. It is the problem with our society's relationship with food. We are so far removed from the idea of eating to live and instead we live to eat! We no longer need food to survive because we have such a surplus of it that now our food is actually killing us. Take a week and without trying to change anything in your daily habits write down or take mental notes of what you eat and I bet it would shock you....now I am not talking about everyone of course...there are some people who are very under control in what they eat and none of this is really a problem, but the average person eats well above the needed amount. I think for most of the people who are under control of their portions their diets are still less than desirable. Just think about it; just like everything in our country is made in China, almost all the food in this country contains high fructose corn syrup!! You have to be very diligent to eat healthy these days.
Now I know you may be reading this saying "not me" and that may be true because the truth is that most of the people reading this would be people I know and I know lots of very healthy people, but think again about the Average person.....if the average American was eating healthy McDonalds would not have signs in front of it saying 999 million burgers sold!!! People actually eat this non-food and feed it to their children and then wonder why we are the most unhealthy nation in the world!!
OK, OK I know ....I have completely gone off on a tangent.My point is that for ME having to cook and be around cooked food is not working out on my quest to improve my health and diet. I have lived too long of my life over indulging and out of control so until I feel like I am on safe grounds I am going all the way...100% raw starting tomorrow (well really today since it is 2:25 AM).
I went shopping and bought tons of organic apples, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, plums, bananas and berries to add to some others stuff I already have so I am not tempted tomorrow by quick easy cooked foods that my still be lurking around my house. After all, my son has no desire to join me this time in eating raw so I have to expect him to be cooking quite often. I told him today I can no longer cook for him and Samadhi will just have to adapt to my diet which is what I always wanted for her anyway.
So as I said in my earlier post, I am going to reveal my weight! This is completely embarrassing but it makes it real for me and hopefully will be an inspiration for other people as I begin to lose, so here goes....I am a whopping 175 pounds exactly as of yesterday morning! I never thought this would happen to me but here I am.
I guess I will pick this up tomorrow (well later today actually) and add in some more details and maybe even a few pictures.
Good night world!
This is great, Loren. Have you watched King Korn? You should. Was just talking to a friend, last night, about how priveleged we are to be able to say "what am i going to eat today?" instead of "when am i going to eat again?" too much!!
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So true Masika! we are all so spoiled in this country but luckily I have had the opportunity to travel to places that are not like this to see why I do not want to be part of the system of over consumption not just with food but with everything! I live with very little and like it that way.I know too many people that are owned by their STUFF and wont even make major life changing moves because they would have to give up their things and start over....what have we become as a people?
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