It’s been a few days. I’m sorry about that. I was stuck without a computer for a few days out in East Hampton. I think you guys have been getting the general idea of what I’ve been eating. I’m now on day 10. I can’t believe it. I’ve done a third of this challenge and I’m feeling good. Here are the highlights of the last few days.

Once you decide to do something like this, you really have to be a lot more creative with your food choices. Until a couple of days ago, I hadn’t been in any situations where this type of eating might pose a problem. Saturday I went to party in East Hampton. They had tons of delicious looking food out. At that point, I was on day 8. I was surprised to find that I wasn’t even remotely tempted to eat any of it. I basically picked at salad type food the whole day. Parties usually have crudites. That means there’s actually plenty of stuff for a raw foodist to eat. Eating crudites didn’t seem strange to anyone around me. It just made me seem like any other New York woman. When I really think about, my typical party pig-out is probably the thing that seemed unusual to other people considering where I live.

That night, I went to see “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3″. It was excellent. The only that sucked was not being able to eat popcorn. I wasn’t hungry for it but it is fun to eat popcorn in a movie. The movie was so good though that I forgot about the popcorn and just relaxed and enjoyed myself. This movie is a definite must see.

Yesterday, on my way back to the city, I realized I was pretty hungry. I was very far away from a blender which meant I couldn’t rely on one of my usual smoothies. The thing is that it’s pretty much summer time. I stopped at a farm stand which was a lot of fun. I ended up buying a small bag of raw nuts, a yellow pep, a tom, and yellow cherries. I was stuffed after eating all of that. I was stuffed but I felt loaded with energy. I’m used to feeling tired after a meal. I normally feel like taking a nap. You’re actually supposed to have energy after you eat. I had a lot of energy after this meal. I felt fantastic.

That night I met up with a friend for dinner. We went to a raw food restaurant called Quintessence. My friend happens to live a few blocks away from this place. I was pleasantly surprised. The food was very, very good. I almost hate to say this but it was a lot better than Pure Food and Wine. I love the atmosphere of Pure but the place is extremely expensive and the portions are only appropriate for smurf. The portions at Quintessence were actually huge. Remember that I haven’t been eating a lot so it really was too much for me. You live and you learn. Next time I’ll probably stick with a couple of apps or one app and a cacao shake. For my appetizer, I had the taco. This was excellent. The main dish was some sort of nut loaf with a cherry “gravy”. It was good but a little sweet. The tahini sauce on the side was amazing. I almost forgot I was eating raw. That’s how good the food was. My friend had some sort of kelp salad. It was good. Her main dish was a mix of Indian flavored items. I loved the Indian plate but it was huge. It came with a salad on the side. In all honestly, the two of us could have split the Indian dish and shared something sweet after and we both would have been happy.

After our main dish, we shared the “tiramisu”. I have no idea what it was actually made out of. It looked like tiramisu and it tasted creamy and delicious. I wouldn’t say it tasted like tiramisu but it was good. My friend had a “latte” with it. The latte was actually made with Yerba Mate instead of coffee. Yerba Mate is actually a tea. I believe it’s popular in South Africa. It supposedly has all sorts of magical powers. It can elevate your mood and help you lose weight. I don’t know if this is true but it certainly tasted good and was definitely a good coffee alternative.

There used to be a Quintessence a couple of blocks away from where I live. It closed. This is really too bad. I wish I had more restaurant choices up here that could work with this lifestyle. I never did eat at Quintessence when it was up here. When I used to pass by these types of restaurants, the green smell would send me straight to the nearest Chinese restaurant. Truth be told, I still hate the hippie, green smell. I’m willing to deal with it because of the benefits of eating this way. There are just too many ofthem to ignore them. Plus, eating food right from the farmer’s market while sitting outside is pretty cool.

This morning I had my typical smoothie. I ran out of kale and almond milk. I used water instead of the almond milk and I used Greener Grasses powder to get greens. I find Greener Grasses to be better than most of these green powders. It is a whole food. You’re getting your nutrients so it’s really good to have a container of it around. It has a malty taste which goes nicely with maca powder. I can’t say it’s as tasty as having fresh vegetables. It’s not. It has that hippie, green smell that I hate. All of the green powders do. There’s nothing you can do about. I had dark cherries, cacao butter, and almond butter in this smoothie. I could still smell the green. But, if you have no green vegetables left, this is the thing to use. I definitely think anyone eating this way should have this on hand.

One last thing. You didn’t think I could end this post without informing you about what’s going on with my weight, did you? Well, I’ve lost another 1/2 pound. I know that’s not as dramatic as the weight loss I’ve been telling you about. You knew though that this pound a day thing had to come to an end. There’s no way that could have continued. I’ll take that half pound though. You really shouldn’t be losing more than two pounds a week. I’ve got 20 days left of this. I want to lose 10 more pounds. If I lose 6 more during these 20 days, I’ll be very happy. We’ll see what happens

It’s time to go to the health food store. Until next time…