Day 5, Part 2

So here we are, many months later, and I find it interesting that in June I lost five pounds in five days, and the same thing happened in October.  Today is day six of my new journey into the world of raw and living food -- and I am excited.

Eating this way works.

It really does.

After I did the 30 days in June, I became less devoted to it, but by mid-August, I was on vacation and living it up -- by eating fried foods, and anything else I wanted to.

What happened?

I gained weight.

I lost my energy.

I became depressed when the seasons changed.

I started to feel body aches.

I wasn't happy.

Then I went to an Alissa Cohen Living On Raw Foods class, and while it wasn't so dramatic that it changed my life -- it absolutely has me rooted in the knowledge that this is the path that I must follow.  

And I am determined to do that -- despite the many obstacles that face me.

Like the fact that I have no easy access to fresh and organic food.

Or the fact that I have a family to feed who are not interested in going raw.

Or the fact that I have no support group -- no one who is interested in doing this with me.

What it means is that it is me, alone, doing something that is absolutely necessary for me.  It is necessary for me to lose weight and reclaim that vitality that is my birthright.

And I can do it.  

This morning is the first morning since the class that I am responsible for finding/preparing my own food.  The past five days in the class, three meals were taken care of.  It was heaven in that respect -- and amazing how easy it made it.  I didn't have to think about it at all.  And I was never hungry.  And if I was, then I ate something.

And that is what I need to do today.  I have to make things to have in the fridge ready to appease whatever craving I might have.  Or at the very least, appease my hunger.

I am full of energy, and I am hopeful and happy and calm and centered and focused and feel so damn good it just seems ridiculous to me that I would want to eat cooked food and have that taken away from.

It makes no sense.

So why do it?

To day six.