I promised I continue to write about the raw food challenge. So, here goes. Day 6 was hell. I ended up going to a dinner on Day 5 for dinner and eating strawberries. I woke up about 6 times in the middle of the night and ended up eating 8 raw nuts twice in the middle of the night. I was starving. I woke up on day 6, starving. The thing is that I’ve gotten to the weight I always seem to get to when the weight loss stops. I haven’t been able to move past this point in quite some time. That’s one of the reasons I decided to go with vegan raw. That being said, this is going to be a struggle. I basically spent the better part of the day in bad mood. I did have the best smoothie ever. It had the usual stuff in it that I use but it also had cacao butter and frozen dark cherries. All I could taste was chocolate cherry. It was amazing. This is the smoothie if you want to completely cover up the green taste and smell. For lunch I made guacomole was the last avocado I had left. Dinner was a pain. I went to my dad’s and cooked for him. I made him a delicious porterhouse steak. I gave him that with melon. I had a container of strawberries and a few slices of melon. I can say that strawberries are very filling. I don’t know why they’re filling but they really are. If you want to cut down on your portions, eat strawberries with you meal but don’t skimp on them. I was downright stuffed by the time I was done with my meal. I slept like a log. It was great.

Day 7: I woke up later than I’ve been getting up. It was great to indulge in some much needed rest. I weighed myself. I lost another pound! That’s 5 pounds in 7 days. That is amazing. I ate the same cherry smoothie I made the day before. Lunch was a blueberry smoothie. I ran out of bananas. I’m going to the hamptons tonight so I just wanted to use up what I had left. I have watermelon which I’ll have for dinner. I’ll have that and something else. I’m not sure yet. I’m sure this 5 lb weight loss is a one time deal. There’s no way another 5 lbs could go next week. If I keep losing at this weight, then I’ll be exactly where I want to be in two weeks. My guess is that this will slow down and take at least the 21 days I have left of this.

I haven’t really been exercising. Running feels impossible right now. Other people say they have loads of energy for running. I don’t. I did walk a couple of miles yesterday. I’ll do the same thing today. The weather seems to be clearing up so I might walk my dog for a couple of miles and give her a little exercise. She does love her social time. I can’t believe that the first quarter of the challenge is over. I really feel proud of myself.