Gone Bananas

I have eaten tons & tons of bananas today. Well, 9, to be exact, which is really only 1-2 more than usual, but I feel like all I ate today was bananas. I will certainly not have to worry about a potassium deficiency for a while!

I got a late start to the day b/c my alarm didn't go off this morning. I woke up over 1.5 hours late (feeling very well-rested, I might add!) but somehow managed to only be 40 mins. late for work. I grabbed tons of fruit for the day and ended up mono-mealing it for breakfast on the drive to work. Fruit has proven to be very satisfying to me throughout the day...but without fail, I am always craving veggies at dinner time!

Today ended up being very low in fat, and I think it was a good lesson to show me that 811 is definitely possible even with an active job. My blood sugar levels felt steady all day and I wasn't hungry or hyped up on fruit sugars or anything like that. The only fat I've had today was in the 2 cacao goji raw energy bites (they are like a bite-sized Lara Bar- about 4 large ones or 5 regular ones would equal one Lara Bar). So that's about 5-6 g. overt fats. Those bananas are great for replacing the nuts, seeds & oils that a lot of beginning raw foodists eat to feel full.

Here's the daily menu:

-4 bananas
-4 bananas, 2 clementines, 1 apple
-1 apple, 1 banana
-handful of baby carrots
-I'm about to make a big salad w/ romaine, kale, baby greens, red pepper, carrots, red onion, snap peas, sprouts, tomatoes & vinegar. I had this last night, too, and it's amazingly good.
-I'll have an apple or 2 clementines later on

That's about 1300 calories and 12 g. total fat, or 8% fat. Not too shabby! I would like to try to lower my fat intake to be around this level almost every day (or at least under 15%). We'll see how that goes.

I am watching the news on NBC and a story tonight is that in the USA, there are now more obese people than there are overweight people. 2 out of 3 people are overweight/obese, which is the same as it's been for a few years I guess, but more people are obese now. And 33% of children are overweight! That is really appalling, and more and more kids are ending up with obesity-related medical problems that were previously only seen in adults. We truly live toxic lives. But ain't that America...

Yesterday was 100% raw, I just had no time to post. It really feels great to be living this way again :-)