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1 week raw and down 8.5 lbs.!

Very thrilled to report that I've lost 8.5 pounds my first week raw! There's nothing like a good start to help confirm that you've made the right choice for weight loss and health... it encourages me a lot. I know a lot of the weight lost this week is probably due to cleaning out my system, but I'm hoping for a 1-2 lb. weight loss per week after this initial drop. I think the diet high in green smoothies agrees with me! :)

Starting weight on 3 March 2012: 248

Week 1: 239.5 (-8.5 lbs.)

Total weight lost: -8.5 lbs.

Equally as exciting is the fact that my older son loves my kale coleslaw and has been eating that with me, and even more exciting is the fact that my non-verbal son who has autism is using his communication device to request green smoothies! He drinks them faster than I do... it's amazing how much he loves them, and I don't make them super sweet either. I think his body instinctively is craving greens, so he literally drinks half the Vitamix blender container... really awesome!

My dear husband is building me four new raised garden beds today so that I can expand my veggie garden. I want to take greater control over what my family and I eat and not be held hostage by the rising grocery store prices. My seeds are all starting to come up and I am looking forward to transplanting them as soon as they get to a healthy size. I hope to soon enjoy the first of my kale, collards and chicory; I already have broccoli rabe coming up that self-sowed from last year. I will start tomato, eggplant, and peppers soon. The beautiful spring weather here in Northern California right now always turns my heart to gardening and the hope of a bountiful garden!

I haven't kept up with my food log the last couple of days due to being busy with my son, but it's been all raw except for my older son's birthday dinner at a restaurant last night... back to all raw today! It will be a little challenging, as I need to bake a birthday cake and a cooked pasta dinner for my son and his friends, but I am feeling strong. It's just not worth it to eat that stuff when I can feel so good on raw foods!

Hope you all have an amazing day... I'm out to work in the garden! :)

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Comment by Vera Seline on March 27, 2012 at 12:46pm: I am inspired, and motivated. Great work Mary!!

Comment by Silmiriel on March 18, 2012 at 1:59pm: Thanks a lot, Kiwi and Heather - your kind words of support and encouragement mean a lot to me!

I am not sure how much I lost this week, as my scale is doing crazy things, but I think I lost another 1-2 lbs., which is where I want to be. As exciting as it would be to lose 8.5 lbs. every week, I know it's not healthy and a gradual loss is best.

Kiwi, I'm really looking forward to planting my raised beds. My husband got them halfway filled up with soil, and I hope we can finish the job next weekend. By then, I'm hoping I can start transplanting some of the seeds I started as well as direct sow. I filled a bunch of little peat rounds with seeds yesterday for all kinds of tomatoes, peppers, melons and other heirloom Italian seeds, and am hoping they all come up, as some of them are a few years old. I'll keep you posted! :)

Comment by Heather on March 18, 2012 at 12:45am: I'm so proud of you....keep being an inspiration!

Comment by kiwi on March 12, 2012 at 8:09pm: Great job!!! Keep up the good work even when you might have a slower week. I have raised garden beds and am really happy with them.

Comment by Silmiriel on March 12, 2012 at 6:29pm: Thank you very much, everyone! I have to say that it's been a great encouragement to start off with such a nice drop the first week back! I stayed about 90% raw this weekend, which is very positive, as in my pre-raw days, you could bet it would have been a food free-for-all with company all weekend.

Supermom, my husband is totally a hero! Not only does he dislike eating veggies, but he hates yard work/home improvement-type stuff, and yet he built those beds out of love for me, digging around the bases to make sure they were level as our backyard has a bit of a gentle slope, and moved about 2 1/2 yards of garden soil from the driveway to the back yard to start filling the beds. He will finish it this coming weekend, and I hope to start transplanting my seedlings and sowing new seeds. I'm feeling really lucky and blessed to have a husband who loves me enough to do this for me! :)

Thanks again for all the support, my friends! :)

Comment by Ruchira on March 11, 2012 at 8:41pm: Wow!!!!!! Nice.......keep up.

Comment by Gunita Liepa on March 10, 2012 at 2:00pm: Your own garden will be another great supporter for you. :)

blessings

Comment by Gina Silvestri, Raw Food Muse :) on March 10, 2012 at 12:36pm: congrats! keep rawkin'!!!!

Comment by Supermom on March 10, 2012 at 12:20pm: I am inspired by you! I will go make a green smoothie in your honor right now! I love that your sons are on board in a big way, and hubby is your garden hero!

The other day, I needed to make a cooked pasta meal for guests, I pureed a flavorful raw sauce with fresh of veggies in the blender to add to the cooked sauce at the last minute. That way it was half cooked, half raw! I used tomatoes, sun dried tomatoes, onion, garlic, red bell peppers, parsley and basil. For the noodles, I cooked 100% whole wheat pasta and had shredded zucchini "noodles" as an option.

I used the raw only sauce over shredded zucchini noodles for myself and could offer it to others too!

Comment by Rachael on March 10, 2012 at 11:55am: What a great week you had! I love that your sons are getting in to it. I am curious if you start to see some positive changes in them too?! :)

When you make that cake and pasta for your son and his friends, make yourself a raw version of each. You deserve it and it will be pretty yummy! Just make sure the boys don't eat all of your raw goodies, lol :D