today i just felt alive. i felt energetic, radiant, happy and appreciative all day. i don't think a single negative thought entered my mind! is this how humans are meant to feel, all the time? at peace with themselves, positive about the future, content with their days? who knows, but i like it. and at any rate, i really don't think we're supposed to feel depressed, empty and pessimistic 90% of the time. there are so many miracles all around us if only we open our eyes (or do something like go raw and force our eyes to open!).
so i have had some interesting experiences over the last couple of days. the first is (TMI alert) my period- i got it yesterday after having very few of the usual PMS symptoms that i've gotten used to dealing with. and it's super light and i got NO CRAMPS for pretty much the first time ever! i didn't expect this to happen so quickly, but my diet has been really pure and at least 90% organic lately, so i'm sure that doesn't hurt!
the second is the way i'm starting to view cooked food. i had to go pick up my boss's lunch today at one of my old favorite restaurants. the temptation to order something myself never even crossed my mind- i already knew i was going to pick up some bananas on the way, and i was also really looking forward to the pink lady apple i had stashed in the fridge at work. when i got to the restaurant to pick up his food, i noticed that i really enjoyed the smells of the food- you pick up orders at the bakery, so i could smell all the breads and pastries along with other things cooking. but it was just that- smells that were nice. i didn't actually want to eat any of it, and i didn't think of eating any of it until i realized that i wasn't thinking of it! weird, huh? it may be partly b/c i've been vegan for a while, so i'm used to not being able to eat certain things and blocking them out of my mind, but still... it's happening a lot sooner than i expected. i ate cooked food for 22 years, so i don't expect that it'll keep being so simple, but so far this raw diet, and especially 811, just feels so perfect.
i also had an amazing run tonight. i felt so good, even after walking killer hills and then doing buns/thighs pilates yesterday, that i decided to throw a bunch of sprint intervals into my run! i sprinted all but one of the hills, too, and i felt great. i wasn't sore at all, which is so weird b/c the hills yesterday were practically straight up & down!
today's eats:
*25 mins. abs pilates & push-ups/dips when i got up at 6 AM...just b/c i felt like it*
-smoothie w/ the usual- 2 bananas, frozen mango, strawberries, frozen blueberries, splash of OJ
-banana & a cup of grapes
-2 bananas & an apple
-another banana & apple
-handful of baby carrots
*3 mile run w/ sprint intervals*
-salad w/ romaine, arugula, mixed greens, carrots, cucs, red, yellow & orange peppers, cauliflower, a big tomato, and raw ACV; 2 small tangerines
i'm not going to bother plugging that into fitday b/c i know it's within the 811 ratios of carbs/protei/fat. no overt fats today and i feel really good:) i do feel kind of skinny but it's a good skinny. i think it'd be next to impossible not to lose any extra bodyfat eating like this, which is a nice perk!
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