Raw is the way!

I had an interesting experience today where I had a taste of a friend's cooked hummus with some carrots- the same hummus I used to LOVE and eat every single day- and it tasted like sawdust. It was so strange, b/c I'd been craving hummus and cooked foods, but after that I didn't want any cooked food at all. Seems like my taste buds have changed in the past 2 weeks? Now I'm rethinking my decision to have a cooked lunch tomorrow (hummus & veggie sandwich, so partly cooked at least). If the bread and hummus is going to taste crappy and the veggies are going to be the only enjoyable part of the meal, I may as well just get the salad!

I went grocery shopping today and for some reason I have more money than usual this week, so I got more stuff that I always want but can't afford, or at least more of the usual things I buy (like 5 tomatoes instead of 3, etc). I also splurged on $13-per-jar raw almond butter. I love that stuff! I used to get it for $5.99 at Trader Joe's in California. Here, I've only bought 2 jars since I've been back b/c it's so pricey. Hopefully this jar will last a while.

Today's eats:

-3 bananas w/ raw cacao powder
-big green smoothie w/ 3 bananas, frozen strawberries/blueberries/mango, lots of kale. Half a Lara Bar.
-a couple carrots w/ hummus...then when I got home I had a banana w/ raw almond butter! And 2 really great clementines
*4-5 mile run w/ hard intervals, upper body weights & abs*
-Very excited for my usual big salad for dinner w/ romaine, mesclun greens, carrots, red pepper, cucumber, tomato, red onion & vinegar- YUM
-apple and either more clementines or a banana

That's about 1500-1540 calories, so I don't mind adding a bit to that if needed. Fat is roughly 16% which is a bit high, but I can live with it. Baby steps, right?

I am eating SO MUCH and still losing weight/body fat effortlessly. This past week I've really seen a difference. I feel so much better about my appearance and comfortable in my body. My hair also seems to have grown really quickly and it's nice and soft and strong. The only negative thing is that I'm still absolutely freezing all the time, except for when I'm running. But I can deal with that- only about 1.5 months of really bad winter weather left. And I'm out of here before next winter!

Oh, something interesting- the friend I ran into at the market (who had the hummus) recently started using the Body Bugg, a little device like a pedometer or heart rate moniter that she straps on her arm that tells her how many calories she burns, how much she takes in, etc. It seems like torture to me (eating raw and listening to your body is so much easier!) but she's found that on an average workday she burns upwards of 3500 calories for the 24-hour period! That's insane. She's a bit bigger than me but she & I have the same job at work, and that's what she burns just sleeping, working and sitting around after work- no exercise included. I always knew that my job was active, but I didn't think I burned close to 3000 calories in a day due to working! Pretty crazy, huh? Most days I literally never stop moving, so I guess I'm not too surprised. I love not having a desk job anymore! I will never go back to an office!