I wrote a looong post, my computer froze, and poof gone. I’m not loving that. I’m going to have to give the bare basics now because I want an accurate record of what occured and I don’t want to have to do three days in one. Here goes.

Day 1: I went to sleep very late the night before day 1. I ended up skipping breakfast so I could make it to class. I went to lunch at Alice Tully Hall with my friend Janet. I didn’t tell her about the challenge because I want to see if I can appear normal to others who don’t know what I’m doing. It turns out that Alice Tully pretty much has nothing a raw foodist can eat. You have to be careful with salad dressing because it might not be raw. I ended up eating two peaches. They looked delicious but they were hard and tasteless. I ate them anyway because I had to eat something. I assumed I’d be hungry later but I wasn’t. I had a remarkable amount of energy. No afternoon food coma.

For dinner I went with Lisa to Pure Food and Wine on Irving Place. It’s a raw food restaurant. This has become our Saturday night ritual when she’s in town. First I had asparagus sushi rolls. Instead of rice, they use jicama. For my main course, I had turnip carpaccio with truffles and cream pea sauce. It was excellent. The portions at this place are miniscule but I felt very satisfied and full of energy. Lisa told me during dinner that I have a green aura. This could mean that raw food causes mind rot. She’s a very happy and calm person so I’ll take my chances. I slept pretty well that night.

Day 2: Today I made a smoothie for breakfast. I eat these regularly. I made it with kale, green/chocolate protein powder, bee pollen, frozen blueberries, maca powder, bee pollen, almond milk, stevia, and a plantain. The plantain was from a food experiment that didn’t work out. Normally I would use a banana but I ran out.

Lunch was another smoothie. I went with Lisa and group to a health food restaurant on 55th and 8th. It’s a store with a cafe in the back. It wasn’t much on ambiance but it had great choices for a raw foodist. I had an amazing smoothie. It had greens powder, maca powder, cacao powder, hemp seed milk, gogi berries, cinnamon, and almond butter. It was really good. I had a remarkable amount of energy for the rest of class. I even walked home which I never do. I’m normally too exhausted after class to do anything.

After I got home, I decided to rest for an hour. I knew I wanted to do a few things later and I wanted to make sure I had the energy. When I got up, I was STARVING. I was going to eat some nuts but, oddly enough, the hungry feeling went away after about 20 minutes. Then came the big question. What was I going to have for dinner. I ended up doing some food shopping with all of my new found energy. I ran into a friend on the way to the supermarket. I was promptly informed that my breath smelled like something crawled into my mouth and died. I guess that’s detox sympton number one. At least I look and feel fine. Things certainly could be worse. I guess I’ll have to do my best to avoid anyone human for the rest of the week. When I got home from my excursion, I made guacomole. I made it with avocado, red onion, jalapeno pepper, lime, and sea salt. I have to say that it was amazing. It’s almost 11PM and I feel great.

So far, so good. Keep your fingers crossed. Usually day three through five are when things get tough. Let the good times roll. Until tomorrow…