If organic farming is the natural way, shouldn’t organic produce just be called ‘produce’ and make the pesticide-laden stuff take the burden of an adjective?

- Ymber Delecto

Raw Foods Diet: Day 26
Sleeping has become normalized. So that’s good. It’s not exactly back to the 8:30/9:00 P.M. – 4:30 A.M. situation, but that’s okay. I’m getting enough sleep, I am waking up feeling pretty refreshed, so I can’t complain.
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Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.

- Orson Welles

Raw Foods Diet: Day 25
Today I woke up very parched. I have been increasing my water intake and drinking quite a lot, so I am not too sure what is going on. When I went to drink more water, I could feel the water going down. It was a very odd feeling, but very interesting at the same time.
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Anybody who believes that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach flunked geography.

- Robert Byrne

Raw Foods Diet: Day 24
I have definitely begun to count down to Day 30, but it still seems like quite a ways away. I know that probably isn’t going to make it feel like it is coming any quicker…

Oddly enough, I find no information on the Internet about how to successfully transition off of a raw foods diet. Is it possible? The only personal experiences I have found have been unsuccessful, so I hope this doesn’t foreshadow anything. I’m thinking that taking it carefully is the only way to go.

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The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want, drink what you don’t like, and do what you’d rather not.

- Mark Twain

Raw Foods Diet: Day 23
Only one week to go! It’s the Final Countdown!
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You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink.

- English Proverb

Raw Foods Diet: Day 22
It felt like I slept in forever today. I got up at 8:30, but felt like I got up at 2 in the afternoon. That’s one plus of going to bed around 9:30-10:00 I guess. Still struggling with the sleeping schedule. I thought it was rock solid, but I am having some difficulty with it. If anyone has any advice, please let me know!
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He who eats alone chokes alone.

- Proverb

Raw Foods Diet: Day 21
Well, I am three weeks in! You know what that means… charts and data analysis! Whoopee!

I have certainly learned a lot while on this diet. Not only about raw, living, or whole foods, but also about myself. I have made a few mistakes, and frankly, I’m glad I did. That is how you learn, by making mistakes. There were some definite ups and downs, and frankly, I don’t know whether or not I will continue this diet. One thing I do know, is that the way I look at, and value, nutrition, has changed forever.
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Avoid fruit and nuts. You are what you eat.

- Jim Davis

Raw Foods Diet: Day 20
Two thirds of the way done. At this point, I am just really trying to see if I can actually gain any weight. This diet does not make it easy to gain weight, as you already have to eat so much food. Oddly enough, I still am not really sick of the taste of the fruits. Yesterday, I was a bit rash, and while I could see this diet working for a lot of people, I don’t know if I can psychologically deal with it at this point. Regardless, I carry on, in a quest to make it the full 30 days.
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Avoid fruit and nuts. You are what you eat.

- Jim Davis

Raw Foods Diet: Day 19
Today was not a very good day. For the first time in the entire trial, I was really looking forward to it being over. There are now numerous reasons that I do not want to be eating raw foods. Be warned, this isn’t going to be pretty.

I miss eating meat. Yes, that is right. On top of that, I actually miss the cooking process. I don’t like how my energy comes and goes. I hate how my whole diet can go awry very easily (lack of ripe bananas). I don’t like how hard it is for me to get this food without access to a car. I don’t like how much weight I am losing, and I imagine how extremely difficult it would be to gain weight on this diet. That has probably bothered me the most. I find myself not wanting to eat more, yet if I wanted to gain weight, I would have to eat three or four times the amount I have on some of the days where I already did eat a lot. I even hate how I have such an awful, small blender, and how I really wouldn’t be able to afford any of the more expensive ones.
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I eat merely to put food out of my mind.

- N.F. Simpson

Raw Foods Diet: Day 18
Sleep was again a bit long. I woke up, and turned off my alarm clock. This is a habit I thought I was completely rid of, but I guess it hasn’t completely left yet. Is the magic of perfect sleep on a raw foods diet truly gone?
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Some say the glass is half empty, some say the glass is half full.I say, are you going to drink that?  - Lisa Claymen

Raw Foods Diet: Day 17
My sleeping pattern is now officially weird. I have no idea why I would need this much sleep. It’s ridiculous! (more…)